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THE TEXTILE DEADLOCK
IN OUIt news columns today npiiears the
first of a scries of three articles on the
textile situation In this city, specially pre
pared for thin newspaper after careful in
Yestluation by Sherman Noser, of the Ktaff
ef the Outlook and an authority on labor
conditions in this country.
Realizing the importance of the deadlock
sow atrophying the lcadlns industry of
Philadelphia, we believed that an impartial
inquiry and presentation of the, facts to the
public to be wholly in order. When one
etops to ronsider that a population much
larger than ihat of hundreds of cities in this
eountry is directly and adversely affected by
this shut-down, due to differences between
the mill owners nnd operators and the work
ers, there can be no other conclusion than
that the situation must not be nllowcd to
continue a moment longer than necessary.
What we have sought to do has been
undertaken in the most liberal spirit. The
desire is to be helpful and not in any sense
to widen the rift. Hut both sides should
be brought fare to face with the fucts, un
blinded by prejudice and unswayed by rancor.
That is what Mr. Uoger has been eagtr to
accomplish, nnd wc beliee that those who
read his three articles today, tomorrow and
Wednesday, when he will present his con
clusions and point the way out will agree
with us that he has done a big thing for the
people of Kensington's mill district regard
less of whether they are tho employers or
the cmplojed.
THE GREATEST GOOD PRINCIPLE
"TT IS almost impossible to draft a statute
J. that will not in some manner or degree
interfere with, curtail or possibly abrogate
privileges, benefits and conveniences enjojed
by a portion of the population."
The idea embodied in the above form by
the supporters of the present rdaylight-saving
lnw in New York is a commonplace. People
do not argue oer such a truism. That may
be one of the rpasons why its significance is
eo often forgotten and why the kickers
flourish.
A summer clock law, as every other mun
dane statute prer framed, is certain to react
inconveniently on somebody. The mot thnt
can be hoped for i a working majority of
benefits. This could unquestionably be re
alized in this state by the parage of a
daylight-saving measure.
The great tiiban population, one of the
largest ofnnv commonwealth in the I'niteil
States, would be gainers. It is not possible
for some agricultural workers to adjust
their duties to a '-hunge of hours. Actual
oppression by tin siimuii'r tu" hedule
would fall on a comparatively small number
of Pennsjlvnninns. If their prod-sting oiees
tire loud the tone of the i horns is thin.
The legislators in llarrisburg arc not
placed there to liten to strident minorities
There is n genuine need and !csir for a
daylight -saving law in this state. Tho case
ought not to be misinterpreted because of
. the cries of db-i'iiticnts.
Thnt the grievances of minoriiir-. are often
ralld Is true, but it should not bo hold to
invalidate tho healthy principle of the great
est good of the greatest number.
A PHILADELPHIA CARDINAL
IN ADDITION to the titnchs of the recle
siasthal honor that is to be paid Anli
bishop Dougherty b his elevation to the
cardinalnto is the distin' tion for the hr-t
time accorded this citv.
A Philadelphia cardinal is a novilty, lut
one that is well warranted and has for some
time been expei ted.
Archbishop Dougherty'., advano inrnt will
restore to the I'uilod State its quota of
representation in the eollege of curdinnls,
for there has boon a vacancy smro the dentil
of Cardinal Farlc. The status of the Penn
By 1 van i mi will be eiiml to tlmt of thein
eruble Cardinal (Sibbons. of Iialtiniore. and
of Cardinal O'Connell of Itoston
The cmincnoi of the position h all the
raore striking when it is recalled that Dennis
J. Dougherty, or ginully of fiinirdville, was
a breaker boy in the oal regions, and that
his virile character and cupacit for scholar
ship and administration consistently gov
erned his brilliant career toward elevation
to one of the nost i xalted positions in the
Merurchy.
Plriladelphian-.. who have been quick to
appreciate the virtues of this able prelate
during his comparatively few years here as
archbishop, runnnt fail to be pleased over the
recognition that . ilk be givtu within a few
weeks in Itoni
ONE WAR LEADER WHO WINS
THE ability of Afri a to evolve novelties
was ruoogni.d bv tin Koiuau-. The
ancient tradition i --ill vulid In tin- union
of British possession in the southern section
of the alleged Dark Continent the now con
ventional repudiation of the war leaders is
liignificantlv linlttd
(ienerul dun Sinn's, isoulli Africa's lead
ing delegate to the Paris Peace Conference,
has been overwhelmingly tinted to the
House of Assembh , ami the dominance of
his party in the self -governing colonies is
emphatically asserted.
BARRIERS AGAINST TYPHUS
rSAFi:Ol'AKDIN(J the Ameruan public
agninst un invasion of typhus fever the
federal health authorities ure wise in htress
jng the necessity of protective incusures at
the source.
