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A COURSE In "VARIABLES"
THE nuthorlwttiou by tho Hoard of Edu
cation of 11 now coitrso in "currvnt
ecograpliy" for L'iclitli-prndo pupils lays now
and prcsslnc oblleatluiis upun their in
otructors. "('urrcnt R"ograpliy" will bu as
Yarlnblc as politicians, the weather and
onio algebraic roots.
As It is the object of the course to direct
tho students' attention to gVograpliicnl mat
ters dominant in the march of world events,
there is n convincing probability that news
papers may be called upon to icrve as text
books. Tho static assurance of Mitchell or
Tarr and McMurray cannot be in the least
helpful when the pupil is asked to bound
Silesia, define the status of Yap, to elucidate
tho British control of Mcsopotnmian oil.
A correct answer today may prove coldly
erroneous tomorrow. School children, how
ever unstudious in temperament, will seldom
forgo any amount of trouble that may be
Involved in confuting their teachers. It
would seem that many little tricks of this
ort can be turned by diligent perusal of
positively last editions.
If the instructors are wise thev will
rigidly date their examination papers nnd in
returning them with marks will rule out
all entries based on later dispatches from
abroad. Sufficient unto the day is the
current geography thereof.
THE. DEBTORS' PLEA
ONE cannot help wondering what the
Sheffield, steel manufacturers expected
to accomplish when they appeared before
the Senate Finance Committee to plead for
a reduction in the steel tariff in the Ford
ncy bill, on the ground that if tho pro
' posed duties wero levied their business
would be injured.
There never has been a time when Amer
ican tariffs were framed for the benefit of
foreign producers. There have been times
when wavering Congressmen were brought
into line by the assertion of foreign pro
ducers that a proposed tariff would de
crease their profits.
The Sheffield manufacturers profess to
ask for no special favors, but they do nsk
'to. be allowed to live nnd to pay you what
we owe you."
This plea will have no effect unless Con
gress has come to a full realization of the
fact that the debt of Europe to the I'nited
States cannot be paid except in goods, and
that European goods cannot come here un
less jvc have such n tariff as will permit
them to enter. This newspaper has been
Insisting for years that, while the tariff
ahould be drafted primarily for the protec
tion of native industries, it should take ac
count of the fact that the United States has
become n creditor nation and that Its trade
"laws must be framed with a view to the
protection of the ability of its debtors to
meet their obligations. If Congress has
begun to perceive the soundness of this view
it will give such consideration lo the plea
of the Sheffield steel men as it deserves.
TWO MOBS
PRESIDENT IIAKD1NG naturally dis.
likes the thought of an invasion of West
Virginia by Federal troops assigned to
establish order in tho soft-coal country.
Yet, on tho whole, since affairs in the
mining regions have been permitted to drift
from bad to worse, regular nrmy officers and
regular soldiers, immune from tho sort of
"hysteria that usually sweeps mobs on to
acts of wild destruction, are the only ones
who may be depended on to avert general
bloodshed in the zone of trouble.
Facing each other now are two mob,
undisciplined, without rational leadership
or a fixed purpose and animated by hatred,
accumulated passion nnd moonshine whisky.
If a clash occurs n general slaughter may
follow. Tho correspondents hnvo already
begun to talk of "sectors" and "ralicnt.s."
There is no certainty that tho miners who
obey the terms of the President's proclama
tion and start peacefully for their homes
may bo able to escape attack or avoid
random battles with straggling groups from
the opposition force.
Every influence that contributes to eco
nomic disturbance in the I'nited States
fiery union spirit, bad industrial manage
ment, hatred for imported strike-breakers,
faulty civil administration and disregard for
the constitutional rights of individuals has
been Joined with moonshine whisky to make
the trouble in 'West Virginin more threaten
ing. Firm hands end level heads are need' d
now to save West Virginia from the conse
quences of incredible folly on the part of
the unions, the coal operators, the trike
breakers and the State Administration ithelf.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY
REPOUTS that the recently signed treaties
between the United States and Austria
and Hungary respectively follow the lines
laid dowu in the DrcM'l-Itiwen pact with
(Jsrmany aro at once Informative and ob
licurc. Interpretation of the Ilerlin agreement
was made comparatively easy by itH re
peated references to a document widely and
vehemently discussed in this country the
Treaty of Versailles. Most Americans ore.
ifv(Bume to a certain familiarity with its much-
hk '- fRtnplcpfl printouts.
