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I MEN OF THE FIFTH
TIIl'Hi; mi. a time, "-o roiM-iil Mint nil of
us can remember It, when the whole
b .count ry hrenthlelj wntehed n cliiinstiiR
" line on the newsqMper minis lileb incll
cnted the ndauvc of tlie Amerb'tin Hoop-.
in V'rnnce.
Who In those dua didn't wonder what life
Tvas like on t tint blazing ede of the inferno.
and try dimly to imncine the unlmaKlnahli
Btralnt of the men who had to overwhelm
Its overwhelming terrors and cheer nt the
bulletin board"! only to fall unlet mid hope
again that the torment wouldn't la-t too
t long for thoe allotted to bear it'.'
Some of the lads who carried the Amerl-
can line forward oer the worst place.
' (Btirvivort of the llltixtrlonx Fifth Division,
are In the itj to remain until Tuedn.
1'hey hne come from nil part" of the
t country. Manj of them are -.tranger mid.
like the brnvet of all brave men. tin- are
reticent or -li .
He gnoil to them. I.o-e no opporlunlty
to show them consideration and kindness.
On Mnndav they will he jiaraded through
the streetc. Hang out mir flags. And taUe
off your hat as these clmp- pa? b. They
arp aluinct descrxing of that tribute us the
rolors which they carried through finiuc to
t lory .
AMATEUR SPORT
TIIH attention which tennis has been re
ceUIng this summer is encouraging to
the fr:"iidR of amateur sport. Tens of
thousands of spectator huc seen the games
played in Mtrious nuns of the country, and
"other tens of thousands will -eo the final
. great tournament of the season which begun
on the grounds of the Cierr.iautown Cricket
c Club eterdny.
Tennis is the one outdoor sport played by
the same rules throughout the world. 1'ase
ball Is peculiar to America. Football In
the I'nited States is not the same game as
that plojcd In Hngland. Kilt the tennis of
I'm nee and tirent Ilrltain and Spain and
ynAtistrn'iii and New Zealand is the same as
tennis In (iermantown.
I It mav be said that coif Is nlso the same
wherever it Is played. Hut golf Is not so
widely p'ayed as tennis. It may he in an
other generation. It is a much older game
than tennis, but it has gained in popularity
i in the Inst twenty jears bevnnd the cxpec-
jS" I rationi oi tnose wno piayeii u in num.
icnnis. ns now piajen, was unknown Be
fore It;74. The first open championship
tournament was he'd on the grounds of the
Btaten Island Cricket Club in 10. Int
the intervening forty earr It lias spread
until there is no considerable town in the
whole country where the game is not played.
Every owner of a country place has a
tennis court, where young mt-n and young
women get healthful coercive anil acquire
kill which now and then qualifies one of
them to compete for the championship.
The Increasing popularity of sport for
sport's sake i, wholesome, for It is in
ducing thousands of men and women to take
their own eercl-e.
CLOUDS BREAK OVER IRELAND
Dl KIM. the storms of the la-t few week
the Irifli lender- at Dublin and I.loyd
George mid his Cabinet kept their head-,
i Ah n con-equeueo of tlint feat the possibility
of a renewnl of iolencp in Ireland grows
hourly more remote.
It Is Inconrelvahle that the Nationalists
will consent to see the truce ended after
their conference with the Brlti-h Cabinet
gi merely because they cannot at once achieve
what they rcgnrd as the perfect state of
national existence. Such accomplishment
nre for the time beins beyond the power of
any group of statesmen.
The men of Dublin nee onlv look at the
world around them to be assured of thi-.
For nu Ideally satisfactory -tate of life, the
great nations of the earth endured matchless
suffering and snoiitirc. wt eeu now they
hae to be content with compromises and
deferred hope.
Pattern c, toleiaive ami bard work are
necessary even to the strongest who sm-k
f better vays of life. No ideal can be m hicicil
In a dav The Itritish position Is difficult
and the Hriti-h terms seem to be sincerely
offered. This iw not a time in which, even
for n good prlncip'c, one nation can afford
unduly to harass another; nor Is It a time
in which one groun of men can wisely keep
alive painful grudges.
The future lx more important even than
the past Iri-dinicti and F.ngliidimen nlike
l:now this, and that Is whv the new nego
tiations proposed by the HritMi Prime Mln
, Mor will i.'obnhlr he lontiiiued to a satis.
. 'factory and peaceful end.
MONROE DOCTRINE FOG
TIIH mystery of the Monroe Doctrine is
one of tl.e niHtcri". of history. Nothing
Could be more explicit thuu till- policy, whi di
-Svns formulated In the famous presidential
message of lVJIt and cossistently pursued
''by the (!(iernuient of the I'nited States
-CTer slin e that date.