It goes without saying tlmt the inspection
in our ports of passengers arrived from in
fected countries should be strict, but immi
gration Is proceeding on so wtbt h scule
that the best of iiuaruiitine facilities are
likely to be overwhelmed. This is especially
the case in New York harbor. Kills islund
ia oTcrcTovvded The accommodations of
military uud disinfcrtlng stations hare lately
ern taxed to the maximum
Huropo is thf pluce to establish the drastic
.uardea bunitulrc. Most of the Kuropeau
tfotiutrieB hare offered no objection to the
plan of the Public Health Service, In nc
cortlnma withiwhich vessels failing to coin
ply with the quarantine regulations of this
government will be denied clcau bills of
health by the consular agents.
Italy, now In control of Trieste, whence
the vessels bringing tho thirty-five typhus
cases to this country have sailed, has, how
ever, been Insisting that examination by her
own medical inspector!) was sufficient. The
facts disprove this.
It Is Imperative that some agreement em
powering the American authorities to op
erate In the ports of cinbarkutlou be nego
tiated ns speedily ns possible. Unless this
is done it would seem advisable to act upon
the suggestion of Dr. Copelnnd, the New
York health commissioner, nnd for n time
exclude flitosctlcr the Immigration tide from
those Countries where typhus has appeared
ns a tragic by-product of war.
TURNING THE SPOTLIGHT N
ON INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
A Worthy Attempt of thfj Chamber of
Commerce to Help the Situation
by Examining the Facts
THE experiment which the industrial re
lations committee of the Chamber of
Commerce Is to make this week may or may
not succeed. Hut It is worth making.
Conditions in the construction Industry
are unsatisfactory. No work which, could be
postponed has been done for three or four
years. The cost has been so high as to maka
it necessary to refrain from everything pos
sible. As n result, there is nn estimated na
tional shortage of 1,200,000 buildings for
housing the people, the ruilroads are using
old rolling stock run on rails that an; fust
wearing out nnd the producers of rails and
rolling stock nnd the manufacturers of all
kinds of building material arc running on
short time.
Further, the cost of all materials ns well
as the cost of labor is so high that investors
are unwilling to lend money for new work,
for they fenr thnt wheu normal conditions
return there will bo such a slump in values
that they cannot get their money back.
Now, as wc understand it the industrial
relations committee of the chamber thinks
that the peak of high prices has been pnsscd
nnd that there has been such a decline that
if tho conditions were fully understood the
work of construction in all its branches
could be resumed in the near future.
The circular of invitution to its confer
ence beginning tomorrow in the Mayor's
reception room in the City Hall nnnounccs
that "conditions-must be made economically
sound and stable."
We do not suppose that the committee
thinks thnt anything it can do will have any
material affect on economic conditions.
The most that it can do is to exhibit the
conditions. It can discover whether there
is evident c of approaching stability. If it
does not know the Invvs which regulate sta
bility it can seek to learn what they ure.
Hut it must be admitted that those laws
operate with little regard to conferences nnd
congresses.
Tho exhibition of conditions is .to begin
on Tuesday morning with a consideration of
the responsibility of public officials with re
gard to industrial activity. Tills will be
considered particularly in connection with
public works. P,y engaging in such enter
prises the city and the state can relieve
unemployment and create ,a demand for raw
materials used in construction.
There bus ulwuys been a feeling that the
government should do what it can to relieve
"industrial depression when private corpora
tions nnil it impossible to Uo anything. The
fact thnt the cost uf public works may be
high does not prevent men from urging that
such works be undertaken.
Of the two evils, it is regarded ns better
thnt a public building or a highwuy should
be built and paid for out of the tax levy
than that money should be appropriated di
lectly out of the treasury for the relief of
the idle. Public works can start the wheels
moving and the money paid for them will
go into the channels of trade, creating a
demand for the product of a score of different
industries.
The t ity or the state can get all the monev
.t needs if it will pay the price. It is not
i ompcllcd to t onsider whether the price is
high or low, because it does not have to be
assured of un income from its investment,
under penalty of bankruptcy,
Tho private employer may be able to get
money at a price, but ho cannot afford to
borrow unless he can see how to pay it back
out of its earnings.
The confereme will consider the relation
of the money market to unemployment. The
situation w ill be discussed by builders and
architects, bankers nnd representatives of
building, anil loan associations. Costs of
transportation, fuel and building materials
will be examined and compared with the
i ost of food and clothing nnd with the rates
of wages nnd tho hours ofVork. And charts
will be exhibited showing tho price condi
tions that existed before the war, the peak
of war prices and the present levels.