"w; ... " .1.. 1 ..... ....... ...-.-. , ..
tjiui iii'Kuuuiimii wuii .lusiriu aim Hun
gary cannot consistently rely upon tho
terms of the mujor treaty with Germany.
la the separate Treaty of Saint -Germain
the Allies determined their relations witli
. Austria, nnd In tho equally distinct Treaty
' . ll'.lnHA ..... ...Ml. ..liml1 , .. 11.. ..
y& iimivii iiiuivno iriuiiui; iu Hungary
were authoritatively considered.
jjjKven ''internationally minded"' Amerl-
iMni nrn rnr rrnm Inrlmnrp iipmitilritnnpa
IP be takt'.wj.th tho explicit terms of these pacts. The
burial Satvtwo treaties never reached the Senate for
(lncjis beverrebate and hence have not been illuminated
vlyed. by om tAyi'the fierce white light of publicity which
,r,0m' rJ,an.p' Jie&poeed' the. Versailles contract with all the
, JOUlBd, Ut.r,i rl,.ltl . ,a , Amoi.1.
t.rM-1 piratu mmj hi'1'i"uwm v" . -. u,i.-
t&t"'''WWut1?8 wltlj frtt8mcn'8 ' tlie foor
LVwty whV"1? won uayefojD wuipo
1 of ,
bo ciittrcly easy to deplore- 'offhand such
references to Trianon and Salnt-Gcrmaln
as they may contnln. Tho bulk of the public
has not been taught to regard these Euro
pean arrangements either with respect or
distrust.
It Is no mean task to start n quarrel
about something that is In a general sense
unknown, a' fact upon which President
Harding and Secretary Hughes may have
reflected in their expeditious direction of
negotiations In Vlcnnn and Budapest.
MR. BECK'S DARK VISIONS
OF A WORLD OFF ITS HEAD
A Clever American Imitates the Ancients
by Declaiming That All Good
Is In the Past
UP TO the moment of our going to press
James M. ltcck had revealed no dispo
sition to quit his Job in the Department of
Justice and pack his things and buy a ticket
for another faraway world wherein there
would bo no greedy capitalists, no discon
solate proletarians, no free thinkers, no free
verse, no cubist pictures, no young ladles
with bobbed hair and no young men con
temptuous of authority. Hut nftcr a. read
ing of the address which Mr. Heck delivered
yesterday before the American Bar Associa
tion at Cincinnati one cannot but wonder
how he has managed thus far to endure the
company into which he is thrown upon this
misfortunntc planet.
Mr. Beck is ulwnss earnest. And he has
gifts. He Is so eloquent with words that
lie can charm and Interest folk who would
die in their tracks rather than agree with
him about anything. Nowadays ho appears
to be reading the wrong books or viewing
his world in a defective light. Nothing,
cries he, is as it ought to be. Muttering of
revolution tumble his ears cries of dis
satisfaction! lias so experienced n man
jet to learn that these sounds express and
mean nothing more than the desire for prog
ress and betterment that is constant in
men's minds? Doesn't he kuow hasn't ho
been able to learn in Washington that what
Americans of all sorts seek Is not revolu
tion, but better order In their own nffalrs?
There Is no enduring respect for au
thority anywhere, says Mr. Beck despair
ingly. That is not true. There is respect
for authority, nnd it is linked with a de
termination to establish the sort of authority
that will bo worthy of respect. That is
what all the noise is nbout. The spectacle
of KuRsia is peculiarly distressing to this
newest critic of civilization. Russia is, for
him, a cause of despair, a cause of dark
foreboding. Yet to nny one gifted with a
little patience and a little philnsophv the
Itussia of today, sad and deplorable as its
circumstances are, promises far more than
the Itussia of the Czars the Russia which
appears to have been wholly tolerable to
Mr. Beck. From boNhevism there can be
recovery, at least. From the s.vstem which
it displaced nothing but catastrophe could
be expected, for it was a destructive system,
and jet it was self-perpetuating.
One need not quarrel with Mr. Beck.
One need only recommend to him the com
fort of sober second thoughts. In very
forceful and picturesque language he in
formed the Bar Association that all beauty
and symmetry are vanishing out of painting
and literature before the onslaught of un
disciplined and uninformed spirits. Well,
well! It would be good to know what
books a solicitor In the Department of Justice
rends in his idle hours and what exhibitions
of the plastic arts he is accustomed to at
tend. Does he grieve for the passing of
the Victorian painters in England nnd the
eclipse of tho Bouguerenus In France? If
he does he will grieve alone. Do the con
tented complacency of Mr. Howells and the
ineffable smugness of Mrs. Ward seem to
him like qualities of literature without which
the world cannot survive? There has been
something of a revolution in literature and
in painting.
Windy platitudes carry no poet very far
nowadaj-s. The writers who believed that
writing was a business at which jou could
do nothing but arrange sentences in pretty
patterns had their day, and It is over. In
stead of them wo have the magnificent sym
bolism of Conrad, the stately humanism of
Kimt Hamsun nnd his school, the clear and
noble criticism of men- like Brjce, which
sweeps the world like a clean wind out of
the morning. The world is Jillcd with good
writing writing that is concerned with
life's actualities. Upon the general current
of American nnd English literature the free
verso that irks Mr. Beck's soul is scuttered
foam. Yot it is direct. It has meaning as
well as sound.
