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GUTTERSNIPE COURTESY
THK iTlltlPl prlliripli's nf pi'lllllll iilltl"
liuvc Ihmmi upliolil b "1111111 il in its nv
to drprlM' Hi Inw mminittei' of it pnw;r
lunction- in IIiini-burK.
The plniii p.niii-i' ill ttii ii.tii-i'ini. -pit '
work on l In- pint f tin- .lob I'mobiii.' n- !
repudiate Mr. 1 fliii. who ln'ii'1" thi tin
portant comiiiti (-. hitliPito initli"rlei to
Tvntrh ovn- Ifislativp nffalr in the -tiitfl
capital ttftefling riiilmlrlplilii Tin" htilr
mnn thus shorn of bis iiovmts in tins Held
is considered offensive- in his opposition to
combine methods ami the general stullilbii
tlon of tleccncj.
The situntion. however. Is not without a
bright phn.e, since dirty politiinl prncticei
o openly nnd shnnielossiy mlopted often bear
fruit. And this is of the vnriet unpalata
ble to those eiiKtlKi'd in raisins; it
The (oiitraetnr mittlt has Ion; licked
fineNse. t- innnnei's now elnbit the low
minded cnisncs tlmt lemN to iiltiinutc
failure.
ONE HEART'S DESIRE
AN KVKNT iinnpie in tic pmiiss of
.selein e will take pit at Washington
tills Mn when Mine. I'urie will, be for
mally granted her heart's desiie.
This curnorilinnrj phjicii and hetnisi,
one of the gmitct ihe worhl has mmt sec-n.
Tccentl opiissci niie iloiiiiuiitinij wili It
Was not luoliev. Mie ha spnrneil il- lilies,
nnd nt the age nf tntj -sl he 1m, milj hep
salary as n tendicr at the Soi-boniie. It
wns not honors that -In- ithm-iI Her lauiels
nrc unlmpeiicbnble. A sramnie of pre. imis
radium, magical miiierul nf which -he w.is
the dlscoerer. was the .subject of hi r in
tense longing.
It is to be gratified through the rflorts of
the women of America, who are raising
a .fKMl.niHi fund in supph one of ihe most
Illustrious scientists of all times with wink
ing material to be used ei liisivelv in ex
periments ind ii'search tor ihe bincilt of
Iramtitiity .
President Harding v 'I make Ihe prosti
tution of one gramme of thai subsume
which, in its phenomenal pioperties, sug
gests mole than aiiMhlng i Ise i h.- pliiln-,.
jiher's stone of the Middle Agis The nntmn
inny well take prid. hi this print mil con
tribution In the uiiM'lllsh adanicminl of
civili.r.tlou.
As for Miic Curie hei-se'f he will be nn
ambassador etrnordinary in the fullest nnd
most rciciciilial sense nt that tirin.
SELF-DETERMINATION IN TIME
UNTIL nn i mpiilii in . mill in 1 1.'. anil
CM'li -hi. ill I. Mil- III -I I I I -'.'Ill's c
jM'i'iuiciilcil with in light shviii on their
own a nil dniiliis of i'ii pun in alulii of
their ineiliiiils were i ni. riniiied l)cecnt
testN of this si heme weie made hi-t summer.
The confusion s,, disiuallv plop isicd was
not manifested and iegion -iu;iatlictic in
the ndiauied hour idea enjin-d its benefits
without injur lo the fiiriuns.
City populations in Peiuisi hania. I ow -ever,
wein ilelmrred from i vppriuH-ntlii:
because of a nii' law -i,ihlisiin the
eastern standard hour A bill now bifof
the Legislature is desigm-d to Miii'lul this
net of ls7 and to sanction coiiiiuuiiit -.-if.
determiiiatii u in lie iiiaMi-r of davlighi.
Mvlng.
The measure wurraiits pa-sag.
ttirists. opii,... to iln ihImiiic.i1
be rxcecilliigh ing- moils to llinl i
tor opnisii.n
Agrcul-
c"i I, lll'l -I
,il ground.
PAROCHIAL PROTESTS
IT IS imt dihVuP in il-ii't tin -. .ii it il i'
ilisplies tiixpiiM-l-' sini- in tlie niMg
nation meeiiuzs of .nine nsideiiis i.f i, ?
inantown and Koxiiornugh to pmiest a-i,ast
n new s.istcni of innirol of tic n.o - .
in these outl.iing uilmn disire '- Tin:
parochial uiiinl is hit ipnck to inrr-s
Itself when jmli'i. iniproveinein - m inn
utruetlve legi hit ion are pinpn-..
A ilieastire Ii . ' liefuie the l.i gi-l,tture
xvlll provide for plni mg il' n i iiiiintown
nnd Itoxbornugh ponrhoiisc i . i- iln nm
lrol of the I lepai tnieilt of 1'ili.ie Welfaie
Thin would be n -insible nrr uigeineiit and
would end an anonuil t lui - a -urihal of
the rla.is hitnie tin- cou.o' dution of tlui
communitti's now i miiposiug Philadelphia.
Till! proipnl of Ulintlijl lietlerilieilt III-
cvltabl nrmi 'i kukers. Tln-v uio with
US alwa.is
COLD FIBE
WI 10 en n reuu mbi r a spring wlnn i..'ie
weie no icpni-ts fioni the larin aii-I
orehni'd countins aiiiioiiiu ing to a sm-iow-Jug
world the dolruition of tlie peach, plum
and apple imps bv belated frost.'
