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1'hlUJrlpWi. Slim!ij, June 4, 1MI
SUMMER CLOCKS AT LAST
SOMETHING else besides daylight will bo
saved tomorrow, the first day in this
community of local light economy. The
chatter mid argument over the transparently
simple process of establishing the summer
clock will cense. They have been as super
fluous as the delay.
Tho whole subject may be characterized
as a tremendous trillc. That anything so
desirable ns the advanced hour during tho
season of long days should be controversial is
ono of those mysteries which, according to
the cunning Dundreary, "no fellow can find
out."
The point to be remembered now Is that
the time for insttttitinc onu of tho most
Inexpensive) and advantageous economies
ever devised will nrrlvo two hours after mid
night tonight. Persons who huvp not set
their clocks or watches one hour ahead before
retiring will conform by making the change
vhen they awake tomorrow morning.
Tho railroads adjust their suburban
schedules to tho sensible new conditions.
The absurd agony over alleged obstacles Is
ended at last.
WHISKY AND THE POLICE
DISCLOSURE of bitch conditions as wcro
found to exist at the police station at
Eighth and Jefferson streets has been ox
i pected for some time by those who have
known what has been goitig on.
Tilts is what happened : Tho drivers of a
truck containing n load of whisky were ar
rested on Wednesday night and the truck
taken to tho station house. The men wero
Released in an irregular way and two of them
?cro allowed to sleep on the truck. They
promised to guard it. In a short time these
men, assisted by other men who secured their
release, were found to be making an attempt
to carry off the whisky.
Collusion between certain policemen and
the bootleggers is suspected. Whether It
-ns collusion or inefficiency will not appear
Until tho accused officers are tried. Hut it
is known that largo quantities of whisky nrc
brought to tho city and sold. It is not be
lieved that the police are unaware of what
Is going on. Probably some of them get a
part of the whisky and wink at the way it
is brought here.
It may be said in defense of the police
that it is impossible to enforce n law which
so many people are interested in disregard
ing. Hut admitting this, there can be no
defense for n police officer who actively par
ticipates in nssisting tho men who are vio
lating the law. If it shall lie proved that this
has happened, tho men should be punished
to severely that no one will bo tempted to
repeat the offense.
BUNN'S SINECURE
THE appointment of William M. Runn ns
Prothonotnry of the Common l'leas and
Municipal Courts is a recognition of the
validity of tho custom of using this office
as n sort of a refuge for old and faithful
political workers.
Sir. Jitinn was born In 1P42 and is ap
proaching the age of four score. lie, there
fore, qualifies as old. Ho was politically
active for years, serving ns n member of
the Legislature and as Register of Wills
long before most of tho politicians of tho
present day wcro born. In more recent
years ho was a follower of tho lnte Scnntor
McNichol. He, therefore, qualifies as a
political worker.
Tho Judges who made the appointment
have exercised their discretion, from which
thcro is no appeal. The innocent and un
sophisticated citizens, however, who have
. not been In tho habit of regarding the pro.
thonotaryship as a sinecure, will discover
with some misgivings that a majority of the
Judges so regnrd it. There is no other ex
planation for their action.
"THE OTHER AMERICANS"
SOMETHING! more than the considerable
residuum of the antique Spanish cour
tesy abiding in l.ntiu America is discernible
in former President .Mi-iiocul's frank ami
friendly analysis of the relations between
Cuba and the 1'nited States published in
the I'uu.iu Lkpokk yesterday.
General Menocnl does not hesitate to
point out that there ore "certain asperities
to which tin' racial characteristics of Anglo
Saxons and Latins are naturally prone to
give vise." At the same time lie emphasizes
in the most candid manner the "moderation
Of the ( nlted States" as expressed in poli
ci which "should serve to convince Latin
American statesmen that they hiivo nothing
to fear from so-called Latin -American im
perialism." That tills fear has existed it would bo
idle to deny. The outlook of our Southern
neighbors has, however, perceptibly broad
ened within recent years, and particularly
since tho participation of the United States
in tho World War.
Mistrust, which formerly gave the aspect
Of insincerity to the most gracious and flow
ing compliments, hns made wav for a realis
tic appreciation of Pan-American necessities.
Latin America today is beginning to realize
that tho term co-operation is to be taken
at its obvious vulue.
Proof of this change of view is further
afforded by tho entente of ideas established
at a luncheon given in Washington by Sec
rotary Hughes to Maximo II. Xopedn, the
Nlcaraguau Foreign Minister. Mr. Hughes
slgnlflcautly embraced the opportunity to
indorse the plan of a Cent nil American
union in which Nicaragua thus far has ro
fused to Join.