It is announced that at the final session
on Friday resolutions will bo adopted em
bodying the findings of the conference, and
committees will be nppolntcd to carry them
into effect.
It will be noted by the discriminating that
wages are to bo considered along with the
prices of commodities used in construction
work.
Those who have no confidence in the dis
interestedness of the Chamber of Commerce
may b disposal to say that tho whole un
dertaking is for the purpose of hammering
down wages of men engaged iu the building
trades in order that builders may lind it
possible and profitable to bigin active opera
tions in the spring.
Those who suspect such a purpose will
follow the discussions with great care, con
fident that that puipose, if it exists, will
n'ltrude itself before the conference udjournh
i tt wjgis are one of tho obstacles in the
way of a resumption of building operations
on a large scale. And wages are high be
cause everything else is high. If it cun be
demonstrated, not on charts prepared by
statistii inns, but by the prices one has to
pay inothe shops, thnt the cost of living has
fallen materially, thin a reduction in wages
will come abo"t automatically. Working
ptople ilk-covered during the war, if they did
not know it before, that the vulue of a
dollur depends on its purchasing power.
When they were paid in dollars with a
pun busing power of only forty cents oc
(onling to the 1H1" standard, they naturullv
demanded that theyget more dollars. And
they are naturally relmtant to have the
number of dollars, in their pay envelope
udii'cd. Hut the wuije q"estinn is likelv
to adjust itself us the cost of food ionics
down. An exhibit more graphic than any
statistician's, chart has lately lit on on view
in some o: tno jirovisiuu sicres. ic is a
basket of groi cries -lhc tontcnts of vvhitli
cost SIS.ori a year ago, but vvhitli can he
bought tins .pring for S-.05. The Jim u will
have to tall still lower before it roaches the
level of VMli.
With all d-io respect to the ( iiainber of
Coinmercc conferees, it must bo said that the
declining cost of food is likely lo have a
greater Influence in bring. ng about u build
ing revival than ull their talk this week.
We call the dollar a measure of value, but
u more accurate measure is u hiisht I of
wheat. When a man's wages, inuisured in
dollars, will buy In end enough for his family
with something left ovtr for meat and pota
toes nnd a little jam on the side lie is rea
sonably content Thpe dollar wheat menu
moro dollurs for a Oav work for every one.
Jav
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DoJlur wheut ' i txu ftver dollars for a J
day's work. Dollnr wheat is not yet In
sight, but dollnr-flnd-a-half wheat would
sot the wheels of Industry in motion, as soon
as tho scnlc of prices for other commodities
wns adjusted to it.'
The conference deserves tho nttentlon of
the public because it is un attempt to do
something, even though slight, to bring relief
to those who have had to suffer from the
profiteering landlords for the last three
years.
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LIQUOR AND THE TREASURYSHIP
T?EFOM3 Senator Harding announces the
& list of his cabinet appointments he ought
to insist that each member publicly repu
diate and refute nil imputations mado
against him nnd his avnllabillty, whether
these be inspired by purely partisan motives
or the utmost sincerity.
Specifically, there comes to mind the
charge of the Ncvr Yprk World in the case .
of Andrew SIcllon, the Pittsburgh financier,
to tho effect that lie Is heavily Interested
personally In tho Ovcrholt Distilling Com
pany, which is said to have $12,000,000
worth of whisky still In its bonded ware
houses. Under no circumstances should any man
directly connected or pecuniarily interested
in the whisky business be mndc secretary
of the treasury, the post assigned by the
correspondents to Mr. Mellon. The roirV)n
is patent. The enforcement and adminis
tration of tho Volstead prohibition net comes
under the jurisdiction of the treasury, nnd
nt this stage of the country's affairs it would
be folly to leave even the slightest colorable
grounds for clinrglng that the secretary
might be swayed from his duty by selfish
concerns.
Thus far Mr. Mellon has not answered
the charge of the World. Perhaps this is
because he docs not wish to embarrass Mr.
Harding by seeming to antlciPotc llis t-'Il0'cc
in nny confirmative way. Yet It docs seem
as if too muclNniccty or etiquette ought not
to stund in the road of reassuring public
opinion.
Mr. Melton's most Influential backers have
been Senators Penrose and Knox. Not so
long ago the senior senator was quoted as
saying Unit his principal concern over tho
cabinet was to hope that "tho right kind of
man bo selected for tho trcasuryshlp." 1M
dcntly ho puts Mr. Mellon in that category.
It is well to bear this in mind. The scrcc
tary will have enormous power both admin
istratively and inothe form of patronage,
nnd If Mr. Mellon were chosen it is not hard
to see how much of a figure the hand of Mr.
