If 8&- '11 15PI 1. ( jt &' luenlng public fefc$ec ' PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CVHIJM H. K, ULKl'IM, 1'aMIDSXT ,. Johh C, Martin, Vice Prld-nt n.l Trurr: Chmrlci A. Tyler, Secretary. Ctiar'e II. I,udln ten. 'Philip 8. Celllni, Jehn It. Wllllami, Jehn J. fltiurteen, Oeerze F. aeldttmllli, Dvlcl E. Smile, ttAVTO n. fiMII.HT Editor IIN C. MAKTIN. . , tl-rifrel lmlnipis llnnarer I'ubllshrd dally at FrtiMO Lznen Building Illil'iwtidcnce Hiuie !'MIirtlDh!A ATLANTIC CUT rrtn-Vnten nulMlns Nun- YiibK .1il4 Mailln n A-v. DtnteiT 701 Kertl DutMIng fST. I.efl . ...01.1 aicb'-D'macrat Vi'.Wnt Cnicioe 1802 Tribune Uulldlng vmva uur.CAi's. "WnttlNnTON nusrvc, N K. Cnr. IVnnay vanU A' and Hi S Ktw TetK IlDKlAC Tlie Sun Itulidlni Les'tON Deric Trafalirar IlullJlnc . St'IlsrRIPTION" TEHJIH The Eiinive Pcatie Limn la Knl te sub crlber In Plilladelph'a and aurreundlni tnwns tat the rale of twelte (12) cents par week, payable te the carrier. - By mall te points eu'.ntda of P'llladelphU In the United S'atte. Canada or I'nltrd fl'atet pcn pcn 4'ilent, pomeun free, fifty (SO) cnts per roenth 8lx (IB) dellare rr year, p.ivhle In ndvanre Te all ferelen countries nr fill dollar a month Ketici Subscriber Tlnhlrg addrees changrn Tnuat She old m we 1 tij t.e r uddiess. Kri.i,. mm xi-mm t MAsTONF. mmn uni C2T lddrrt t ' eommi,s,cnfien -e K' into Publ'c Member of the Associated Press thu AsierrATFD rur.it tN,v en titled te the 8 'or rcpubHraue e' a'l ticua iUpatchct credited te it c no' eirujr emitted in thtt paper and also th local ncici publlthcd therein All riehta rf republication of ap'cfel dlipafe?.r herein are oho refrvej VMIidrlphii, Silur.lif. Stplrmhrr 2i. K POSTMASTER KEMP POSTOKFicns. uk tin- rovteifiif '" imrtmriit. uuiill i mi Uiini-i-hi".. Tlit re governed b ttaditieii and npfniti'd b. llip ferce "f momentum uihIt th dln-ctinii of cllicieut rninnr I'pcutivt- leuc arctiNtumd te the work of mull distribution. Uccaus' thc miner pxccutiveM, tlie real .brains nnd inews of the dppnrtment, nre be seldom heard of or rrceeTiizrd. tin- n jraintment of Colonel CJeerge 11. Kemp as Postmaster in this city will be ippulinrlj atlsfjlnc te ever.vbed. Colonel Kemp luid the enthusiastic sup port of ex-s"rvicc men, nnd his work in th Brmy was such as te warrant his popu larity. Hut lie has been in the mail service for many ears. He tame up from the ranks and he i;nes nil about the eaetlii2 routine of the postal -erire. The rank nnd file nf l'ostetlice emple,es kave needed a spekrsmnn informed b long ilppricnce. 'I liev. ahee all people, ought te welcome Colonel Kemp's uppelntme-it te HUPpeed Mr Thornten. Since a chance of administration was inevitable, a better ap pointment rrnild tint be viigested NO FEARS FOR THIS RELIC IT IS an exngjf ration te claim Ihul the Seuth street bridge hn seen its best days. It nver hail am. The structure lias from the beginning been a wretched make hift. Dating from the early eighties, net eVen the sentiment iusjiired b nntiipiity Cn be called in its defense. The Majer's order closing the bndg' te traffic is an obviously nccesar. nnd com mendable public safeguard. Whatever iu-'cenvenience-, are caused b the ruling nre. of course, infinitesimnl lempated with the Tiignitude of potential peril te human life. Xe expert was really required te pro nounce upon the defects of the structure. Its decrepit condition was rcenled b ever creak and tremor and groan b v hich it iiabitunlb greeted traffic. If any further argument is needed te demonstrate the need for speeding the plans for a substitute and expeditim; the awards for bids for the initial work, it is available 'in the existing circumstance. .-. BEST OF THE YEAR HAI'l'V is the man who owns an auto mobile at this time of the rear; happier (e who isn't afraid of a long hike. Any one who refuses te believe that summer ends by 'the calendar or that week-end flight- out "of the city should cense with the abandon -jnent of the duj light -avins -chcdule to te to Vierrow wil! be rewarded for his independent JJhlnking by the succession of extraordinary pectacles provided for him throughout all the ceuntrt side in tins general region. I'er a short interval woedr. and tield will be mere beautiful than tiny are ccu in the freshest da. s of spring. The Jersej landscape begins te color enrly. Its high lights in autumn