Ills indorsement of the federation, which
is to bo proclaimed on September lfi of this
year, tho one hundredth anniversary of
Central American independence, is consid
ered likely to dispel the qualms of the one
reluctant State. Nicaragua. It appears, has
questioned the status of the Hryiiii-Chniuorro
treaty concerning luteroceanic canal rights
Hut the sanctity of our obligations has
lately beeu enhanced by the vigorous and
"' (uMulvn manner In which tlm Htntn Ilonnrr.
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dispute. The effect of this policy hns proved
most wholesome throughout tho five nations
which tho new union Is planned to embrace.
Even "asperities" based on racial differences
must eventually succumb to realities bo
trnying a broad and seasoned grasp of states
manship. Scnor Zepcda declares that tho pcoplo of
NIcaragun entertain for tho United States
an nffcctlon which they dcslro to maintain
nud strengthen. It Is not mora coincidence
that General Mcnocal simultaneously utters
slmilnr sentiments.
All friction will not necessarily ceaso
with this new order, but tho growth of
mutual understanding justifies tho hopo
that Latin America will continue to
evaluate reasonably differences In tempera
ment which, though marked, ought not to
be obstructive.
A REAL STEP AT LAST
TOWARD 1926 WORLD'S FAIR
Adoption of Charter and Bylaws for Se9-quI-Centennlal
Celebration Brings a
- Great Opportunity and Be
gins a Great Task
PHILADELPHIA took n step yesterday
which will carry It further along tho
road of progress than anything done in
forty -five years.
Tills step was the adoption of a charter
and bylaws by tho Sesqul-conteiinial Citi
zens' Committee of Otto Hundred.
Without stopping for a few moments to
contemplate tho possibilities involved, It Is
difficult to realize tho full force nnd effect
of this action.
P.y putting plans for tho celebration upon
n permanent footing it commits the people
of the city to tho project Irrevocably a
project which ought to have a tremendously
vitalizing, galvanizing, energizing reaction
upon the old town If tho citizens arc mado
of tho kind of stuff thnt cnnbled their fore
bears back In tho early seventies to show
tho world for the first tlmo what might be
accomplished In the way of an Interna
tional fair.
And this step Is. taken not a day too soon.
Tho opening of the greatest exposition of
tho arts of peace tho planet has over seen
Is tentatively set four years and eleven
months from now ; nono too long a time in
which to accomplish tho herculenn Inborn
required to bring the show to fruition and
success.
After months of casual discussion, tho
plan for fittingly celebrating tho hundred
nud fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the
document which has done more to mako tho
world safo for democracy than any other
single net or scries of acts in history now
assumes definite form on n firm foundation.
The corporation created under patent of
the State of Pennsylvania with the indorse
ment of tho Committee of One Hundred
places tho question of conducting tho expo
sition solely in tho hands of a responsible
and legal entity which can solicit and accept
the nid, fiuanclnl nnd otherwise, of every
Government, national. State and municipal,
which can lie inspired with the desire to
participate in this great universal convoca
tion of pence, good will nnd brotherhood.
Tho description Is not overstrained nt nil.
for that is what the fair can bo nnd should
bo made.
Now comes the real task the arousing of
tho public to a point of hearty interest und
co-operation. Iiy tho public wo mean not
only tho citizens of Philadelphia and vicinity,
but throughout the 1'nited States and every
where in the civilized world. The event is
worthy of such recognition, but it will not
come without conscious constructive effort
to enlist it. 'All the devices of promotion
and publicity, through statesmen, legisla
tors, diplomats and governmental agencies,
must be employed. Then will come tho
schemes for financing, followed by the con
ception and execution of .structural details,
and at the end actual supervision nnd man
agement. In tho elaboration of the complex nnd
mnnlfold efforts necessary to overcome the
obstacles which nre sure to nriso there will
be work enough and glory enough for nil
who help. The work will ho too vast to
permit oi its running by n close corporation
or by self-centered cliques, yet there must
be individualizing of the labors nnd defini
tion of duties, else nothing but confusion
will result.
Alrendy the Citizens' Committee of One
Hundred, under the chairmanship of Mayor
Moore, has mado notable progress. The
charter and bylaws udopterl show careful
deliberation and study of other similar af
fairs, and while susceptible of amplification
and amendment, they outline n skeleton
organization on n wholly sound and work
able bnsis with a scopo and breadth com
mensurate with tho dignity and importance
of the occasion.
So It mny bo said without undue boosting
that tho committeo hns done well. It re
mains for tho neople of tho city, of the State
and of tho Nation to see that tho leaders of
public opinion in each community do like
wise. They must get squarely behind the
project, which will shed new luster not only
upon Philadelphia in a parochial sense, but
upon the whole of America.