Penrose would cut in placing "the right
kind of men" in the prohibition enforcement
offices. The senior senator has never been
exactly regarded as an enthusiastic opponent
of the liquor Interests.
Many years ago', when President Grant
wished to appoint A. T. Stewart, ouc of the
ablest merchants this country ever produced,
to the treasury office, tho statute disquali
fying any one engaged in the importing busi
ness for this post was invoked against him.
That law was adopted because Congress, re
flecting public opinion, wished to remove
any possibility of taint from the collection
of customs, also a principal function uf the
treasury. While there js now no similar law
preventing nny one finnnclnlly interested in
the iiquor business from holding tho post, the
lack of It is more duo to the newness of
prohibition than to the absence of a need
for it. The public is certain to feci just as
strongly on this point as In the matter of
tho customs.
It would be a disaster for President Hard
ing and the Hcpublican party to begin the
new administration, from which tho Ameri
can people expect so much, with a taint,
whether real or only imagined, on the treas
ury. That Is an office which must always be
above suspicion.
MR. GOMPERS' DISCERNMENT
SAMUEL GOMPKUS' opinion, emphati
cally expressed at tho foyer forum the
other night, thut the people of the I'nltctl
States would have overwhelmingly indorsed
the peace treaty had a clean-cut opportunity
of considering the case on its merits been
provided, is undoubtedly reflective of a
strong current of public sentiment.
It is generally admitted by partisans and
nonpartisans nlike that n solemn referendum
on the VcrsnillfM pact wus impossible to
secure in a presidential election. Thcrunre
no subjects so difficult to mix ns interna
tional policy and party politics.
Above all, it is dangerous to uttempt to
fuse them by pressure according to Mr. Wil
son's formula. Hut the fact that no actual
decision on n momentous theme was made
is cheering, even though the road to clear
thinking has been blocked nt many turns.
Mr. Oompcrs is merely one of many ad
vocates of the league nnd the trcnty whose
hopes have not "been dashed bv u disastrous
attempt to change the character, wholesome
but unyielding, of American elections.
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
WOULD you like to view u simple demon
stration of the conflicting motives that
svvav governments nnd lenvc them open to
much nngry and violent questioning nowa
days? Congress, against the protest of tho nrmy
boards, has been cutting down appropria
tions suggested for the land branch of tho
military organization. It hns. in the words
of tho leaders, "cut to tho bone." When
the committees nre finished with their work
nnlv nbout S200.000.000 or $.100,000,000
will be given to the nrmy. Even Congress
is disposed to consider these sums niggardly.
The nnvv fares better. Some of tho vessels
now building will cost $.10,000,000 each.
The Sheppnrd -Towner maternity bill was
introduced in the House to extend federal
t nenurngemont and aid to stntes that are
willing to devote a little effort to saving the
lives of women and children. It was in
spired bv a humane concern for young
mothers who have to toll for a living, often
to the grave detriment of their children. It
tuny be news to America that almost every
other civilUed country has gone further than
tho T'nited States in efforts to snve life as
the Sheppnrd-Towner bill would save it.
With the "baby bill" nnd tho military ap
propriations bills moving side by side In
sa'ongress, the country lias nren ennbletl to
-co how much tamest and scientific thought
is given to means for the destnution of life
and how little attention Is paid to plans for
saving it.
The hill for military preparedness will
amount to billions. It is possible that tho
bnbv bill" will go through with un appro
priation of ,?1, 100,000.
Congress has to prepare for national do
fenso. Hut whnt invisible devil in men nnd
governments makes necessurv surli dreary
contrasts us arc here suggested'
"SHARP IS THE WIND
SIIAltP is the wind today
Now, in the middle morning.
Its gusty echoes bnv
I, iko' hounds that join tho horning
Of bugles at u chime
iot. mixed with those shrill calls,
Usten! nt each returning
A finer measure falls
Across (Lis time of yearnibrf
lor summer's rose-shod pac
Within my soul n low refrain
Dwells evermore in blither vtin
On purple bunks of violet-.
Whose charm of fiiiry fingranec uct
The gioiiittiinil pathways with Its ginee
And vvoos a song from sunlit space '
-iltluiii mothers ir. the Hoeton Tran
script. "
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Pigs Is Pigs and Hogs Is Hogs, but
Read This and You Will Think
Better of tf Family
ny SAKA1I I). LOW11IB
MY PIItST demand ns a child on visiting
the country wns to be taken to visit
tho Pigpen. Or, ns I was wont to put it
iu plain English: ,
"Come on, let's tlcklo the ptRsl"
This wns generally accomplished in my'
young days by lying flat on the sloping roof
of tho pen and leaning over nnd with n
willow branch flicking tho sow recumbent
in the yard beneath. Tho roof was gen
erally slippery from moss nnd there was a
slight danger that you might slide oTT it
into the pig yard, in which case you were
told jou might be eaten by the sow beforo
you could wade out of the muck and climb
the fence to escape.