The astonishing old wave of la-t Tin sd.iy,
'irrlving as it did nfti r a v eel, nf vmiliei
lint hnd brought the buds ru-'iing nit mi
till the treis, jnii I " the Usual ihpie .mg
proclnmatlnns nun -mih. Km-ii tic- )iiop
who knnw noiliing nf fnnns ami on inr 1 1
took it for gianii'l lh.it all vvns ln-t. I'o
those whose I i-i i. weie blossom mg I n- hl.i is
that swept down our sm f iln- ci-tern
Btates unisi luno 1 1 mml luinli I -. ti . f u I I
conteuiphite than a wait- of flninc,
Yet it sums tlun lui. an in nuiii' w.i.
like human I gs 'Iln mi .urine m.
rille mauling nnd i mue sunn how tlimug'i
experiences whnh. view id in prospioi. ap
pear like the ploi esses of llunlll No olio
thought that peii' h blossoins niuld -uriiMi
the freelng wcalher Tln-y wire wiltnl mi
their blanches. Ilui lln-i are I ung up
again 111 nine uses mil of cm-i. hu, and
slirveyK of eiistein up hards iniike ii appear
that the ilumngi dime b the mid wine ull
bo coinpiinitiM-1 slight In South Jersej ,
Where the deslructioii win. supposed .In hale
been general and lomplclc. a uoruuil fruit
ctop Is still assured. From soil thoroughly
warmed the treen In .lei soy and nliiiubi eierj
vwhere oka drew bent ncceHhnry for ihe
tmej-genev-. Nut ' c&eupcil, of course. Uut
thrre wns no holocaust such tin was expected
by tin Rrovsrrs.
It it n (lcliision to Mippop (lint tlicrp I no
pxcitt'inriit In n fiil'innr'n Iifo. Ill no ollipr
lmliR"s iloot n nuiii Ii.im' to sit wftli foliloil
linml-i nuil wnleli tip" il'lnn tlim of till tin
WlirU of IIIOIltllH. In tlir lltlPH oii cull nut
llir tiro tliiiirltnrnl. "n llic fnnns wlion
ii i old mum- oomes in Inlr pilng joii ImM1
imtlmiK to ilo Imt grin nuil bonr it nuil hope
for tlir lict.
HARDING CAN PREVENT
RAILROAD NATIONALIZATION
What the Country Needs Now Is Deter
mined Leadership in Support of the
Legal Plans for Solving
the Problem
EVi:ilV consideration of the lailrnail prob
lem should In gin with a definite under
standing that (he rnilioad winkers would
like In haie the uiilioiids retained to gov
ernment cnnliol.
The workers hnd their wages gencrouly
increiiscd during the peimd of gineriiuient
rontroL The i niidillolis nf work weio iiinih'
eusici . Tho numbi r of men iniplojed wiih
largeli incre.iseil. The fuel thai the in
cieae In freight and passenger rates vol
lint enough to coier the Incieascd cost of
operation did not lioiihlc the woikers.
The are willing that the rates should be
Mill fuither immis.-l if lli.it is neesnr.v to
jiroiliiic rexemie etioush to pay the top scale
of wages
We iln not wish In believe that the em
ploies as a body have decided In stand out
Inr (help wage demands in order that they
lu.i pinduce mich a situation that the rail
mad inaiiagcrs will ask the government to
take the operation of the mails out of their
hind-. P.ut there aie indii aliens that some
of the labor leaders me woiking toward
such an i ml.
Nai lotiali.itioti of the lailroails would
be natinii.il disaster The mads can he
iii.imigid iiinler priiute ilncitloii more ilh
iieiiilv mid ltmrc ccouoniicalh than under
goMM-mncni nmlrol. The public, which is
tlie parl. most wtnlly interested In the sub
ject beiaiise it pii.xs ihe bills, is not yet con
vinced that thi-ie is no way out under
pnwito contiol.
The Kch Cumniins law pi ovules a waj
out which has not ct been tried. There
are adciiiinte iroislons for settling wage
disputes through the arbitration of adjust
ment hoards in the first place and through
the tin.il decision h the labor board n-
tnining icpiescntaliM s of the public, the
cinploM'is and the imploe.s.
The law also contains a provision for the
consolidation of the minis of tin- counliy
into a few gicat sscms In order to i educe
tin s of operation and to impioe the
scmec This plan of consolidation is in lie
adopted bv the Inti rsiate Conmicrcc Com
misjiinii "as soon as pincticublo," to use
the words of the law Although it is nimc
than a .m.ir since the act went into effect,
the commission so fai as is known, has done
nntliing to inrrv out ilu- ptnison.
hanicl Willard, pt il nt of the Haiti
more and ihm Itailmad. -.ml in an nildros
before the KnilwiM l'.ii-im-s Association in
New oil; tin- week that h" wished it were
possihlc o hope fop an i nrl consiimmatinn
of Ihe purnise o the l.iw. lie declared that
competition in rates was a meie figure of
speech, because all the mails must charge
the same rates. Tin-re could be competition
mill in theipillllt of I he sell ice. Mr. Wil
lani's wews am sinned b other railroad
luanagois
The point to bo ire-sed m this connection,
liowcer. is that Cnngiess has rciepsed itself
nn the railrn.nl consolidation issue. It has
priHlibd delinileh for a ombinatlou nf
different lines ami has exompled the rnilronds
fnuii the prohibitions in the anti-trust laws
which in the past have piiwciiteil pooling, of
sf i eights and combination of tlilTi rent lines,
'Ihe win is iipetn 'I for instituting econo
mics in the rmlmiid business which wete
iiupossible so long as the nnii-1 ru-t laws
forced iiuli pendent opiriili'ii of so-called
iimpct ing lines
I'l'suleni llnnliii
lion w .ill the lailp.