NEW BLOOD IN THE BOARD
RESPONSIBILITIES of no light order
fall upon tho shoulders of Cyrus Adler
ond George A. Welsh, tho two now members
of tho Hoard of Education nppointed by the
Hoard of Judges yesterday.
Seldom in tho history of public instruc
tion in this city has interest in the admin
istrative features been keener than at tlio
present moment. Tho Flnegnn bill has
greatly alleviated some of tho practical diffi
culties in the way of progress. What is
clearly needful now are tho maintenance of
on esprit do corps and tho sscnl of co-operation
in the board that will justify its almost
autocratic origins nnd the somewhat auto
cratic authority which it wields over educa
tional affairs In Philadelphia.
Dr. Adler's credentials for his new post
are generally known. Ills record is one of
sound scholarship and conspicuous adminis
trative abilities, and his appointment en
hances the intellectual dignity of the hoard.
Decidedlv less of a public character is Mr.
Welsh. Assistant District Attorney nnd at
one time Assistant City Solicitor and later
secretury to Mayor Weaver.
it is manifestly unfair to prejudge either
appointee. It is the extent of their oppor
tunity which- now Interests tho public, to
gether with earnest hopes that thev will
mako the most of It on behalf of tho vigorous
development of tho school system.
OUR PET MYSTERY
AN rNUnWTHUENT of regret is itwep.
arable from the announconn nts that tho
Mount Everest expedition is to uncover one.
of the lingering mvsteries of this planet.
Virtually nil of tho African rideies and those
of the two Poles nro solved. Not n few-well-meaning
explorers nro puzzled and em
barrassed by nn apparent shorten of the
unknowable. Secrets aro undeniably fasci
nating. Thoro is something nlmost pathetic
In their growing scarcity. Even Moham
mrdun women, it Is said, nro beginning to
unveil their faces.
Ilut the nge of discovery, while undoubt
edly nenring Its Hose, cannot be cnlled en
tirely completed. For the present, nt lenst,
tenrs over the charting of river sources,
mountain peaks, jungles nnd glaciers may
be dried.
Fortunately, moreover, exploration of n
remaining "terra incognita" would not bo
cotIy. For nbouA ono-mlllloneth tho ex
pense oil tho Him
Tfui expedition It will bo
posslblo to amass a considerable amount of
Information about tho port of Phllndclphla.
Save for tho consequences of arousing Its
custodians from their slumbers, tho perils
Involved in such an enterprlso nrc negligi
ble. Tho expedition, were It set in motion
tomorrow, could begin by proceeding in a
body to Snyder avenue wharf, thcro to view
the largest passenger liner ever scheduled to
tnko passengers from this port.
This vessel, which Is the crack ship of tho
French Fnbro Line, with the home port of
Marseilles, Is of 10,000 gross tons displace
ment. As recently ns two or thrco days
ngo the Maritime Exchange of this city
evinced not the slightest 'knowledgo of her
coming here, while ofllciuls of her dock
stoutly denied thnt sho would arrive here
or snll from this harbor.
This loyalty to Illusion Is Interesting.
Professional explorers Are indebted to Phll
ndclphla for its rcsistanco to tho Imperti
nences of whnt has been cnlled progress.
Wo know today tho Initial spring from
which flows the river Nile. Everest Is soon
to yield up Its secrets. Hut Phllndclphla
well. Philadelphia Is considerate.
Thoro aro still realms to reveal, fields for
enchanting discovery along its modest nnd
mysterious waterfront. Obviously and tra
ditionally, It Is bad form to dwell upon
the development of this port In aught but
whispers.
HARDING AT VALLEY FORGE
PRECEDENTS do not seem to bo binding
when u man wishes to disregard them.
Yet tho sticklers in Washington for tho
sanctity of custom will bo shucked by tho
week-end visit .of President Harding to tho
homo of Senatof Knox nt Valley Forge.
It bus not been customary for the Presi
dent to be tho guest of any ono during his
term of ollice. Of courso, If he wero making
political speeches during a tour of tho coun
try, ho might be entertained by somo ono in
tho town in which ho was epenking, but that
entertainment grew out of tho necessities of
tho situation.
President Harding's visit to Senator Knox
Is to bo purely social, so far as it Is known.
It is likely to bo followed by Invitations to
spend other weok-ends with other men.
Tho inventions, however, need not embar
rass Mr. Harding, for ho can always plead
the pressuro of public business as the excuse
for declining to lenvo Washington.
