KtSrmti m 3eT K ' . H '. f -.-$0 VuiaSb T.wnfeiU-PHILADBUHIA, SATURDAY, . JASPfoY v J'J 1, mjM N. THE NEW COOK .:?. , PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY ' ,. VTrK8.1L K- OUHTIS, PnESIDBNT Martin, fitcratary ana Troaurer j 1 hlllo H. I'nlllns, John II. WlllUnn. John J. Spurgeon, Dlrfs-.torw, , v,'.mrl2 " .uainKion, vice vrr meisnt , jomi c T-ntTnnTAT. nntmi t'i ,. Ct"s ! ' Ccirris, Chairman i1 -i-fsyiw n. r.iiisii , .Editor ijOIWC, MAHTIX, (',. nA-oI nuMncan Mannr Publlilltd d.llh" at Prni.ln Ledum lttiUrilnr Indepemf nco Hiiu,ire, l'hllartslpliia. Atuhtio Cur rr.t'rtki lIulMIne rw yoK ,1(14 Madlnon Axe. DBTB01T Till L'nnl nclt.llnr fir. Loots tl:i oiotw-ZJirinocrtir IluiMlne CBI0A0O 1302 TVIbim Uulldlnt NnxvH n-nnAVS! TTAtntMOTOM nCRCAl'. .. 12. Car. IVntmlinnlA At a.n4 lith at 1 Kbit Yoxk ntmcAO The ffnn liuilillnic London UcrniAt) Ixmdon Time SUDSCniPTtON TEUMS The Err.Mi.NO l'ui;i I.riNim, la nerved to ub erlbert In l'hlliuleliihlii nml nutroundliu: tuwnii lt ttio ratn of twclvo (Ui cnn per xvek, p.inblo o the carrier. I By mall to PuIMh vutvidr of riilladBlilila. in the United Ftat a t.mmii. or United Htat poa 5!n. pottnao fr' I .' . Citi) c nta p r Month. plx do) dollars rn r imuli in ndvnnre To nil forMn voun'r . , ne (fie dollar mer,.! NOTIcr flubsorlber "l-hlim nfldresa rhansed must elvo old as xvl' n new nddrcai BELL. 000 WAI.MT Kt',1 STONE. MAIN 3000 EST Address all communications to Elrntxa PubHa iMdger, Independent Square, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press THB A.880CtA.TED rRESS is fjctu.lr.il en titled to tht use o- republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not etneru'l credited in tMt paptr, and alio thu local nrtrs ptiMlnW therein. Jill rtollta mf frltufiKi itllnn tyf .smvtu-f itlnth therein art also reserved. Philadelphia, Sliirl, Jimi.t. 1, 1431 THE MUMMERS pHIIjADHLPHIA welcomes thi new yonr wltli one of t lip moat isorpootisij spio tacular parados wii anywliero in the world. Color nml comedy combine to innke It mem orable. Tho coMtuinefl this year are ni brilliant as any that have daz.lod the eves of the ppcrtntor in the pait, and the "kings" have inarched with their retainer" today with a dignity that va never rivaled by thnt of nin man Imrn to the purple. Indeed, it mialil d -ome real king good to watch the unties of the plain men of this city who dre thcnioc Kcs up for a da in the bnrlemnc trn'pitiK "f rojnltv ami lead their henciii..en thrni;h the streets to the plaudits of the limit Undo. It is the hope of ier one that the mum mors may t'niitiiiuc to parade once a jear for many decades to come. The) give a touch of lightness to life which Is ordinarily a pretty serioiiH hu-inc.s. SKIP-STOP REFORMS A SUBSTANTIAL indication of the ef x fective functioning of the Public Service Commission is furnished by the compliance or-tlio P. It. T. with the recent recommen dation concerning skip-stops. It may be recalled that the Transit Com pany originally bulked when requested to halt its cars at fon -six street crossings, which investigation had proved to be worthy of such recognition. But the powers of the commission are fortunately more than merely ndvisory. In numerous cases it can command. Fortunately in this instnnce the limit of pressure does not seem to lime been neces aary. Acquiescence iu n request primarily made In the public's interest lias been rea sonably prompt since the reduction of the skip-stops by fort) -six begins todn. HOUSE BARGAINS IF THE United States Shipping Board ac cepts the bid of SIl.ir.O.OtK) for the vil lage of Fairvicw. in the suburbs of Camden, the purchaser will get what many will re gard as a bargain. There nre !" Imukcm in the villnge, fif teen apartment houses, nineteen stores, a hotel, n garage ami n gjmnasium. The nveragc price of a house, according to the bid, Is about $llui)'i. The houses nre now rented at from S'Jn to .fl0 a mouth. The lowest rate of lent would gie a gross re turn of 12 per cent on the average price paid. One bidder was so audacious us to ofTer 60,000 for the 1."-, houses. He may have thought that the Slntiping Board was anx ious to get rid of ilie property. It cost something like Slii.iiiiii.ooo for the govern ment to build the Milage. This included '.aying the bcwcn. and water and gas pipes end paving the stints an( laying the side walks and setting out the trees and shrub bery. No matter whether the high bid opened yesterday is accepted or not, the government will hate to take a loss on the atcrprisc. AMERICA GETS THE CUP HTIIE capture of ih, Da: tennis cup from tbe Australian- in imam l. 