I supposed after I had crown up thnt I
should never again enjoy pigs, except so to
speak in tho retrospect after they becamo
pork and tcro set beforo me to cat, when
lo nnd behold! one day during the war all
the old glamour attached to my childish
memory of them came back with n rush
when I once more hung over their pens,
only this time I did not tickle them; they
tickled mo! Thut is they roused me to n
pitch of Interest nnd enthusiasm that mode
the day I visited them a red letter one.
THE reason for my visit to the pigs was
this: I was chairman of the farm
unit committee of the Pennsylvania
Woman's Land Army, nnd as such I had
to pass upon the suitability of the farms
that wished farm units groups of farm
girls to live nnd to work on them.
An application came from tho Sycamore
Farm, at Douglasvillc, Pa., for a unit of
eight girls, and Mrs. John Frltsche. of
Morion, the owner of the farm, motored me
out one spring dny to inspect the quarters
for the girls nnd to get n general idea of
tho work they would be required to do.
I found thnt the great industry of the
farm was the breeding of Berkshire pigs,
nnd in tho course of my tour of inspection
I was introduced to botnc 200 of them, gen
erally by name.
I never tiuw such pigs! They were red,
they were clean, they were huge, they had
rosettes for snouts in the center of their
faces. When they were introduced by name
they rose and grunted approbation of them
bolvcS nnd of me. They lived in houses
without smells and disported in fields with
out muck ; they ate huge sacks of breakfast
foods prepared with fond core by lavish at
tendants. Their litters were worth bags of
gold at birth and more and more as time
went on.
There wns a champion thnt lay recum
bent from too much flesh thnt had taken
almost every prize she could take for points
of breeding. Nothing that she bore was
vulgarized into sausage or sernpple. All her
offspring went to breeding others like unto
her. Slio looked at mo with her llttlo cute,
clever ey cs and reminded mo of an old Irish
nurse I once loved and who spoiled me on
the quiet.
THERE were other things to look at on
the farm : n dairy, n berry garden, and
n vegetable garden nnd postures and crops,
besides the quarters for the farm unit of
the land nrmy girls; but I only cared for
the pigs, though I knew the rest were all
they ought to bo nnd that the land army
girls would enjoy themselves and avork
profitably.
Coming back to town with Mrs. Frltsche,
I discovered, incidentally, that her husband
was one of the firm of the nulnmat restau
rants, and was himself tho inventor of the
American automat, and that her turning
farmer nnd pig breeder hnd bceu a sort of
harking hack on her part to country things
and country ways from nn Inherited in
stinct handed down from her forebears, who
had been for generations farmers of Ches
ter valley. That is. she did It for recre
ation, ns another wtwnnn with country in
stincts would gnrdin or hunt or raise sot
tors. Only in her case she made the farm
pay !
S
hnrd in tho wake of the hog, especially
the Herkshiro pig, and I have discovered
other pig farms even nearer homo: the Per
cival Itobcrts. tho Do Witt Cuylers, the
Ashtnns. besides those down near Wilming
ton belonging to the du Ponts, notably the
one of Pierre du Pont.
And now to reward this enthusiasm there
Is to be n very notable Herkshlre pig con
gress on the 10th. 17th and lSth of this
month in the First Itcgimcnt Armory,
Itroad and Callow hill streets, at which
sixty-four exhibitors will place before tho
public's delighted guzc some of their finest
animals. No one is allowed to cvhlbit
moro than two animals each, and so the
class Is n very high one, I looked down
tho list of the wonders upon which we mny
feast our eyes nnd such mimes ns Royal
Hell (H7) and Ladygoods Citl) met my eyes,
which two, I think, arc Mrs. Frltschc's.
SHE told me not long ago n funny and
sort of nice story of n prize sow she
sent down to nn exhibit in South America.
The sow had the artistic sense to litter on
her way down ; five of her litter were born
north of tho cquntor and five south. Not
long after the event a sto'rm swept over
tho deck and dislodged her pen and swept
some of the exhibits overboard. Indeed, the
mnn in chnrge of her feared that she was
lost, when lo and behold! ns the water re
ceded she was found wedged tightly ngninst
the rail with her back to the inarming
waves nnd protecting und. indeed, suckling
her litter, of which by some feat of agility
bhc had managed to save all hut two.