Has honor gone out of business, out of
politics and out of men, as Mr. Beck would
have the Bar Association believe? Who,
looking around the country, will feel that
it has? The shysters nnd the profiteers
are always about, but they ure not new
ami thej are growing fewer. Crooks do
not survive. What appears to have
misled Mr. Beck is the plain nnd frank
movement of insurgence among the joung
of the land. Youth is mnking n dis
turbance everywheie in llternture, in the
arts, In the schools. In public life. But
what has jouth been throueh? Cnu a
solicitor In the Department of .Tusthc so
soon forget the strains from which jouth is
reacting, the horror of the experiences in
flicted upon it by the elders of the world,
the ruin that was made deliberately of its
faith and its brightest illusions?
Youth will be boisterous anil inquisitive
and irreverent for n long time to come.
It will be suspicious and challenging. It
will write astonishing books and paint as
tonishing pictures and devise astonishing
verse expressive In one way or another of
its impatience with old accepted tilings by
which it was led blindly into a trap. But
youth is not all tho world. Mr. Beck seems
to believe that it is. And there are times
when It seems that the future would be
safer if he were right in that assumption.
Since the time when men first learned to
write nnd make speeches philosophers have
formally mourned the past and talked of
the decline of virtue nnd the goodness nnd
glory of older times. Mr. Beck is at least
in distinguished company.
REGISTRATION DAY THOUGHTS
THE comparatively light registration of
Tuesday is not necessarily a sui prising
index of public apatiiy. A falling off from
the enrollment figures of last jear was to
have been expected. 'Hie tjpe of citizen
who delights thnt lie "only votes in a presi
dential contest" is no nelty. Just how
he expects to be rewarded for Ii is political
abstemiousness is not clear, but there is
little doubt that ho segards such conduct
us merltoiious.
Allowing, however, for this familiar and
warped conception of franchise duties, there
is still a considerable shrinkage to be ex
plained. Without going into the subtleties
of deals and maneuvering, which plav an
apparently Inevitable part in local political
affairs, there is one answer which bears
mnrks of plausibility and is far from recon
dite. The registration days this year are ex
ceptionally early. Prior to Labor Dny tho
town cannot be said to have quit vacation
ing. Better results may be hoped for next
week, but even the last enrollment day,
September 10, will prove inconvenient for
some late sojourners In the country.
It is easy enough to ay that they should
bo equal to the strain of making u trip to
town, but sucli argument exalts theory in
the face of fact. The importance of regis
tration la eq vital that tho-aathorized dates
EVENING PUBLIC iLEDGER -
should be adjusted to the habits of tho
public, i
This is certainly not the case this year.
Theatrical managers nrc perfectly aware thnt
business would be slack In August should
they open their theatres then. Must It bo
deduced from the early enrollment dates
that the nbsencc rather than the presence
of the public Is earnestly desired In politics?
SMOOT, TAX SIMPLIFIER
T'
HE ideal tax is one which touches tho
consumer in the fewest posslblo ways.
Tho present Internal tax law Is irritating
because of the multiplicity of its imposts.
Tho child who buys a plate of ice cream hns
to pay a tax to the Federal Government.
Every one, who travels by railroad Is taxed
on the cost of his ticket. If a man buys a
drink nt n soda fountain or buys a ticket
to n theatrc'or a movie show he has to pay
a tax. Thero nrc nt lenst thirty such un
noying tnxes in force at present.
It hns been ngrced In Washington thnt
some of them aro to bo repealed. Senator
Smnot hns just proposed that thev all bo
repealed and that the revenues of the Gov
ernment be rnised by six taxes, to the ex
elusion of all others. They nrc n tax on
incomes, the maximum of which is not to
exceed .'12 per cent i n 10 per cent tnx on
the net profits of corporations, n tax on to
bncco, an inheritance tax, a II per cent tax
on manufacturers' sales und n tax on im
ports. Tho Senator estimates thnt these taxes
would yield nil the revenue needed. All but
the tnx on manufacturers' sales arc included
in some form in the bills now before the
Senate Finance Committee. The tax bill levies
12V per cent on tho popfits of corporations,
or i2', per cent more than the Utah Senator
proposes. His Income tax Is substantially
the same as thnt of the bill, and he pro
poses no change in tho Inheritance taxes.
Hie proposed snles tnx is -controversial.
Senntor Smoot hns been urging it for
months. The principle of the tnx hns re
cently been indorsed by the United States
Clulmbcr of Commerce after a referendum
to its members. In tho form in which tho
Senator proposes it the tnx would yield nn
estimated revenue of $1,200,000,000. Its
opponents will rniso tho objection that it is
practically impossible to decldo who ure
manufacturers and who are not.