'J mien, 2d. of this citj. and William M. Johnston, of San Francisco, u.is due to the superior game played by the two Americans. The reports from Auckland, where the matches were plaed, have referred to the age of Norman I. Brookes, one of the de fenders, ns a reason for his poor showing, but Brookes, who is fort -two ears old, played n better pine- than (ierald U. Pat terson, the other defender, who is only twenty-six. All tip- vnlenee shows that these men were fairly mitplajed bj the Americans. This wns to have been expected, anyway, for Tilden is one t the most re markable tennis exiM its thut the game tins ever developed, and i likoh to become n tradition long nfr i- i.e stops playing. lie i v.oung enough. how.r to successfully e end the up if !e i ' hnllenged nevr nm mcr. So the proi" t i- good that it mm remain in this n imr tor a little while longer at am rate Although it has h. n contested for fifteen times since Dwight Lai. ot St. I.oiiis, offered the tropin 'he Vmerieiui jdmirs have won if only tour t mi .. it 1ms gon to Great Britain fne i m. . and to Autralm llx times. The aoinliein leiuispheie seems r develop players who an hold their own iith the best in the vwrhl That the did lit succeed this In s due to the deelop- FMent of two siM h pI.imts a seldom appear ojether at tie- -in nne iin where GREATEST FRESH-WATER PORT GURAT fints . it'iu I. mil upon the effective ll-s. , 'u.,. ,,, if. t ti ! Jsi Siieti a 'process is espeind' si rvps nhle iii rstali ' Jlshlllg the eori" mures. nm ,,f 1'liiladel uhlu as a deep vain port. 1 "(Jateway to the i 'oinun n . of the World" Hils is how a hull, tin i. sin, I hv the Phil adelphia National Bank sumH up the miirl tlme Importance of this city. The title nmv touml a bit flamboyant yet it will bear analysis. In volume of tonnafu this is the on ond tfirt In tho United States and the largest esh water harbor in the Atlantic coast :iou. Figures are available to prove that lits for handling exports are lower here lin r'sexxheiu "ii the Atlantic and Gulf ihoai'd Ifcl'li lin 'Hid rain Ijelit 'I I' " I'" r' I'jl mnxt i lern ih-ne fill il.tii . nre i'X llle will sipp,,., - for loading anil 'liMphicnl (nhan hipping center are S'l r-4 I lonil ug .1'"" ' " ten of Philadelphia lis a Pttbvjoiis. 'J'liat thex nme neen pnn in iiur reiiii(., Ml) tliail l "i'ioei niirs iippi cmmi in illailelphlaus, who arc apt lo he surprised 'CQllntrU facts on ine suuject, is eviuenceil the imposing ii"c oi loreigu ports witn kill regular pnssengcr or ireigut com- mil on Is tiiaiiiiaiiitii irom nere. bere are scheduled sailings lo und from in, fading port f ot uruuiu aim trance, xvlth Barcelona and Valencia, Ilaiflburg and Bremen, Itnly, Algeria, Constantinople, (trcecc, Asia Minor, Holland, Belgium, Scandinavia, Japan, India and Burma, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia. Venezuela and the West Indies, In addition to the Atlantic coastwise services and those to the Pacific xln the Paniimn canal. During 1111!), "OOIt xessels entered and cleared the port of Philadelphia, and the total for ma) is undoubtedly larger. It is estimated that the handling capacity of this port is fifty million gross tons a year. Utilization of nreseiit assets and oppor tunities, re-enforced by the spirit of energv and confidence, can give reality to this Ideal. Pride In what has already been accom plished will not hurt this community at nil. The stain of illegitimate boasting need not be feared in presenting the troth. TO BE READ BY MAKERS OF NEW YEAR RESOLVES One Resolution Is Here Suggested to a World That Probably Will Forget It With All the Rest IN Tlin day.s between Christmas and the rear's end almost every man's better self shakes off its chains, walks out of the dungeon and climbs upwnrd to the light for a call on the jailer. Iackeya, secretaries, doors and bolts cannot keep the sh uing wraith away. It enters inevitably to sit on the bed in the emptx hours of the morning or to look across nn Imposing desk with the air of a proud and disdainful superior. "Well." ir will say pnticntlx. "I see thai iou'xc made a mess of it again 'Sou ve been spending loo iiiinh. You -umu-c to me last .ear that xu wouldn't. The men who woik for xmi think you n snake not. I am afraid, without come reason. i aure.l me. if memory serves, that you d be decent in vour business. "You'xe drugged your mind with rumors. You have been believing all the vicious flap doodle hurled about your club by people who mistake political bigotry for patriotism. And the other night that gang xoii trniu with had to hustle you home in a taxlrali. -.-- i. ..e .. .i nleciliol nml xour xxite crted half through the next day. There i-n t much hope for you. ou-rc looking older. You show x.iur years, believe inc. loo much food, too much moton ar; not enough exer cise of bodv and mind " Then New Yeur icso.utiotis nn made If little tablets were made and engraxed with all the great resolutions made at the beginning of each new year, and it thee tablets could be placed end on end they would extend higher into the blue empyrean than some senators' opinions ot themselves. If they were used for paving as im Iced, most good intentions are you could build n wide, smooth, beautiful boulevard straight down to the red-hot back doors of (.ehennn. And xet New Year resolutions serve one excellent purpose. They are an annual re minder of universal aims, universal hopes and universal weaknesses. In the light thut shines out of them you will see that all men. high and low . literate and illiterate, exalted ami humble, arc as much alike at bottom as Miss O'Crady and the lady of Kipling's well-known colonel, iou will see, too, if xou look sharp, thnt human tribula tions are due not so much to the defects of government and political systems to cliques or exclusic bunds, as to the habit of the average man to treat his better self during ,'!l0 days of