I was told that this sow and the whole
North American exhibit were photographed
in the movies down in South America, and
their dignified perambulations are to be
thrown on the screen ns part of the program
of the meeting of the congress. I looked
over tho rest of tho program and I see that
Dean C. V. Curtlss. who is the hend of n
great agricultural college in Iown culled
Ames College, is to make a speech, us Is
nlso another Iowan, Senator Kenyon. Wo
know very little nbout Iowa or its college
or Its senator ill this quiet town, hut that
is not saying they are not well known In
the world of farmers. So is Ilommell, of
the husbundr.v department of Washington
well known. He will speuk on tho science
of breeding. P. -D. Elliott, of Piping Brook
f Furms, is incidentally a great linrn Im
porter, but lie win spenn ot want lie most
enjoys pigs. His subject sounds. sociolog
ical. "Loynlty to the Herd." '
From our own agricultural college at
State College, Prof. Tomluivo Is to comn
down and do his great scientific stunt of
catting up u bog. He cuts one half one
wnv nnd the other half another and ex
plains the rational of each cut and the eco
nomics involved. On the evening of the
17th the Governor will be present, and there
Is supposed to bo some surprise on hand,
uonio sort of u guessing contest and an
amusing movie cnlled "Selling Hogs."
The real auction of tho hogs U on (ho
last afternoon, nt 1 o'clock on the lSth. I
wus told that one of tho greatest authorities
In the world on hogs is to bo there E. 'A.
Husscll, chief of thu u. S. A. Swine Do-pnrtment.-
SOME ONE asked mo the other dny:
"Whv Herkshlres? Aren't other breeds
or mixed breeds just us good snusngo?"
Well, all I know ubont It Is the Herkshlre
In u kind hog mid a healthy hog and a good
breeder und not so hcuvv n feeder ns some
of the other breeds. You enn rcully be
friends with n Herkshlre, and jet In the
end hu ghes you more sausages for your
"Tfioney. Hut I will know even moro about
him next week.
English as She Is Taught
CaP Town Arsu
The cost of living hns gone up in India,
too. An Indlnn teaehor put in for n ralso
In salary In n letter couched in the following
terms: "Is it possible thnt I may have an
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to glide my days peacJiuliy on tao hereby
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Tallcs With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Bct
ERNEST T. TRIGG
On Setting Construction Industry Under
Way
THE industrial relations committee of the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is to
set in motion tomorrow a plan which will bo
followed throughout the country nnd prove
one of tho most beneficial things thnt city.
stnU nnd nation ever have ntlcmptcd. ac
cording to Ernest T. Trigg, chairman of tho
committee.
Mr. Trigg referred to tho big public con
ference of nil factors in the construction in
dustry, which in four days will endeavor to
get nt the basic reason for the present stag
nation of the industry, lay bare the present
tendency in costs nnd determine the basis
upon which the industry enn nnd will re
sume, nnd trv to have the program that call3
for the fulfilling of the millions of dollars
worth of construction work noy needed hero
started nt once.
"Lending officials of the city nnd state,
exports of the government, representatives
of all branches of labor involved In construc
tion work, bankers, engineers, architects,
builders and makers of construction materials,
have accepted Invitations to participate in
the conference," said Mr. Trigg. "Tho
meetings are to be open, and the public will
bo fully informed on tho proceedings.
"It is, indeed, nn epochal event. Upon
its successful outcome will depend, in n large
measure, the stimulation Into nctlvity of all
of the other industries that arc feeling u
period of stagnation.
Data on Housing Not Complete
"A diligent scared, ,nntion-wldc, has failed
to give us any exacr Information ns to tho
extent of tho housing shortage. Hut we have
rather accurate figures on some localities and
means of gauging the situation throughout
the country. We must depend, though, to
n great extent upon the permits issued for
building as it basis for our figures, but this
is not entirely dependable bemuse there is
much building uncompleted for which per
mits have been issued.
"Taking tills record of permits issued,
however, as n basis for computation, wu find
thnt in eighteen cities oT.tho United States
having a population of 100,000 or over hnd
not Including the city of New York, tho per
mits for the yours 1014, 101. nnd 101(1,
covering one nnd two family dwellings,
averaged 21,000 annually
These cities hud
WHAT WILSON HAS STOOD FOR
IJ ft Martin In Ilnrper'n Magazine.
Mr. Wilson hns really stood for religion
expressed In politics, but people who do not
know religion when they see it nre not nvvnre
of thnt. Immense fault has been found with
him because he was not more accommodating,
because he could not substitute the opinions
of advisors for those thnt he got out of Jils
own inside. The fault found hns not been
altogether unreasonable, but it was all futile.