There aro many completed articles in the
make-up of which several independent
manufacturers are concerned. Take the nu
tomoblle as nn example. The magneto Is
mnde by one company, the carburetor by
another, the lighting system by another, tho
self-stnrter by a fourth, the tires by a fifth
and, in mnny cases, the wheels by n sixth.
Now. Is the nutomobilo mnnufneturer to
pay 3 per cent tax on the wholesale price of
the car ns a completed article, or is he to
deduct from the tax the amount paid by the
mauufacturers of the different parts? Of
take a suit of clothes composed of woolen
cloth, canvas stiffening, silk or woolen or
cotton .lining, buttons, thread nnd wadding.
Is the clothing manufacturer to paj a tnx
on the vnlue of the completed suit or Is he
to pay n tax only on th- i'i:c of the work
which ho puts Into ,t, plus his profit?
Under one nrrnngement there would be
tax of 0 per cent on part of the manufac
tured goods and of 3 per cent on tho re
mainder. If Congress Is disposed to levy such a
sales tnx ns is proposed there are no in
superable obstacles in the wny. It is not
impossible to drnft the law in such a way
as to prevent double or triple taxation.
The manufacturers will object to it as a
matter of course, but the plain people, who
arc irritated by the grasping fingers of the
tnx collector feeling for their pennies when
they make trivial purchases, would be de
lighted by any plnn which would raise the
needed revenue in such a wny as to dis
tribute the burden ns widely ns possible.
THE IMMIGRATION BOGIE
THE doubling of the immigration figures
for tho j ear ended June .'SO justifies,
perhaps, some of the congressional anxiety
concerning the expected post-wnr flood.
It is worth noting, however, thnt the
foreenst of influxes by the millions was not
realized. From 11(10 to 1'JlI more than n
million immigrants annually made their way
to these shores The total for the last
Government jear was S0."i,2'.."s, as compared
with i.'iO.OOl for the previous twelve months.
Alarmists may argue that there has not
been time since the world conflict for the
tide to reach its pictured proportions. For
thnt reason, it was maintained, the new law
of quotas was authorized.
But the inconveniences and technical diffi
culties of this act ure now so manifest that
its revision already has become a subject for
discussion The fact seems to be that while
immigration has been flourishing, imagina
tions have been more so.
The principle of restriction meets with
considerable favor, but tho Nation ns n
whole lias no immediate cause to be dis
tressed over the unloading possibilities. The
present question is how to Interpret sanely
a perplexing law that appears to have been
framed In n moment of panic.
TAX REVISION FIRST
BUSINESS, men will be pleased to know
thnt the Senate Finance Committee has
decided to give the Internal Tax Hevision
Bill precedence over the Tariff Bill.
The importance of this has been urged
upon Congress since the beginning of the
present Administration, but for reasons
which seemed good to the Wnvs and Means
Committee of the House the Tariff Bill was
taken up first. Both it nnd tin- Internal
Hcvenue Bill nre now in the hands of the
Senate committee.
The imperative need just now is for a
reduction in internnl tnxes. The tax bill
will raise S.'l.OOO.OdO.OOO or more In rev
enue, which is about half n billion less than
the amount that would be produced by the
law ns it now stands. The Tariff Bill will
not rnis-e mure than half a billion at the
highest estimate. It Is obviously of grenter
Importance to reduce the Internal taxes by
half a billion than to revise the tariff, im
portnnt ns that revision is. Fortunately,
tho present Congress is committed to both
propositions, and, fortunately nlso, the Sen
ate committee has perceived the greater need
and is planning to meet It.
Frank A. Vanderllp
Strategy sins Austria's position
Trirtmphant is not hopeless. She
needs food, nnd to get
food she needs credits. Glen these her
strategical commercial position will ennble
her to maintain herself. But her "strategi
cal commercial position" to date has been
to be enlirelv surrounded by countries that
refuse to trade with her. Artemus Ward in
a similar case, it will be remembered, lnnded
his eye In the fist of nn opponent and the
ground flew up and hit him.
While Piesldent Hard
Jobs for the ing is wi-estling with
Jobless the uiieinplojment prob
lem. States, counties
and municipalities are in a position to help
on the good work. William Itoweu, presi
dent of the Board of Education, has pointed
out the way In Philadelphia. Now Is the
time to build new- schoolhoiises. Tho State
has many at work .building new roads
There are other public works possible. The
time for public Improvements Is at a time
of general unemployment.
If the suggestion of a New York para
graphia that the Congressional Record lie
put on a pujlng business by adding a eumlc
supplement is acted upon we suggest Con
gressman, .uerricK as editor
t
PHILVBEjpPHIA, THUBSDAY, $ETBMBER
OUR LUXURIOUS YOUTH
Full Equipment Needed for Play Now
adays An Official Exemplification
of "Let George Do It" Tho 8er
vile "Thank You" Overdono
By GEOBGE NOX McOAIN
BOYD HAMILTON, of Harrlsburg, dean
of the resident legislative correspondents
nt the capital, came to the city yesterday
to meet his two sun-tanned boys.