Hut the political rather than the social
significance of tho President's visit is likely
to nttract attention. Of the Pennsylvania
Senators, Mr. Penrose used to bo the one on
most intimate terms with Republican Presi
dents. Mr. Penroso is, or has been, ono of
the most powerful leaders In tho party. He
has dictated Its policy on more than one
occasion nnd fow Republicans nmbitlous for
national honors havo cared to arouse his
hostility.
Hut there ore Intimations from Washing
ton that the glory has deported from tho
senior Senator. The President hns not
sought his odvico cither on policy or on
patronage. Such patronage as has como to
this State has como to men known to bo
friendly to Senator Knox. The junior Sen
ator was tho President's guest on tho recent
trip to New York on the Mayflower. Ho is
welcomed to tho Whito House, and now ho
is to welcome tho President to his farm In
the vicinity of tho famous winter camp of
Washington's army.
And at the somo tlmo It became known
that Senator Knox was to entertain the
President, Senator Penroso hastened to this
city in his big red automobile. What con
nection, If any, there is between these two
incidents does not appear. It may when tho
President fills the Federal offices in this city.
In the menntlmo tho President is welcome
here, where he will find picturesque scenery,
invigorating nir and an acute interest in
everything thnt ho is doing uud planning
to do,
WHEN SHALL WE DISARM?
IT IS not known how many of tho 100,000
clergymen Invited by the Committee of
tho Church Pence Cnlon to preach on dis
armament tomorrow will accept the invita
tiou. Many sermons already have been pleached
on tho subject, and many moro will bo
preached beforo the United States disarms.
Many of them will bo preached without in
consistency by clergymen who during the war
prcncliod sermons nbout tho righteousness of
the conflict nnd the justification for tho uso
of force.
Yet the churches nrc for pence and for tho
settlement of nil disputes bv negotiation.
So fnr ns tho clergymen beenmo vocul on
the subject tomorrow they will express them
selves in fnvor of tho principle of disnrma
racnt. They cannot well do otherwise.
Dentists in conven
.Making Life rainless tlon in Atlantic City,
nftcr petitioning Con
gress for the right to prescribe whisky for
patients recovering from nn anesthetic, now
declare thnt a "chaw" of tobacco is the best
disinfectant known to dental science. De
mosthenes McGlnnls says that if they will
now come out boldly for beer and a pipe he
will be their friend for life.
R. E. Morse is an
nt Tulsa.
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npleasnnt -visitor
Untermyer seems to hnvo no difficulty
in finding a sore spot to touch.
Those who wish to know the amount of
kick In n whisky shake may ask tho police.
When we begin to save daylight tomor
row we may be assured of adequate in
terest. Tho market value of Liberty Honds has
no significance for those wise enough to hold
on to thepi.
The crew of tho Esperanto spoke to tho
world in the universal language of hardi
hood and courage.
Tho Auditor General hns dropped thir
teen more niinies from his pa.vroll. There is
no argument here concerning the unluekv
thirteen.
Wcllesley girls have been ordered to
wear longer skirts. The fact might hnvo
significance if they had nay intention of
obeying the order.
No objection enn be mado to Dr. Flex
ner's suggestion thnt women tuko up the
sciences, so long ns n tuflicient number re
main adepts at ilomehtlc science.
"Penrose is the lender of the Repub
lican Pnrty in Pennsylvania," says Mavor
Moore. And it will bu noticed that the
Senator docs his leading with an ax.
The President lin.'t not jet taken sides
in the quarrel h t veen Ihe House and Semite
over naval appropriations; but have you
noticed that, although whnt he sajs some
times nrouses controversy, whnt ho does In
variably wins applnuse?
A Toronto International Leaguo pitcher
quit his Job after being fined for refusing to
pitch because ho had been required to sleep
in an upper berth. Which goes to show
thnt on occasion a tvvlrler may he ns tem
peramental ns u soprano.
Hefore deciding that n 1'J per cent rail
road woge reduction is not sufficient to
justify a lower freight rate it Is well to
remember that the rnilrouil working force
has been cut down to a point which demands
a fair day's work for a fair day's pay, and
the further fact that lower rates may menu
mom traffic nnd less cnerfv wnsteil In tlm
1. movement olempUes. ?V
A GRAND OLD RACE
The Porters of Pennsylvania, Who
Mado History for 175 Years Tho
Grandfather of General Horace
Porter a Montgomery
County Man
Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN
GOVERNOR DAVID R1TTENHOUSE
PORTER was the father of General
Horaco Porter, who died In .New York on
Saturday last.
General Horace Porter, altr.ough compara
tively unknown to the present generation,
was ono of the most distinguished and
brilliant men Pennsylvania ever produced.'
