ft irac Mi S ' . ifeS !i R! fS tuening $JubttcHebgei? PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CIBU3 It. K. CVKTIB, Pmskbkt J . v.nt.ries ii, iuainton, vies President, John u. I Hurtln. Secretary ni Treasurer: 1'hlllp fi. Collins, ynnn it, wmnnni jonn J. Hpurceon, uirscior. EDITOniAtj BOATtDi Ciitm II, K, Ccbtis, Chairman HAV1D E. .1MlI.Br. Editor JOItN C. M MiTTX, . qn-al Tlu.tn Manager Published dully at Pcauo LrootH DuUdlnc Indepentr nco Square, l'hlladeltlila. Atlantic Cut..., I'rm-l'ukx Dulldlng Muw Tons MA Madison Ave. Dbtkoit 701 Ford Bulldlnr fir. Loch 013 Otdtsj-rvmoeraf Dulldlnc ClllOAOO 1303 TYlbwrj llulldlrc sews nrnBAi's- XViSBINOTON DlllUtI, A. U Cor. rnnrlranU Ave. and 14 Ui St Jrvr Yomc IIChfac The. Hun Hulldlnc London rjciuc London Timet sfnscniPTioN TnnM3 The Evr.MWi 1'ibi.ic Lekich la inhl to sub arlberr In Philadelphia and surroundlnc towns at tha rate of twelve (12) cent rer wtek, payable to the carrier, Br mall to points outld vf Philadelphia, In the united Sous. Canada, or United Hiatts ros sessions, postal- free, ilfty (CO) cents per month. Six (In) dollars per year, payable In advance. To til forlen countries one. (SI) dollar a montr Uoticb Subscribers wishing address changed must rlvo old as well ns new address nn.L. loon walmt KEYfTONr. MAIN 3008 J3" Addm all communications to Vicnlng Publ.o Irtdoer, Independence Swarf, PMIadelthii Member of the Associated Press ME ASWeiA.Tr.Tt MESS (s cxe-Iut'i-rlir en titled to the vie lor rrpublirn'ion if i I tirm cflsjialeJies credited to tt or not olhrnciie credited il laes vaptr, and alio tho iocol iieu'S published lAci-fln. AH rlphfs of repubHrottoii o swlal dltpatches htrcln are also reserved. rhlliJ.lphli, Tharidir. Jsnoir? 6, l:i ANOTHER POLITICAL NOVELTY GOVKHNOKS who govern nud ma.vnts who i i t on dolus their own mil) tir ing have for n Ions time been rare nml in frequent in tlili state. Mr. SprouTs deter minntion to go to the l.egi.lnture nml read Ms message at a joint session will there fore be as grost n hook to the routineer in machine politics ns Mr. Moore has been. What can the man mean? Mr. Sprout has convictions based upon experience and hns the courage to ex press them. He differs in tnauy wa.vs from the rank and file, of the local lenders, ns any man must do whose office gives him n bird's -eye view of an extremely busy state and nn intimate acquaintanceship with its flailj life and its material needs. There can be no wise or constructive administration nt Ilarrisburg unless some one can ri-o now Mid then to look over and bnjuinl the bar riers created by partisan interest and per gonal ambitions. This is what Mr. Sproul lias been doing, and the message that he lias to delicr will unquostionabl) be impor tant enough to ju-tify a departure from precedents set by (iovernors who, even if they knew much, preferred to way little. Like Mr. Moore. Mr. Sproul is approach .lug n fight. And before long be probubly will be the target for critiiism of the sort that alwa.vs is aimed at u man who doesn't CO nlong obediently with the croud. We shall hear much about his single -track mind, about nn autocrnt who wouldn't take the Legislature into Ills confidence, about a dictator who felt divine appointed to run the state. That sort of thing is rnv. It is far easier than the task nt a man who, having convictions, is willing to get down Into the arena and fiht for them AN INCOMPLETE TRANSIT TALE THAT portion of Mr. Mitten's foreenst which was least disputed Is validated by the announcement that the It.tpid Transit Company carried some It. ,"00, (ICO fewer pas congcrst in December, I'.l'JO, than in the same month of the previous car. It was obvious to every one that increased fares would moan n falling off in patronage. I'rom the standpoint of self -interest, how -ver. the 1'. It. T. was most concerned with the financial effect. I'reciel what this wns lannot be g'enned by the gross-earnlng tigures at hand. The surc si()s that the company's revenue wns sucllid b more than JUOO.OOO for the month in question. The sum is impressive, nml et its sig nificance may be vatl altered by .in nnlsis of operating londitions. It was Mr. Mitten's contention that the higher fares would incasion a falling off of the short riders, who are natural! the most profitable to the compnti. If the facts sup poit his belief, the net returns to the or gatiiution ma prove that even increased receipts mean an actual umne loss mid that from the utrietl business po nt of tiew the raised-fare ruling issued by the Public Ken Ice Commission was un-ound. The public awaits with c idol interest officinl investigation of figure., which nt picscnt do not fullv cover t lip ompb'x case. CLEAR LESSONS FROM FOG TIIK thick fog of ycterdav morning, one of the densest w hu h ever clc. enileil on the low l.ving portions of this i .t.v , held up thousands of cro.s-river passengers and trained the nerves of several hundred per sons aboard the Sn'em and tin Pennsyl vania when they bumped, foM inatelv gently, in the ctreniii. The bank of heavj cloud arid its extreme dangers to navigation in.iv be called excep tlnnnl heie, lint mist and