I .nil-. 1,1 se,.ti of il
of l.almr is asking
-cut, itr r. of tic rai'
with Hie mining! I - i
fen ll is llllgl I he ill-
If lucre is a de-in
to an agn eiiH'tn all
he r iiioM'd at sii h
llardiiig chon.e. tn
hasii n i In- sidutimi i
lllls III . IH I Ollsllltl -
id manager-, and llie
. Aiuei ii an l'i deraliou
Imii to gi I tlie lepre-
i id wni k. is at a table
i cider that their dif-u-seil
and settled
ill bnlh sides in conic
set urns ditTereiii es . .in
a cnnicrciice If Mr.
like the lead he can
if the rallrninl probh m
hi
mug ilnwn ii definite raili'i'id t
illc in
of the
a ul.iii'c with tin- gencrtil teims
I'... Ii -I 'uiiimiii law .
l tie liolloiu of that policl .liould he a
d- Ii rtiiiii.'itloii In en it nut Ihmugh the 1 1, .
tir-in'e i I'liimerce Coinuiissimi the plan of
ion I.itmu of the mads into a few gnat
s-st.f. It would lake .i-urnl veat-s m
ill." I Iln- i oniili.llli't.. bill if wa-li in
oi. i iitnui is lo be aMiidcil the mad. mux be
.i lat-d
Mule Wnllbl hi pl.-lctcal Its well a- pst -
. 'i 'ngical Miluc iii I lii early iiminui muil
'ill ihe Inter-late Coiiiiueri-e Cnuinn-sniu
mi- begun to foiinukiie ihe plan winch the
'an -ii- it must ni-ike. The effeef of sip h
.ill llllllliUUi can lit o-i I be volkels llllil oil the
coiiutr at largi would he good, lot- it would
indicate thin the gi i-nmi-iit was Minting
lit the inundation, lis pi.-otnal i ffr-r I would
lie ciilisiderahb fm .1 Jul ol the little lines
would In- laki ti o
much il- I. ii . I liu
lunntigi i nt and -the
handling of fn
Ii tin lug one.) W-itllOUt
iinp'if mg tlie work of
' i-ii-ion nnd facilitating
t
i oiti-i-ni e il
i he W line House bel wi
I In- einilners i- desiinl
im-liike to hale tt g.
Ihe i liiplnvi s it m! '
I lit II v oulil In I
far as the rnilroii I
I i di-riilinii --I I il
.eltle 1,1 111... '.
the In.v iov di
Ullllntnl l.ll1 ' II
nn lulu i s of Ihe Ann i .
ml- ih -ire. 'I lie w I I
III
III
1 1 in e those mutters i ii
sliull be scllhil h the
ei.nd The dispns lion tn
vilcs for M-rluig disputes
Igliol the '- . il il
bel w mi fm i .'lis and iinplovi- is uiitor
t in n Tin Sicri-tiirj of J.iilmr has au
Ihoiiiv In mil i miic, but lie seldom i erciscs
if 'I c Piiianl of Cniii illation ,'iikI Media
t.'ii. ni i ill' i mated to ndju-i 'iilmi ills,
pui's. i- ini-'-lv uppi tih d t t. fm- tin i c is not
a iii-pn iti'in to In- mi. Iiiitnn Now lhat
a In iii id has been creaii I in the m w rnllioinl
liw tor tin iure-s pi pose o dialing Willi
lilliol- dlsp'ili s, it wmilil In ihe pint of Ws
il'im fot the Piesidciii to advise that its
Si I V It I'l he 111 lll.eil.
A cniifi ii in e iii a
cmph'vi i-s ami cniplovr . i
il.ili'. if both paitles i nt
in I. 'l In on lit fa- -
ugioil ln'twei il iln
"illil he lliade plof-
li 'I il in Ihe light
i in h oilier net o-s a
-I' I Ihe III' Is Willi
lllhle ami boll' II inn .
w lui Ii iln v nn- i oiifmuti
I
'Iln- inili-oads ale -ii'Tiiiug fmm n falling
0 in b i-iin-s. nnd in iinoiiie Tin me
iufri'iin d witn bnukrupti if lie pri-ini
i oinliiioi niiiiin .
Tin- Woikels olljl i-1 lo a leilili-l lull i tin
siulc of wages liM'd 'lining Iln- war 'I h .
is natiiial, for no mini Ilk' s to have his p.iv
nit down. Hut the piiichiisiug value of a
dollar is nn reusing, so thai tin. u-agei nf
two j cilia ago will bii) iiimc than tln-y in
tl.cu
All tlusc fails could rciuiil he luoiiglit
oi. t in a disi iission presided over by Ihe
Piesiileut. I'lider Ins com illnting dlicition
it ought to be possible for the workers and
their einplo.vcrs to agiee lo an adjustment
of their relations to meet the existing eco
nomic conditions. Then when this gijieinl
policy had been agreed upon tho ollirinl
lnbor board could be called upon to apply
T3VENIXG PUBLIC LEDGER
it In detail to the different rnilronds hi the
eounti-.
The outlines of the plnn nrc laid down in
the Inw. The plan Is wmkahle If the ills
putnntH are willing to be fair with one nn
other nnd g',p nnd take for the pake of
precriiiig Indiistilal pence. Hut neither
side can suciceif if it is not fair, beeausc
It cannot cany its point without the sup
port of puhlli sentiment.
A strike for an inr reuse in wages would
full inNernbli under present business con
ditions. An nniciisonnble reduction in wages
could not I" successfully cnrrled out. for
the public would condemn any railroad which
attempted to make It. What Is rensonnhle
can be determined by impartial arbitrators.
Such arbitrators ate provided in the labor
board, whir Ii is composed of rcprcseiitntlws
of the i-mpI'M'is. the employes nnd the
public. No iln Mmi by It is valid utile.s it
is agiecd to bv u leprescnlative of tiie
public This arrangement prevents a con
spiiaey between the cniplocis and the cm
plmes to mu'ct the public, which has to
pai all the hills anywny.