the year as he xvould treat a dangerous yeggman. There is suno slight consolation in the knowledge thnt only the heroes of this world, onlv the rare and exceptional men. manage tn keen their Now iear resolutions. At Pari", for example, the New lnsied for six months in BUS Year mood That was an achievement. Lloyd George resolved. M. Clemeneenu resolved. Mr. Wilson resolved. Other statesmen and their peoples resolved might ily. They resolved that the affairs of ua tions should never again be conducted after the manner of a poker game with million -dollar chips. They solemnly vowed that the devastating liquors of imperial ambition should be Volsteaded forexer and cxer. They xvould drink of them no more. Well, something happened to most of them. A few are reeling dizzily once more. Another big game is on and some of the players, angry -eyed and suspicious, have hitched their guns around into conx-enlent positions in the true wild -west manner. How those statesmen in Europe will oxer explain to their large fnniilies is a mystiry. Tliey probably will not explain at all. They will tell the lonxentionnl fibs They xvill say that they played too long-nnd too recklessly because the gung just wouldn't let them quit and go home. That is what they all say. It is the oldest stuff in the world But all kiirts of people still manage to get 1 with it. If we were endow d with the power and nuthontx of n beneficent dictator xxe should beseech nil subjects in the realm to mnk" and hold to one New Year resolution xvhhh in a time like this must be regarded lis the most important of all. Upon walls and in print, wherever people might by chance rend it, we shoii'd put the three words of our appeal: "Resolve to Know!" Almost all of the major troubles of the world are due to people xho do not know the cause, and origins of the forces that coiifuje and harass them and who xxill not tak" the trouble to lind out. They do not know the truth about whut is going mi in po'n'es or in diplomacy or In the minds of shicxvil nud subtle men who nu fonder try ,ug to -e.e ci oiro' of ci, il .aiiou or the .- .. .i . ii 1 jntliio Til,.,, ii fit.!, v, I,,, to II II. ! ' I .....-.. . j -. not I. now 'uixi iilxxnxs bci u riiidx to iiieiirl I,, ti ith all the dangerous go.ip and all tin mi -.eliding propaganda of the ume aftr it hns l en nltered and tiltir'd iig-iiu through dishonest, ignorant or pcrxirrcd minds. Tin x nre forexer partly under the influence of uitellei tual moonshine the thing thut might be cul'ed the bootleg brew of cunteiu porarx criticism. Itesolxe, therefore, to read where you will get the facts; where men und women have the intelhgenie and courage to face and dis- uss the truth. That is all important. I'or hesi are strange tiim. and n tremendous battle on which the future of the world may di I" ml Is raging -ilently in almost every land Jt i- ii war ) I ii m ii di in, aid" ideas, nml ' is he i g fought as f , ,,, ,v j the minds of nil s,,i. of m, n 'i h n, fought ox i r at the Manic, ii ih..c idrns had its beginning in Nleis, , ,, .j Hunt Herman and an antichrist h,, di, mini The sum of Nieu i he's philosophy mm be put into two words: "Ho hard I"' Nietsi hean were the dominant minds in Germany in the two generations that pre ceded the world war. Nietzscheans held, in all sincerity, too, thnt tho Christian, the tender-hearted, tho compassionate, the for bearing were the real trouble makers of the earth and that only meu xvho were ruthless, strong and self-interested could ever guar antee, peace ami M-euiity to those dependent mi them. They had no fiiith in the crowd Thcv trusted nothing to the collective mind and eoliscieiiie of their own or other people, supirior groit' . '" "ii. would always l,.ie to di' the i mud's thinking Mean while Ihe.V held H .1 illllX to ,e mighty j)( ineiciless. ..... Curiouslv enough, after its trial and de feat iu France ihnt Idea Is coming forwurd again. And It is not stopping at national boundaries. It is taking hold of minds that neVer knew it before and it Is being ex litessed in international politics, and even in tbe activities of powerful rival groups iu Industry. What we u&ed to know as Ger manism may spread, If we arc not careful, and take now roots among peoplo xvho no not really know nhat Is happening to mem. Statesmen who dldain all hopes of inter national amity and understanding permit their people to talk of these things while they reach .out determinedly for now terri tories, for Hie oil supplies, for positions of ad milage over other nations. The opposite Idea is that of men who realize thnt mere force hns never settled any question permanently and thnt pence ""' nrrlxed at only through the liberation of tnc good impuNes In mankind and the emanci pation of the human spirit from the control of blind and false loaders. If the statesmen and the journalists xxlio are fighting for thnt idrn cannot succeed It will be because the people whose Interests they serve nre too lny -minded and i"" careless to ohscrxc what they are about or lo know how immeasurably important tin n ClltlsC is. So you mut resolve to linoxv. For I' ' upon the truth plainly seen and fenrle-l met, nither than upon armanieiits. that pern" depends for this generation and its