thick weather on the river is no winter nun It in this region and ferry sihedulcs are frequently disor ganized. Nature, of oir.e. innnot be dirertly beaten, but it 'an be iffectively circum vented. The procedure in this instance is bridge fon.truction. If the vexutirm of ferry nder. vvi. con- x-ertod into enthiism.m for the IMuwurc opan. fog. one of the niennest trick, plajed by uictcorolog.v , wil liavc pi-rfornnd a most ' valuable ..ei v H c. A "MISTAKE" PROMPTLY NAILED Till; i ontidciice nf the Aim man people in llerbeit Hoover 1. so profouml that, little Attention was ni'turall.v p-i iI to Senator Heed's iharge that SJtl.fKKl.llOO of the con prcssional approptiutbin for I'uropeun relief xv as spent "to keep the l'olish nruiv in the field" lust summer Nevertheless. i sat sfjinj ,, note Hie juompt i" plosion of sip h nn in ustitioti. William It. (Jroiive, a Hoover liciitcnant, in chatge of fu m di-trihuti ii has taken piiiiiH to explain that surplus annv rations xv ere so'd to the l'olish In the American (Joveriiiiient. The onlv lo-s to the Amen cull people through the n-I.ef appropria tion was the SI.700.0imi worth of milk dis , tributed to Polish children. Tor food dis tributed exclusively to the civil population the Warsaw government paid to the L'nitvd Stnten $."0,000,000 in tie.isiiry notes. Persons who enrrv charitable relleitinns lo nn exquisitely line point mav be inclined to think that Senator Jteed , ommitted nn innocent en or bnvd on imperfect informa tion. A contrary view of his motives is, however, not unlikely to be held by less credulous mortals. MOTOR TAGS: AN OLD STORY THKHK was u liope in the State Highway Department that all motor tags for KlL'l tould be issued by the first dav of tho .vcar. It vanished partly because of nn imperfect urKanizution and u lack of emergent) fa i'i tles at Hnrrlsbtirg and partly because of nn iMicient weakness of human nature. Most motor owners waited till the luot da) of the old jenr and then overwhelmed the Highway Department otiicoR with money and Applications. More, than ,'100,000 applica tions were filed durlug the last few days of December. Under the present sv.tem of regibtratui. the woxL of lb-s wutoi llsijine bureau, him beon srettlr complicated and tncrcjpwl. one central organization could probably havo dono bettor tharffhc license bureau has been doing. Hut a vat number of applicnntt are still waiting for their plates, nml tney may have to wait for a good many days. Ho It Is altogether Idle to annoy and harass drivers with 11)0 plates ns local authorities here and there have been doing, apparently under instructions from Harrisbtirg. The work of Issuing motor licenses ought to Iw decentralized and the burden which annually falls upon the State Highway Department ought to be distributed through local onlcrj nnd substations In various cities. The hlghwny otllclnls ought now lo issiit nn order exempting drivers with old plates from annoyance by the police while they await licenses for which they npplied and paid it' good time. NO PERFECT SYSTEM OF UNIVERSITY CONTROL It Is Up to the Trustees of Pennsylvania to Decide Which of Two Plans Con tains the Smaller Evil LACK of money is nt the root of the trou b'e.s of the I'tilversity of Pennsylvania. If Its endowment were 10.000,000 larger neither the faculty, the nliiinnl nor the trus tees would be .seriously Httld)ing what thev call "educational policy." I'nder the cir eumstnnccs a more precise term for what they arc studying Is financial policy. A committee of the faculty has recom mended that the relations between the t'ni vcrsity and the state be made more Intimate, even to the extent of making it a state In stitution nftcr the manner of the state uni versities of the West. A committee of the alumni has recom mended entire separation from the stale, with dependence upon nn en'uiged private endowment for its support. In order to leduie the needs of the insti tution 'the alumni lccommcud that no st i dents be admitted save upon culmination, and then only those who pursue definite courses of study lending to a degree : that nil extension courses be abandoned except suc'i ns tnuy be conducted by the professional M'hools; that the school of education nnd tho college course for teachers be separated frori the t'nirersity nnd placed under the direct lontrol of the state: that the veterinary de partment nlso be transferred to the state, ami thnt state nid be sought only for the hospitals on the ground that they are chari table institutions. The faculty committee admits that n cer tain c'ass of students would not seek admis sion if the I'niversity were u state institu tion, but it insists that Hie number would not be large and that it would affect only the college. The professional schools would not be hint in any way. '1 he finaminl problems' would doubtless he solved more quickly by the adoption of the faculty plan than by the acceptance of the suggestions of the alumni. If the state gov ernment could be induced to assume finan cial responsibility for the I'niversity and along with it the control of its material affairs, there would be no lark of money for