He came of u long lino of splendid an
cestors. Tho original Porter, Robert bv nnme, was
a North of Ireland farmer who camo to
America early in tho eighteenth century.
Ho bought land In Worcester Township,
Montgomery County, nnd settled down to
ralso his family. Montgomery and Hunt
ingdon Counties nro linked up with tho Por
ters and their career.
Even those of the family who remained
behind In Ireland left the Impress of their
lives on their own people.
The Rev. J. L. Porter, D. D LL. D.,
was for years professor of snered literature
In tho college nt Itulfasf. He was noted ns
nn Oriental scholar.
Major General Andrew Porter, the grand
father of General Horace Porter, was born
not far from Norristown ir 17-13.
THERE existed for years tho Impression
among prominent men of New York that
General Horace Porter was of Pennsylvania
Dutch ancestry.
It was doubtless because ho enmo from n
Pcnnsylvnnin Dutch county in part.
General Stcwnrt L. Woodford, nt a bril
liant baunuot In New York years ngo. em
balmed this idea In a now fnmous witticism.
In the course of his nfter-dinncr speech
he alluded to General Horace Porter, In
whose honor tho affair was given, In this
erroneous connection.
"Ho comes," said General Woodford, "of
thnt sturdy race that wo find In Eastern
Pennsylvania, tho Pennsylvania GormnnB;
godly, bravo nnd thrifty so thrifty, In fact,
that they cross their bees with lightning
bugs so they can fieo to work at night."
ANDREW PORTER, tho grandfather of
Horace Porter, was n failure as a farm
er's boy. He was always fussing with fig
ures nnd arithmetical problems.
His father gave him up. One day when
ho was about twenty lie visited Dr. David
Rlttcuhousc to borrow a book on fluxions
or conic sections.
Tho doctor, who lived In Norrlton Town
ship, told him he couldn't understand the
book which ho wished to borrow.
In the conversation that followed Dr.
Rittcnhotiso wns so amazed nt his profi
ciency thnt ho encouraged him to come to
Philadelphia nnd open n mnthematlcnl school.
During his residence in Philadelphia ho
nssoclnted with Drs. Rush, Rltteuhouse,
Ewing, Franklin and others.
Then ho beenmo n captain of marines in
the Revolution, but tired of sea life nnd wns
transferred to the urtillcry.
Here is n comparatively unknown cpleodo
of the War for Independence:
When the siege of Yorktown was deter
mined on. Porter, then n colonel, wns ordered
to Philadelphia to superintend a laboratory
at which tho various kinds of ammunition
wero prepared and tested.
Colonel Porter objected. Ho wanted to
fight. He wrote to Washington In hopo of
effecting a transfer.
Ho remonstrated against being taken from
tho field nnd put to work In "a mere chemi
cal laboratory," as he expressed it.
To this appeal General Washington made
this reply (all the moro remarkable, seeing
that wo regard tho chemists' experiments nnd
laboratory work as purely modern war meas
ures) :
"You say you nre desirous of being plnocd
In thut situation in which you can render
your country tho most efficient hervices. Our
success depends much on tho manner in
which our cartridges, bombs and matches aro
prepared.
"Tho eye of science Is required to super
intend their preparation; nnd if tho infor
mal ion of General Knox, who knows you
well nnd intimately, is to bo depended on,
there Is no officer in the army better qualified
than yourself for tho station I havo as
signed you."
AT THE battle of Oermnntown Captain
Porter wns commended on tho field by
Washington for his bravery.
Ncnrly all his company were killed or
taken prisoners in thnt engagement.
Ono of tho most remarkable things In his
picturesque career occurred in 1770, when he
was assigned to General Clinton's brignde
to operate under General Sullivan against
tho Indians.
From Cannjohnrle, on tho Mohawk River,
Clinton nnd his men marched to the head of
Lnke Otsego.
While viewing tho lnke Captain Porter
turned to Clinton nnd unfolded n plnn to
dnm tho outlet to the lake and thus collect
sufficient water to convey tho troops in boats
to Tioga Point, where they were to join
General Sullivan's detachment.
Tho experiment was tried and the water
In the lake raised, by closing the outlet, to a
height of three feet.
An artificial freshet was thus created
which effected Porter's purpose and the
troops were sent down by water.
It is said that tin., freshet was noticeable
as far as Northumberland.
AFTER tho Revolution, Colonel Porter
retired to private life on his farm in
Norriton Township, outside Norristown.
Hut ho was not permitted to rest on his
well-earned reputation.
The trustees of tho I'nlve.rslty of Pcnnsyl
vauia offered him tho chair of mathematics In
thnt institution, but he declined It.