Mr. Wilson has had to follow the laws of
his being. To blnmu him for not doing dif
ferently Is, in effect, to blame him for not
being some one else, but nt least ho has
taken the ndvlco of Polonlus, "To thino own
self be true," No one hus accused him of
not being true to Wilson, nnd thnt, thouih
It sounds almost humorous, is significant nnd
Important: for the man who is true to him
seif milRt lioMrue. it would seem, even to his
own imperfections. Ho ennnot sepnratc thp
tnres fro1" the wheat He hns to tie on to
both. What is "tures" and what is
"wheat" in Mr. Wilson Is a matter of annlv -eta
that will have to bo left- in grout measure
to future examiners; but meanwhile, though
he Is in n sense n tragic figure, he Is in no
BOtiRe nn object of pity. He hns been phvs
Icnlly broken, but mcntnllv and spiritually,
so fur as any ono can tell, he remain entire
nnd leadership Is still In him the leadership
n.of lielnnes to n man who holds to the .1' e
that he has hnd to choose, and docs not let
expediency divert him to another.
The Floating Cherry
Tiom tbj New Vnrli Herald,
A national legislator recently said In a
speech : "There was n tiniewhen the cherry
wnH n necessity. Floating over tho top of
nn old-fashioned cocktail, It was both sooth
ing and inviting." Powerful liquor ! In
these pnrtH tho cherry, wo ure Informed, In
variably sunk to the bottom of the glass.
Advice
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Lfiirn to run through snow
I nv'n? no footprint.
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a population of approximately 0,000,000
people in 1020, or in round figures 10 per
cent of our totnl. On this basis, nnd cal
culating the conditions in these eighteen
cities as reflecting the nveruge throughout tho
country, the permits issued in those cities
would indicate a total of one and two family
dwellings throughout the country of 400,000
unnunlly for the years stated.
"For the four years from 1017 to 1020.
inclusive, the average annual permits issued
for the same typo of dwellings In these sdme
cities was 14,000, indicating by tho snmo
sort of arithmetic an annual average of ap
proximately 2.10,000 for the country, u de
crease in permits of 170,0()0 nnnunllv.
"It is estimated by men fn this citv who
nre close students of the situation thnt of
the permits issued during the last period pos
sibly not over !"() per cent find. expression us
yet in n completed structure. On this ns
suiuptioii, therefore, the annual shortage for
the four years, 1017 to 1020, Inclusive,
would amount to about .100,000 dwellings, or
a total of 1,200,000 for four years.
Need of Conference Is, Vital
"So It is evident that with many other
types of construction work needed, such ns
factories, hiKtels, apartment houses, streets,
roads nnd bridges, also virtually ns far he
hind in their schedule, tho need for such n
conference ns we are having here is vital.
"The reason for tho standstill in this In
dustry is innliilv lack of confidence on the
part of tho public and on the part of the
flnnncinl intcicsts, which ordinarily 'arc
looked to to furnish funds for building opera
tions, in the stability of values. There is
no cleaily llxrd idea as to the relation of tho
cost of ii given structure today ns compared
to the peak prices of a year ago and us com
piled to pre-war costs. The public is ap
parently not fully informed ns to the effect
the very radically increased cost of trans
portation and fuel hns had on the cost of
building materials as compared to pre-war
prices.
"It is tho Intention of this crfiiforonoc to
afford to nil of those interested in construc
tion work nn opportunity to expluin those
und wicii other things ns nro important to tho
situntion, In the belief that a frank, honest
discussion in n public way will result iu a
proper level of costs which will clear the
atmosphere and crystallize the situation so
that fi return of confidence may bo warranted
nnd building activity begin with the open
ing of spring." '
Purely Typographical
Blank Js a man who double lends his own
personality and looks upou others' as less
than nonpareil, "
Many persons who think thoy are their
opinion0508 ar nit'rCly lnMoua of nub''c
A newspaper ia hydra-headed. Every
ftlnce. "Q '' antllcr wil
Jones nlwnys has a five-point look, but
his typo is really bourgeois. '
There lies one whose name bhould have
been writ In agate, "
Many a man who puts on a bold fuee 1
only n pica. L0 ,s
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The trnublo with life is thnt the malcun
man is always pl-Ing tho type. "uueup
IT. O. It. in the Sun Dial.
Kit Morley'a Prophecy
I'rom 'hi New Virls llvenlna post
The vvultrcfses nt Homo of the Child.,
restaurants are wearing lavender uniforms
vvo burn. We claim to have been tl c fi?st
to prophesy this. Two years ng,, w" Wrote
:-:nl' ",", ,,i,',! il "Pin ho files of 'lo
Philadelphia Ui:m.nu LKnur.it If you doubt
The Wen Is moonshine of tiled
moled rcMtiiuriiiitn. .i,n. ;, : '
and
ennm
lose much lightness by having everything
too white. If for instance) tho wait? -
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dresses how much moro brilliant tho scene
lavenJler':0 ' ur ! M ami
Perfect Self-Control
From the Charleston New a unci Courier Ns
It is said thnt Senator Full, of New
Mexico, will bo put in the cabinet in order to
plenso the South. Still, wo don't believe
thut tho houjh will go Into hysterics of joy
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. How old Is Thomas A. Edison?