are the bright fiperald of thp early winter wheat, tic dark green of the sen) pines nnd the indescriba ble cranberry beg. which piesent u new nnd sparkling color -cheme almost every morning after the first ting" of fmst in the air. The hills and fields m rennsjlutnia are no less beautiful !ir various in early autumn. In the aftrnioen- of dins like thesp thpj seem made of u d brocade magi cally arranged in a golden light A CALL TO THE BUYERS THH first concrete ui;Kp-Men formulated for consideration at ihe President's con ference en unempIeMiicnt, which will begin en Monday in Wiichingten, comes from re tall business men in New Yerk, in ting under the direction of Hird S. Celer. Commissioner Of Public Welfare. Mr. Celer nnd bis associates beiee that the unemplm ment cenferente slmnlil u... Jts influence te popularize the suggestion "f a "Huyers' Week" a we. k. that is. in which all the people m the ceuntr would be ifrged te go forth and shop. Leading retinlei in W, "i nrk are nu therlty for the statement that there wouldn't be a jeble.s man or woman m the cm if tbe people could he induced te de their necessar buying without delay. It i c,ti. rnnted that in New etk i'it alone Sldii, 000,000 could be spent m tin shops without giving the average hujer nu.uhing betend hjs or her normal needs. The imjcholegical advantages of the New Tork Idea are considerable Fer the lethargy of the buyin-; public is due only in part te practical raupv A grent many people e,et out of the habit of spmding when prices Seemed te be prehibithe. New that jirieeH are down again, these people continue, by force of habit alone. te "get along for n tune wiih what thev have." They hne the money and tip.) n... , Innumeiable things that jobless met! and idle factories could prone for them They are under the spell of a habit. It i- a spell that might be broken by a nutienal "Buyers' Week such as tunny retail mer chants may urge upon the attention of the Unemple) ment cenfei ence. , NEW WARS FOR OLD ,"pEOPI.K who would icgnrd a niccessful X termination of the Disarmament Confer ence us n calamity uud the) are mere nu merous than you would suppe.se- ought te be reassured by current news from Uussiu and reiand. I. The Poles want S.'MI.OOO.OIIO in "old nih!e which the ItussiniiH agreed te tinv as in demnity for damages done hv the Soviet Armies whl h ptished I'elish Annie, out of 'TltlSNin and a considerable distance into "yplnud. The Moscow crowd signed a pledge te pay the .Stll.lHlO.OOO in geld rubles. Mt slKnatuiPs and premises mean little te Hol Hel jsliPvintH of the higher clas. They hne b n hedging, the Poles tlucatcn te atl.e I. again anil the Soviets arc pulling an annv of Ultnest '.'.OOn.OOO In slmpe for the field The Russians insist, net altogether with out reason, Hint nil the forces inimical te the future peace, and prosperity of J'ussiti H'W!r! fft? which hare grown out of the ienlllct of Interests among Kurepean Powers' new find a safe shelter and a base of operations in Poland. Moreover, it is generally admitted that the relatively peer and powerless Polish State would never risk another Impact with Ittissla If It were net aided and abetted by mere powerful nnd resourceful allies. French militarists nre blamed for the recent trou bles between Pele and ltusiinn. The French, the Kngllsli and the Ger niAns are in a neck -and -neck race for po litical and economic supremacy In Russia. Their goals arc the same. IJaeli Power has its own method and its own manner of approach. The fact which America must keep in mind is that without a pacified llussia the implication 'f Kurepe will be virtually im possible. A flat threat of war upon a neigh boring people, issued by n miner ally of one of the great Powers en the ee of the American Conference for the Limitation of Armament. Is net cheering. Hut it is highly significant. THE PROBLEMS OF THIS CITY ARE BIGGER THAN POLITICS Huge Municipal Tasks Ahead Can Only Be Executed by Vigorous Constructive Method and Ce-operative Hard Werk THIS ! Ne vl HIS Is net a political cditeiinl. icteiy at the polls, whichever party or faction may be the winner, is nn infallible guarantee of either retrogression or progress. The decision registered In Philadelphia last Tuesday failed te dispose of a single one of the very ieal problems affecting the des tiny of the city. The