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"honor nj.stcrn." which oimii-i In In1 threatened in one of tlic ili'pnrttiipnts of the Vnlvotsity of lVnifjlvntiin, would he limit rcgrettnlilo. The s.Wnn i" oil'" winch, piv crnint; the procevsrx of x.i m' ti.it in nml promotions in t online linlic'.. miiki'. di rectly for n sort of trniniiii: nml di-ciplinc that cannot he tuiight in nn. other whj. 7 mnking n liidcnl reiinnsihle to ha mvn iriinuicuvTi iittuL'i iiiuii ii itiu iiiluii it. mght to be a certain aid to eclf-reWeet and :lea thinking. 'i t Trt nnv InrcpA prnnn of tindprffrndnntpa nil th.tr always will ho a few ready to crib, rtBreany,to WKe aovaniago oi uie commence epoacd m tnem and ready to violate a coac. 3ut the experience of most teachers sustains he belief in the honor of majorities, on rbich the "honor pystem" is founded. The (method represents an advance in college Methods. PROFITEERS IN POLITICS 5pV ?FA ,PIIETTV clear pxplniintlon of the fun j'liP l'amcn'a' cause of political inctlicii ncy 'trnlln,thls nnd other citio is simsc'icil by the jUgMT-'tpcnernl lack fflfilOiJrolntlve to a ; gSS'i that have be 'IflSfc'iof Thlladelp of interest in current to-cip new nlisnment of the interevfx een titrlit i hit to control the affairs 'of Philadelphia. 'I ell the people of colu mbines that control i mu or ice or milk ami jjfalyou will cnue exctenient. 1 ell them of wcorabincs organi.od furtively to exploit a pyrrole city nnd pnd its money nnd vou I, will get litth' attention. It ms now tlint f Mn Vnre is content to he one of "a council '. 'f lentfers" nnd that "other leaders" are fjing to arrange a compromise with Mr. oorc. jji. Leaders of what? A public Ion: trained S?.! accept ninchinc politics never asks that MMtoost Rignilicnnt (iiiestinn. If people in (he vjTUnitcd States are fitted for self-government the sort of "leader you hear su much about is merely a person who seizes power to which he has no right. These men will tell, you that leaders are necessary to get out the vote, to tell people how to vote, to hold the parties together, to tlo the thinking for the crowd wlne'i refuses to thmu for lt.iclf. And yet then- are innumerable people ilm can enlmlv accent and applaud tins $L thrpry.and not be moved to laughter when !" they remember that t wa At icrieans who first talked of making the world safe for ? democracy. WORDS OF LIGHT NOW nnd then, in listening to the debates in Congress. stiM jn ' decisions and points of view in the Sen.iic or endeavoring iK3to find a logical jui ligation for epieer and unexpected things di tn- in Wiishingtoti or in tlic Legislatures of ihe various .states. Amer- , -Vans who want to do the best timt is pni- ijblc for and with ilieir (ountry find theiu 't.BelTes wondering what is the matter with ji'Omany able politicians in office. The minds sva r .1 i.. im .. ' UL IUUU Ul lllfse II1'U .Hi1 il IU.AK'. i i .v 'Beem, in a word, to he unnble to cnt h up j with the present or to understand and m H.pathizc with any forces repri sentative of reactive and aspiring life. Ami jet they teem to want to do right. One very shrewd cntic of the American pplitical method thought some tears ago timt lie had solved the riddle. He fi-lt that he had discovered tin- source of the inhihitiuiis no often nppaient in Washington nud i '.,.. where. "American polith ians of tin- tir-t , Ins.. he said, "are often tinibh nlHe te.; In' a kjj. liabit of mind that num. from tool mj ioo Tilong nt bad statin's of dead smti-siueii :" BEGINNING OF THE END ."rnlllj friends of ih I'ordnej emergency ' I ftiff I, III tt ., . .!.t .i .1 ... ,l... s; t. .A fcu, .,. .-,.. ... ( Ill '. Ill l- '-llll' finance committee .tnla whin that ioii- ! mittce voted HI to -I to o the bill to j t.; a amendments. l5'. This is just wh.il 'i,i. wint'd h tlii.se ''fcji'wlio think that the .i l i foolish and should ,j -Q lie ueieateu. i m i ,i ueen punning to loau it down witli nnc mlnii'iUs whicli would -vSjirovoKi- sii'ii pinioni. mi innate inat t u.-iu j would be no time to bung it to a ..te. fJ Indeed, one -. n,it,.r I i- nunoiinied his inten '. JWitlon of offering an imendnient tin- imie lending of whii h lid ' ellpV all the time to tin- measure bciv. ecu ,li ihat could be given i " now nnd .March i. 4j With the del ision ,.f te llmill. illimit- . tee lavorahie to tin m. the mmmiIois with i f iiniendinents are ni: I to ! i nt 1 a lunge in tlie duties on umi i mn ejvahle mm. luodity. yome of the ; 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .em, are lil,i lv to be accepted bv tl nominee other v. ill In) offered on the lloor of tin S ante after M- modified bill i- H'ported if it ever gets out of the committee rnmn It dors not matter how tie bill i. h,.M . ' & up so long as it is not pnssi-d fm- vvhutevi'r changes aie nuule m tin tantr laws should i ie niaue aiu'i- i.iimui inipiirv ami with m mil' regard to the relation bcivvccn the ti.nle ''Fur Ihn I'llitl'll SilMli s ninl Ih,. Il-I.l,. ..I tl.. nations which owe it v ist sip , i FRETTING UNDER THE BURDEN HJ3AVY taxes aie irritating Ihe Uritish to about the .s.iiim extent as tbe are an noying tlie Anierii ans. .lohn .Jacob Astor, n supporter of the gotci'nmcut, was de feated for Parlni nt in the by-election in the Dover division ot Kent this v. eee b.v more than noon vm 'rhe goveriiiucnt iim- llidate received a inaimit.v of mote tliuti (JOtKl jit the general cle. i in l!is,. Mr. Antor vviis ippnsid In i'W 'i'lioim, I'otllson, who tan on a plaiforiu dcmuml.ng ilrastlc econom.v . The voter neemcd to he , wjtli him. Thev are feeling the same nay ikJ in Hcrcioru, wiieiu in n uyi'irciiun uie jw'l. -J"T majority for the goveinmi tit enndidato was JfJwxlAp r.OOO less than in P.MS. So widespread is 'wWiho dissatisfaction with Ihe failure of the IKrBfiW Roverninent to retrrju'h that it Is said there ,,5iKfi:,''fl l.t not a trim. h I einsevi ative "at in southern 7!l r, 1ll . .1 . l n AH -... . 