professors' salaries or for new buildings of n rertnin tvpe. There nte certain obvious disadvantage', however, in such an nrrangement. The I'niversity nt present suffers in some degtee from those disadvantages because it is de pendent on the state for the monev to milk" up its annual deficit. It has seemed neies. snry for its lenders to keep silent In grave political crises because if they spoke as men of their type ought to speak they would hav alienated the support of the politician, without whose assistance they cou'd not have seemed their biennial appropriation hi Ilarrisburg. The Vni'"rsity i" 'be place to which we have n right to look for ethical leadership in public thought. Hut while members of the faculty have been free with their views in private conversation, the) have been care ful in most cases to refrain from saying nnv thing in public which would endanger the state appropriation. The time inn) come when interested pru dence will not counsel such icticence, but under present political condition-' the faculty might find itself securely muzzled if its members should bcome more dependent on the state treasury than they are now. It Is easy to argue that the politicians would not interfeie, but in ceitain western states the politicians have seriously bum pered the professors in the state univer sities when those professors have taught tilings displeasing to the bosses. In this state the standard of political (onduct is uiifortiinntel.v low. The m.in-a-ers of those institutions which receive st"nte aid are expected to go along with the state machine, nnd they are usually prndent enough to conform to the known conditions. State control, of c mrse, would not uff.'ct the xnlue of the courses in mathematics, or literature, or the languages, or the science, but it would undoubtedly interfere with the freedom of expression of Hie professor of economics and politics in all their subdi visions. 'Hie fncultv is as fully aware oi this as anv outside observer: but it doubtless- is hoping for tin- best and is willing to believe that the I'lilversity could accomplish more, even with tills hnndienp. provided it bad all the money it needs, than it can nrcom-pli-h under the present short llnnin ial ra tions. And it evidently is persuaded thnt the liedel flllliU call lie vl cured lllivie quillslv '.n ibis vsy thnn In .'n.v other The alumni evidentlv vvisu the' institution to be financed as Columbia, liar' aril ni d nle ore financed, by the lienefnc tlons of public spirited citizens; nnd they nlo wish that its scholastic policy shall he dictated In experts, in education rather t linn by politicians. Much can be said In support of thei'. position The great privately ndovved col li ges of the Knst are Intellectually and socinllv powerful. It is natural thnt tho iiluiiini of Penns.vlviinia should xvili tiuiL their alma mater should be similarly influ ential, and siinilarl) iudcpeuih nt of politic il control. Hut there is also alwuys the dnnger in private endowment that the men who givv the money mav seek to inlliience the policy of the institution, nnd there is danger iiKo that an institution seeking private endow - mint may seek to conciliate the homers ot great wealth, just as the managers of n publlciv supported institution are supposed to seek to conciliate the politicians who control npproprlntion There nre advantages and disadvantages in both systems of support. The trustees will have to decide which they favor before there can be anj forward movement. Fisqnur Provost Smith announced several j ears ago thut the I'niversity needed from S10 000,000 to $15,000,000, but while other universities nave ueen mining minions m their endowment little or nothing hns been done for Peiins)lvnnia This is because of the uncertainty about its status. If it is to bo cut free from the stnte, then a drive for funds may begin. If it is to become a state university, then no prlvnte contributions will be made for its support. It is important, therefore, that n decision be reached by the trustees ns quickly os possible. The more Tidily supported universities nre in the linhit of taking their pick of the mem- i,ic oi t'n i r p facu'tv in 1 1 ! 1 1 1 km yfCvi' LlSUW oU.J.c.- '"-!. a.. J'.lid luli;t jafEKprq-. TUBTylO Ledger--: ' I 1 - - f ! So long ns the present salary schedule con tinues thd University will suffer from such raids. And so long as the money nt the disposal of the trustees is not Increased tho salnries cannot be raised. 1'oitunntely, the trustees, the faculty and the alumni nre nil deeply interested In the prosperity of the University and In making it able to give the greatest possible bcrvlce to its time. What dlffeicncc of opinion ex ists Is over method and not over end'.. NATURE IS WONDERFUL SOKTLY, in the old diiy. tin Pearl of the Antilles gleamed ujon the b-isom of green waters. There had been no world war. Mr. Volstead had not t ecu heard of. The life of Cuba wns devoted to mgnr and occasional levnlutlons and, though P. was not a pre tentious life in the main, it was peaceful und seciir- in the 'ntcrvals between skir mishes. Observe now the marvelous work of na ture and the manner in which the forces of destiny can be co-ordinated for cuds that suggest an abiding sense of biininr beyond infinite space. The Prince of Monaco Is growing old. Kor some time he has been growing old. A religious Impulse has touched him. A concern for the future Is nt the back of his mind. Thisor the at tendant fact thnt the Ku-:.