Subsequently he was named by the Su
premo Executive Council of the State n com
missioner for running, by nstronomicnl ob
servations, the dividing lines between Penn
sylvania nnd Virginia, Pennsylvania and
whnt Is now Ohio nnd this State and New
York. Governor Snyder In 1S0O appointed Gen
eral Porter he having been raised to the
rank of brigadier general In the militia
Surveyor General.
In 1S12 ho wns tendered the position of
brigadier general in the regular armv.
President Madison offered him the plnoe
of Secretary of War in his Cabinet, but he
declined both appointments. He said that
his advanced ago would prevent the execu
tion of the duties of either stntion with effi
ciency. General Porter left ten children, six sons
nnd four daughters. He was married twice,
his first wife dying within a yeur of their
wedding.
mnnOL'GHOUT his lifo General Porter
JL was tho most distinguished citizen of
Montgomery County.
Ho was rather above tho middle size, vet
nimble nnd active on his feet, though 'he
was disposed to corpulency.
Long service in the army had given him
n military air and hearing, which he car
ried with him to the end of his days.
He was not a innn much given to speech.
He wus gentloinaulv ami courteous in his
intercourse with bociety and his friends.
AN ANECDOTE of his early days and
his passion for mathematics runs ns
follows ;
After his father had decided that it was
Jmpobtlble to moke a farmer of him, an elder
brother undertook to teach him the carpen
ter's trade.
Seeing the picture of a Min-dlal In n book
he hnd borrowed from his Irish school
teacher, he conceived tho idea of making one
for himself.
Ho traveled six or eight miles to a soap
stone quarry near Spring Mill, selected n
stone, carried it back with him nnd pro
ceeded to shape it into n suu-diul.
In thlH process he used the saws, chisels
nnd other edged tools of his carpenter
brothers. Of course, they were ruined, and
from that day he was banished from the
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
R. L. REIFSNYDER
On Hosiery Trade Gambling
PHILADELPHIA is tho hosiery manufac
turing center of the world, nnd by that
same token Philadelphia harbors as many
high-class gamblers as you will find any
where In the United States. So declares R.
L. Reifsnyder, editor of tho Knit Goods
Rulletin nnd long Identified with the knit
ting trades in this city.
"Next to farming, I don't know of any
legitiiunto business where tho man with
money to lose can lose it easier," says Mr.
Reifsnyder. '"I refer hero to tho manu
facture of hosiery, not the sale of it to the
consumer. To be frank, I guess the nveriiRo
manufacturer wishes ho hail the average re
tailer's chance to sell direct, but business
ethics nnd faith with his customers mako
thnt ordinarily Impossible.
"When n woman buys even n very modest
pair of hose nowndays I wonder if she stops
to think of the planning and figuring that
went into the contract on which they were
made and sold to her store. The maker of
hosiery has to gamble on deinnnd, months
ahead; buy his yarns nnd thread, needles
and other supplies, nnd trust to luck that
when It comes time to make delivery his
order will not be canceled.
Has to Gamble on Market
"Ordinarily, tho hosiery manufacturer hns
from three to six months to deliver. If the
price of ynrn goes up, ho hns to deliver nt
the stated price just tho same. If it goes
down, his customer lnslbts thnt ho make
allowance for cheaper manufacturing costs
nnd give a proportionate reduction from
contract price. The market nt time of de
livery Is whnt fixes his price, but Jhe market
for Mipplies when ho contracted to make tho
goods is whnt fixes his profits.
"Oftentimes it's u 'hends-I-wln-tnlls-you-lo.se'
proposition.
"A retailer goes to his source of supply
and sajs: 'Hero, my men won't buy any
more fifty-cent socks. Their women nrc
spending too much on ?1 silks. Cotton yarn
Is away down. We've got to get a reduction
from our contract price to meet competition
or there won't be any reorders from mo.'
The price is cut. So dad Is able to buy his
cotton socks for twenty-livo or thirty-livo
cents, perhnps. Incidentally, daughter nnd
mother keep on buying tho expensive kind.
"There nrc nt least 7."00 mill bunds In
Philadelphia dependent on hosiery manufac
ture for a living. I know personally that
mote than one mill man has gone direct to
his help and shown them where ho couldn't
keep on running if they didn't let him cut
wnges, and they have responded. In order to
make as small it profit as six eents a dozen
on some cheap grades ono manufacturer had
to call his entire force in and explain tho
situation.
"lie was gambling thnt ho could pny run
ning expenses if lie kept going, nnd ho asked
them to gamble with him. If manufacturers
would nhvnjs lay their cards on tho table
probably there would bo less difficulty in
keeping the wheels moving.