If the Harding administration litis n defi
nite deterinin.il ion to enrry out the program
laid down in the new law and vullleleiit
drliing for c to rompel respect for its de
termination, ii i an lay the specter of rail-
mad nailnii.ili.'ation. Ituf if not, natlonali
ation mm In- much nearer than ninny of
us suppose
MR. KRAMER LAMENTS
TllliUl till all the letler written lu I'io
hihitiou I ninmissloiier Kramer to Senator
Capper, of Kansas, in explanation of the
wetness of tin- dry country, theie urns a
wistful, an almost plaintive, note. Heading
it ou fi el that tile commissioner himself
never took the Volstead net in all serious
ness. "I ai i ept my part of the respnnsi
bilit." sus ho. Well, who else should ac
cept it? The dry Inws in their present form
ma pioM' to lie unenfori cable. I'ut a feel
ing persist, ihat CM'li if the weie en
forienlde, i Kramer could not enforce
them. Ids letter to Mr. Capper will do
much- if nmlhing more Is needed In en
courage liolnlioii of the luohlbition law.
AiImuh ing into n good light whete all
nun sec. Mr Kramer throws up his hands,
lining thai, he lenves the cnunln sull at a
loss and in ihe midst of bewilderment to
which eiibody Congress, the dry zealots
and the wet zealots nnd etcn the courts
themselves has contributed. Whnt the ra
tional minded public knows is that for the
first time in ilie history of the I'lilted States
a federal law is being llngrantl disregarded
and thai the national government appears
to be lielph-s in its efforts to ileal with
people who icfu'u to recognize its wisdom
or its auihoi ,i. .
Mr. Kramer said in his letter nothing that
mot people did not know. The present
state of affnirs is shocking, not because peo
ple aie selling and drinking whisky, but
lieinuse of the piccedent that is being es
tablished in a country where in the past
milj the most .desperate criminals cicr
thought of ignoring u teilernl law. It may
be assiimul that Mr. Kramer was asked lo
do an impossible, thing. Whj , then, did
lie aileiiipt it and uh, did lie penult the
cniinir I" believe that his d 'paitment was
(ipial to tin wruk il hnd to do'.'
In this state il is not certain that any art
nf the legislature i an sniplif, or render
tolerable n condition i tented hi Minims sorts
of bungling at Washington inventor
Sproul's drv bill, which probably will he
passed, will be cffcilive ns n law ideally
admlnisli ii d. With an honest police folic,
honestl dirn'teil and kept bribo-pionf and
giafl -proof, the "search clause,"' formu
lated to guo the authorities a rijlit to sliike
without winning at the ery loot of the
illegitimate whisky ttnlhe in saloons, should
serve its purpose. The ipiestlnn tlun will
be how mam cities hae police ileiiirtnients
able and willing to resist opportunities for
graft greater than eer were presentcil In
the underwit! Id befoie','
Of li.i."i vessel, in the
L'.lL' .ire idle Mr-rely run
rh-uts w hit Ii prove thai
pnri of New York,
out of man iiu i-
t in- wnrni, iii;e a
nuiii w it li linn e work than
ilo. stands for a moment
just how to start.
c knows how to
idle, womb-! ing
Mi
le im-ii c I'nrbes 1!
oberison Hale
peace he -ausc
sn w nini ii must Insist upon
w,.r iiiiau- the cn i niiiialion
of tlie while
no- ' Win the while ai
partii-uhirlv"
liiMstniie upon this faullv coin lu.ion might
ca-ilv In an aid to helllgereni v m the pint
of an aiobitii'us vellow man.
.br-'v Citv (iermaii won his -ii i.i n -ship
cipi-is ij singing "The Star Spangled
Milliner" He is inure accomplished than
nio-t Aiiiern .nis.
The poor ISli'Iiard Club mav n--iept
woiiuii lis iin-mbei s. 'Nnwaihiv s." remarked
lii must In in - Miiiinnis mournfully, "a man
has now In-t-e to go but out."
Oil, HAIL!
Hail ample spring! Hail mingled hienth nf
1 1' loner. .laiiuarv , Mav time !
I lail b ill i lo buds ii ml also 'I' alii or
'Ih' -aim- obtruding into sleigh lime'
1 In I furs, straw hats and summer shirtings!
II nl n ed soft ill inks ami banned hot
l.'.ldv '
11. ii ...n ami snow, fantastic (linings
,t hi os that congeal the hodv
Am! ti-i.mt nntidoles that steam il !
II nl bla.iiig health nnd mild veiniubi'
Il.ul .Innate such I hut one might denn it
'Iln niosi impartial propaganda
I .,r cs'rv line called Isothermal
That si lenee draws in mark the vveailui !
11ml a'.l in once in grand iliiirnnl
( oinpnsiie mass of ones togetlier
Nortli I'ligld, Teuipeiate and Ton id '
I lull enastal moisture, desert dr.iness.
Hall ail Hint's nice and all that's lioi-rid !
llinl -lasim iindeternd bv shyness!
Ilnil
What
ii'n v spring, nor scorn nor scout
n
i i -i. remains m no mi n
II T C
11 hat Do ) on Know?
QUIZ
W I . i a cnliUil nf ro'ion''
- iiiscovercd l-iKlluni"
nl i,,r counliy is lime Yiviain. uivn-.
. vimoiilluarv fiom Ki.meo to thu
I inn .I Siat'-s. a natlvo'.'
U ii.. was tho dlplodiiciiH?
In -vl.ii book nl tin- HUile Is the slory nf
.1' n.ili and lb- whale li.ii rnteil'.'
WI .ii is n, razi o ship"
h it kind of -in nnlrn.il Is a paui?
V In. w.i i Keneliu iMgbv '
U'h.n was tho uncienl lunno of Coiistanil-
i .l. '
U'li.it is I ho incinlng of ibo court cry,
in
lei.;?"