1 And yet the meaning of the simple prin
ciples uplie'd was ncn cried in the discus
fions In Paris in Will. It was mis'-oni eici
Srlien Wo drow Wilson brought home the
first draft r.f the League Covenant. It Is
ftelng misinterpreted today in the current
'sessions of the I.enjue Assembly in C.eneva.
' Chile has contended tlint onv reopening
f the apparentlv Inextinguishable Tacna-'Arica-Antafogasta
territorial dispute jeop
JtrdlxrH the Monroe Doctrine. Holivla
inalntnlns that she never has indorsed the
r-oliey.
(- Of course not
The Monroe Doctrine i not a icciprocal
trrangeinent between the I'nited State- and
the republics of South and C",ntnil Amcrcii.
While the svmpath.v of these (invernineut
rrt this subject would lie acceptable to the
ITnlted States, the life of the doctrine is in
no wise dependent upon foreign sentiment.
The policy endures because this country
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la'Wen &(fe t'ojsupport It ntid gtre It I
vlinlltr. '
Its fundamentals arc these:
First. .Vo more Karopcan colonics on
cither of the Amerivan continents.
ficcond. The I nlted Stntc icill "not
interfere in the internal concerns of any
European Pa if cr."
Third. The Vnitcd Rfafrt tril intcrfac
if European (locennncnts attempt to extend
their political siitem, ichich orlgliiallu
meant monarchy oV absolutism, to this con
tinent or seek to control the destiny of these
nations.
The essential I' caning, of this latter pro
vision is largely inapplicable today. Mod
em Europe Is not endeavoring to dissemi
nate monarchical ideas In the Americas.
The last disastrous attempt was made by
Napoleon III in Mexico In the sixties of
the last century.
The fog by which conceptions of the
Monroe Doctrine are so often shrouded
hopelesslv suggests the limitations of even
the plainest language.
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
TO MAKE THE NOMINATIONS
The Ticket Named a Week From Tues
day Will Indicate What Kind of Gov
ernment They Want In This City
EVI3KY Republican who has qualified
himself or herself by registering can
take part in the nomination of the candi
dates to be voted for at the election on
November S.
The candidates arc to be nominated by
the utters themselves by no one else.
Ceitain men have been suggested for the
nominations by the Contractor Combine.
Certain other men have been suggested by
the opponent of the Combine, working
through the Voters l.engue.
The -p'ei tion between these two sels of
candidates will be made by the Republican
voters who go to the primaries on Septem
ber '-'0.
There Is no question of party regularity
involved. The candidates indorsed by the
Voters League and by Senator Penrose are
just as tegular ns the candidate Indorsed
by the Contractor Combine and Senator
Var.
Primary elections were established In
order to give the otcrs the final say in the
selection of their own candidates.
And they were established in order to
checkmate the politician who hud control
of the party machinery and Insisted on
forcing their selection- on the people.
I'nder the old system the politician made
their slate, elected their delegates to a con
entlon and ordered the delegates to vote as
thev were told. They elected their own pre
siding officer in the comcntlou, ami he ap
pointed the Committee on Credentials, and
this committee, when there was n strong
Independent element, was in the Imbit of
unseating enough of the independent dele
gates to give Its faction control of the con
vention. The presiding officer flattened out
all opposition by running the stctm-roller
oer it nnd the machine triumphed.
The Primary Law sent the steam-roller
to the junk heap.
It enabled the independent citizens of this
town to nominate .1. Hampton Moore for
the mayoralty in UUP.
Tho-e citizens went to the polls on the
day of tlje primary and oed, anil their
vote- had to be counted.
It will be impossible to use any steam
roller a week from Tue-dny. when the voters
will go to the polls to nominate candidates
for the offices of District Attorney, ('it;.
Controller. City Treasurer, Receiver of
Taxes and Register of Wills, and for the
office of magistrate.
The registered women Republicans can
go to the poll anil indicate by their otes
for the candidates whether thev wish to
strengthen the machine, which has been
fighting Mayor Moore because lie will not
eon-ent to the ptotoction of gambling hou-e-and
brothels mid will not permit the collec
tion of tribute from the proprietors of -ueh
place- for financing the party organization,
or whether they wisli to hold up the hands
of the Mayor in his effoit- to make thl- a
decent city
The registered men can express their
choice between candidate, affiliated with the
machine which uses politics for the enrich,
ment of its leaders, and the candidates com
mitteil to the ht ice of the city with no
obligations to sinister interest and inthi
ence-.