Export Situation Piuzlcs
"Tho export situation in hosiery Is an
other discouraging variable which 'hangs
gloom nil over tho mill mnn's brow often
times. Ho mny buy ynrn counting on n
Fteady trudo with Great Hritoin, for In
stance, nnd nlong comes somo now monkey
wrench in tho wheels of tho League of Na
tion", or Poland tries n now two-step In
Silesia, and tho United States export busi
ness in cotton hosiery drops n nilllloh dozens
n month. Result, a local market glut, forced
price cutting and more woe.
"One might think, to look nt store win
dows and the city streets these days, that nil
AD INFINITUM
"1I, YES, my dear, you havo a mother,
j Aim Mie,
ml (.he, when young, was loved by
another ;
And in that mother's nursery
Played her mamma, llko you nnd mo;
When thnt mamma was tiny as you
She had a happy mother, too.
Oh. into the distance, smnlllng, dimming,
Think of that endless row of women ;
On, on: yes, presto! Puff! Pee-fee!
And grandma live and the apple treo
Like bends, like posts, like lamps, they
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Grny-green willows, nnd life n stream
Laughing, and sighing, and lovely, and oh,
You to bo next In that long row.
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the hosiery manufacturers had to do was to
keep turning out women's silk hosiery in
Hulhcicnt quantities. As n matter of fact,
there are two principal kinds of women's
hosiery, full-fashioned and mock-seam, nnd
if it weren't for the full-fashioned hosiery
strike in this city tho other manufacturers
would be having to hustle for a lot of trade
that comes quite easily now. Full-fnshloiied
hosiery nro the most popular, but the niock-f-enm
or imitutiou full-fashioned nrc doing
a tremendous business. Yet nono of thnt is
nbsoluto velvet for the manufacturer, ns lie
is always forced to look out for bomo decline
in yarns or other market factor which will
forco him to make a reduction,"
HUMANISMS
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Ry WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
ON THE theory of leaving them with a
smile when you sny good-by, Scnntor
George Moses, of New Hampshire, tells this
story nt tho end of a speech.
There wns a merchant In n (-mall town
who wished to nequalnt tho farmers with
tho fact thnt ho would buy their cowhides.
Ho bored n hole in his door nnd stuck into
It from tho outside thp bushy tuil of u btecr.
It nrrested the nttcntlon of tho first
fnrmcr who enmo down the street j in fact,
it seemed to nrouso In him n high pitch or
excitement.
' He felt nbout the steer nnd thnt auger
hole just ns tho Senator felt about his
speech. Ho wundercd how he ever man
aged to get through It.
Scnntor Charles Curtis, of Kunsas, snld
thnt -one day n man camo up to him in
North Topekn when ho wns a youngster and
offered to sell him a horse, it wns a good
looking horse, stood tho test of riding, driv
ing, pulling nnil was wonderfully chenp nt
25, which wns tho price tho man asked,
"Why aro you selling bo cheap," usked
Curtis.
"I've got to havo tho money," wns tho
reply.
Curtis bought the horso. no took it to the
stable, gave it hay and corn. Tho horso
wouldn t eat. An examination showed that
it had no tongue nnd hnd learned long beforo
that it was no use for it to try to nego
tiate solid food. It had to havo bran nnd
grits fixed up for it in liquid form so it
could drink it. Otherwise it wns n good
horse. Hi hnd, however, been deceived by
tho hom-tradcr nnd would remember and
get even.
Curtis went to a miller ho knew nnd
offered to sell him tho horse. Ho told him
all tho facts, even to the missing tongue. Ho
convinced the miller, who hnd lots of grits,
that tho horse would he (i good buy for him
nt S.iO. The miller agreed, mndo the pur
chnso nnd wns ever after well pleased with
his bargain.
"And thus was it demonstrated," said
the Senator, "that there is moro profit In
btraight than in crooked dealing."
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Mr. Roseno Mitchell, a special commls
Moner of tho Shipping Hoard to Europe,
used to he a newspnper reporter nnd a grent
friend of Theodore Roosevelt
Ho bas thy original "copy" on the only
story that tho elder ,T. Plcrpont Morgnti
ever Enve tho newspapers in nil his career.
'I ho copy had been edited by Mr. Roose
velt, then President.
He got this story very Info nt night nnd
t oh u boat. Mr Morgan had slipped
into Uiishlm-ton mid gone tho White
oi.se. He had talked long th the Pros
dent on some phases of the railroad hltun'
tlon which was then acute. The two' had
reached u conclusion ns to whnt should bo
done.