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
' rlmiriil llortliv Is the iign i of Iluiig.ii v.
lii'lguntiiio Is a twn-uiii-ii d vetscl with
a -iiuare Hailed lou-iiiii t and a tori -
.iinl-.ifi rigged in un hum A lirlu is u
Ivvo iimhIi-iI siiu.ni'i Ipsti d vessel Iml
Willi nn iirldlllmi l Inviii- fun ami aft
Still mi 1 1 1 o Kaft and boi'iii to I liu iiiaim
mas
: The tlilileentb inn-inlim nl to the innsil
tin hiii forludx sl-ivii) in tho I'nlled
Stiili n
Lewis I 'asH was deflated for lite pn-si-
doncv ! Zurh.ir. T.ijlur ill I"!1.
Cum linaded tho 1'enioeiatlc ticket
5 A "maniina" polti-v Is one lh.it Is dllalmv
mnl procrastinating. "M.iuiiun" Is thu
Spunluh word for tomoirow
r. It iihould I" piiiiioiiucni iia though HpMlcd
"man ya-nii "
7 The t'nlted Stati ami l-'raure wein m-
giiKHil In u lira f na it I war In 17'iS
S June .1 the n'ghi bi font ihn fi-nh.il of
Si John the liapllst, is .Midtiuinmci-
km-
l). Tho AVllltn Sea is an arm of the Arenij
Ocoan which penetirues about 4 UO
miles Into uortliein Jtiissln.
10. In fkincho l'ania Uio tlrst n.itno should
bo pronounced with tho ordinary Kng
llsh sound of "ch," as In church,
j'anza should bo pronounced "I'an-tha."
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL ,2,
FREAK FROSTS AND FOGS
Recent Cold Vave Most Damaging. In
Years Some Celebrated Storms
and Winter Weather The
Famous London Fogs
It) (iKOUKK NOX MrCAIN
WHEN nil the returns are in nnd a ren
sonnbly accurate compilnlion of (bnniige
done to crops of the country b the cold
wave of Mond.iv Inst bus been made, it will
be found that tho loss amounts to millions
of ilollni.
It is the first exnmplo In mnny years of
Mnrr-li gone mml.
It was, however, by no menus the worst
sample of weather that hns been furnished
this country or this neighborhood.
MuitIi is the freakiest nnd the inot un
relluble month of the twelve. One day It
will be u fund inrnrnntc nnd the next as
demure us u schoolgirl.
The most unusiinl slninis the enstcrn
part of the I'nitcd Stnles bus known oc
curred In Man h.
The M-i-y wmst was thnt of Mm eh PJ, l"
nnd I I, ls's. Never such u storm hail hern
c.perleiu'ed hi fore or since in nil the East.
In New York city iiiiiny perished In the
streets. New Kiiglnnd wns cut off fiom the
outer wot Id
It was u wee); before New- York, with nil
the facilities nt its command, could rqsumc
street triilln-
Snow was piled In drifts in plnces to n
depth of from ten t" fifteen feet.
TIIE next most destructive tlorm wns Hint
of December HI, 11 nnd h". 11101. It
swept the entile country, but its worst ef
fects weie repot ted in the W'st.
Tens of lhounuils of sheep were destroyed
in W.voniitig and tens of thousands- of cnttlo
in the Dakotns nnd Nebraska froze lu their
trucks.
In iln- inountaiiioiis vnlleys of the Ent
lienvy niiiis preceded the blirnnl. Chiud
buists were fieipicnt and towns and villages
from New Virh lo (.Seorgia along the Ap
paliichi'in ihaiti were inundated and In
some install' is partly destroyed.
Incalculable damage was done to fruit in
the orange groves of I-'loridn.
One month later the greatest blizzard the
noithwesicrn Pacific ocean nuil .Inpiin knew
in generations swept the Island Empire.
Snow in tlie mountain pnsscs was twenty
live feet deep
A command of 1110 men of the .Inpnncso
nriny, on n prnrtiee march, were frozen to
death. Only one, n corporal, succeeded in
escaping.
TIIE i old wave most dlsastious to the
South occurred in January. l.S!l.". Flor
ida suffered N 1.000,000 damage to its fruit
emp.
At Pciisiieoin the oranges fmze hnrd on
the ticei.
U'he tln-rinonietei- nt Tnnipn fell to IS de
grees above zero ." degrees below the lowest
ever before known.
Orange Park had ice two inches thick
on ils ponds.
It was the worst cold spell known in
I'loinla In eighty-live years, or up to the
pleecllt.
A i old wave of equal seventy had visited
the tlowery peninsula in lMt.", but us teni-pi-ratiin-s
were not recorded with accuracy
in thii-e d.iys ii is not known just liow low
the theiinoiiii'tcr dropped.
I
N MI'CKS COI"NT this weik. within u
few miles of each other, weie orcliauls
thnt siilTeii-d giear damage and others in
wlihli the blossoms were barely touched.
Iii portions of Montgomery county it is
always vu.v much (older in certain localities
than in others
Jack 1'iost di'livers Ins shafts in the most
enalii- fashion anil with most leinarkablc
icsiilts.
Horticulturists in eastern Pennsylvania
have taken seveial leaves out of Iln- expert
pin i' of Ploi ida and the French orehnrillsts
and vlncyanlists,
I know of one large on-hard in southern
Pennsylvania where in early spring when
frosts tlnealcn smoke ami file pels to the
number of several hundred aie set out in the
orchaiil te.nl) to be lighted at an iiistai.l's
notice.
In France tlie vmh iilluiisl use- what he
calls ii psvi-hmmetcr. It consists of two
thcrnminciers ami a ptlnled table by wlihli
he iisi-etlaillS the dew point of tile lltllios-plien-
Tin dew point is the tcmpi-ratuie at
which ih w forms.
in a night in March when fiost thicaieus,
mi iib-ei vntinn is maih- about !l o'clock to
a-ceiiinn the i-hniiii-s of a visit from tin
fro .1 king In-fore morning
If the (emperatuie i- M degrees and Ihe
ih-vv imiiil L'I degrees, thin s every cluinii
of inuihlc, and lln-n all arrangenieiits are
made for ailHiclnl clouds nf smoke lo cover
vincyaid or orchaid.