The tight at the primaries and it is a
fight i- within the Republican Party, to
de. ide what sort of purpose shall dominate
it for the next two years.
There can be no political manipulation
which will prevent the desire of the Re
publican voters from being made effective.
If they wish the better thing they can
have It.
If they are indifferent, the consciences
of their indifference will be upon their own
heads.
The issue i- not the indorsement of Sen
ator Penrose or Senator Vnre. but the per
manent freeing of the It v from the kind of
self-seeking whiih has devoted it-elf foi
.ears in keeping a pipe-line from the City
Treasury runnin-; Into the pocket, of puli
ticinns who care not a hoot for anything
but how much they nn make out of the
game.
ROOT HAS BEEN DRAFTED
Till", announcement that Iillliu Root i t
.serve with tSecretary Hughes and Sena
tor Lodge as an American repri sentatie
at the conference to discuss limitation of
armaments and Pti'iiie problems is most
satisfying. Ml. Root Is equipped bv train
ing and epeilencc to be of valuable assist
ance In securing the ends for which the
confereni e has been summoned
The Stale Department ha- announced
that Mr. Root tins alieadr begun to nsist.
as lie ha offered to put at lt disposal nil
of the machinery of the Carnegie Lndow
icent for International I'enie, and that the
offer has been accepted. Mr. Root is presi
dent of the Endowment.
Thin organization, supported bv (he in
come derived from the ten-million-dollnr
gift of its founder, has been making for
eleven years an intcii-he study of the arma
ment prob'em and all kindred questions in
olcd In the Ideal of the nmlti of nations.
At the outbreak of the world conflict this
institution was Ironically regarded in some
quarters. As a matter of fact, however, the
blow supposed to have been struck by the
most co'ossal war in hlstorv has proed a
vltnl contribution to the Importance of the
organization.
What wan originnllv a somewhat academic
instrument has nopilred new life through
the (oneern with necessities in whlrh the
high and the lowh throughout the globe are
p'rofouiiilly Interested, A mass ()f authori
tative Information has been gntheied which
may prove of inali:al)lc scrip e to the
Washington confereive.
The arrangement Is encouragingly ipiml
of the oiisplcc under which the Interna
poiial meeting will be held. President
Harding in hi letter to Representative .lef
fers, of Alabama, has defined the object as
"wholl) patriotic and national In scope." It
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a, Indeed, far too momentous in design t6 J
be soiled by narrow partisanship.
The foolish sniping Indulged In by Mr.
I.lnthlcum, publicity man for the Democratic
National Committee, Is on n parity with
cerluiu ontl-I.eague-of-Natlous arguments
of regretted memory.
If the public is ns deeply Interested In the
reduction of armaments as It profestscs, ll
must disabuse Us mind of the corroding no
tion that the Conference Is merely a Re
publican "plan for promoting amity among
the nations as contrasted with a Demo
cratic program which was rejected.
There have been high intentions and sin
cere purpose In both camps.
Mr. Hardin; docs not question this, as
his appointment of Oscar Underwood,
minority lender In the Senate, to a post In
the American delegation emphatically sug
gests. His attitude, as expressed in his let
ter to Mr. Jeffers, Is broad-minded and far
seeing. Any other interpretation of the alms of
the parley must doom It to failure. Mar
plots, which exist In both parties, can be
rendered harmless by a continuation of the
clear and consistent policy already revealed
by the Administration, l.xpert assistance
of the right sort can be supplied by just
such an organization os the Carnegie En
dowment. The invitation and Its acceptance mark a
tonic display of official wisdom.
JAPAN IN WASHINGTON
IT IS becoming more and more apparent
dally that upon Japan, and upon the nn
ture of the influence which Japanese states
men are able to exert In diplomatic circles
most friendly to them, will depend the suc
cess or failure of what Mr. Hughes now cnlls
the Conference for the Limitation of Arma
ment. What we in thl cnuntn say or do. what
the Itritish may plan . Ithln the circle of
their own immediate affair, cannot affect
the issue adveisely at nny point.
Americans keenly desire relief from the
growing weight of armament and the spirit
of jingoism which inevitably must attend It.
The Hrltlsh arc even more eager than wc
for a realistic program opposed to militarism
and its horde of evil consequences.
Japan is not specific, and the more gullible
.apologists for Tokio's little group of Tir
pltzes arc fond of saying tlint this Is be
cause the Japanese feel that a great career
of power and expansion Is just ahead of
them.
It is clear, too. that Toklo Is staking a
great deal on the force- of foreign psy
chology which were set in motion to color
the vision of n icry large part of the West
ern world Immediately after Japan emerged
a ii first-class Power from the Russo
Japanese War.