Mr. Mitchell rode to the station with
Mr. Morgan. The hitter wns very nervous
explu nod that this was his first conin unici-'
on to the press and pledged tho reporter
thut the stutemenf would bo used unchanged;
When I first heard Vico President Calvin
Coolldgu mako n bpect-h, hero is wlnt "
thought of him s Ho has n decided Yankee
iiaKii twang to his voice. II,. looks pah."
He Is u sandy man with thin hair Ho
wears a double-breasted coat and a rlna
left hamf."1 "" ''"' "'"',1 nm of l'is
Tho only sure thing about Coxev's plan
to invade Washington Is that if his armv
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. How many nations nro In Central Amer
ica?
2. What wob tho former nnmo for tho port
sldo of n ship?
3. When was tho Battle of Tours fought and
why wns It regarded ns ono of tho
decisive battles of tho world?
4. What Is tho salary oC tho Chief Justice
of tho United States?
5. Who wroto tho poem, "Tho Burial of Sir
John Jtooro"?
(1. Who was Diderot?
7. Where Is tho desert of Gobi?
8. What Is a morris dnnco?
D. Why Is Taffy a nlcltnamo for a Welsh-
man?
10. What Is tho Latin Monetary Union?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. John Tyler succeeded William Henry
Hnrrlson as President of tho United
States.
J. Typewriters came Into uso durlns the sev
enth decado of tho nineteenth centurj-.
3. Flodden Field Is tho nnmo given to a
battle f outfit between tho Scotch under
Jninos IV nnd tho KngllsH under the
Knrl of Surrey qn Soptcmbcr 9, 1B13.
Tho Kngllsh trained an overwhelming
vlctorj-. Kloddcn Is twelve miles south
west of Berwick In Northumberland,
England,
i. Joseph Itodmnn Drake wroto tho pom.
"Tho American Flair." beginning
"When freedom from her mountain
height." Dralto was born In New York'
In 17P5 nnd died thero In 1820.
5. The Tnppan Zoo Is nn expansion of the
Hudson River In Now York Imme
diately north of Irvlngton. It Is about
cloven miles long nnd moro than thrao
miles wldo at its widest point.
6. Vincent d'Indy Is a distinguished modem
French musician and orchestra con
ductor, coniposor of symphonies, operas
nnd other works. Ho was a pupil of
Cesar Franck, nnd his nrt Is to soma
' extent based on tho principles of his
master.
7. The tnplr Is a bulky animal bclonglm? to
a family related to horses and rhlnoo
erosos. It Is natlvo to South and Cen
tral America and Malaysia.
8. The full name of Titian, tho painter, was
Tlzlnno Vecolll or Vecelllo.
0. Tho term Ural-Altnlo racos designates a
branch of tho j-ollow or Asian races
nnd embraces tho Mongols, Turks nnd
Tartars, Finns, certain Arctic tribes,
Hungarians, in part, nnd tho Koreans
and Jnnuiie.se.
10,
Robert Bruce, tho Scotch patriot, wus
born in tho thirteenth century, A. D.
nnd died In tho fourteenth. Ills dates
nro 1271-1329.
Out of Date
From th Los Aiu,-ffles Times.
Thorn will bo no moro robber heroes In
history. Tho days of Cluudo Duval and Jack
Sheppnrd on the highways of England wero
exploited In hooks, but cvorythlng they ever
did has been duplicated recently In Ameri
can history. They wore period costumes,
hnd road horses with fancy names and used
clumsy pistols. Tho highway robbers of
today wear evening clothes, ride In motor
cuis nud carry automatics. Years later
historians may bo writing of our Bky knights,
such ns Frank Luke or Rooul Lufbcry, but
they won't celebrate our highwaymen. That
sort of hero worship Is gone and good rid
dance !
Asking Too Much
From tho Itlcbniond lllsuourlan.
There's a fellow around these parts who
repeatedly proclaims his willingness to die
for his country, but ho never gets a date.
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
THE tavern door wns open to tho spring
A stretch of shaded sward, heaven abovo;
Iieyond thu marshes rolled the whispering
sea,
Thus did tho captain tell the tnlo to me:
"A friend hnd I who know my heart,
Whoso heart was one with mine.
We bworo we'd never drift apart,
And wo clinked our pots or wlno
To boal tlio pledgo of our comradery
I and this friend of mine.
"Hut ere wo drnnk, tho wind nroso
And brought a breath of tho sea;
Tho clean alt air was sweeter
Than the wlno to me.
"My comrade heard n rohln sing
A sptlng song; ho bethought him of
A pretty lass and bought u ring
For the linger of his love,
"Yes, this Is how n robin's song,
And a vagrant breath of tho sea,
Gave a wife, to this friend of mln
And a ehin to mo."' . ,
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