TT WAS Hie laic Pi of II A. Hn.cn. of
J. the weather senice. who in-igliinleil the
saying. "We have more kinds of weather in
the I niled State- t h.iti are known anywhere
l se mi earth."
As if justifying thai assertion theie is
liu- imt. line, dill innnleil in Philadelphia
newspapers, that nn the niglit of the 1Mb
nl August. P.MHt. tin i e was a llve-miuutu
snnwfall in tiei m.iutnw ti
"Several ic.lih'iils iiinl seveial policemen
s,i ihi-.v saw the snow .mil m first thought
tin wen- d reaming." s.n oiii- evening news-
l,ln r lici-ollllt.
'ihe iliamcs, an- tin v vwie. Those were
tin-ihivs when Amlii w .1 olsti ad, of tiian
iie Falls, Minn., wu- ,i- t unheard of in
ihu anna of funic and tin barkeeper had not
In i ullic cvlinct.
There is inn- visiiaimu which tin- fn-ak
goiMess of nieti nrologe-al science lias failed
to iniike in Phil.nh Iplun and Oaiiideu n-ii-nllv.
mnl that Is a leal old-fllshioned
Delaware river fng.
Tin i r- have been srveral days that com
pi Hid vcrv in i i-l'iil sl'i'img on the river ami
tughnnt whistles nnd dn k hells miide things
in rr almig tin- wan i limit.
The same is line nt New York, though
oin e or twice fog binks did hang pretty
ncavy over her haihor tuis winter.
t rot;
ill.
riuinrv or its cities has
1 X ever known mi
il the London fogs.
A few weeks ago a i.ihl,. paragraph slated
that London win wnippnl in one of her lu
lauioiis fog-. Il w.i a puling infant,
though, toiiipari'd with her fninous fog of
November. I'.HII.
The pniuipal avciiii . of the city lesem
bled the steam rOtuii of i Tuikish bath.
Ever) tialu inward i i outward hound was
stalled after !1 ri'clm It ,u the iifterniion.
Around Tiafalgar Niiiue ami the hou.es
of Parlliiiuenl liuinli-i d. ol omnibuses, nibs.
cults ami wagons got iiimuieil Into an im
movable mass
Mounted polne in living to clear the jam
got lost themselves.
Drivers, not knowing w hero tliey were,
htooil al the heads of tin 1 1- horses for hours
ill the dense yellow -hhn k i loud.
Highway nn n worked with impunity nnd
got iiwiiv with I lit? 1 1 plunder.
Ncwsbovs got iiuaili nplc prices for their
wines, whnh were instantly turned into
leuipoimv Ion Ins by the pedestrians, who
vainlv bought lo litul then- way ulong the.
MIC'!-.
'I here wen- n ores of accidents. Thrnlies
wire comiii'lleil lo close down that night be
muse their patrons -. 1 1 1 . i not locate them
in tin- log.
Wllll.i; the loss to agin-uliurists by tins
week's cold snail will mount illlo the.
uinnoiis, it is spicail. pun tically , over tint
entile North, liu lulling Pi iiiisylvunia.
As a word of cheer. Id it lie noted thn! n
real London fog nisi-, thnt city about
.n.'ll,0fMI u ilny.
The fog of lil so iueiniseil thn mortality
in Loudon that uioie than 100(1 persons died
fmiu accidents nnd unions disorders caused
ii) its foul and noxious cbuuK
On n ri-ul foggy day tin fireut Eastern
Hallway of England uses IIO.UUO detonating
log signals on its lines.
It icqiiiiis 700 men to phfco these In
position Jo safeguard the trains.
After nil, with our erratic wenlher wo
arc not so bad off ns wo might be.
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
COLONEL W. P. BARBA
On Sesquicentennlal Transportation
ANEW survey of the transit bltuntion
vvltli the iirobb-ms iinolvcd should he
made at once, not only to cover present -day
icipiiieiiients, liut to prepani for the ditll
ctiltles attendant upon transporting millions
of visitors during the sesiiulcentenuial cele
bration in the city in 1"-". in tin- opinion
of Colonel W. P. liurbn, a transit expert
of tliis city.
"I!y reason of nn enforced study ot the
elements of the transportation system in
Philadelphia." says Colonel Murbii. "cover
ing the Philadelphia Kapld Transit system
as well us the projected city lines, such as
the Frnukforil elevated, etc.. It becomes In
creasingly evident to me Hint changes brought
about bv the yenis since tlie plnns of A.
Merrill Taylor weie adopted bv the iilv ie
quite Hint a new survey of the situation be
made, and that plans lie formulated that
i over the present day requirements.
"The war lias Introdm erl elements into
this problem wnleh did not exist when the
Tailor plans were laid down, nnd the growth
of 'certain sections of the city has probubly
been found iliftercnt from thnt which was
pinicctcd ns the basis for Ihe Taylor plans.
Moi cover, there have been other changes in
transportation methods nnd ideas which call
for u new survey to meet the known present
londitions.
itnl for lOgfl Exposition
"This same leennimendntion was cimicil
bv the icpint of Ihe Mnvors transit com.
nilttee. dated Mav 'St, lllliO, and so lar no
(vidence has appeared which shows that this
recommendation is bv way of being followed.
"The oncoming sesquiceiitennial. which
was determined upon for the year 10-0, in
troduces ngain another and very vital ele
ment in tin- tiiiii-poitiition piohb-m, already
very acute in this i it v. and renders the morn
necessary thesinvev which this bitter again
suggests nnd pleads for imiiieillnte in-llnii.