-iii nnd Herman barons who were the ipenier-iu chief nt Monte Carlo have vanished like a dream- -is responsible for the princess determination to give his glittering little principnlit) a new sort of administration. There is to be no more gambling there. The great Casino out o( xvhieh unfortunate folk ued to wander to jump in the sen will be used for other pur poses than roulette. Monto Carlo is to be lehnbllitnted and it will appeal In the future oul.v to those who live n quiet and elegant life. Why was It that the Prime of Monaco, Mr. Volstead and the Cermnii kaiser were niovid In various vva.vs to shift the life ami the moods of Monte Curio to the peaceful Pearl? No ope knows. Hut It happens that most of the loosV money now available In the world is tl.ving about in llie'reglons of Palm Peach and Culm. TlnItuHian and Ger man barons nre cone, but there nre Hng lishmen nnd Americans who have inherited their hnbits. Cuba has been 'awakened. Pars. n every one knows, have multiplied nnd land specu lators nre growing enormously rich nt Havana nnd nn Immense Casino, planned to glitter ns the Casino nt Monte Carlo never glittered, is in course of erection in the green outskirts of the city. Tne spenders nre crowding in. ltut there hns boenjin interruption in the Pearl's swift advance toward the shining peaks of glory und material success. It is due to politics, Cuba's politics has always been disturbed. There ale the intelligentsia, who naturally feel that, until the people have hail more experience in self-government, they should keep the affairs of the island in their hands. There is also a radi cal nnd restless group, appealing pretty con sistently to the undlscrlminntliiK crowd, nnd they reach passionately for the reins of power nt every national election. Moreover, the people who are In power have been drift ing into dangerous financial ways nnd there lias been u fear that they may become In volved with foreign governments through financial arrangements explicitly forbidden in the working agreement between the I'nitcd States nnd the government nt Ha vana. There have been elections that actually threatened to bring on new revolutions. One wns held recent lj. The people who i all themselves the real libeiuls insist that the government usisl its influence to count them out of n victory. As a lcsult of nil this the Treasury Department nt Washing ton has hnd to send nn adviser nnd investi gator to Havana, and (Jencral Crovvder will land there today to attempt to straighten out very serious tangles in which the island administration has got itself Involved. There is n possibilit) a very remote one to be sure of new intervention by America. In that case the Pearl would have to go "dry" ' The bottom would full out of the drc.im ot a new Monto Carlo in the western ocean. Nature certainly is wonderful! THE PEOPLE'S BIG SHOW S HN'ATOK HOItAH would like to sec the proposed fund for inauguration expenses cut to S10. Senntor Knox feels that $fiU, OOi) would not be too much and Senators Norris and Jones believe that $10,000 would be about right. The upper house has been indulging in its regular quudrennial anxieties on the price of formally installing a President. "Jef fersoulan simplicit.v" has been extracted from the vocnbulnr.v of obsolete phrases und on the other hand the advisability of staging n big event in a big wav has been empha sized. Tumultuous discussion of tins theme is as futile as it is inevitable. The mandate which in the end must be tecognized is from the American people, who have tome to regard the inauguration ns u show of prime consequence and to in-ist on proper appoint ments. The Senate, in view nf its frequent senti ments regarding the presldencv. may be re luctant to give financial aid nnd comfort to the enemy, but this i. mere childishness. So long ns the inauguration takes place in public there will be bills lo pa). The cheapness of .leffersoiiinn simplicity within doors would not be exempt from the counter-charge of 4iionnrchic.il exclusive ness - PRUSSIANIZED POLICE? IN A perfected state of soi lety policemen could go ununited uml the) would not need lo live b) the rules of military ellsci pline which now operate in all their organ izations. Indeed, tlieie might be no need for policemen at nil. lint since neither society nor human nnttire xet has achieved a state of perfection, n policeman will have to carry a gun nnd now nnd then he will have to use it or be worse than useless at the task allotted to him Criticism of pollco methods expressed by the Women's. League for Peace results from an imperfect knowl edge of the work of the department, if not fiom n eonipletc iiiisuiidi islanding nf the every -da) termiiiolog) of the Police Huienu. Pollco ollicials hav" two important things to do. They liiive to maintain public