1 I ..ll I . . !-.. I................ . I ll 1 tlIOtUl '' - -I'm ! Htgj ti . i , .. - f.i g.-.H on March 4 docs something radical to rcduco government expenses the chnnccs nre that the Ilepubllcnn majority will disappear nt the election next year ns the Conservative majority in Parliament Is likely to disappear when tlie government appeals to the people. If n proper sense of duty does not impel the congressmen to vote for economy, the in stinct for political self-preservation ought to be potent enough to lend them to cut nil un necessary appropriations. HAS THE NATION FORGOTTEN ITS TRUE SOURCE OF WEALTH? The New Preponderance of Town-Dwelling Peoples Suggests That the Fundamentals of Real Progress Are Misconstrued IF NOT considered too deeply, the race of the cities is exhilarating. When census times come nrotind the nvernce individual's distnte for statistics Is abated. If be is a town -dweller glee inflates him nt the dis closure that hii urban community has sur passed its neighboring rival. The reverse order covers him with chagrin, succeeded by fervent hopes fur u better showing in the liet decade. Detroit and Cleveland, for exnniple. waxed as emotional ns schoolgirls over the latest population survey. There i something in -gratinting. inspiriting in their zest for town growth. Kipling sensed it many years ago in "The Xaulahkn." and underneath tho sheen of satire could be perceived sympathy, even admiration. The census, however, is oblivious to the claims of sentiment. Poets may sing of the country, novelists the town, or vice versa. The decennial analysis of population deals only with dlspassionnte realism. Furtheimnrc, figures which may evoke n thrill in l.os Angeles, Rochester or San I Antonio, while thttcring enough lo local pride, nun tell the converse of a cheerful tale if considered in relation to grand totals of population classes. American cities have grown prodigiously within the past decade. Superficially the fact denotes progress. But the newest cen sus does not stop with th.n fnlr picture. It appears from the official statistics at hand that for the first time in its history more of the inhabitants of the United States can be classifier as urban than as rurol. Of the entire population, 51.4 per cent are town folk, which means thnt they abide in built-up communities of more than 2500 citi zens. The mnjorlty of the states of the Cninn show a marked falling off in the number of farms. Tho people nre unques tionably quitting the land. The situation, if not yet critical, is as suredly ominous. It exhibits u tendency which, unless checked, may become calami tous. The crust of civilization, though it may glitter, is in reality exceedingly fragile. The war pioved that. And the prime eco nomic lesson, old and inextinguishably true, is thai the nn mice of underproduction of necessities threatens the very structure of society. Tlie security and ease of metro politan life veneers this truth. The craving for luxuries is insidious not only because of the injury to moral stand ards, but also for the disastrous confusion of terms which result. Tho definition of necessities has undergone an enormous change within the last ten or twenty years iu the I'nited States. While it is unfair to brand an appetite for comforts and esthetic delights as vicious, and while much rot has been written and spoken concerning the wickedness of cities ami the feverish frivolity of their inhabitant, it is a rule of life thnt the most gorgeous externals must crumble if neglect of fundamentals is curried to ex tremes. An acute modern philosopher has said, "We attain no power over nature till we learn natural laws, and our lordship de pends on the adroit nes. with which we learn and conform." t'onformitj is not displa.vcd by the now giievously developed practice of farm de-ertion. In all but three states the proportion of urban population is Inrger than in 1010. Farm life is indisputably grueling. It is quest ioni'Ve in some instances whether it is even he.ilthy. As compan d to metropolitan nieas. the rural ditiict is backward in sanitation and hvgienie facilities. Crentur unforts arc notoriously lacking. Labor is arduous. The hours are long. The pay is meager. The iqiiipiuent necessary for modern maintenance of farm or plantation laud is expensive. "Tovvued i ities please us then and the busy hum of men." Theie are joh and good wages in town nnd opportunities to giaiify ihe utmost vnrictj of ileiiot go id or evil. The wonder that we have