The Japanese have been told often that
they are the wonder-folk of the I'nst. They
themselves have begun to feel that they are
that and more. That they- have never had
to try their strength with n first -class an
tagonist the Russian Army nnd the Rus
sian Navy were rotted out by official cor
ruption does not scorn to affect the esti
mates of contemporary -tntesmeii who worry
about the drift of affairs at the gateway to
the Orient.
Japan Is without the vast credit and with
out the resources nece ary for even a small
war. Yet the militaristic group at Tokio
continues to assume tlint It con name the
conditions under which all the world may
seek peace.
Fortunately for Japan and the rct of
civilization, the army and navy cliques
within the Tol. to (oerumrut nre far from
having control of the nation's affairs. They
Inspired the lunge into China and the drive
Into Siberia adventure in imperialism that
haxe re ited In abject failure and large nnd
irreparable financial losses for their people.
It seem- hard to com luce th" West that
Shantung is and hns been an affliction of
the wor-l sort to the Japanese, and that
Tokio would withdraw gladly If it could do
so and sae its face and its prestige. That.
hoveer. seem to be the case.
In Siberia the armies of soldiers and
hankers and tradesmen who advanced to
gether to take po-se-sion of territory owned
by others arc in the midst of difficulties.
They arc ready to admit that their mis-Ion
was hopeless.
The habit of foresight U not native to the
Japanese industrial Imperialist. If wc me to
judge bv the isjldo consequence of his ex-pansnni-t
program. Shantung has com him
ten time- as much ns he ecr hoped to get
out of it.
For the Cliine-c have a wnv of their own
to meet invaders. Two years ago thej es
tablished ii boycott against Japan. It in
cluded even the school children. N,, one
knows how It started. No one can lie held
icspon-ible for it. China simply refuse- to
buy am article of Japanese manufacture,
and China Is In some ways the greatest
market in the world.
Therecis no business in Japan that las
not felt the pinch of the bowott, which
grow- tighter constantly. It Is amusing,
theiefore. to read of official- nt Tokio who
offer to "vacate Shantung for a price."
All non-militarist Japan is si, 1; ,,f ,0
Shantung business and clamoring for its
abandonment. Siberia hn been a bottom
es pit for Japanese money.
We shall hear more of the militarist -diplomatic
argument from Jnnan as the con
fereni c approaches. We mm hear little of
the real Japan. Hut the iew of the masses
of the people and of the governing mind- of
the euipltc I deftly summarized :u the cur
rent is-ue of the Oriental I'coiimiiist. an
ab'y edited periodical which normally reflei ts
the point of view of ..tudents. -elmlm-- nnd
i oiisorwitivo business men in China and
.In pan.
The Kconomlst lnys flath that the Japa
nese Finpiro can be me. from i oiitiiiuing
In and the threat of disaster unh ,4 a
i omplete revision of its foreign policy and a
re. establishment of all Its diplomatic i edi
tions upon the ground nf absolute molality.
That 1 good advice for the Japanese. Ami
it is good advice for every other (iovernment
under the sun.
UP MR. PENN'S WAY
HOW much of the enoriiloiis pile of the
City Hall tower I- disintcguiting junk'
Can Mr. Peiin's great pcdc-ial be mudc so
safe that pedestrians will not have to hurry
instliu tlvcly s they piis under it and sigh
with a sense of deliverance as they get safely
Not Ion1; ajo some tons of ornaments near
the htntue were so rusted that they had to
be hurriedly removed before they broke loo-e
and fell on defenseless heads. These things
were supposed to be mnde of bron.e, ho-uiii-e
bronze doesn't rust or suffer any other
damage from the elements. The city paid,
for bronze. It got iron. Now it is the
clock hands that are rusting through. They,
too. were supposed to be made of bronze.
Thev aren't bronze or they wouldn't rust.
News brought down nt Intervals from Mr.
Penn's vicinity is such as to warrant n
public demand for n thorough renort on the
condition of the tower. The great pile was
put up In an era of almost unrivaled graft.
It may be safe enough and It may endure
for centuries. Hut. all things considered,
it would be nice to know, on the word of
(ompetent engineers, that i hunks of it nre
not likelv to fa'l lulu the courtyard when
they are least expected.
Coiigiesiiian Siecl's declaration that
the ciifoncmeiit of tl.e present Immigration
Law. resulting in the division of families,
shock humanity. I mi indictment of a
poorly constructed piece of legislation rather
than 'an attack on the necessity for restrict
ing Immigration.