postciiU. After one realizes that tiuth. h sser nso lutiims for the New Ycnr are permissible It might be worth while, for example, tn re sohe to respect the laws of natural equi librium which operate inexorably on every plane of existence. Thus, if you have been making and spending too much you tniplis ns well resolxe to be content for a little while to make and spend too little. Then Is no other way out of it. After the jox ride the chauffeur must have his fees. After a night with the bootleggcri comes the head ache as inevitably as dawn. The new administration nt Washington wi I liaxe a haul iob. one might make use ful resolutions from that knowledge. The Bepublicaiis will bine to reconstruct amid mills left by a war that created almost as nun h confusion in men's minds ns is now discernible in the field of economies and in dustry. Debris will have to be cleared uway. Terrible gaps will hnvo to be bridged. Mr. Harding's task will be quite as trying as Mr. Wilson's was. The people of the coun try could not do better than resolve to be wiseh patient and to be mote just to Mr. Harding than thev were to lit- predecessor. HARDING AND THE SENATE Tlinti: ine rciisoii. lor beliexiug that the poiii i plan which Senator Knox eariinl fiom U'ii-1 ingtoii to Marion this wick and then gaxe out to the newspapers is snp poiteil by a eoiisidi ruble number of inein hers of the s.. luiti . These men are ald to haxe been disturbed by the n ports that Mr. Harding had a plan of his own which dif feied from the Knox plan, and they dele gated the junior senator from this stut to find out the truth. The n polls fiom Marlon indicate that the Harding p'an is not the Knox plan. Sin h fads ns are known justify the conclusion that Mr Harding has not surrendered his will to the will of u small group of seuitors. either ia the construction of his cnbinet or in the formulation of his foreign pollcx. It is confidently expected that Charles Uvnns Hughes will be the next secretary of state. Mc Hughes has been in favor of nicvpting the peine treaty and the League of Nations covenant with some modifica tions. He is not and has never been such n bitter-ender as Senator Knox or Senator Borah. When a definite announcement is mude that Mr. Hughes is to head the cabinet it will not he dilhcult to forecast in n gen eral way whut the foreign policy of the administration xvill he. It begins to look now ns though Mr. Hurtl ing himself xxould insist on his right nt least to an equal voice xvith the Senate in fixing thnt policy. When he addressed his col leagues at the opening of Congress he re minded them that when he became Presi dent he should be as mindful of the Senate's responsibilities as he hud been zealous of them as a member, but. he suid, further. "1 mean at the same tune to be Just as insistent about the responsibilities of the executive." The bitter - inlet's do not seem to be pleased xx ith his present insistence mi nssuurng his own responsibilities. Tin re are several of them xvho would like to do for Mr. Hauling xx hut Secretary Seward offered to do for Mr. Lincoln. The y aie willing that he should be the figurehead in the White House xvhile they decide what is to be done und do it. Iu the present crisis Mr. Harding needs the moral support of the country The so cnlted Senate oligarchy, an oligarchy which Mr. Harding has all along insisted doe. not exist, is doing it best to foice its xievxs upon him. The Senate which meets after March 4 will be n dnTi-rcnt body from that now in si-sioii. The Republicans xxill have a majority large enough te do busini'ss xxithout the eomplii atmns xvhn h haxe at teinleei the passug, of laws for the past two years. Mm, our tie new senators ai' likely to he more favonihh disposed toward tin' in w l're-iele in than some of the men who lime served with him iu the Senate and sei in now to be thinking that they ought to tell him what to do. They know that il it hnel not been for the large' xote which lie received they xvould not huxe been elected. And he knows It nlso. I'uder the circumstances Mr. Harding is justified in it-'iuiiiiig the leader-hip to whnh he was elected and in consulting such men is ean give him the- information and advice he needs and in expediting that the rest will fall iu line when the tune comes feir action. If tht Semite ii inlets are surprised at the di'i'oxerx that the l'n snleiii -eln I ha, a xvill of his own, th un'ty at large i- giiiitud at In- iiiimife -t di li ruiiiiiiiion u-t il REAL BRIDGE PROGRESS , (API tiniis CAPITAL stait on New iars ri -e.lu ii ins to ha he. n .ecunil hv the I M.i win c Bridge Commission. t, ast meeting of this body in Jfl'JD gratify ingly disposed of n number of needlessly long standing questions in it xvny that augurs well for substantial progress in the ensuing twelx'o months. Tin' appointment of Paul P. fret, pro fessor of design in the architectural school of the Inlxerslty, to prep-ire plans for the striP'tuie i- beyond question ass lr,mi ,. that the primary e limns of strength and beauty VM he' -life gU'inle (I, The llolllililltloii also il. Iinilelv 'li-l f the fiililiistii lotion ot I I, .!! ' Il I'll' - of .los,.,,), , ;,,,, M i. nl'ho.el, a Pre in nun. ,. Ci'i I j , i foriuui 'is Ii, im. , K ,,, in ( : liai I. Ill was In i tr h rc.pi.i, il h fr ,,,. bin min' alterations m Km, iiou ,. soiume thai lime made' that little park nm ,,t the in ir-! nttnii'tixe in the coiiutij, while the tu.ste, nobility mid impressive Hlmplicity of the Valley Forge memorial, a product of his inspiration, nre finely accordant with the spirit eif u great national shrine. Hccordcd accomplishment In the bridgo undertaking also includes the award of con tracts for test borings under thu rhor, up. proval of n bill providing fr oongrc-s'ionul approval of the project and tho miming uf Mayor Moore, long tiaiind in the furthei ainc of public works plans, as chairman of the ee nt iff e ollll. lit I e. H ss ol tins -..it h.'is il,,. ,.!.. i renin v. It i- i' wm I' vv III he ' "Iii i oiiiliilssim I Hi to in I a "irdiiiiil glial untied. "list 1 III "d h Inn, 1 to n i in , li i. ih mil I'l'' liliiiiuii'i I II i"i and ill A Chicago buiglar insists that his life of crime is tluo to a lull he hud in his youth. He has high leleals, he suys, but tho bump on Ms bean will not let hirn do what ho wonts to do. And when we quit laughing ut his plea peihaps xve'll conclude that there may be soino truth In what he says. OLD HARRISBURG DAYS Stories About the Late William H. Andrews and Quay's Battles In the Legislature Why Ono Mortgage Was Not Lifted By (JKOHOK NOX McCAIN HAltmSlU'IUl will blossom with remi niscences on tho occasion of the open ing of tho legislative session next '1 itestlay. Ilecollectlons not only of old members and senators but of old and odd episodes that had lo do with the political past will regale the new generation. . The decade between 1800 and 1000 was perhaps the most stirring, sensational ami L'oncrallv hectic period In the history of Legislatures In Pennsylvania. Liquor ran like n mill stream, ami rumors as to the use of money like u softly flowing fountain. , ,, ,,, It was during these years that Matthew I Stanley IJiim fought his greatest, bnltvs. William II. "Bull" Andrews xvn- n ' these same years the personification of wlin' I the Independents, teimed "pernicious polit ical activity." And "Bull" was "some per nieloiis," as the late Alfred nenry i.ewis would remark. WHF.N Quay xvns fighting for his seat in the Senate in TWO. Andrews wns his fidus Achates. He fought as hard for the Beaver man as though it had been his own contest. Among the members of the House xvas one old fedlow from a small county xvho hnel been electetl without instructions ns to the eui ntorhip. Uinissaries from each side hail visited him after election at his home, but neither had been able to secure his pledge. In this condition of political independence he reached Hnrrisburg for the opening ot the Legislature. Hon. William 11. Andrcxvs, ns the story goes, called at once on tho rurnllst to sound him out. (Juay, his political and army record and his fitness for the place, xvas the text for the talk. And the old chap, nn nppnrently inter ested listener, seemed duly impressed. F1 IN ALLY Andrews, grndunlly groxving more confidential. Inquired: "Farmer, I suppose';"' "Yep; got a little place, but it don't amount to much." "Moitgnged, I suppose?" continued Wil liam. "Oh, yeh: few hundred dollars on it." "How'd you like to lift the mortgage ami hax'e the place clean ns n xvhlsth'V" "Wa-iii, it would be nice, but x 'sre h friend of mine holds the mortgage and lie's easy on me any time I don't come up prompt with the interest." "Leininc tell you," suggcsteel Andrews in a confidential tone, "1 think 1 Show when! you can get fixe new one thousand dollar bills." "What for?" xvas the uneasy query. "Why, to pay off that mortgage," xas the reply. The old fellow crossed and reerched his legs ns if in deep thought and finally replied : "Now, what xxorld I do xxith live new one thousand dollur bills? I couldn't git 'cm changed up in my county. If 1 deposited 'em in the bank back home every body "d know of it nml they'd xxonder where in thunder 1 got that much money nil of u sud den. Still I'd like to git bhut of thut mort gage. "Tell you what I'll do," he said in con clusion. "There's a delegation of the boys from my county coniiii' doxvn to Hnrrisburg tomeirrow for the eipenin' and I'll put your kinel offer up te 'emi and see xxhat they say.' "No, no. ' almost shouted "Bull as he started fur the door. "Don't say u worel te 'cm. Anyhow, I'm afraid I couldn't help you, for the fellow mightn't have them thou sand dollar bills by now." w ILLIAM II. ANDBF.WS was the cleverest, most astute and yet the most daring political manipulator iu the state dining his time. He hud the nelmirablc attributes of patience, good nature, indomitable persever unto mid n kindly henit, xvhatexer else may be- said of li l in mi the- either side. I know peisoiially of edd politit inns doxv.i ami out xv hum Amliows helped linaneiallv leing nfteu' they luul passed the time wlier. thev e'oiild be eif ex en the' remotest service to him. He ilie el xvilhin the last year down in Nexx Mexico. I am told that the fortune he hud aeciiiiinlated in his milling anil rnilioad ven tuiis down theic luul hugely disappeared. Hi misfortune xvas due to speculation. One of the he'st eif the many Andrcxvs stoi ie-s emu eiiimg his political activity has its locale