become a untio politnn nation is small. The cities are in xigorating and their naive i ompetitions are appealing. P.ut the diagnosis of a disei-e is not necessaril.v remedial. Not all citiens of tlie Woman empire were blind to the degenerative pi psses at vvotk in the second and third centuries A. P., when the eitie. were strong, brilliant, huge and their life at tractive!;! compelling. Mnnj of the keenest minds of that age were avviue thnt the must profound misconception of tlie meaning of ivealth was sapping the vitals of tlie realm. Money, an artificial medium of cveh.mge. was the goal. It was obtainable m the cities, and there humanity abused its lord ship over nature. The dav of iecI,oi.ii,g was postponed, as it will be here, if the metro politan urge does not exceed its picent ,iace, iait a shocking debit account mi- piede. tined. The most ingenious social scaffolding evi r devised will disintegrate if innteuipi for the iimd l lie only authentic scoiine ot wealth, per-i-its As the Italian harvests shrank inch jear the cost of the actual needs of life soared. The baibnrians have been incused of humbling Iiome. l!ut to a certain extent the empire committed Miiehle when it neg lected its fields, t ejected the simple and itertinl c laiins of nature and n rpreted ri lies in terms of coinage and un ctrninus luxuries. Taxation mounted as tin- purchasing power of money declined The basic laws of eco nomics will pi rmit of no jugglcr.v . There is today no more momentous do mestic problem before the American peoplu than thnt which concerns city in rding at the expense of agricultural progress Millionn of ii'-ps of fertile soil hnve mnde the nation great our industrial and financial might is rooted in these assets. Food is the funda mental fuel never to be supplanted No ersiiiz" will suffice. The situation cannot be beuOih-d by alarmists. Ihe I iilteq Mates is still the. gieatest agricultural nation. Its like is unrecorded in history. Hut it is assuredly in cumbent upon tin' best constructive forces in the land to devis means of counteracting ominous indievs of a vviong-headed cone op. tion of progiess. llejp, not blame, is what the Auieriiiin farm population needs The Depllltlllcllt of Attl l lilt IIVO ll.ls iln lie mm li and it experts aie i ontinualli at .void, upon relief prog"iiui-. and ispechillv induie meiits to iop cultivation. Institutions de voted to agricultural education have accom plished n great deal, with our own Statu College in line for deserved honor-,. Perhaps, after all, the inventors will con tribute the most. Aliendy mechanical aid to farming, notably of late the tractors, have wrought something like a revolution in EVENING RUBLES LEDaiDR - crease in tho percentage of farm population. Wo have not yet fallen short In general crop production, which means, of course, thnt ntnblc areas do not need to be worked b.v the some proportionate numbers of persons as two or three decades ago. This s the brighter side of an extremely complex case. Hut no amount of rearrange ment can efface the disturbing conclusions to he drawn from the census records. Ab normal conditions, n product of the war, passion for exaggerated comforts nnd allur ing luxuries, tho spirit of somewhat giddy times nnd. above all, the genuine burdens of rural life as It now exists, have driven the people toward city dwelling. Not dismay, but sober realization of the case nnd energetic resolve to ameliorate it is a matter of high nntlonal obligation. THESE CHANGING TIMES ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE In Washington, in tlie ilnvu when Mr. Volstead was seen occasionally but never henrd In the House, there was a dim ontl odorous emporium in Which the cocktail was supposed to have nehleved a perfection al most celestial. The cognoscenti Were moved to take off their hats at the mero mention of this temple. Politicians new from the sage country lied to it nfter their first devout glance nt the Great Dome nnd their first word with their paternal senator. And it Is interesting to remember, in considering Mr. Harding's resolve to hnve a simple inaugura tion, thnt the crowds which used to jam the avenue once every four years looked to the capital's most famous bar with awed in terest almost ns great as that which they felt at a first view of the Washington Monument. That is the sort of crowds they were. Their moods were invariably festal. They went to inaugurations for n good time, lo cut loose, to revel in tie sense of freedom Hint onie men experi.Mice only when they are lar Irom home. It is true, of course, that sonic people went only to v. civ Hie great ceremonial on the east portico of the Capitol nnd to have some part In a demonstration whicli, ns they saw it. tadiated solemn sig nificance. Hut they were a minority. They were lost nnd invisible in the jam. The city was owned by tlie big men from the little towns, the adventurers nnd the joy-hunters, and it ran wild on inauguration days with ward heelers who felt dimly that their pres ence there somehow helped to establish them as men of importance in their party. From the four quarters of the country the dare-devil spenders nrrived in nstnnlsh- ing clothes. They paid twenty, thirty