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PROFITS OF OAMBLlNQ
Philadelphia Bill, When Vice Is Sys
tematized, s $2,000,000 Liberty
Bell to Be Protected Prom Fire.
An Era of By-Produots
Uy OKOROK NOX McCAIN
TIIK gambling privileges of Philadelphia
are worth .fL'.OOO.OOO a year to the sys
tem or owners.
That Is. when the lid Is off nud'protcctlon
Is assured from nil police Interference.
This includes all gambling games rou
lette, faro, ntud.mid dice, ns well os policy
and the poolrooms.
One gambler who, some years ago, was
the "go-between" between the professional
fraternity nnd those who guaranteed police
protection, had an Income of ?700,0(K) u
year.
IIo rcc'civcd a commission of C per cent
on every dollar that was handled In any
gambling proposition, no matter whot kind,
In the city.
He died, after years of luxurious spend
ing, not long since in comparative poverty,
a diarge upon his daughter, I am told.
It seems Incredible that such vast sulns
should be Involved In the manipulation of
hut one phase of the underworld life of
this city.
And this does not Include money ills
but sed by aystcinntized social vice nud Il
licit drug sales.
WHEN unrestricted and syndicate gam
bling prevails in Philadelphia It Is a
highly organized and carefully' conducted
system.
The heads employ a select company of
spies, spotters, clerks, collectors and ac
countants to protect their Interests.
Money for all purposes IIowk like water.
The income justifies it. Conditions, when
everything is wide open, demand It.
Two noted gamblers in Philadelphia are
reputed to be worth $1,000,000 each. They
are the exception.
Very few piofcsslonal gamblers are able
to save money or care to. 1'asy come, cosy
R: "
When police protection Is withdrawn the
small fr live n hand-to-mouth existence.
Gambling Is only lucrative to Its promo
ters when It Is operated as a system. It
cannot be systematized unless it Is pro
tected. Protection means that the eyes of police
officials have been closed by plasters of
greenbacks.
"Don't you think your figures are high?"
I a-ked the individual who furnished mo
the Information.
"Not for a city of '.000.000 people." was
the answer. "I think they're too low."
My informant knew what he was talking
about.
Till' Liberty Hell has always been In
danger from fire.
Kvery precious relic and record housed In
Independence Hall and the adjoining struc
tures has been In constant danger of de
struction for years.
Ilulldiiigs of the Colonial era generally arc
Inadequate In their heating arrangements.
Independence Hall and the old Supreme
Court ehambeis esprclnlly have been in
greater peril from this than from any other
menace.
It I about to be removed. In so far as Is
possible in a structure of its character and
age.
DIRECTOR OF PCHLIC WORKS
CAVEN hn approved a plan for o cen
tral heating plant which will obviate ever-pre-ent
threat of lire from defertive fines nnd
re'nted onuses.
It will be detached from the mnin build
ing and Invisible.
To preserve the surroundings of the his
toric structure as nearly ns possible in their
original form bos been the ulm of every
cilslodinii of the State House.
Director Cm en will not depart from this
admirable plan.
The new p'ant will be in the rear of the
Fifth street side of the museum. It will
be entirely concealed.
The surface will be excavated to a depth
sufiii lent to accommodate boilers it ml heat
ing appliance. The subterranean chamber
will be hidden by the turf nnd grass of the
park.
An ornate chimney will he built against
the western wall " that there will be no
mile suggestion of what lies beneath.
When the present work of overhauling the
State House is completed the famous struc
ture will be more nearly In its original con
dition than ever before.
ROltERT 11A1C.1IT. director of the legis
lative bureau of the State Chamber of
Commerce, performed his biennial service to
the leal frntemltv and business men's asso
ciations before s'lpping off to Ocean City for
his annual vacation.
Ills very clear nnd conscientious digest,
in pamphlet form, of the new laws adopted
by the Legislature (,f this year Is now out.
' It antedates by months the official pam
phlet book of the Stale giving the laws in
full, with their weight of ledtindant verb-Inge.
A curious feature of the laws this year Is
the vnriety of subjects tackled by the last
Legislature.
They run all the wnv from apiaries to
jails, and from trade name to nthlctic con
tests. One session in the Legislature should be,
presumably, a liberal education for 'any
member with brains.
I'lifortunntcly . now and then there are
legislators who nosed In nt the Inst call when
the supply ot gray matter illstrlliutcu liy
nature was running short.