disci pline ami the) have to maintain discipline among their ovvu men. They have found codes borrowed fiom military organizations are indispensable tor the latter purpose. And, sad as it winy seem, force is some times necessarily applitd in tho interest of societ) at large. The- si hunts of gunnor) of which Miss Wlnsor and her associates speak represent a eompaiatlvelv nceut innovation in the Pollie Deparliin nl They xvero established utter the poor marksmanship of patrolmen proved dangerous to folk who happened to lie nbout when trouble flared between criminals and the men supposed to suppresi and capture hem. Their utility is unde niable. The bomb squnels nre not composed of men tiniueil to hurl grenndes. They uro made tip of policemen who must know some thing about infernal machines and Infernnl miuhiiitst in order to denl efficiently with a particular!) dangerous soil of criminal without danger to themselves nnd others, Tlii'i-e ore no machine guns or bayonets in the Philadelphia police organization. Tu help its building fund, n (iieck church in l.ndicott, N. V., sold n epiait of bonded brandy for $H(), Though prohibition agents mav not agree with them, the church nine "itles were evidently convinced the) ,i. iv i .lb .iiv. i.lr. spirit. toAPELPHIAfflRSD THEN AND NOW The Pennsylvania Railroad In War time and the Present President Rea as a Philosopher Old Times on the Waterfront Hy GKOUUK XOX McCAIN THOSK who for buslncis or for pleasure during the war period xvero compelled to travel by tail up and down the land vlll not scon forget the annoying nnd constantly irritating expel iences of those yenrs. Particularly ns they rc'.nteel to the in difference, carelessness, nnd discourtesy of employes In thnt service. It was incident to the Rcneral disorgan ization and turmoil of that nevcr-to-le-icrgottcn era. Hut things nre dlffcicul now; particu larly with the Pennsylvania. The return of the nation's transportation noiMn ! its t-iviitfni owners, with tho ac companying restoration of pre-war condl-' tions, hns workeel a trnnsiormniion in u operation that is ns lemnrknble ns it H gratifying. Former officials with their wealth of ex perience are ngalti nt the throttle. Kverv elepiittment bus been keyd up until Its individual units nre on their toes twenty four hours out of the twenty-four. The Pennsylvania is the finest example of (his rehabilitation in the country. And It wasn't the worst b any menns during the war days of retrogradutloti. WILLIAM McADOO, director general of transportation, might have Issued some thing liKc the following. Jiut he enuui. Kven if he had It would doubtless have been greeted with n xvlnk of the eye or snap of tho fingers. It's n case of the then and the now. Snimi.' Kca. president of the Pennsylva nia Itiiilrond. is of the now. Here .Is the lnl"s. cud most convincing evidence: "KmpIo)es of the Pennsylvania Hnilroad to whom annual or other passes will be issued for the )enr 11121 tiro reminded of thu fact Hint the privilege of free transportation carrle-s with It a duty lo surrender scu.ts In crowded trains lo pay passengers." TO TUB frazzled tempers of rail-worn travelers of the other da.vs these words come like n soothing unguent : "Our patrons on nil occasions should be treated as our guests, and whenever any question arises we "should sacrifice our own individual comforts for theirs." After that place this bit of President Hen's p)chology opposite jour experience of the MeAdoo regime: "The railroads nre judged in the public's mind ns much by the conduct ot their em ployes ns by any other sinifle factor. "What the public thinks of the railroads, whether good or evil, will inevitably in its turn react upon the welfare of every one of us. "It is. therefore, to our direct personal interest to give every passenger who rides upon our trains the bet possible impression of the treatment received from every one connected with the company with whom lie comes in contact or whose behavior in pub He he observes." President Una is not only a grent rail road executive, but he is a philosopher ns xv ell. IN" tlUZ wider appreciation of the great things elf this commonwealth it is xvcll to recall a few fncts about the Pennsylvania Hallroad now that It has come Into its own ugniu. It requires nWo than L'.'O.OOO men to operate the railroad. It is the largest public service institution in the world. It represents moie than $2,000,000,000 of the investeil saving of the public. It has j.'il.ll." stockholders, of xvhom 02.70." nre women. Virtually every Insurance pnllcv holder or saving fund depositor In the United States lias a personal stake in its welfare through the Investment of our bunks nud protective, institutions. Hundreds of educational nnd charitable organizations have their endowments in its securities. In the movement of passengers and freight its service i.s equivalent to one eighth that of the combined railroads of the United States. In its operations it utilizes 27.000 miles of truck. fcOOO locomotives and .".00.000 cars. These nre all of the highest standard, and nre designed to promote public safety and convenience. Above all, and jot this