teguiticd as.endawy of the Vnre or ganization leaves unsettled the ga-leac tangle, the transit muddle, the tax-rate embarrassments, the 10J0 exposition pro gram and a formidable variety of ether in tensely practical questions. Neither a close corporation of arrh-peli-ticians nor the loosest and most idealistic aggregation of reformers is capable of exer cising exclusive control ever such subjects. Hess rule is Inevitably paralyzed without public sanction, while tbe most unselfish con structive leadership is rendered impotent without pepulnr support. It Is perhaps tee much te assert that the difficulties confronting this city nre agitating the community ns n whole. Philadelphia Is a patient town. Nevertheless and the backward swing of the political pendulum does net niter the fact an undercurrent of irritation evpr the failure te settle these matters undoubtedly CXl'ts. Recrimination regarding the origin of such an extended nrrny of deadlocks is futile at this late day. Iinphals should new be laid upon the pressing importance of grappling w itli them anew. Mayer Moere, in the almet completed first half of his Administration, has steered a course of integrity thr.t has potently safe guarded paramount public Interests. It i a mistake, however, te infer from political clrcumstan.es that any attempt te assert executive influence sincerely and construe censtrue tive'y for the remainder of his term must be barren of fruitful consequences. The Mayer's action in frustrating the trr.nsparently reprehensible Hall gas-lease bill showed what could be done in this direc tion. The se-called bosses backed down in the presence of a superior force, the public, repre-ented by a determined spokesman. Huslness-like co-operation upon such preb'ems, practically studied and analyzed. i of cnursr the prerequisite for success In the involved and often agonizing task of honest dty government. This does net menn 'habby political trading nnd abject compro mises, but a reasonable fusion of animated endeavor as detached as possible from petty factionalism. Official tact is indispensable and. most of all, the presentation of issues se direr tlv and ferciblv that the invaluable asset of popular enthusiasm is obtained. The vast majority of Philadclpliinns. irre spective of party leanings, are anxious for a speedy i.ettlcmenr of the transit snarl which hns obstructed progress here for ten years. They are a unit in desiring the operation of the Krankfnrd elevated and the adjust mnit of the transportation systPin te the nee', of the population. They hope for the completion of the Public Library and the whole boulevard improve impreve ment. including the Art Museum. They need only the proper direction te be actively engaged In the work of preparing for the world's fair signalizing one hundred and fiftv years of American independence. They are ardently in favor of the comple tion of the Delaware Illver I'.ridge by lO-e', of an eq.iitnble and beneficial settlement ' the le'ntleiw between the city and the I'. ! I . of reduced taves, of a mere highly dew 'eped pert, of better paving and (leaner streets. Se far ns the last-named aspiration ;s concerned, raii'li has alreadv been accom plished y the elimination of Ihe system of private contracts. An All-for-Philadelphia Party an win and embrace the magnificent opportunities which present themselves here at this time and tnav no' seen return. If It di-tingiiisies between p.ttv factionalism and piacthal needs. Pe'iii. s we have with us a'wavs Progress will net come un'ess resolutely summoned. Therefore Mayer Moere ran best sejve the public in the remaining two vears and three months of hl term by concentrating upon these city business problems and disregarding the pettv bickerings of th tnniii-ehniKers and mountebank who will ipiiekh bcttny their true character if left te their own devices. THE MUZZLE TO I'l'LI.Y understand the line nf reason, ing followed by the politicians who, as temporary occupants of important public ellifes. have sued the Chicago Tribune for KIO.dOO.IKMl damages because of lhat news paper's criticism of their official nets, it in necessary te fellow it te the logical con clusion. The hi-it is being pressed in the name of the Citv of Chicago, which, in the com. plaint against the Tribune, is alleged t have suffered inateti.il losses because of the