This year's law-making body at Harris
burg dealt, among other things, with the
following subject:
Holidays, memorial, animals, drugs,
butter, cemeteries, advertisements, dentis
try, auctioneers, devices, rehabilitation, rail
w'avs us distinct from railroads, cream, pris
oners, nnd seven separate statutes on gen
eral subjets that cannot ha clearly defined
in a digest.
i( A N ERA of by-products," is how
l Joseph C. Sanborn, statistician and
analyst, of Pittbur:h ami Cleveland, de
scribes the progress of Industrial chemistry
todm.
It I only In the most desultory fashion
that the public bears of the strides that are
being made bv chemists throughout the
world." he said.
"That we are manufacturing buttons from
skim inilU. weather-boarding from the
refuse (or betassel of Louisiana cane fields,
acids from sawdust and cellulose from corn
cobs is nn old story.
"It I only a question of time until
ihemlcal analysis and Industilnl invention
turn to universal in count the millions of
tons of vegetable prodiut now going to waste
on the sn't marshes oMhc Atlantic seaboard.
"The fanners of North America aie de-
pendent upon the hlnl imps of Yucatan and
Central America and the Philippines fr
their binding twine. One of these davs the
coarse-fibered grasses of the Atlantic
mnrshcH will be utilized. If not for the same,
nt least for similar purposes.
TX SOCTIIERN New Jersey." snj, Mr.
1 Sanborn. "I found n factory where, in
n crude sort of way, thev were winding and
working this marsh gross into ropes.
"It Is nn lnfnnt Industry. It Is crude and
the product is limited as to Its utility.
"One of these davs the chemical wizard
will touch this raw industry with his wand,
nnd then, when a simple process Is evolved,
everybody will wonder why It was not dis
covered years before
"For nearly thlitv years Hoiifey & Co,,
the Cleveland (Ins mid Coal Company, Henry
l Flick and Met 'lure & Co. unknowingly
permitted millions of dollars' worth of by
products to eo to waste In their thousunda
of coke ovens.
"Coke production in the Connellsyllle re
gion 1 today not nn industry, but rciflly a
by-piodiiet. The by -products once neglected
are the inoney-njnkeis.
"This Is nn era of liv-pvcilii'-ts."
"
The general disposition now manifest
to believe that business, after all. is not so
bad as we thought II was Is eloquent of
promise that very soon It won't be nearly
to bad as it really Js.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
FREAS STYER
On Work of the Philadelphia Mint
THE Philadelphia Mint now i running
at full time in the coinage nf silver
dollars and will continue for some time to
come in this occupation, which would be a
pleasant one to most people, snys Freas
Styer, the newly appointed superintendent'
of the place in Philadelphia where money
is "made" faster than any other place in
the country.
"The coinage nf silver dollar." said Mr.
Styer. "ha been uiged by the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Director of the
Mint in Washington, and the Mint of Phil
ndeliihia as well as the other Mints are
biis-ily engaged in enrrying out those direc
tions. Of course, there is a small propor
tion of subsidiary coins (those of less thun
i?l in value) being turned out. but the work
at preent Is nlmost altogether confined to
the coinage of the silver dollars.
"The Secretary of the Treasury has a
definite reason for this large coinage of the
dollar. As soon us they are coined, which
i- being done under the authorization of the
Pittmap net. passed some time ago, they will
be used for the retirement of certnln notes
bearing Interest at II per cent, these note
being ordinarily issued for tlui purpose of
stimulating circulation. These silver dol
lars will in time take the place of the notes,
nnd the interest on the notes will be thus
saved.
"Ve nvc going ahead nt practically full
time in the coinage of this money. Outside
of the small amount of subsidiary silver
which I have mentioned ami a little work in
the coinage of gold for some other coun
tries, the full resource of the Mint are
employed on the silver dollars. We are al
lowed to coin tor other countries when tne
pres-ure nf work for the I'nited States re
lnxes sufficiently to allow us to do so. This
work Is, however, in the nature of an ac
commodation to the -mailer countries which
ask it. although we nre paid for doing it.
Our facilities are naturally considerably
gienler than those of the smnllcr tuitions for
which wo do partial coinage.
Six Minimis in August
"In the month of August we storeil six
millions of dollars ready to meet the demand
of the Secretary of the Treasury when
wanted. We have been urged by the Di-
lector of the Mint at Washington to
increase ihe output and we are hoping to be
able to get It up to .".."l 1,000 pieces a day,
although I do not know that we will be able
to teach that very high tiguie.
"The output of a mint Is nlwoys stoted
In pieces and not in value. That Is, if we
coin half a million pennies and a quarter
of a million nickels, the output is spoken of
ns "."0,000 pieces and not by the face value
of the coins issued. Naturally, there ds a
considerably greater amount of work rep
resented in the coinage of a dollar than In
that of the smaller pieces.