down in capital letters on the tablets of )onr memory, the Peniis)lvania Hallroad Is n Pennsylvania institution. ON A recent day in this column 1 referred to the vast improvements thnt are to be inaugurated this spring on the Delaware river waterfiout from Market street lo Cherry. It is histoije ground filled with the memory of Philadelphia's past. In the early history of the port the local ity between Ateh and Market streets was the scene of great commercial activity. This was particularly true following the War of 1S12. It was from this section that Stephen C Irani ilispatched his tleets to the Last and West Indies, China, Africa nnd continental ports. After his death domestic rather than overseas commerce took possession of this nien. I'rom its dot its nnd wharves were dis patched the steamships of the Clyde Line, which maintained regular services to New York, Albany, Troy, liostnn, Hichmond, Norfolk, Washington nnd Charleston. GKOItCH 1 SPHOULI:. director of wharves, docks and ferries, tells me thut he well riralls the day of these old CI) de liners Lquator. Wyoming, fieorgc W. Clyele. Ciiilf Stream, und the old inland craft II, C. Hiddle, Yuma. Defiance and others. High cost of operation hns worked havoc with the-e steamships. Their pathways to the sen have long been deserted by them. The site of the new Cherry street munic ipal pier years ago was occupied by Kerr's salt wharf. I Here in the Mi's were discharged all of the full cargoes of Liverpool salt. It wns brought to Phi'adelphla principally in American clippers. After discharging tho salt they usually loaded gcnernl cargoes nt the old navy or'd pieis on what was then known ns the Sul ton Line for San Frnucisco. From California they took xvheat to Liverpool, bringing snlt cargoes here ns stiffening at a verv low rate of ficlght. A MONO the archives of tho Hoard of Com missioners of Navigation is nn inter esting chart that has como down from the port wardens. It is dated December '.',, 1S00, nnd signed by Strickland Kneuss, chief engineer and surveyor. Director Sproule tells me that this chart Indicntes that tho largest existing pier between Walnut and Arch streets at that time was 210 feet long nnd thirty-six feet wide. It win owned by Kvans A. Sykes. Contrast this with the new structures to be erected bv the city, 515 feet long, sn feet wide, with 200 feet of dock space be tween them, and we havo some ideu of the facilities now icquired by the trend of mod ern commerce. This i.s only part of the story. It is the intention of the present admin istration to mid at least six up-tn-elatn piers, with nil modern appliances, to the fai'Ulties of the port. It will make possible the hnndlinir of be. tween sixtv nml seventy million Ions of commerce unnunlly, Kentucky tobacco men have decided to withdraw all 11)20 tobacco from the maiket und to raise no crop In 1021. With the same end in view, to raise prices, they plan to or ganize the Hurley tobacco growers of Ken tucky, Ohio ii nd Indiana. As they will prob ably raise wheat instead some of the west ern furniern, who nre holding out wheat, may. where conditions nre conducive, get lunik bv growing tobacco. Meanwhile, tint . oii-uinci i iiiioiicd to think the) hiv iiiis jng uothiug but liniiislone. ft fcY 0, J n -s j. -vl f s.sjw IW 'V? ' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best CHARLES R. TOOTHAKER On the Business Men of Tomorrow TI1L' time to cucourngo and develop the business mnn of tomorrow is today, while he Is going to school, learning funda mentals, and when he is in n receptive men tal condition and full of enthusiasm, is the opinion of Charles H. Toothaker, curator of the Commercial Museum. "If xve nre to compete with the nations of the world successfully in our future trnd ing." said Mr. Toothaker. "we must pre pare our children for the future much better than our business men have been prepared in the past. It is no longer possible for tho United Spates to think of Itself as n sep arate entity in this respect. We must think more In terms of worlel significance every minute, if we. care for our future pocket book nnd our comforts and tho many things that make modern life the desirable thing that it is. "To trade with other nations successfully, our city, for Instance, must sell more Phila delphia made goods throughout the world. It is nil very well for us to import goods from other countries: thut is necessary and importing must lucrense: but xve must ap proximately sell our goods dollar for dollar xvlth those that we get from other countries if xve are to preserve that trniie niuance uiai is so essential to prosperity. Old-Time Kqiilpment Won't Do "It is therefore necessury that we should be fullv prepared to trade with our foreign neighbors, and to do this successfully xve must learn nnd know different things todny from the things thnt our fathers and grandfathers did In their time. "It is amazing the lack of knowledge oi fundamentals of foreign trade thnt is sliovvn by contemporary business men. despite the fact that through our foreign trade bureau ut tho museum we have enabled many busi ness men to progress greatly in improving