or fifty dollars a day for a loom with a hath and then stayed up all night to wonder wide-eyed in the streets or in tile corridors of the Willaid. where they were lost in an atiaospheie of smoke and diamonds nnd dazed by the glory of the clothes worn by laughing ladies fiom the embassies. If they belonged to the marching clubs as most of them did the.v walked wearily down the. avenue on the great dn.v looking bitterly lonesome until some neighbor or townsman from afar hailed them hysterically from the midst of the sidewalk crush. These, lesser personages who jammed the hotels and the sidewalks were the ones who did most to give inauguration day crowds a had name. They wanted to cut up and they cut up. Weren't they in the shadow of tlie altnrs of freedom V They were accustomed to carry to Washington n great deal of the materials necessary to a first-class jamboree applejack from Jersey, corn "likker" from south of the Mason and Dixon line, bland hut dangerous distillations from the middle country, high wines from Cnllfnrmu. And after the parade ended it was alwa.vs ap parent that thev had drunk all that they brought with them and moie. And to the eye of foreigners in Washington all this was America. It is our habit to laugh happil.v at the sight and sounds thai attend a loronation procession in England, when the Hriton en gages in u period of restrained worship of himself and his traditions. The rickety conch with its plush and gold and the out rideis nnd the pages nml lieiplds and scepter bearers and assistant repler hearers nnd the challengers and tlie overwhelming odors of the middle ages seem queer enough iu the Eng'aud of today. Tlie lcverent crowds on the sidewalks seem even harder to under stand. Hut what have the IlritMi thought of the Vnre and MoN'johol clans in their .spats and high hats marching for all the world like battalions of happy undertakers, nnd what have they thought of the infemous political machines of Ohio and New York in holiday clothes helping to ocnit a Presi dent of tiie United States to his high ollicp? There were dignified governors in the in augural processions. The soldier and the sailors trim nlvvays and good-looking helped matters greatly. P.ut in an.v final analysis the parade could appear only ns a pageant of nil that is most lamentable in American politics. The need for a change was 'clearly np paient on the day before Mr. Wilson' first inauguial. The crowd already was in Wash ington and it hnd been tuning up. The ugly tempei that normally characterized it was demonstrated in an amazing fashion when the suffrage organizations paraded from the Peace Monument to the tte.isiiry. The Washington police asked the women's or ganization to postpone their demonstration. The crowd, the) said, had been drinking too much and were in an uglj mood. Hut the piocossjnn a ver.v beautiful one that glittered with sjinhollsui and gorgeous costumes-was slatted. It did not go far be fore the hooting mob broke the police lines nnd tilled the stieet. The climax came when a man tried to pull one of tin- women rldeis from her horse. He was lashed across the luce with a liding crop. The police were overwhelmed nnd the prociinu was held up for more than an hour ami. I general dis otder till a tioop of envnlrv, rushed from Fort Mver, in rived and clean d the streets. Mr. Harding's determination to have a new sort of inauguial ion dav was not due to a whim, lly leuioiing the more spec tacular features that brotig.it an undisci plined mob to Washington hi' hns moved definitely toward a nloim that should have' boon attempted jears ago. BRAZIL AS A MARKET ONLY those who follow the icporls of the progress of South Ami'i'ica tiro aw arc that the countries there are developing with' the riiphllt.v which has chnrai'tei ized the Uniii'd States. According to the mi-n. of Ilr.i7.il, recently completed, timt n public hns a population of ,',(I.."IM),0Ii0. or about the population of the United States m liin. Tim aica of the two countrii's is about the same. In lfiiio the population was IT.niHi.liOl). or about the population of ihe F nltcd State's In 1S10. In the last tweiilv vears the Hrazilinn pop ulation has iiecntisid at the same rate that lhi population of this couiilr.v increased in the twi'litv .veal- Iioiii l.SlO to l.Still. Itio do .Inn 'in., tin- capital, has a populu- ti if 1 jlill.tllill nml is one of Ihe most, lieiiutiti'l ' ities in t1 . world, and il Is grow ing a ion,' with tin- giovvtli of the lest of the e on nt I. v . If Allelic an producers wish lo dispose of their sin plus iu South America they will have to begin di'Velnping the nun hot before the producers of other nations have pernio iicntlj turni'd the channels of trade in their direction. When we realize that It is n market which is eoustnutly expanding w I i ciision for Jioeoiiiiiig ii tit, W , t - ttSrHflSTOM PHILADELPHIA PtfESS DINNER Men Famous in Literature, Politics, Art and Education Will Talk of the Days When They Worked Together on the Old Newspaper Hy OEOKOE NOX McCAIN A DINNER unluuc in the history of CX American journalism will bo given ot the Adclphln Hotel this evening. It is not a testimonial dinner. There will be no outside guests nor will