in .outheitsti rn Pennsylvania. IT WAS during a pa 'tioulnrly bitter cam paign in the' elerude I have mentioned when the Uepjblieun party xvas split down the middle nno across the bnck by factional strife Atnlriws was espccia'Iy active in what xv ere legardoel as tloultfi'l counties, for th" fight was so t lose thnt every delegate countesl. Nei prospeetixc gain xxas over looked. In one of the lesser baMlwieks the "Bull," ns he was familiarly known in the wmld of pontics, was active beyond precedent iu the distribution of favors, which he carried in a smnll black satchel. Attempts of the opposition to catch him xvere unavailing. He was Qs sxvift in move ment nud execution us a cyclone and as silent ns a zephxr Finallv one midday a wire flashed into the opposition's heudqiiarti rs : " 'Bull' Audrcxxs under arrest. Caught him xvith the goods, black sutchel und all. Spread the news.." The press depurtment .nsfnntly began the preparation of a news story for Mute-xvldc elolivery. It was to hi a regular killei. The chief piiicliuslug agent of t "-.'nig" m the toils ut liM ; all thnt sort of s,,n; ,ini ,nori.. Lxiiy thing was reii'lx f- i the sensational denoiiciiieiil whin nnotlo i i n ssugc urrivnl frmn the same souri . H win fairly frantic in its appeal li p nil : "I'or heaven", snlse kill storj about 'Bull' Andrews being caught xith the goods, They'xe caught our mini." The fact thst a girl iu Mount Bruddock dressed in a hurry and put on one black stocking and one brown one Is telegraphed all over the country and wins first page posl tion. Chicago prohibition enforcement ngenU, are w-nriied thut women are carrying hooch to cnbarets in "lisle cellnrs." Cleve land's county tux assessor s"tn aside a room whore xx omen taxpayers may withdraw ac counts from "lisle hanks ' free from mas culine' supervision. Lver consider the newi xaliie of the stinking'' liven 'lisle cellur" has n Lied, in it llveuv I, le bank" li synouyuio i. w uh inn ie i We neite vviih satisfaction that .linlj,. I'.iowu ai'd Mr C iniiiiiL'hniii lioth decline that thev an' friends of T ) Maym und thai they iippioxi- ot his iiiiiiiia'gii in Mump ,,IIt xice We theiefeire move' to nilienii ther ancient haying to r'iid. ' A doB, ft politician ami a walnut tree; the moie you lick 'em the better they be." Nuthelcss, sonio state ments are best taken with a gruin of salt. Horatio W. Bottomley has purchased Punch. Tho Unglish comic weekly is there fore sure of ut least one joke a week: in the muhthcad. IWIIHLES Nw' riNr.Ti:i: twi:tv. bubbi,. i,ri.-i.er. I- going i .1. I, . ml qllleki ! No v is ;n'ii. que 1. ,n u 'inn l,i r All our r.ilnb'ew i mi i ' shntii i, ,, All ""!' oioi" '" 'I " v ' HI' l"'l. lil'e 111 the I v n i I lis l il'h ml. ! le udi'ie Yet our thanks an gnnlgui 10111, xvo grt'i't you, Lngprly wo run to meet you. Bring us, pray, unother shipment, Bring us pipes and full equipment, We are tired of truth and trouble, We would blow another bubble. -McLandburgti Wilson, in the N. Y. Herald mmsMmskmimmmam NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best J. HOWELL CUMMINGS On Business Conditions THP. country's business depression xxill be of short duintioii. iiocordiiig to J. Howell Cumniings. heiul of the John B. Stetson Hat Manufiictiiiing Co. and a keen student ot economic and business conditions. Mr. Cumniiiigs. who recently ''t""1';' from Kuroiie and xvill leave in the future for Mexico to make a s ut ly ' f ti conditions in thnt country as they nffe t lit concern, declares the fundamoii a sou ii dness of conditions in the United Sta cs lie the best proof thnt the piesent crisis will not tnul" "It is needless to ay. of ,1'rMP:, SV Mr. Cumniings, "that xvo nre feeling tin. effects of business depiession. "I wish I could say how long it is Kmg to hist, but no -tie can rightly liiizurtl a definite opinion on such n subject Of nt . thirg I am certain, however, und that is tli.it the acute stage which now exists v ,il lb-' ot hhott duration. My renson for making tins rather confident statement is my nssiiriuue that the fiiiiilauientul conditions iu our country are sound. . . . "The consumer has rebelled against ing'i prices und bus instituted ii boycott so thnt at present, nt any rate, there is an almost en tire cessation of having. Following an al ... .ii,i tnvi- tlmi. condition is letlcct- ing in nianufni'turing centers, where great numbers urc unemployed. Readjustment to bo Cirndual "Ono of the unfortunate features is that the proper relation between cost, selling price and value has been lost sight of. No matter how radical the i eduction iu the sell ing price max be, business lias not been stimulated because the consumer has a sus picion thnt the bottom lint, not been rencbetl even xet and feels that u fin ther delay in . . . . 1 ... til ...,nl.l.. l.!i. ! . I.M. making Ills puie'liuses win I'liuoiv oi"i i." "".' ex eutually at still lower prices. "Then- must be, however, a limit to the nbilitv of a merchant or manufacturer to re duce his selling price. He may lie able to do business for u limited period ut cost, or even at a loss, but he ciinuot continue thut leolioy indefinitelv When a merchant npplies to us for credit we scan the statement of his financial condition nml if it shows he has niuilc no money for a given length of time xvo are not nnious to give him the credit he What Do You Know? QUIZ l.ngest Me Mils Wl'V ih. or inollusk ll- loll L'. What Is the ongln.il im .linns" of tho until lniinufiii-i'iii r . 