their knowledge of foiigu Undo within iccent years, "For instance, to show how little knowl edge of geography some business men pos sess, I have in mind the Chicago business mnn who xvired his representative in luu elor to 'run down to New York nnd see li'in' as he xvas going to 'drop' over there. And again xve had a man v. ho makes freight rates and handles transportation for a big rnll rond system ask us what copra (the ineut of coconut, which is the basis of coconut oils) is. Yet 1 enn show jou some thousniius ol school children todny xvho are better in formed on these points than these business men were. "We have to do something to lit the busi ness man nnd woman of tomorrow, when jou consider xvhnt the commercial schools of Kiiropo arc doing. Knglnnd and France, not to mention (lermanv and some other coun tries, hnvo splendid schools for this purpose nnd their young men and women of tomorrow are going to be mighty formidable adver saries. Must Know World nud Peoples "To begin with, we must know the world better geographically. We inust know the characteristics of other peoples. Wo must know people just ns well ns we know prod ucts, ll we are to sell them successfully, Kverjbiidv knows that the popular sales mnn is often n more pnteiitinl factor to tho bouse he represents than the goods he has for sale. We must know our buyers, t o, if we nre to sell them most effectively nnd re tain their trade. It Is therefore a big part of our future business to know the people of the world. We must know the materials of other countries and from xvhnt they ore derived. Tills is a tiling that many busi ness men of today do not know very well. Our world business should increase enor mously in the near future, just as it has In the recent pnsl, und thereforo these things uie of the highest import. "The connection of the Commercial Mu PQiiui with this work of fitting tho hrsiness irlnu of both the present nnd future is it very definite one, Thus it Is well to con sider that seven-eighths of the llax of the world came from Hussla, and that the re mainder of it xvlth the exception of about 2 or !t per cent came from Helgiiim. Neither of these countries Is producing tills neces sity In uny appreciable quantity today. What urc we going to do for our linen und other products of wearing nnd household ne cessity? What are we going to do for un. seed oil, n bnslc necessity of nil paint? 'n must turn to Argentina, India, .North Da kota and Minnesota for our future supph In the zeal to produce flaxseed more tluiti 1110,000 tons of flax that might be salvaged from the stalks hns been wasted every vear "No coiiiiiicrcial innchliiery lias jet 'beeii discovered that will ennble cs to prodipc i OLIVER- TWIST, MODEL 1921 .. "Ik. sw flax fiber from which the better linens can be made. Chemists all over the country mo working to produce it flax straw nnd many vnrlous experiments nre being .made to utilize nnd develop things. We have been n nation that has turned out taw materials for tho world, but this field has been par tially superseded by our manufacture.! products, "Now what xve arc really doing is this. Wo ure teaching 100,000 school children every season something nbout these things. "We give lectures every year to nbout HO.OUO children. We send lantern slides nnd motion-picture upparntus nnd films to rural schools nil over the state, giving them a community life and vital education at tho same time. "We send slides on iron nnd steel pioduete to Pittsburgh.' We also send sample cases showing at a glance the various processes by xvhieh these products as well as others are develeiped. "We show similaily how cotton and sugar are produced in Louisiana, the various processes by which coal is mined nnd so on throughout-' this and other countries nud how many well-known nnd many little known products me developed. We show something of the countries and the peoples. .Museum Acts ns Laboratory 'All these things arc done systematically and not haphazard!). The museum nets us n laboratory to combine eilucatinn mil commerce. The subjects eliscussed in tho wnys mentioned nr designed to fit the class work in the schools, so that nothing goes to waste. We huve pupils from the foi-rtli grade of the elementary schools and from as advanced classes ns tho Whurtou School of the University of Pennsylvania. In short, we strive to Inform them on tho commercial, industrial uud geographic fun damentals of the world. It is our hope thut the business man of tomorrow will be equipped xvlth the necessary fundamentals of world trade knowledge that iniinv of our contemporuiies lack and that we 'shall be able lo cope successfully with our foreign competitors nnd nehl to the wealth, pros petit and happiness of this country." (lerman scientists are nil agog over tho strange manifestations visible in the pres ence of n nine- car-old girl living nt Dieter shelm. Havana. Nothing stays still in her jucsence. jn,()0rv furniture Hies to ceiling; outdoors, sticks nnd stones fv, and inves tigators are struck by unseen hands. The little girl appems to be typical of the Ger many of wartime. What Do You Know? QUIZ Hovy Is the .American light ot Hitmen, tlon in Cuba authorized.' For what specific reasons may interven tion bo inuUe? What Is tho original meaning of tho oiiiiiu i- i iineis ; 4 What is a prognathous jnw &. Wbnt Is tho capital of Nlcaiagua? (.. When were laiinoii iuIiuhik.'