there be nny so-called guests of honor. Men famous In literature, politics, art and education will sit down beside young re porters of tho present years. Editors of International fame, publishers whose names arc familiar in the far places of the world will speak of times thnt were be foie some of the younger ones nt the board were born. The occasion will be a reunion dinner of members of tho Philadelphia Press staff covering n space of sixty years beforo the paper was absorbed by the Poumo Lr.ncii:u n few months since. TTtHOM tho time the Press was founded J. sixty-five yenrs ago until it was pur .chased bv Cyrus II. K. Curtis and consoli dated with the Pf'iii.io Li:noi:n no one newspaper in the United States, possibly, gave to the world such n distinguished and successful number of men in the varied wnlltB of life. Such of those who survive and can ar range their engagements will be seated nt the bniimict board tonight. They will conic from the four points of the comnnss. 'J he necrology of the Press hns been es pecially notable. .Tohn W. Forney, noted essayist nnd gifted man of letters, and Charles Emory Smith, cnbinet officer nnd diplomat, stand con spicuously in the foreground. Then there arc Moses 1 Hnndy. Audubon Duvls. Andrew itlious. Richard Harding Davis, Lewis N. Mcgargee. ihe Hovvland brothers. Kd nnd Harry: Colonel Frank Hurr mill Cntheart Taj lor. A .score of .others 'might he mentioned. Of the 'living many will he present. (!ov rrnor . c. Sproul, once Chester cor respondent of the Press, and his prlvnte secretary, Harry McDevitt. who was one of the star reporters j Walter O. Hnmm. for roars consul at null, England, now retired, will be unable to be on hand. Colonel Henry Wnttcrson for years xvns southern correspondent of tho Press. Clark Howell, editor nnd publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, and William Ball, editor of tho Charleston News and Courier, nnd other no tables. Cyrus II. K. Curtis, publisher of the Ledgers, nnd Willinm L. McLean, of the Hullctin; Bradford Merrill. Now ork executive manager of the Hearst pub lications, nnd Dr. Tnleott Williams, head of the Pulitzer School of .lournallsin. Every newspnper in Philadelphia has somewhere upon its staff men who were once among the elect of the Press. ., '""'o Phlladelpliin newspapers nre tinder the editorial direction of former Press men, viz: John .1. Sptirgeon. Prni.it Lepoeii; .lohn P. Dwycr. the Record ; David E. ."riV ".' ""' Evenino Prnt.ir Leijueu, and ( hnrles K. Shull. of the Bulletin. I' rom the nrt department there Imve gone forth famous illustrators and painters: F. It. t.ruger. II. O. (ilackcn nnd John Sloan, t.cnrgo Lnks nnd McCnrter. of the Academy of the Fine Arts. OF NOVELISTS nnd dramatists (here were Robert Xellson Steoolonnu t.i yen before Richard Harding Davis, and Nathan Haskell Dole. In later years fa.-' Vi" i I i- ""J"m --""Hii it. raine. Keginnld Wright knuoTuinn nnd Ocorge Morgan the latter noted ns a biographer as well as nov elist. Harvey M. "Watts and Tom Dalv nre ooooo, no); ooo' rniiKs nt poets. Political life is represented bv David J. Sin 111. city solicitor: Morris L. Cooke, (.eorge I- Sprcmle, director of docks nnd feiries; . corse C. Picric, commissioner of registration; . V. l.ong. uemblvinim ; while the bench presents Judge C. H. Mc- Micluiel : state depart tits. Charles It. Hor- wortli. chairman of the Water Supply Com mission, nnd Colonel James II. Lambert, former insurance commissioner. THE long rosier includes uKo Henry L Stoddard, editor and publisher of the New nrk Mail and Express; Milton V .Sn.vder. former editor of the European Paris Herald: Hamilton Peltz. foreign nnd war coi respondent nnd Allien March, the Inst editor of the Press. l,,if. John Dennis Mn- 1"T.,.iiiSlV",n,",... W,,N YarnnJI Abbott nml (.illicit II. Shearer, tlie musical critic I hen there arc Karl Hlonmingdale. presi dent of the Poor Richard Club; IM A Muschump, M-ndicntf manager, and II T Craven, author, traveler and editorial' writer: Aarvvick J. Price, lecturer and writer: WR. D. Hull, advertising special ist, nnd Robert P.. McWade. famous old citv editor, and L. J. (iibs,,,,. llotpd Washington correspondent. Among the New York delegation will be Dean Hoffman, editor of the Ilarrisburi. ,l; "ill, A. iioyd Haniilton. dean 'of resident legislative oornsvpondonts there; Harry s. I iiinc former auditor of the Press; James A. Campbell. Warren Cnwlev, for years editor of the Press Forum; Wi'l Ham I. Llhs. traveler and writer; Hen Gor don noted city edit.ii;: Edward Cu.lehus and V1'1..,,""";1' n"(l ,'-oIh Marshall, of the Prni.ic- Ledci it. James O c. rulTv. drnmntic critic, and Samuel L. Lac mr, musical critic and editorial writer; R Vv p,,.,,,.. phoiKrapher. and 'Iheodore Pohlig. n.l.oi!iiiS expert. Other widely known fouuor members ,,f the staff Include Roy . illiani. and Hugh Dovle. artist end illustrators. Ailuiherto Capoi-a and Knrl do Schweinitz David Fish was for twenty jear foreman of ihe coiuuosing room, xv.m Ui Kl;,:l'.""'"'.: brok,.,; He,.v .'