attacks made upon public administrators The Tribune is net charged with telling nnv untruth. Therefore it appear te be the feeling of Ihe rempinlnnuts that pvII or error in public affairs matters net at all. De ' ifv ZVJhmXGr PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIIjriJLPHLtl, . SATURDAY, BKIjMjffijSB any wild or foolish or criminal thins and , fear net; but talk about these things, draw public attention te them, and you arc a criminal' Members of Congress, Judges in the courts and ministers in their pulpits ought te be interested In this view ns it is expressed by a representative group of officeholders in Chicago, If it were te be accepted or sup ported by n court decision or a jury's ver dict nnd there is no dnnger thnt It will be n Senater or Representative of one party might be Imle te court for public criticism of his opponents en the fleer, and the courts thenmelvcH might be assailed for giving n man n bad reputation by declaring him guilty of n crime. Ministers of religion would be required te believe that sin doesn't matter se long ns you de net tain about it or seem te be aware of its existence.' They might be called upon te pay heavy damages te the commu nities in which they labor for merely inti mating that all the folk who compose their various congregations nre uet pure in spirit nnd utterly blameless in their dailv lives. 'Ilie movement for n muzzled press was supposed tihnvp ended with the departure of Palmer and Hurlesen from public efilrc. Hut it has been revived suddenly in Chicago. It will have n short life this time. The suit against the Tribune is as silly ns it is vicious. ' WHY CALL IT HIGH? HICH life Is getting even a little lower than it used te b". Its total of casual ties has, for the lime nt lenst. an upward trend. rertunntely for the country. fW people out of every 1000 are content te go nleng a comfortable and unemotional middle way. "Toe much high life!" wrote the young woman who stepped suddenly out of one of the well-dressed, fast-moving secinl groups in New Yerk yesterday te sheet nt nuether woman nnd lire n bullet into her own brnin. There followed in the letter of this suicide te her mother some pitiful comment relative te n pace tee fnst te keep and "the whisky thnt sets people crnxy." It has been apparent for a long time that hard drinking among hard drinkers hasn't been stepped by the Velstead net. It hns been forced under cover, hut it gees en n little mere wildly than before The phnse of the prohibition question reflected in that obvious fact Is one that the dry zealots will have te deal with effectually if they de net wish te see their theories discredited. Hecnuse whisky is prohibited it exercises I n new sort et lure uisiti the type or mind that is always fns-inateit bv the sight or suggestion of forbidden things. And when the amateur drinker gets within the charmed . irele where prohibition laws are inoperative he is very apt te become a plunger. Mennwhile, it requires leisure nnd in genuity nnd nn extrnerdinnrv amount of rendy money te get possession of illicit hooch in quantities. It is for thnt reuHen that folk who have nothing particular te de for a living, who de net have te keep office hours or show a day's work done before they can sit down te dinner, are becoming tiie most insistent violators of the dry laws and the greatest sufferers in the end. There is n moving-picture comedian in jail at San Francisce who. had he been able ti, leek a little war into the future six months age. would probably hnve gene en the stump as nn advocate of bene-dryness in Hollywood and the adjacent regions. Hut he couldn't see into the futuie nnd new he is in jail and in some danger of being con victed of murder. SHORT CUTS K-K-Kur-r-fscs ; stammers the K.K.K. It would appear thnt the Klan air bran, h was a het air branch. After pestnl empleyes have been shaken up mail bags may be shaken out. There is some indication thnt Penrose outwitted Vare by outfeoting him. And new the firs of publicity will ceed te et the gridirons a-sizz!ing. pre- We'll nil he nn hour late en Monday morning and imbed will knew tl e difference. Ha'-k ward. eh. backward, turn Time in its flight. We'll shake daylight sujng and de it tonight Autumn arrived en schedule vrtenlav, but she husn't yet finished unpa king her paint bruhi. There i no profit in