.i Huropean warfare.' 7 DlrtliiKiilsli between aibltration mediation in International , Ir,. l into nud 8. Who Invented the ewlnB machine 0. Where do tho Hottentots live" 10. What U a dew lap fc Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Knctory was originally the name -i,,,,. ,., u merchant .,,, t'orluMa'u'lng 2. A platonlo frkmlsblp a 8l)lri.i friendship for one or o,,pos?to 8fclx l Z. Two great public woiUh nl immense Ho. ponnuo, to the devdopme , f tt-.i I. portutlon iomp eifel In the V im i ... ..f the ulueteViitb cenurVweIl.tl'o Suez Canal and tho American mi i continental railway, opeiu.l ,V isu" ' '' .,.eSD;ii'ia,!s T1llf mul caty death, es peolally the. bringing nbout of tl hi in ,.is.as'vS0 "' "" "ll:uru," " i-intiii 3' "nuis'lc. " "" cIafcslc-'l Bddes.s or fi. A figurante Is a ballet dancci . 7. Thu battle, of Aglncourt was t., nw. between the Krviich ami tho Piil Tho Colorado southwest. livei flows south 3' A S?i!!.t.S.or.,!"t,'u,?e.l an ""aginary belt " - ill 1 (stalls. 1 it M?inuio,Usb,w,y,'''A'l-r5f I to Tlie KIiik .lames vi i si,m oi Ha : i,, up , linn in i 1 1 f i Sh,. SHORT CUTS What the emergency tariff bill appears lo ucetl is zinc ointment. llnrrisburg harmony may be nothing but a uaiiiisunitc heiorc n Dout. It may be noted that Germany 1" in slow nt disarming as the rest nf the work! Young men xvho nre putting up for if will be pleased to learn thnt caudy is comit,; down. I.egislntois xvero touched by the flowers on their desks; but jit xvas tlic taxpayers' funeral. News icports from all over the eouuti) indicate that Chicago's whisky ring Is ito solitaire. It the I., nf P. were if horserace tun is diffi-rrnce of opinion enough to make it "real intorestin'." Women in the next Legislature mar score on the men by requesting their con stituents to omit flowers. I nshion experts say that skirts will b shorter this .venr. First thing you kaou their cars will be uncovered. Due to his lightning change of front Ilarrisburg harmonizers can't tell xvhetbtr ( the Campbells nre coming or going. Not the least of the troubles of thi white collar man vvss that he had to pa.v all kinds of prices for his white collars. Perhaps if our legislators xvero proper!' reasoned with they might be Induced to forti their salaries during the vacation period. The Handits' Union has no objection lo n closed bhop so long as the workers In th craft arc provided with n jimmy or a brick. If I'ucle Sam can afford to give credit beyond the limit of the ability of buyrri to give security the War Finance Corpora tion is an excellent good thing. A sheriff's force in Omaha recenlrt raided six stills nnd seized 100 gallons o' rnisin wiiisk.v nuu (Ktu gallons of mash. 'iii4 drought in Nebraska to duto has cvid'ntl.' not been intense. When people tiro of nncenntrv tlifr will be no need of a Hornh resolution to limit inauguration fripperies: it will fes' until inlly die out. And until they tire of it protests nre uiseiy to he nil in vaiu. Admiral von Tirpitz fays that tu' nu, ihiu.uuii (ierinans of middle Lilrope vvii become nn invincible nower if tliev ban'! together. Hut hasn't Von Tirpltz alrcadv proven niinsoii n punk prophet; All Mussulmnns between the ngis ol twenty and thlity havn been called to tie rolors by tho National Assembly of tli lurkish Nntloniillst Government of Angom A war-driven population is again the g"jt Viscount Grev voiced Interti-itiorii' common sense when he sulci rccentl) thnt ' the world wants to avoid another war e must correct nnv tendency toward t ' growth of competitive armament. It is ll sober second thought of the nioinlng aftei. Detectives were able to get evident' against a local gambliiis house because a eh I vamped n lookout and detective were ill"' to get past him before ho wns able to tl oft those inside. This, we suppose, inn open up n field for women on the pel!" force. Women hnvo mine than noisim- ititeie-r in the condemning of fifty tons of bec ' Kept tor fointeen months in n local ion storage warehouse. The law violated tlie ito all intents and purposes) themselves put on tne statute books nt a time, too, vviicn tney nan no vote. The wife of n Danville (III.) busiue." man lias fasted fur thirty. seven duvs and sa)s she will continue to fast until her husband becomes converted to her rcllglW nnd gives all be has to tho church. A U"0 might be justified in a case liko that in I"' coming un Indian giver. A tax of two mills on mnnufactiiunl coiporutluns. sa)s Governor Sproul, shorn' iii-oiluce n revenue of nlintit . sMl.000.OOv That's leas than a third of tho nmoiiu needed to pay a soldiers' bonus of a luinijrN dollars, isn't it V And we also need a llttw money for better schools nnd better roan, duii'l xve 7 Oh, well! All we'vo got to' is ii iiuic iigunng. j A wm,mm HfA 1T.WU i ! UtV iHsan r-TW-.3B .-.v-Mrw; , .-'. w j? i? j&m.
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