"Wherever the site for the ccnteiininl of
IP'JIi shnll be lived, there will be cicnted a
new nnd ditheiill transportation problem in
tfie bringing of the many millions of visitors
from nil seel ions ol the city lo the site of
tin- exposition. To contemplate the transit
situation as it will be in lll'-'ll. if this, matter
be ulloived to drift along until the last pos
sible yVar, would bring n lusting reproach
upon the acumen ami intelligence of those
citizens and otln nils of Philadelphia who
should be charged with this as well ns other
large duties in n-iiucclioii with the. cen
tennial. Time Pi esses Hard
'"i'o ii velop com n tcl) the filet that tune
pi esses ii i, ncressaty to consider that nftet
all plans are ntmplelrd il will require at
least two and one half years tn effect tlie
necessary conslriu tinn alone, so that this
uses up the whole of the years 1021 mid
Hi'.'.-..
"After the main features of the exposition
shall have been ileenbd upon it will tequire
al least one yenr to i omplete the designs to
the point of the commencement of construe
Hon, ami this uses up the year lOL'.'l. Hence
we have before us the year liVJU and the ie
mainder of 101M In vvhlrh to complete all
the preliminailes, seeiiic the necessary legis.
Iiition and make all the airnngements lend
ing up to the coianii-in enieut of enginei'ilng
drawings.
"Thus will appear clearly the fact thnt
no time is to be lost after the site shall have
been determined upon m making the arrange
ments necessary for the transportation of
the millions of vlsitois who will utteiid tho
t.xposition dailv.
"I'tider the Tavlnp plans (he monov uded
bv the city for ils high speed transit lines
was allocated to the several projects by net of
the Stute I.egislatuie and Ii) vote of the
people of Philadelphia, and this money
cannot he diverted from the divisions thus
ili'leimiucd upon exi ept In a vole of tho
people uud fuither bv state legislation.
Transit Suney Timely
"Tlierefoie it is timely at this moment to
press for a study of the intimate relation
which must exist between tin. plans for the
exposition nnd the city's futuro perniuiiciit
transit problem.
"It is tlie suggestion of this letter, there
fore, that all of the transportation inadu
necessary bv the exposition be u part nf thu
permanent trauspoitntlon system of the citv
of Philadelphia. "'
"In older to mnke effective the foregoing
recommendation, It Is thn nioro necessary
thnt ii permanent system 1m surveyed,
studied and determined upon now, without
further Inpso of time. It is also essential
that everything required of transportation
by the exposition bo made n part 'of tlili
permanent transit plan, excepting, of bourse,
192X
"N-NOT FOR ME!"
sm h incidentals us temporary terminals mnl
(olinectlons which will he ripped up nl tin
close of the big fair. Tho How of travel to
nnd from the exposition, wherever ils mil
may be, should nt once be made the subject
of study and early determination.
Have Permanent Hiilldlngs
"Tho same thought as to pcniinnonce of
transportation, arrangenieiits for the expo
sition and its impiovcments theieiu mav be
expressed in relation to exposition buildings
ami other facilities, so that as little wasted
labor mid material as well as mone.v sliull In
experienced as is possible to lie arranged.
"In otln-r words. Hie Municipal Conn
building, for example, could eiisllv be n
building transformed out of an exposition
building into a permanent, beautiful Mu
nicipal Couit building on the Parkway. Of
course, this presupposes, that tin. pielimiiiai)
plans for the exposition building shall be
such as will be tilling for exposition pur
poses as well as-nfter transportation for
n beautiful and useful permanent building
for some such purpose ns, for example, the
Municipal Court.
"The prime purpose of this suggest ion is
to direct attention to the triinspuitatjnii
needs of the exiiosltion nnd the creul need
of having a permanent plan into which shall
be litted the extraordinary transportation
futilities li-quircd by the exposition."
Humanisms
H WILLIAM ATUICI.TON 1)1' Pl'Y
HI:"
A-1- I'll!
Eiti:
is a slor.v which has gone to the
mis of t be earth and wh eh i a leged
to have originated with a certain member of
Coiignss from Hn- state of Michigan who
will neither atliiui inn- deny the allegation.
Il is said that tins congressman was
driving down Pennsylvania avenue m a
large and ornate automobile mid that. ,is he
approached the intersection of stieels. Hint
car of the crossings, the Irish policeman,
raised his hand in magnificent coininnnd t liu t
the approaching Irallic halt The inugn-ss-man's
car didn't quite reach that quiescent
stage of entire immobility until it hnd
bumped into the back of a lllvvcr just ahead.
Tlie innjestic cop strode indignantly up
to the car of the coiigrchsmnn.
"What's the iib-u" he said. "Don't yez
know tin-re arc trullic regulations? (limine
your name."
"Koll.v," snld the iiingipssninii meekly.
"First pume," snld tlie pollt email with
abating heat.
"Patrick, Patrick Kellv." was the reply.
iiev, you, i aiieii out tin' polii email to
driver of the flivver. "Win did von .del.
tlie
out this mau lo back into?'
.:., i i. !.
Down in the district of Cougic-tsmnu Men
Johnson, of Kentucky, theie lives n vcrv
learned man who lends thn Congiessionu'l
Kceorit every da.v. There is probnhly no
member of ( engross who knows as well
what goes on on the Hour of tho I louse
unless it bo Mr. Miinu. of Illinois.
This Kentucky student holds that Mr
Mann is the greatest parliauieutmlnu of uli
time. Itepresentative Johnson believes Hint
bis constituent Is right. Carlisle, he says
was the master of them all i his grasp of
Hie leully big questions, but he was indiffer
cut to the little ones Mr. Mann, snvs the
student from Kentucky, would count the
seeds in a pumpkin.
Dining the Iim few
Chump Clark lie had
days of tin, lifp ,,f
but occasional mo-
Wbnti lii..,
meals nt consciousness.