war. S du Pent. Tiuit makes It Let u have peace. says 1'ierre unanimous. When Tretky speaks of the reciiiistnn Hen of Russia" can it h refers te American relief wer"' peaceful tnut lie N'cirth and Seuth Ireland ure new bov bev bov cettinit en. h ether. Sounds 111." an excerpt from the Tales of Kilkenny Can Rather than trnv-e in the company of eettnin gentlemen, perhaps Senater Ledge would like te cancel bis reservation-. And it may be thnt nnienj these who stayed nway from the polls thei. were some who railed against wlnckers cl'.rlng the war. In the Pittsburgh crinvfniien of the American Legien, Commander Iliucty may b -nl.l te have sailed in in a -panklng breve. Tiie P.cisten Imv who reir. I i m Hosten bandits with a plate ,,t I. .tui beans bad evidently studud his Chin de i I np'in te mc pui pose. When the Disarmament ' miiei-en, .. gets through with this agenda, lemnrked the "lining Lady Next Doer lti:t One. perhaps we'll knew what it is gein te de The cumins of autumn deb fully re - milked Demosthenes M. (minis, will remind the pe.ts that thev mav -in:; of the pnt glories of brown Oi teb.-i nl and what virtue is there in the remind' r'' The Washington labor . enfei em e en Mimdiiv mav be epochal, fur t.n- iii.in at the head of 11, Herbert Hoever, nnprif iat( s the fa. t that periodic uueuiplevim nt U ciiilu.i ciiilu.i lien's greatest failure: and t'.ere U no mail alive better nb'e te pii bis ting, r en th" I euiedy . We are new almost rip" for d si ussien en wlmr constitutes Indian summer. In due eeutse of time Mr. Rilev Will be quoted te the effect that the fiest . .in the punkln. Peets will rhnemilize en autumn tints. Rubin will sny goed-bv 'i l.e plumber will sui.e-d the iceman as the tn:i r for jokes. Tiie coalman will pteieed t. cam the reat he has been gettlnt,' all Miiiiiuei. The radia tor vvi'l make as mm h noise and xivc as lurle heat as In former y.nrs. And first thing veu knew we'll bi ad iinj you te de your Christmas shopping enily Rei uue bees hn'e been miTering for la. k of lieney-mnking inateri.il in ether parts of the Philadelphia ilistii. t, apiarists hnve taken their swarms te Hoj Island, and the liuev bees nre turning bur marigold iuie 'salable sweetness Situ e tin- days when it was I ncle Sam's heiicv hcv . the is'nnd has suffered from Inanition, and new It has the hives Onee a hive of industry that made the world safe for democracy, it m,w hmists tiie Industrious liiv. in enler te make lite sweet in the hieakfa-l table Fieni a brush Willi the eneinv. It new steps te the fnmr with n comb for it-, friend, and the children will wax fnt because of its hut-teiiniire.--Den't mind us, honey The frivolous bee in our bonnet is buzzing. ONEMApTDID it His Efferts Defeated the Proposed Constitutional Convention Worked for Eight Years A New and 'Un biased' Weman's Weekly Po litical Newspaper By CKOROIv XOX McCAIN ONE man's efforts defeated the Constitu tional Convention. lie began working with the persistence of a crusader eight years age. Rrferp any concrete expression had been given toward revising the Constitution he was toiling nway with one fixed idea upper most In his mind. "Luther 8. Knuffmen Is his name. He is nn ntterncynt-lnw, with offices in the Mu tunl Life Hulldlng in this city. This is the story of his work. It wns net primarily nlmed nt defeating n preposition for a Constitutional Convention. It wns designed te prevent or defeat the ennctment of certain" Inws. In the course of some legnl work years nge Luther S. Kntiffmnn began looking into appropriations by the Legislature. He found that money had been given for what he re garded ns seitnrinn purposes. He dcldcil thnt the prnctlep was wrong. It was unconstitutional. Hut he could net accomplish anything without aid. With n few- friends of the snme mind he ergnnlzed the Antl-Sectnrinn Appropriation Assoelntlen. It started with fewer than n dozen members. Through the yenrs this wns the instru ment thnt he used, nnd still uses, for his purpose. He appealed te the Legislature about these sectarian appropriations. The Legislature happened te he denf in both cars about that time. Then Luther S. Kntiffmnn appealed te court. The court of Dnuphln County turned him down. He appealed te the Supreme Court. It sustained him in Chief Justice von Mosch Mesch zlsker's opinion Inst May. THKRi: were- skirmishes, en the side, in the constitutional conference in Harris burg last year ever this same question of bectarian appropriations. It was these, Mr. Kauffman tells me, that Inspired him and his friends te oppose nnv chnngc In the fundamental law. Thus started the campaign with the slo gan. "Ne Constitutional Convention." He enlisted the interest of everv patriotic organization in the State. Religious denominations that had never asked or received .help from the Legislature joined him in Ms fight. He nppvilcd by circulars and personal let ters. He delivered addresses. There were L'.i(l.