With their kits they resembled, minus tho
khaki, n couple of junior Infantrymen headed
for the Philippines.
They wero returning from two months in
a boys' camp hi the wilds of Pike county.
"It's astonishing." commented the stal
wart Hamilton, "the advantages city boys
enjoy today compared with what we had
when 1 was n youngster.
"A corner lot was a peach of a place for
a ball game then. Now n regulur diamond
Is n part of city recreation.
"School yards with swings, bars, 'horses'
nnd Instructors ; community centers, school
nurses nnd doctors.
,"In the summer Boy Scout nnd other
camps, protected swimming holes and every
thing a boy could wish, plus tho element of
Instruction and safety.
"When I was a kid the greatest sport
I knew was to camp out for two nights on
an island in the Susquehanna Hirer, where
our principal amusement wns to spend the
nights fighting mosquitoes."
DIHECTOn ERNEST TUSTIN, of the
Department of City Wclfnro, says that
Charles T. Preston, chief of the Bureau of
Corroctthns, died from overwork.
It Is not often thnt tho public hears of an
official of thnt kind.
But "Charlie" Preston had a keen sense
of his responsibility ns n city official.
It wns his first big job, though ho had
been in politics for n generation.
He wanted to make good.
There was the ambition to demonstrate
that he hnd It In him to live up to his re
sponsibilities. It wns tho aspiration of a man of good
family n.id good instincts.
Improvements and reforms at the House
of Correction will long bo a monument to
his name.
GEORGE F. ROSENBERGER beforo
ho turned fnrmer was a chef. His
specialty was sea food.
Nearly every resort along the coast be
tween Cape Hcnlopen nnd Sandy Hook has
been tho sceno of his activities.
lie sered his apprenticeship to men who
were experts In their line.
As a result the ltos-onbergcr clam chow
der, when he condescends to resume tem
porarily tho suowy cap nnd apron, is n
delight.
For yenrs Mr. Roscnbergcr has made the
sixty gallons of chowder that Is consumed
annually on clambake day bv the business
men nnd farmers of the Perkiomcn Valley.
This jear Roscnbergcr, Jr.. who inherits
his sire s culinary ability, mnde out the list
of ingredients needed for the chowder in his
father s absence.
Before it went to the Committee on Sup
plies it was submitted to Hosenberger, Sr.
Seizing n pencil, he erased und udded
until the list wns literally shot to pieces.
Turning to the boy, in a mildly reproving
lce he said :
"My son, this stuff is for clam chowder
thnt is to be eaten not sold."
Do you catch the fmo distinction?
WILLIAM A. VAN DUZER, mnlntc
nance engineer of the State Highway
Department, is the exemplification, In offi
cial life, of tho famous "Geoige" In "Let
George do it."
A kicking committee from Monroe or
Greene or Susquehanna County arrives, "nil
set" for u hectic session with Commissioner
Louis S. Sadler or Assistant Commissioner
George II. Biles.
Their roads are going to the denmltlon
bow-wows. They arc Impassable in winter
and impossible in summer. Can't some
thing bo done, Mr. Commissioner? Honest
to goodness they're nil right if they only
had some nttcntinn. etc.
Instantly the big map Is unrolled nnd Chief
Clerk Fry is summoned.
"Ask Mr. Vnn Duzer to step In, please."
Meantime the chain es aro that Frv, know- .
ing what is coming, has nlready tipped tho
wink to his messenger. Tho next Instant
Chief Engineer Van Duzer, suave nnd
earnest, is introduced.
His presence is like oil to a troubled sea.
lie knows the storv before it Is spilled into
his waiting ear. He hns heard it a thou
sand nnd one times before from similar del
egations. "Mr. Van Duzer has charge of this, gen
tlemen," announces the urbane Commis
sioner. That settles it. "George," alias Engl
neer Van Duzer. immediately proceeds to
"do It" to the satisfaction of all coucerncd.
TT USED to be said that the English
L lackey was the highest typo of seivllo
humility," remarked a friend the other day.
"If an irate citizen kicked him he would
naturally nnd instinctively exclaim, 'Thank
jou, sir.'
"I'm beginning to think." ho continued,
"thnt we aro in danger of acquiring that
unenviable distinction.
"Some one started tho practice on nuto
roads of sticking up n sign on tho limits of
a village, 'This is Wallopers Coiners.
Come ngain. Thank you.'
"Now it's country-wide. Usually the
town that has the most disreputable streets
and rottenest roads has 'Thnnk jou' in the
largest letters," ho ndded, sarcastically.
"But the fashion is spreading like Canada
thistle. Country merchants me copvlng it.