Hulllon Comes In Bars
"The silver ami gold bullion which comes
to us to be made into coins upon the order
of the Treasury Department nt Washington
is delivered to us in solid burs, weighing
about 1000 to 1U00 ounces eucli. It Is
usually purchased from the smelters and
from the mines of the I'nited States nud
from-the gold and silver productlotiists. All
(lie rest of the woik from the delivery of
the bars to the delivery by us of the com
pleted coins is done right here in our own
building.
"The silver lias been accumulating here
since tlie Pittinan act was passed by Con
gress In WIS. The silver I bought through
the National Director of the Mint in
Washington as it is offered to him mid ns it
is needed and Is then apportioned to the
various mints.
Tlie Philadelphia Mint and the Mint In
San Fruncisco got all the silver purohuscd
under the authorization of the Pittinan net
up to n few months ago, when buying was
begun for the Mint In Denver. It Is all
bought nt a fixed pi Ice.
"There arc three mints in the I'nited
State. The one here is both the oldest and
the largc-l. the others being in San Fran
cisco and Denver. The production of the
Philadelphia Mint Is twice that of Uie
others combined. Our Mint was established
in ITU - We also moke the die- nnd n con
sldciahlc part of the mucliiiieiy fj. j,
other mints.
"All of our own mnchiuerv is made in
this Mint. We have u complete machine
shop and we made all the machinery for
the Manila Mint.
"Our activities are not altogether con
Vl'WC v - f' o
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fined to the mnkin;: of coins nt this Mint.
We make medals nlso when ordered to do
so by the (iovernment, and wc manufactured
all the dies for the war medals which were
issued by the United Stntes (iovernment ns
a consequence of the World Wnr. Wc matin
the dies, for example, for the Victory medal
and for the cross nud other honor medals
awarded by the (iovernment to our soldiers
and sailors.
The Hold Coins
"While the largest number of pieces
coined by this Mint are the silver pieces, In
consequence of the far greater use of silver
pieces In general circulation, wc also coin
the gold pieces here.
"The largest gold piece in general use Is
the double eagle, ' or twenty-dollar gold
piece. However, we coined sonic fifty
dollar gold pieces for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in Wlo. This was a special
coinage and it was' not tlie intention
of tlie Government to put the-e pieces Into
general circulation. There was not a very
large number of them Issued, and today they
bring n premium from the coin collectors.
These pieces were issued partly in com
memoration of the old fifty -dollar gold pieces
formerly niude In the San Francisco Mint
from California gold. These pieces were
octagonal and huve long .since gone out of
use. In fact, they were rarely seen even in
the East during the time of their circulation.
"The two-oud-one-hnlf -dollar gold piece
Is not now coined, but it has not been dis
continued ; that is. no orders have been Is
sued taking it from the list of coins of the
I'nited Stutes,
The Mint's Collection
"One of the most valuable possessions of
tlie Philadelphia Mint is the collection of
coins vvhich we have here. We have a
specimen of every coin ever Issued by the
I'nited States, even having one of the famous
1SPJ dollars, of which there are now said
to be only two in existence.
"Hut our collection not only comprises
every coin of the I'nited States, but wc have
also most of the coins issued by nlmost everv
other country in the world, 'it Is doubtful
If there Is another collection In the world so
comprehensive ns ours, and there Is cer
lnlnly none in the I'nited States to compare
with it. Unfortunately, this collection Is
now closed to visitors, as, for that matter.
the entire .Mint is. Tills order was mode
necessary bv the war. and conditions linve
not yet sufficiently adjusted themselves as
to ennble the Treasury Department in again
allowing visitors in tlie Mint.
"Wc have also n complete set of the
medals of the Presidents of tlie I'nited
Stutes, which were made here, and the dies
for them are in the stock of the Mint.
Coining for Other Countries
"As I said, wc do quite an amount of
coining for other countrle, here. We arc
paid for it. it is true, but it rs done rather
as nn accommodation. The principal coun
tries for which we do this work are the
South American countries, although we have
also done some silver colnase for Slam and
some for Costa Rlcu. The dies for all this
work are mnde here from the 'matter dies,'
which arc made in the country desiring the
coinage.