. AMItbnnk. of New- , rk. and Joseph M. Mackrel , impeiia potentate ,,f ,. shriners of Pittsburgh, will als l,e pre-ent Alvln J. Meier wiM conic from" Passaic, N. J., though I.iasttis Hialiiaril. of Seattle, w 1 be represented bv his letter. James (ilbbons Hunek.'r. d an f ,.,v yr ,r,.,. matie and musical unics. author and bon vivant; L. It Lister. .Josepi, I,. Copeland and A. N. ( uiiimings. editor uf the Wil mington -ncm mid lamoiis old football player, with Abe hiiis,,.,,,, ,,f tll(. theutrienl world: William A (...i,on. James Wharton, Ltl biles. Samuel 1 1 Warnock, noted re porters ami clesl: men. ami W C. Ru 1 editorial writer now with the Record Itriiuer KiiuiTiimn. of lirooMvn. and' P .7 Mcbahan. oorrosinndi'iits and editorial wi it ers, and Kent P.iekaid nml W. Hnncnck Pa no. of the j dinger generation in Press history, will be' there IN ALL iieail '0(1 names ,,f foimer mem-bi'i-s of the Philadelphia PrcSS staff, business ofliee and nil ilepaitiuent were so cured b the committee in chiuge of the re union. Distance will bar some from being prenent Of the writing staff. (Gorges ;. l'ltsrlo s Ihe oldest survivor. H,. was a reporter under v'.V'V,1 iv - ,'"r,"'' "'' K'uri- prior to the Civil ar. Tom Richter was the Inst city editor and Richard b. Beninish, now of the Inquirer was the last managing editor of the Press before it went out of existence. Messrs. Beamish Craven, Lneiar. Mus ehaiup and Puckanl aie i chnrge of a num ber of novel features jepiesentlng the Presi ollicc of tucntv-five .vears ago to be pro diiceel nl the dinner. Other Essentials rionii ll.' Iln liiimiiil Tine H-iipttti A Washington dispatch announce thnt it is planned to have tl ft v more congressmen. While this commendable move Is on for necessary things, here' are a few other essen tials: Five legs for a dog. Three hip pockets iu tiouserN, A singl till worth .$1.1.'!. 0017 for shop. ner. e.lt. ft' Sllima"llie 'liver,. Osvvald (.arrison illard. editor and pub lisher of he Nation ; Charles M. Lincoln, editor of the New Vnk Herald; Benjamin , ''izer. Hie Hccosfu playwright, with v"m rr' M n""r V- Whltcraff; and J. .7. O Neill. W .tfrKj&w .-- awmKasM Vi.-i.;.i :VsWt-jfiwhi'i ir" .flKyimUKSmW'till-W MHBm u&fflhffiiiv- ',' "'gig-. .jHBHpMBSiV' &M!mKHrWkx:''7'z&v&& Wticityim r4,,!Z!iVN3crrW'KnJa "."'I'm iiiijrir"'' -BarTVjopo'-'l;:Tu'v"s-, Hela iOjaaT erci'2,aJoiJH'iilsiiai3e r ' "--' Sla!efflStlT',l' '- ll" WLlCttM -yR9liB8tMS8uBEtilrV r I L mmT!r""T"lMimif" tl'l'lJ'atl'-',WaWBiy N,:"-sv---j!,''-r" ' -Wftrl TWPllWnlBriii J 7ti 'jSff'f'io)jg-ieszji3-i "uiiEsL. -" -.oowsTs a i ii i ii i iiiii i '"i" T ' nnvifmmmmwtiwm iu ifTtimirmrr iiiiiiiieaiirrniTtrtioi ssJ.."'t,i e eetiaiiiwtTV Jyu-o81 -.....juK-y wti1 'tssseS -fr-J" SSSJ'tf'S-s-iftiFiSftaTa -Js''?!!,-iiS2ii NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks Willi Thinhin Philadelphia on Subject's They Know Best EPHRAIM LEDERER On Income Tax Law EPI1RALM LEDERER, collector of inter nal revenue for this district, believes that the present Congress will lessen the tax on excess profits. In discussing the origin and administration of the income-tax law Mr. Lederer insists thnt it is eminently fnlr despite strenuous views to the contrary held by persons in many walks of life. "Were it not for the income-tux law our country could not haw weathered the war." says Mr. Ledeier. "The revenue obtained is immense nnd official figures show thnt no less than Sa.ilolI.tl.tn.C.OO was collected throughout the country for the fiscal year ended June .10. 1!20. For my district, which comprises Philadelphia and tvventv-two adjacent counties in the state, almost $180, -000.000 was realized. "Willie the figures nre so stupendous, the cost of collecting this nature of tax is vir tually nil. Thin., of it. for every $100 we collected it cost the government only fourteen cents. In 101.1, however, when we started to collect the tax from incomes, the cost was SI .120 to collect u like amount. "The original law gave n married man living with his wife nu exemption of $1000 and to the slngK' man an exemption of $,1000. Above thnt sum he was icquircel to pay to the government a tax of 1 per cent. Now. however, the exemption is lessened to S'-'OOO for a married man and one'-half that sum for a single man. The income of women, married or otherwise,, is not exempt, and they, too, are required to make n return. May Cut Out Exemption "I expect thnt this exemption will in time be done nwny with, and all those who argue that the income tax is now class taxation will have their arguments cost to the wall. "The total number of taxpayers in the district in 101.1 was nnlv 20.000. Today this is only one-sixth of those who are liable to the tux. Two-thirds of this number nre corporations, with the remaining one-third individuals. "Tlie average person does not try to evade tlie tax and we find that n great majority of the persons endeavor to be fair with the gov The Dream-Town Show THERE is nn islund in Slumber Sea Where the drollest things aie done. And we will sail there if the winds nre fair Just after the set of tlie sun. "Pis the loveliest place in the whole wide world, Or anyway, so it seems, And the folks there play tit the end of each day In a curious show- called Dreams. We sail right into the evening skies, And the ver.v first thing we know. We ure there at the pent and ready for sport Where the