It's "Thank you' this nnd 'Thank joii' that.
It's no longer n courtesy; it's a nuisance.
"An example of the innpproprlateness of
it in its now adaptation was u sign I saw
lecently on a barn. It read:
" 'Johnston's Funeral Parlors lire nt 17."
Blank street. Perfect bervlce. Thank
jou.'
"Cnn you beat it?" wns the snrcastlc
inquiry.
"Keep up jour courage
Chirrup of anil the world will come
Cheer up right," says Lloyd
(ieorge. The British
Prime Minister may be a good many of the
things his enemies say lie is, but the opti
mism here expressed is assuredly a domi
nant note in his character; one that lias
brought him fur and one of distinct valuo
to his country nnd the world nt lurg.).
Sanitation has ndded
Atcliow! four j ears to the
aerage span of life,
according to the mortality statistics of the
American Insurance Union: which, remarks
Demosthenes McGlunis, wielding a wicked
handkerchief, is about the time the merage
hay feverite in uu uvciage lifetime spends
in sneezing.
Some Idea of the amount of wnste oil
on the waters of American hiubors Is to bo
found in the suggestion of u Standard Oil
man in New York that the citj collect it
in ,p)0,fl00 gallon lots and use it for fuel In
furnaces or ns road oil. The suggestion is
valuable not only because of tho money that
may be saved, but because of the present
(Winger that the oil may become ignited uud
cuuse dangerous fires.
Some railroad men want tho State and
Federal GowrnmentH to tax freight-hauling
motortrucks to a point where shippers will
prefer the railroads. Thi' worry unneces
sarily. Thero will bo business enough for
all. When motortruck companies operate
under franchises and pay fair taxes, said
taxes should be based on the lost of the
road and police protection, and In no cuse
should the tax be deslgntd to hurt or limit
their trade.
Three times in three weeks the Inter
state Commerce Commission has prevented
Henry Foul from reducing fi eight rates TiO
per cent on his railroad. Competing rail
roads have now a higher opinion of tlio
commission tlian yr before.
HByjjB J50O lives. M Ml'BL
Diiatler such
while
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
EUGENE E. HOGLE
' On the New Gasoline Tax
MOTORISTS in particular and others in
directly, who use gasoline, will ulti
mately find the one-cent tnx on gasoline,
which goes into effect in tho State today, n
good Investment, according to Eugene E.
Hoglc, secretary of tho Automobile Club of
Philadelphia.
"Among other reasons," said Mr. Hogle,
"the State iccognlzed that tho work of de
partments such ns education nnd health,
which nre not self-supporting, might suffer
tho fnto of having their highly Important
work curtailed if they did not have somu
provision made for them. As the motorist
Is better able thnn mnny to afford a tax he
was selected, but, ns It so happens, he will
be tho ultimate gainer.
"According to the provisions of the Daw
son Act, half of the money collected by this
tax, which Auditor General Lewis has esti
mated ai win th nbout .?2,500,000 annually,
will go for tho general use of the State
Treasury, to be devoted to such purposes as
may be found necessary.
"The other half ses to the county, col
lectable nbout August nnd February 1. to
be distributed to each county in proportion
to the tnx which it hns paid. 1'. this pro
vision Philadelphia nnd Allegheny and the
richer counties will naturally be the greatest
gainers; but as this Is a 'Baby BUI, other
steps will doubtless inter equalize any de
ficiencies. Tax Will Build Roads
"The State Highway Department will not
pnrtnkc in the new tnx to any appreciable
extent, receiving its money In other wiijs.
But tho county tax will go in each county
towaid the building, maintenance and re
pair of roads throughout the State.
"This menus that Pennsylvania, with
other provisions for which nutoiuobilists
hae been working, will be In a position to
show the rest of the country and the world,
for that matter, her unexcelled beauties ami
resources.
"The tax will bo collected from the last
purchaser of the product, with n distinct
understanding that one cent of the charge
Is a State tax. While 1 believe it would
have been simpler uud easier to liavo col
Ici ted the tax by imposing It on Its source,
the lefiners, on tho basis, of total gallonage,
the bill is well worth while.
"Although automobilists opposed the tux
at tiist, 1 believe they will now accept it
with good grace. We wero well represented
at the hearings on the bill and a series of
confeiences melted most of the opposition,
paiticuinrly ns nllowauces were mnde in
Hueli matters as lights and icgitnition fees.
Tho gasoline tax will be talked nbout for a
fiw weeks mid then will be foigotten and
never mentioned, in my opinion, the tax
being meiely absorbed in the price of gas.
Tlieie would, however, have been less com
ment if the tax had been laid at the bourco
lnstiiul of at the end.