, ....! ii i-ii , -nun
o- ii.uinoiy inieii inem with pi aver thai
he might die bef, he In, ,,f M,, "
Theie was the desiie l ,. i ,,.,., ,,
but hey mnl it stood a sped..- whi,, haunted
linn. After twelv-siN ,nr, , ,..,.,.,.
after having been so near the pie.ideiicvih.il
it seemed nssu v hi. ,,,. ,K',P ,!,
us speaker this lailhf iblic s.-i v ant '. ,.,,.
... ii... inn in a iisciill llie w IN
pockets.
1 nipl)
If he died in nfl'n e
the government would
defray tho cost of his ., his heirs wo
e!l". """ lit Tn'Z "J'.'"' . - l'n.'
been of those .nailers whhl, all e, ted he
luiblic welfme. M ),,) ,, l(f ' ';
wnrd his own inii.liiueiil. He had r ained
l""r"..1 '"; I H... mil., ofa coicr s" ,,,
who des in haiuess for his widow
And so that mysterious gem-v ahom
which the mind nf ,,, is g1Vei, , !
all along the rami from ti rn.lle In the
"wWa "iel,o,v ,,o"u' in "'"-''
&&A xJffljireS'.
j&RW
'JiTlAV
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MIGHT CUTS
The
that the
tumble with Charles' "ioup wjs
"c" was soft.
Lveiy time the .lob
el in it does him honor.
Combine raps Uev-
The weather mini celebrated All Fools'
Day with the ies of us
Expurgated icpoits seem to indicate that
Hungarian iIumi ptoved a blank.
Ihe
The birds are the only homo builileis
that are getting away with it this year.
Interest in llie Mrilisli coal
not h'scc-iir-il b) iiiiijcclure as to
(ieoige will leiicl lo It.
strike is
liow Llovil
SniiiPtimcs the ihing most iiisigniimnii
may uiiise the ino-i nniioyuuce. Witm-ss
Mergdoll and n mosquito.
'Ihe "vmup" ha aforetime been a suh
iect of censure; u local court Irlul did nun Ii
to make it one of i idicule.
Presumably the new pension ioiiiiuk
sinner. Washington (iardener, will be abl
to weed out Hie unworthy ,
Fverv run of shad is n run of luck m
busy lisheriiieii ; and the rimer on shiid don
not find his a haul ioc to hoe.
In Noith Dakota the Socialists appear
to have mudc the iopc. llinl is to lie used to
hung them a n.pe with u "recall" nooe.
After Chnrbs has been thiovvn out
siilliei.-nt number of times It may duwn n
him th.il tin- Hungarians don't want him.
Prohibit inn Commissioner Kramer snu
h.iine-biewlng is a "pastime" that will "dm
fiom ils own icsiilts." .v., hni'siicr iip.-i
sioii has ever be. u cast on iiin.iteur hooi h
Socrctur) Hoover is lo retain the mm
inissioiier of fisheries appointed bv the la-t
administration. Pie-counter rushers tn.iy
skip the fish cnuisp op the political menu
The lamentable and depressing thing 1
Hint the woman who achieves notoriety m
the niiirts mid thrciit.ns to go on the s'lase
is Miiietimes able lo ilo what s!le thicntcii
Mergdoll's cnplors have been rclen-nl
by the liermaiis "on good hi-huvior " Evr
so inn ii Aniericiius are of tin- opinion Hint
ii was for "good behavior" that thev were
um-stiil.
(ernian-Ainei leans in Texas are scekln;
i oiicesslous in Mexico of 70,000 ncies. with
the intention of deserting their Ameiu-aii
homes. This is perhaps as good u way of
eliminating tlie hyphen as any other.
The convalescent grip fiend gunslicd
His teeth (with rage. I think)
I'o see fiiinienti spirit dashed
.U ith quinine i ibelcd "cine.''
Incomptelii iislhlv blase
And liiilisjiiitnbl.v distrait
Hi- goes Ills egotistic wuv
With one "I" un the blink.
The ii'iuarks of Secretary Wallace t
t he Depart ineut of Agriculture, concermn'
the piotectlon of agriculture "listen well"
but they don't tell the whole slory. It U
well Hull we should make ourselves "n self
sustaining, independent, self-reliant untie"
agricultural!), industrially, politically." nini
lu- was wise in deploring the unwisdom "'
exploiting "our iigil.-iiltural resources fr
the benefit of n i- indiislriiH ami comiuciila'
nfi- Mut there are one or iwo coinin""
si use facts that me not siillieieutlv stressi-il
A pmleetive tariff miliums a protective tarill
onlv while the industrv iiiotecled liak a
piiielv doinesllc niarkei 'The iiioment i r -t -gnis
in export its pm.luct the lariff on H-fori-igii
i ompi'iiioM becomes an explcitiv
l irifl mnl the consuming public at home l"'
ionics tlie goal of loiuiuerce Pro-.r-llt
llaiiling siuseil the basic economic priticn'1''
whin In- s,ii,l bat we Imve lo bin befoie vve
can selljjiin ti,,, truth goes deepei than th.it
J "r."'k' npi'iilors can usiinlh get sqiu";
by imposing tariffs of their own. The leal
evil lies at lioiiie : when American ccu.suiin'"1'
for instance, pay more for American Ft''1''
nnd Amerieii,, hi-r-f than the English p;i) f
American steel and Ami-ciin hect, nt'"'
oi-Hiin freight has been nibb-d to transporta
tion. Hi, cheerfully we'll seek 't n i1'"
A i gem me , oin uiowers who inn lav t'ic.r
nun mi tin- Allantli ast a onc-lhinl "t
lb" shipping nisi iuiiiosc.l on the wistern
i oin grower si long as we know tlmt M ,
me m,t snifeiin- 0lra Kmig,, 0I) -orn ;' i
I nil tue v estcrn growers may compete vvlll',1
me .vigeiiiino in Liiropeiiu ninrkets ." 1
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I In lake plnce. Wo sluiply illustrate jt Kef
cral principle.
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