3. Whut Is a palladium" 1 What portion of tho United Stalls i.i tbe must elcclrllled? 5 Who was Pi.sti r John? I, To what '1 ills' do Kipling's "Plain Tales Fiom the llllls" refer? 7. iJlatliiguisli bet w i en I'ol.viioslu, Melanesia and Mlciotieslu? 8 Namo tho three largest cities III Ireland. Ji' hy are uciors callcsl Thespians? .0. Distinguish between u lama and a llama. An6werB to Yesterday's Quiz 1 The devil's advocato xvas one who put the devil's rise UK.'ilnst cinonl.ntlon. Jn Hie e'atliollc fliurch. when a namo Is nigKestid for canonization, none pi rnon Is iipiiolnte d lo oppos, the prop. o-i ' ' d is e ,. i ! d .o iii i i oils 'li ii hIiouI'I not '.the plac. ' Sliodll' ' 111 lll.'el' fl Id ilolll iimII o. iiiTi run ci. ih paiily iii.idn of kui'Ii lllie r :: I iiii'iiay is sunn times lumw n ns the u, . .giuin of Hoiuli Ann rn. i Ii.c.hihi of Its small si. . Its iidv.intiigi mi- loinner cl.il position . ml lin- indiisliy and eiieigy of its liili.ihltaius 4. In Kngluiiel a solicitor Ih a ine inlur of the li g.ll profession COlllpetellt to lillviH" clients uiiil Instruct and prepare iiuisi'h for barristers but not to appear as advocute, txcept in certain lower tout'ts A banister Is a member of the bar, having the right of practicing In suiKTlor courts D TUtuxl.i is the capital of Java 0 The Koran Is written In Aiubli;. 7- Stephen iJe'catur specially illsilnguUhcil lilniself in the war beiwee-n Tripoli and th,. I'nltid Stalis Ills most famous , plou w.i.s his uinxpeiliil eiitranci) iiiiu t ii.iilioi' of Tilpoll ami his niinln. oi Hi.- inr.iii I'lillnib Iphln, V on li I ,ol I" Il iMpllil. I bv tin- i li.'iiiv. II. .ilso .i .iliill' in III- War of isij. S Tv ii l'n . id- i"s ol il'" I mi' 'I MaieH luixo I, ,,n n in I 'I Iioiiijs T'uiiii.i I, rr . ii 'I Tliiiin.is xAo.ilmvi XX'iImiii , 1,,, Xlol I . 'Ol l"U . .Ill I III U , sv ,i..i d ' li i v ii H ii m . nun ,., sin .ipp "I'd In Alunii b. whet, ahe he. i nm lie tnvmlle ol old King l.udvvlg ol Maxima hv whom sin w.ih eniiolileil Willi tin il.le o! leaionesH She was bum in Limerick in 1K1H and tiled In Astoria, V V. In lKiit. Ilei real naiiiu was .Mailo Dolore-H Lll.a Itosanun ailbcrt. 10. Battleships in the American nuyy are usually named after states. mtrr ib sires. Neither xvill the banks loan money to n merchant xvho is not making a fair margin of profit on his turnover. "And, of course, it is needless to sny that xvilhort credit fiom the manufacturer or the bank no merchant can continue to do busi ness. Therefore, it seems to ine thnt a gradual loadjustnient te new conditions is the policy that xvill best snfeguurd the in terests of nil concerned and also xxill benefit the iiltiiniite consumer in the long run. "Pioblcins confronting us today call for the cxcicise, before nil else, of patience and sound judgment, two characteristics which in past crises Americans have slioxxn them selves possessors of in almost ex cry case. If ever there xxas a time when it was necessary for n business man to stand sip.iurely on both feet nml resist the templutioii to be In fluenced by sentiment or hysteria, that time' is right now xxhen both of those elements are only too prevalent. Boom in Business Coining "We hear anil lead much of deflation Mr. Itoger Biibson, in an addre-s delivered In this city several days ago, illustrated the process of deflation. Without doubt Mr. Babson's conclusions weie bused on good bi'sini'ss logic, but there is another view to be taken, bused mi logic just us sound. "That statement, 1 believe, will apply to the present condition. Mr. B. C. Forbes, another authority xxho knows whereof he speaks, bus said that deflation Is being nl low eel to degenerate Into demoralization and the time has arrived to relax the pressure. 1 think he is right. "A readjustment in the period following the xvnr was absolutely necessary. No such immense upheaval as that which we hnve jusf passed through could fail to leave Its definite impress on business. We could not expect to continue to do n successful busi ness xvith all calculations hascd on fictitious values, bused on xxar standards which xvere not permanent. "1 it til one of those people xvho belloxe that the piocess of loailjcstment has made greater piogrcss than xvu now fully realize. I must concede thnt the condition of the patient, thnt iu. our business, is x'ery dis tressing while tlio medicine is working, but xv lien conditions are moie neurly not nml and business opens up there is going to be such ii volume of business us to tax tho facilities of the manufacturing plants of the country, used us they nro to the heavy pressure brought about by war demands." Different From the Usual Reports 1'' I'l th' I."3 AlU.'I'leM TIllUlP The "standing room only" sign was hung out yesterday at the county juil and new comers will have to sleep on the Hour. Jailer (Inllagher icpnrleil that he hud "US prison ers, Only once before', It xxas stated, has the jail provided for so many prisoners. This wns eight years ago, when the federal authorities