First Step for Best Roads
"It Is well that this tax has been laid for
this purpose, as it maiks but a first step
towaul the $1(10.000,000 fund which wo
want to borrow by reiislou of the Stnte
Constitution. That amount will be neces
sary to put the Stute In its proper position
nmong the other States of the country us to
Its touring facilities.
"This would put tho State in tho fore
front of the country, whereas without this
money we shall be in the rear. IVwould bo
well to icnlle tho significance of the fact
that by the dose of 11)22 Peiinsjlvuiiiu will
have exhausted all the funds available for
load construction, and this in the fai e of the
most eluburute program ever planned by any
State.
"During one week of the Inst three, for
instance, tills Stale laid more new concrete
road than piovided in fhe entire program of
an adjoining sister State for the jear.
"We have scenery and natural lesourccs
in tln State second to none. x
"This State i-tuu excels the much-advertised
California in the beauty und vailety
of its scenic splendors. Tim Allegiicnles
excel the much-vaunted White Mountains
We have some of the most beautiful, deso-'
late spots in tho country In the northern
part of the State, Ideal for hunting and
lishlng, with some of tho finest tiout stieams
in the country. Tho only trouble js thnt
we have not the roads to get to many of the
spots. Such spots as The Narrows and j,,
fact, the whole Susquejinuiin Vallej i,,,,.
p.iui with am beauty spots. Wo have im-chi
coul und Industrial centers.
Auto Clubs fur Revision
"Auto cuibs of tho State arc unanimously
Xor ,tba provislo.a fox rpaila embodied, ft $,
1, 1J921-
WHY IS IT THAT
as theM so powerfully strike the imagination of the World-
disasters of this sort arouse so little interest?
proposed revision of the Constitution.
"Farmers get compensation In the possi
bilities of commercial motoring brought right
to their front doors. Two-day trips by
wagon nre now n matter of two hours In a
motor cnr or truck. These expenditures arc
nn Investment ; not n gamble, but n sure bet.
"Philadelphia will get the biggest share
of the benefit to be derived. The coming
sesqui-ccntcnnlal will brini' thousands of
visitors hero over the new roads. The Dcla
waie River Bridge will form the connecting
link with Now Jersey, nnd its excellent roads
will bring mnny other visitors. Long-distance
traveling would be popularized through
this State with Improved roads, and hun
dreds who now avoid the Stato would In
clude It in their- itinerary. The importance
of this can bo appreciated when you esti
mate thnt every carload of tourists of, say,
live persons means about $75 a day to the
city anil State while they are in It.
"Wo have a large uud a wealthy popula
tion und can stand an extensive advertising
game. Other States do, with the result
that their reputation is country-wide. Good
roads here would mean through trunk lines
running east, wcht, north und south.
State Road Standards High
"Pcnusjlvanla has the highest standard
of concrete loads of any Stute in the coun
try. This insures comparative peimanoiicy
and menus a lessened expense nnd greater
satisfaction in the long inn. They will out
last their cost. In oilier words, at the end
of a thirty- car bond issue they would be
in comparatively good condition and could bu
easily repaired.
"We have 0.1,000 miles of road In the
State, nnd of course we have grades to con
tend with, something that borne Stutes do
nut have.
"Tho importance of favorable action on
the Constitutional Revision Convention at
thu primary election on September 20 can
bo seen, when tho good-roadb situation that
I have described is realized. With four
years that must elapse in the ordinary course
of events, even with favorable action, befoie
provision could be made for completing tho
State's road prpgium, and with tho ejes of
the world on us in 11)2(1, It can leadily be
seen the position we would occupy if the
icvisioii coineiitlon shall not be approved.
"We can inuko this State first or lust In
this matter. If wo take the natural advan
tages of the Stute we will not only put it
on tho map, but we will make an Investment
that will repay us many times over in the
last uualsis."
Today's Anniversaries
170S General John A. Quitman, the first
to cuter the Citv of Mexico in the Mexican
War. bom nt Ithlnebeck. N. Y. Died at
Nntcb,ez, Miss., July 17, 18."8.
LS25 L. y. C. Lamar, Senator, Cabinet
ofheer nnd Supicmo Court Justice, boin hi
Piitimiu County. Gn. Died tit Macon, Ga..
Juuuiiry 2.'l, 18U3.
IMS Emperor of Austria crowned King
of Lumbardy at Milan.
lb."8 British East India Company cavo
up its territories to the crown.
,1,S''',,T,1rl"c,) ot Wl,lt"i (Edward VII)
visited Ottawa and laid the foundation Mono
for tho Dominion Parliament Buildings.