"The yearly output of the Philadelphia
Mint, as of the others in this country, fine
tuates. The year WW was the bljgest in
the history of the Mint, i.ast ear (WliO)
was also a large one, but ,he indications aiu
that W21 will be rather small,
"The Philadelphia Mint also does eon
sldeiahle rccolnage. When coins are mil
tilnled or when they become worn smooth
they nre taken up bv the Treasury Depart
ment and the Fedeial Reserve banks and nre
sent to ii. We smelt and recast them Into
bars, which are stored in our silver n-erve
ami (iiltied upon demand from Washington
The coins ure usuallv sent to us when'
S1.-..0II0 or $'.'0,000 has accumulated at
Washington. 'Ihe Federal Reserve banks
send It to us usually in smaller lots and
more frequently. ,
"There has not been a great deal of gold
coinage recently. Theie was a little coined
in WW. but. us was to be expected durlii"
the war. all the gold that came to the Treas"
ury Department or to the hunk. was held in
icserve. ami not much of it has as yet been
put into general circulation,"
Germain- wl'l continue to (upturn for
eign markets by umler-selling competitors
Just so long us hey workers, scdiucd hi fat
pay envelopes, fall to realize that the mon.'v
they cm ii noes not imrchase us much us thei'r
iiiuuur pay mil tie ore tic war. When tln.t luiuiernini ' ,,;,,1,-, mi
realization emes, nrome murtV Smffi ' Jo T .Ue7;r.lolpSi'l8bonu, WlumhU
will cease to be a favor te outdoor nnrr lu- T"! lrll. P" ! ;.". T.nd natroUm J
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SHORT CUTS
The problem of the motorist is to lj
the upkeep down.
One way to reduce current expenses li
to turn off the electric light.
Whatever else they may lack, dcloiatu '
to the Washington conference of Novemlitr
11 will arrive plentifully supplied wlti
reservations.
Norway has n "dry" bill which ncrralu
n 14 per cent klclt in liquor. Just how
"dry" n mnn is appears to be a question
of geography.
Ambassador Harvey's Pilcrlm Society
speech was more than n nine days' wonder.
The Indignation it provoked at the time
appears to grow as time passes.
"We nre becoming n nation of dresi
makers," says the Wall Street Joutnil.
Women nre perhaps making their own
dresses becnuso there is so little of them.
Senator ("aider's proposal to permit tie ,
brewing of 2.75 beer ns a revenue raiser in- '
trlgues. if we may be permitted to nj so,
the thirsty rather than the statisticians.
Industrial expert tells of rotton Bill
now working three shifts. The Young Ladr
Next Door Hut One says it would be mueo
more elegant if bo were to call then
chemises.
Four Rivcrhend. N. T men whose
united ages total 310 years have been pltf
Ing dominoes every day for twenty-eljM
years. May It be long before they bare to
go to the bnneyard.
,
If a mnn is about to buy an automooijt
and another has more or less expert knowl
edge of thn subject, the conversation result
ing is always enough to keep a third ma
away from his work.
Dr. William Franklin Haker. address
ing the Philadelphia County Homeopsthle
Society, is quoted as saying that daylliit
snvlng Is Injurious to young people, and wita
citing nn experiment with a rabbit to prove
It. The rabbit (arrorditpf to report)
kept nvvake by an electric light an hour later
at night nnd nwakened by nn alarm cloct
nn hour earlier in the morning, and to"
weight ns a consequence. And no wonder.
It was losing two hours' sleep. Hut li
thnt has to do with daylight saving we W
to see. On summer schedule the rabbit
would get up an hour earlier carh niornlnj.
It Is true, but it would also go to bed I
hour earlier (instead of Inter), and tnni
get the benefit of the hours of dartnW
which, the doctor says truly, arc particulirlj
beneficial to sleepers.
What Do You Know
QUIZ
1. Who said "If the nose of CI-opatr i ljJ
ben shorter the whole ftce or
earth would have been ehnnjrea .
I. What Is meant bv "noun reela 7
a How does Iron differ from Iron run.
4. Who was the first professor of cliemliw
In America? . .,,.
&. What wns tlie first message SP'L?.),,
nt the Centennial In Phllndlplil
r ltUn li ai. fln noma nt TlrrKPOIli "'
U, U lliu li ill" 1'ini ! in
celebrated French philosopher.
7. When did Daniel Itoonc bve?
whnt Is ii nudge-on .
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What hns been Vnlleil "the sliycsi
in the alphnliet; , . -,.
When was the Hrooklyn Bridge com
pletcd?
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3. Charles VIII was Klmr of '"',,
time of tho discovery of Americ.
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4 The L-rent hurrlenno nt Galvcaton,
occurred In 1000 ., worll
5. linlivin IK me inrgesi iiuuun
without ii seacoast. . to
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series of rapids In the lene5snd H
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also tho tiitiuc of u B"'en,,n,l,,rVi1n place
built by the (Iovernment at '
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sense quatrain lieninnitu.. '"
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presidency of the L nltcd htai"
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