dream folks give tlieir show. ' Vnd what do you think they did last night When 1 crossed their harbor burs? They hoisted a plank on a gieat cloud haul; And teeteied among the stars. And they sat on the moon nnd swung their feet Like pendulums to nnd fro ; Down Slumber Sea is the sail for me, And I wish ou were ready to go. For the dream folks there on this curious isle Begin tlieir performance at eight. There nre no encores, and thej close tlieir doors, On every oue who is late. The sun is sinking behind the hills, Tlie seven o'clock bells chime. I know by the chtiK that we ought to stnrt if we would be there in time. Oh! fair is the trip down Slumber Sea, Set sail and away we go: The anchor is drawn, we are off and gone To the wonderful Dieaiu-towu Show. Ella Wheeler Wilcox in'Miocnl House keeping. A Ship of Rumor Tumi tin- London i'hronlcN'. Laid up for her final rest nt pei -. n I ill the Falkland Isles, Ihe old tin at l.iitnin. seientj -seven enrs of age, nnd Ihe lnt big screw sli'iimcr to go into drop waters, hml to submit to n short detention on account of bad weather in the jear that saw the opening of the Crimean war. Returning to Liverpool early in 1S."1, tlie (Jient Hrltnin was taken for nn advance guard of a Hus sion invasion, and for an hour or two causeel n greater sensation locally than the fninmis Russinn troop trains early in the great war. She wo- nt Mint time, iiccnnllli'.' to n hii'ii' pnpoi ,lho f' t t hip in the1 world "GOOJfcY!" rKloV "-in i """' fjfJia I 'Lfll-CdaaTiW'j'bftssrfUsl. is-1, a. HIHHnluai au-l.ai - .J " Tl Til .L7, iMi - jsturiciSi'tcmviia' .. J,7i-I '".'-'' 1I"T' t ,:nn (-- --K-.fi' ernment. We hnvean expert corps of men whose duty it is to ascertain the truth of the facts set forth in the returns, and where mistakes nre unearthed xve call the people in nnd nssess the differences. "If we were to tnke every case of a mis tnke in tnx to tlie courts the courts would have nothing to do but settle income-tax cases. For this reason the commissioner litis the rigid to impose the penalties, and he lias many ways to see that the penalties are met when due. "All leturns which nre S."000 or under nre investigated by this ofliee direct;, nnd nil above thN amount go direct to the authori ties in Washington for the audit, checking up and revision of tlieir accounts. Where, however, fraud is evident upon tho face of the returns, criminal prosecutions are insti gated, and in tlie district courts here wo litue gained many victories which make the defendants liable to a heavy fine anil may lie n term in prison. "Our investigators do much to increase tho revenue, for the.v nre ever checking up on the returns of employes of big plants. The truo information is supplied us by tho employers themselves on forms provided bv us for the purpose, nnd where wc find that mistakes have been made without an intent to defraud we permit the employes to pay to the government the entire sum of their liability and let their envs rest. Only 1801 Delinquents Hero "There were only 1S01 delinquents In this district for the half year ended New Year's Eve. Many of these have by now straight ened out their accounts. Tliis number is smnll considering the number of persons in this district who nre required to make their returns. " hen this branch was started there wero ninety-five men nnd three women employed. Now there are 202 men nnd fifty-five women, 'ihe female employe incrense has been great anil in time their number will overinp those of the men now employed in this department. ", '','t,yo",r i,u;mne "- I early thin year' ought to be; the slogan of the tnxpnvers and in doing this they will greatly facilitate 'mat ters, and they need not be concerned over their income-tnx payment for another venr " What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who were the wiilto House lirldes' 2. What was the ui ,,ame of Tawrenco i xv-"?rrutt',ith0ino,cdfA,merlca notor? , here-' Is the lrrawaelcly river'' 4. What Is mennt bv tho empyrean? - 'inn'-vot0 nUt,hor of " 1'oem begin ?'" .N"t ii drum was heard, not not n iniienii note .' ij. who vvt'ie the mother nnd (Jueen rilzalieili? father of W'ho was Oonato Hrnninnto Pierce?0 t"" ci,m"nIK ""' of Franklin il. What Is a pvlon? 10. Mow olil was Franz Schubert the cln bratecl composer. , , .iroVVft; Answers to Yesterday's Quiz titililngton. Monroe anil Jachson ... the American I'resl cents vv ,n fT Tf In the Itevoliitlonnrv War fought C first btlltCS to ratify the venr.,,,.. consul ami .xilcli gnn whleii niV. . It on tin; Mine .lay-June 7J ".ZV' wo Inland countries of Souii, , . . are Hollvla nnd ParnJuav ' A,ner'cn. 3. T I. (Jrotlus. the onus, ine lmtch statesmen, ,,, lfil.1). Mist Piopouncb' tlo .il.ci'583, tho freedom of the , , H In hi ' Vt " (1583- f rn running water, to all. I ho sea are the air. common 5 Nell fivvyn, actress and Charles II of Kugland seventeenth centurv fnvprlto of fi. Tlie fauna of a legion H lM ;,imi, , considered as a whole -"'imal life 7. inreo ,1'iain ny Ilenrlk Ibsen are i Holls House "lid, in -.,., u.r. A The Master Ilullder" ,e nnd A liigicmaii was lUKiciiiiin was oriKiniillv , ,, placed before the ,, ,'nt ,"te "" ,'i"r drilling- to show the ,,io!L ' f-. w.l"ll