arrested a number of contraband Chinese, bringing the total in the Institution tei !i"D. The jnll hns actually been over crowded for bix weeks, it xvas said. In the Same Choir Seventy Years from tho Ixinilnn Chronicle. Lord Bb'disloe's "gnrdi'iier, Mr. Joshua Colliding, has been iu the choir nt St. Mary's purish church, Lydncy, for nearly seventy years. At one lime he, Iiih six mis ami two grandsons all m copied seats in ihe choir stalls. Mi. ilmilditig, who celeliruted his gulden wedding it few days ago, still has llnie -mis v.iih tii'u in the paiisli ihurch choir, iitnl two othci- ,ue in tl hoir ,u ilie adjoining p ni- n! Av .billion. Business Item From West Florida Coast 1 I'nil Ilie M I'l I I I h nn iii Cap'n Bill lluiiilin, of the schooner Phan tom, who travels up ami down the West Conut, visited Lemon Bay one day lusl w'eek. Asked how things were going up Saiasota wuy, he icplieel: "Oh, 'bout the same as down here all the fishermen say they nrs going to stop fishing and go trucking and all the truckers declare they'ie going to quit truck growing and go a-flshlng." THE COhQllEHOH T IIAVi: me paiiuice with the mini who sllVs. "Anoil Im is vm ve me th" I em ' ho ' "S mil W ill he ll.UV II ;ni,s in iliie I, of iii','hr, have no p'lliiiiu with the mail who holds Life as ,i beggar's talc. , Cive me the iiiuu with iron will lo climb And courage not lo fail. lie dies Indeed who never sees the sun, Nor hears the song of rain, But his is immortality on" earth, Whoso every loss Is gain I . Morris Abel Beer, iu the N. Y, Herald. SHORT CUTS Mummer's the word. With good resolutions are all reformers today. -till intact we Wn gather from tho remarks of Mr. Bur eh that the rod hurt. Yice crusaders must sec to it that the bliud tiger doesn't simply change its spots. Because good wishes never suffer from reiteration A Happy New Year to All. If D'Annunzin had cut his last act he might have got a hand instead of getting tho hook. Here and there xvhere the wine flow was dammed last night, Mr. Volstead shared honors. Caruso has lost n rib. Let him cheer up. Much the same tiling liappencd . Adnm. If, ns Wayne B. Wheeler declares, tic saloon is dead, Isn't It nbout time somebodv removed the corpse? Oneo more an nncient wheeze is jtisii fied : We don't know where xve're going bur xvn're on our way. There is something of enlightened self interest in tho decision of Gox'crnor Spiot.l to back Mayor Moore. The Weather Man seems to have mail some good resolutions; but, shucks, he'll hi tho first to break them. D'AnnunzIo is said to bo bound for Ire land ; just ns though tho distressful country didn't iinx'e troublo enough already. Advices from Auckland confirm lib in the belief thut tho only way to lick Tilden Is to count him out in an electoral college. Strange, isn't it, remarked the Cheerful Idiot, that lust year was Nineteen Twenty and next Year will be Nineteen Twenty txxo. TVrkeys are roosting lower down than they did nt Christnjas; though tho fifty-ccuts-u-poiiud branch is still a little too high for many folk to reach. When Police Commissioner Knright says there is no crime; wuvo iu New York he perhaps means that il fails to cause iu him more than n ripple of interest. What is the use of a dead line for crooks in New York when the police fall to identify the most notorious gunman iu the country ns ho lay dead iu the morgue? Perhaps the men who are fighting tho Mnyor max- be able to get back at him by inducing the 8. P. C. A. to tnke action on his admittedly hursh treatment of blind tigers. Mayor Moore hns ot least demonstrated that a man can alxvays put things over when lie has what an esteemed co-worker every once iu a while refers to as intestinal In vestiture. Senntor PenroRo arrived in Washington In a private car xvith his secretary, tw nurses and attendants. All he needed was u poodle, n parrot and a press agent to equal the entourage of nil opera singer. The tin out of soveie punishment ha less teiror for a ciiuiiiial than the certuintv of punishment, be It hi'iny en- light. oii can't reelife'e the number of criminals bv legislative enactment. Catch 'em ami crack 'em ! Bricks aie being mndo nut of straxv in France. If wo hadn't wasted so much of It on the njteient workmen xvho had to make pricks without straw xvo could give tho modern fact all tho sympathetic appreciation it appears to deserve. Congressman (inrrett says It is "rather iicudeiiilt', pel haps olio might say obsolete, to raise constitutional questions," Which prompts the- thought that the geiitlenian'i choice of voids Is "rather injudicious, per haps mie' might -ay pillling." Pin.'. Albeit . Mii'helson bus dlscov i id ll. it Bel gi i se in Hie l llstellutlllll mi. n is 'JT.niHl.lillli times as ling, as our sun. but the fact has less interest in the Kille i u.li ward limn the oibit of .lu,'ic m the constellation Mooie. He Is a profound optimist whose fuitJi Iu nenr-beei' Ih siillicinnt to Induce him to pay for n Brooks law license to enable hinv to sell it or who believes that a saloon keeper Is optimist enpiiKli to pay for a Brooks law license to enablo him to iU It. 11 m w I'l V A fcj 4 7 I c 1-e U n i v '1 -i I;! W '! 118 It 1 II jjj t L , I;'. .
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