IW!!I Opening of tlio Thames Embank
meat trom Westminster to Vuuxhiill
1LIIII 4 .1 . '
.i ,. tu"vcJllo V,1 "'I'l-csciiUtlvcs of
the lilsh race from till countries met in
London. '"
'.1rlI!Il!Jll,l,,,,,? ','f SllU.Bn Ab'1"1 Hnmlu of
1 urkey celebrated at Constantinople
11)20 Riotous distill bailees attended ll.n
street-car btriku in Biooklju. "l,U1"ul tlie
Today's Birthdays
Sir James Lougliccd. veteran Canadian
statesman, born at Brampton. (Jut IT, i
beven jears ago. " iuI-
Jui'80 jieorgi. V. Anderson. f t, v. ..,.,.
of the Ancs." !., . .'.,.. '". "iv.au
jears ago. "" "" ""
James J. rwi.i.if f
six
hem weight i,uoil,k, .7 . """ . .''''.""ipion
"ui1,,,c,s,olif,wnu:,,(:;;;.;, "
in
S-jKff.SSufiJ-Jsusttt:
SHORT CUTS
Smoot wants the business of the coun
try to run on six cylinders.
The trouble with the Kn Klux bird Is
that It neither coos, nor clucks.
One thing in favor of beer Nobody
ever takes it through a htraw.
Philadelphia may console herself for a
small registration with a big ballot.
i t ,''TI'e5'crfainl-v nrc duo r n dry time
In Liberia," remarked Lizzio V. Hall.
twTi'l trn,b,le wltl" tI,e worl(1 ot today is
that it is making syncopated history.
i, 7h Dlsa.r"5'"Pnt Conference may fool
the conferees by becoming really a disarma
ment conference.
Add Chronicles of the Unusual Chi-
linnVi'iTi" '". "iU,l,B for ,Iivorcc b(-'cause h
husband kissed her too often.
). "VV!,,nt tlie -President learned wns thnt
too mother of nineteen children could write
a letter with a kick to it.
Chemists nlrendy working to win the
next wnr continue to furnish the strongest
arguments for disarmament. H'ronB"'
hintmwinn1 ' ?iB t,, :(,rin" Oovernment,
j unkeiMlom on the one hand nnd holshevism
on the other are doing their little bit to
awaken sympathy for It.
Assist; y,i,,('I,ra,1'lf- newly appointed
p'XZi, ponbi,itvysrse;n
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is tbo cube root of n
fine?
-. tMioro ate fPn ol-obants
leopards to bo found'
sjtt. . . ...
nnd
sea
-. "io said -a mile of
than half a mll"-
sreen Is srecner
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first namcF""'1 R0' Pronounce
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Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
' TtU.lon "of ' ,hVlI,7i,,,me!,t '" "10 r0nl"-
la "Th ii . F""'1 mnteH Provides
secure. In ,t ifJ". "f U, "t,on! lo '
an,i lei . I,e,f"'". housos, p.ipers
"".reheTT, ?,, "TllnHt "nreasonabl.
lolnV.Ji ,!'' seizures shall not bs
li iinm. n,n,,no, warrants shall Issue
o th nr '., hal,.,, ca,"" supported by
riWH i in.,"' ,maton ana particularly
ar.n Vi.i if ,h0 1,Iaco t( ,,e aearched
o ,. ,i l(frs"ns or things to bo seized."
"" ww v,n'. se,'lI",rt on tho Malabar,
OcmnC 'Vs',0'. lmlm on the Indian
'.'ceim. Calcutta Is niton.,! ,nM,
turiber north and east, on the HurII
iin5 ;.n,?'lr I,,s cl"U'uchuro Into the
liay of Ilengal.
3' aM,r,?i1yr((hl".B "'(1 a Punitive cxpcdl
tUuuiry foToo Into Mexico In 19H.
4. Nlivniiii Is tho Ilmldlilst beatitude, ax
ii . T'l f '"'"vlduallty and absorp
tion Into tho supreme splift.
0. By the Clnwun-Uulwer treaty, ratified
by Oreat nrltnln and the United States
in is i0, neither Power wns ever to
ohtnln or maintain for Itself any ex
clusion control over the snld ship
canal or "to occupy or fortlfv or colo
tilzo any dominion over Nicaragua
or any purt of Central
America." This feature of the pact,
w hich stood in tho way of the prosecu
tion by tbn tJnltfd Suites of tlio
Panama Canal project, wen abrogated
by tho H.ij-I'.iuiicofotH treaty.
0, A delta Is so cnlled from Its common
tilniiKular shape, funned by river
mouths, which give io tho alluvial
tract the design of an equilateral trl
untile, tlio sign of tho Greek letter
"ihlt.i" or "IV
7. Unci. ,nry Taylor succeeded James Iv.
PII. as Picbidcnt of ihe I'nlicd States.
S Tv i ont.i-i liv Chailes (Jouijo'l lire
"1 .ui-t' and "Koiiiui et Julluttc '
0 A pavuri Is ii stately dinco In which th
uauciu wvru clnUoiatel uieMifu.
10. A coiitllllon Is tho hundredth power of
million, or 1 with Q0 ciphers,
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tot'1
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