In the liietaphorlc.il sense to l,11' eo.no to m,. u npolu smaii' Vn 'm ,,'S" meiit. policy or system of iUc'ih m'"e- 'li' in liuiL ,.. r ii. -""in The "ll in liein (ucoidlnis- to ti, i should bo hii '" ""' ''est usage in A hoodoo Is ll largo white. sti'ln,i ,.i , burned South African antel,!;,!1 N"'''"- A New Industry I'ioiii t lii "si'W Yoil. Herald The American "lii'iicss to S'j.l.Otiu linn estate" who testified in her ,iit for w that she paid $100,000 to buy off tiveutv- women who claimed pri,,, engagements l( nuiri 'he tilled foreigner she Hnulh utiii-i-lc-t I suggests a new liiternatleiual industry whlih' nuis'ieil wiih uuergj. sliiiuid favorahh mr,. i the foil', an e cliimse in nkc I isss:i&mSBBSi: ' W&Mmmm -'Ip-itc rfi'ill ilBimpaes'sTWmaeji,. -,z3ulxw -laejlejej'oj(j''fMte .x ... --Twaiir'-'aiTsiv ''.mrmtnT. r . . --tmi.-tt,n--j?im aie'i'i trtMrfoiieiuaMn .i-eaTMaaiu-i - iivfirtn "i iiT--il i 'frnFniiit ifrrr tffflTntnri i iiiiwitineiMiit ti ajiji u n -i l-n. .. -s--M-"B-JMntd-a-UlUjSft'itH S I W'-'TTlialiaJ'ia'I'ttl I. jfe,, ,,.. -Viv- a. "?' v &. ,- tfe mm .i.tlJI 1. I i llaT-ei IIIHI lis i B I II II IM aTaTall i nr limtilii in aUT i llerr M-ff kf lala'aT'aiaTaM o TM - -'-, SHORT CUTS It must bo ndmltted thnt Mary Gnrden has a charming press agent. Part of tho Red Terrorist plan appears to he to keep the police guessing. There is n hint of prohibition days in Shakespeare's "I have thee on the hip." Rocknway Is willing to forget that the navy adventurers lost not only their balloon but their tempers. Tlie clerk of tho weather has lieen giving Philadelphia illustration of what it means to "mush on." Ono man xvho Is convinced thnt the llnrdlng administration .will be u failure is a Washington hotel keeper. By tho timo tho P. -It. T. gets on its feet it may be the public will begin to worrv about that Bovcn-ccnt fare. Ono trouble with economic readjustment is that every fellow is n little afraid that the other fellow Is getting the best of it. And always let it be remembered that a stiff sentence for a bandit is only effica cious after the bandit hns been caught. There are those who arc so anxious that Germany shnll recover economically that they lose sight of France's prior claim to the same right. Of course it Is understood that here and there scnttcred nmong the best minds which unfold themselves in Mnrlon there nre n fevr thnt simply think themselves so. Iceland has appealed to Norway for a supply of ice to keep tho herring crop from spoiling. Wc nre now awaiting a hurry call from Lackawanna for anthracite. The fact that cider when left alone be comes hard illustrates one of the difiieiiltie fncing tlie prohibition enforcement officers. Nnture hns.no respect for the law. Retailers who enn't sell, manufacturer whose plnnts arc closed nnd workers unem ployed may look back and wisli- somebody would resume that "orgy of spending." Any politician will tell you that not the least of the ins of the present administra tion is its Insistence that a city employe must do a fair day's work for a fair day'. pay. Mary Garden hns been elected general director of the Chicago Grand Opera Asso ciation. There is ono singer on her .staff who will give her no trouble unless she gets sore at herself. AVnlking clubs hnve been organized in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to fight increased street-eai' fare. Offhand wo should sa that shoo dealers ought to back a movement of that kind. Emma Goldman is quoted ns saying thnt she would rather ho in jail in the Uniteol States than free in Soviet Russia. Is it possible that somebody has been putting Emma to work? One of the members of tlie Cornell wrestling team hns a wooden leg unci mem hers ot other college tenuis have been so no tilled presumably so that they mny at one realize the uselessness of pulling it. The threat of New York netors to ti iU" again draws attention to the fact that iu no other case can the public nt large be a more discriminating and disinterested nrbitrntoi If the public goes to the shows the Milkers lose; if the public stnys away the managers iose, Washington hns n shoe-shining purl"' presided over by n militant suffragette who does her polishing with a discarded silk Htocking. She says n silk-stocking pnlHi i the finest in the world. What she prob ably liaH iu mind are Its advertising qualities. Vtf . jloweikjIflllL JJlLi M, I st-Msis4Map''sst Mr. Mnrlnuzzi, in declining to continue' longer as director of tho Chicago Opera Co.. said the jealousies and rivalries of singers robbed him of his pence of iniiid and' therefore, he would resume his bnton. Hi'1 tumble is, probably, that he never ie liiiquishecl it. lie used n btiton wheie he should have used u big ntlck, ., New Jersey is planning nn iinprniecl higlivvny between the prosptctlvc Hudson river tunnel and the proposed Dehiwi'"' river hildge. Ami we herewith cense to sub sci'lbe to the doctrine designating the proli nhle use of good liileutious as paving ma li'i'l.il. The.v arc n necessary ingredient tc the cc nentiii'f 'if ngreeiiients nnd lii mnkln'i ill cuius Hill' rcle i J H: ' -1 ( i V N t - - - M J K:. --'-,'. ' A 7 iJHk. v - I ;j
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