2. What Is tho correct pronunciation of tti
word promler?
3. Who Is tho new Italian ambassador. U
tho United States?
4. Whnt ts a cadensa?
Ii, What Is the sublime porto?
6 For what was Vnsco da Gatmi famed?
7. How high Is Niagara Kails?
8. What 13 porphyry?
9. What Is the literal meaning of tho vn:i
mikado?
10.
Of what state Is Dolso City the capital!
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Abrnhim Lincoln wns born In Ilardis
county, Ky, In 1809. ,
2. Polarization is tho modification of light,
radiant heat, etc., so tlmt the ray ex
hibits different properties on different
sides. Jn figurative language polari
zation means tlie Klvlnf? of a special
meaning or unity of direction to aa
mca or woru.
3. Jena, In 180G, was the worst defeat evir
sustained In tho open field by Prussia,
Tho word chancellor Is derived from tha
hatln canccllnrlus, nn usher or otficlsl
stationed behind a lattice, bir or chan
cel of Itomnn law courts. "Canoelhn"
ill Latin wns a lattice bar.
C. The United States. Mexico, fluatemalu,
flnlvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, rosea
Itlca,, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Ptru
and Chilo nro tho American republics
with Puclnc ocean, coasts.
6. "The Glorious Revolution" In KnglanJ
resulted In the overthrow of James II
nnd the ascension to tho throne of w.
Ham III. of tho house of Orargs, Is
1689
7. Tho turkey Is so called because It wu
erroneously believed to come from Tur
key. Its original habitat Is America.
8. Lichens are n very large irroup of plant'
mostly northern nnd arctic In their a (
trlbutlon. Browing on and colorlrs
rocks, tree trunks, etc. They nre uwalljr
of a rccn, gray or yellow tint.
9. Tho word should bo pronounced lyo-
10. Iialtiniore Is called the Monumental ClUV.
Punishing Idlers
I-'rom the New York Herald.
Newport News has ordered nil Mleri
within its corporate limits to go to jvorkor
get out of town. Ono of the town's jali;J
scorned n job nt $0 h dny nnd sent Ills will
to the poorhouse. Under the new rille M
will labor to support her or clc deprive him
self of the pleasures of his present hablti-
tion. ' It wns in Virginlu thnt John bmiu
warned those who would not work that tn
should not cat. and official Virginia has not
forgotteu his hternly Just rule.
True as Can Be
From the New York Herald.
It is better to huvo the police naked if wl
nre not ovcrzenlous in protecting w Wf
nssassins than it is to hold investigations ts
find ouf why they did not capture box
throwers,
Where the Automobiles Go
Trom Collier's,
"Two-thirds of nil the ear? ; sold in 15OT
went to users in agricultural districts. Jlo
thnn half of all tho cars went to towns or
less than 5000 pcoplo. The K"t"t r-jE
Inefense in registration has been In t
South.
A Poor Recommendation ,
Trrim the Milwaukee fVntlnel.
One thing that worries us about '"
of revising and nmcndlng the penye triJ
is tho hearty approval it la-receiving iw
Count Bcrnstorff.
Consolation for California
From ttia Ilal'.lmoro Hun. ,
Japan doesn't ralso hob because Cans"
hns no welcome for her subjects. Cnhfo n u
muy Interpret tho fact as a compliment w
her climate.
The ChlBf Difficulty
From the I'hlcaiin Dally News,
-.-.. l.il... -11 l ..l,1 nfilllfl be Willi"?
to let Itussia work -out its own economic t"
poHtical salvation if IJuwIu &&
A Sad Change
From tlm Mllwctukoo Hontlnrl.
If PctcV the Orcat nnd Frederick the
could bee Itussia and Prussia now how u
would swear!
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Publicity Note
Trom llis Ohio Btftte Journal. ,
Perhaps as good an Illustration a1,J
of tho difficulty of remaining In the PUWB
eye after once getting thcro Is Olc llv&
A Word for Mellon
t tr.m ik
Hyrhciiso l'tt Him lnnl
Ii
.There. Is this to bo said of MW?.:.,.
there is u deficit of a bllllpii Vj'Vloc4
rJw.uiy, pp,y;taKt Ins ctm ry iw
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