(IO(l members of fraternal orders nrrnved against the preposition before the question "ics or "Ne" was even printed en n bnl'nt. These united forces voted "Ne" solidly. Senater Penrose vvns ngnlnst the move ment for a convention. .Thnt helped nleng. WHO is this man Kntiffmnn V Phvsienlly lie is below the medium height und rnther slender. He has a florid complexion, with dark eyes, prominent nose full white whiskers nnd mustache cut tather short and snow-white hair. lie h a mild-speaking, courteous and well-informed gentleman, who cenvevs the impression of pesesfinj a determination of purpose despite his ensy -going innnner. His ancestors came te Pennsvlvnnin In I;L and be wns born In Mlnersvllie, Schtivl kill County, November .", lS-lii. He is there fore seventy-five year of age. His father was n member of the Legisla ture In 1M(1. He invented (he coal-breaker as new- uni versally used in the anthrncite region. Luther S. Kntiftiniiii. (he son, had n re mnrknble tecerd ns a student. He graduated ftem high school when he was twelve years of age. A venr later he graduated from the a.-ademv at Orwisburg nnd became n student nt Pennsvlvnniu Col lege, Celt.Vhbnrg, the following year. lie was the youngest student, nt that time, that ever had entered the freshman class of nnv college in the I'tilted States. At the outbreak of the Civil War lie was offered a commission en the stuff of ('cnenil Wndweiili. As he would have been com pelled te si;n n statement thnt he was eighteen years of ae. when he was ..nlv fifteen, lie could net accent the commission." Afterward he served in the Union Annv in lMSL'-'Ki. Hi: is usee I! IS n total abstainer and has never inte.Icatine Hener in Ins life Naturally, he is n prehihitlnnUt. In ISO!) lie was one of the five men who were delegates from Pennsy lvntila (e n . .in vention in Chicago which formed the Na tional Prohibition Pnrtv. Republican lenders in Colerado in ISTh ndmltied tbe election of that year was largely wen by Mr. Katiffman's speeches in that State. He remained In Colerado and studied law and wns admitted te prnetii.. in the Su preme Court. He returned te Philadelphia in 1 !)(). All his life, seemingly. Luther S. Kauff man has been engaged in eti.ll.s warfare. He fought I lie oleomargarine nnd beef trusts nnd ns n result the office of Dairy and Feed Commission wns created. He wrote the bill establishing that office. Last year he wns a candidate for Con-gressman-nt-Lnrge en the Prohibition tieket. Mr. Kntiffmnn .snys t liar the flHt against anti -sectarian appropriations, instead of being at an end, hns renllv just begun. HI'RK is a new kind of newspaper. "Independent nnd unbiased" is the slogan of this latest entrant Inte the ranks of journalism. .- It Is n weekly, "The Weman's Press" bv name. In a box nt the ten of the first n.ige is the statement thnt it is "edited and directed by women." Further, that "while Republican in pmn iple, ils chief purpose will lie, te enlighten women voters ns te the many whys' in politics nnd give them mere llinii one glimpse behind the si cues " Seme job 1 "The Women's Publishing Crfinpanv of Pennsylvania" are the publishers The nume of the "angel" of the venture is net. of course, revealed. He or she must needs have u long purse. Four pages of eight columns, of geed typo graphical nppenrnine. Its first issue Is an nounced ns a "Prospectus." It has no display udvcitiscment. Its pages, however, arc tilled with political write-ups of the rnmlidnt. of ibis week's primary . A "ROAST" nf Mavei Moen, the Inter national Sunday Scheel I.e-eii. n Lon Len Lon eon bigamy sterv , "Spraying (Vlcrv id Pre vent Leaf Spots" and spine inl-n ellarn about the "Five Modern Wendeis of the World" make up its ln-sf isMic, Nevertheless, the women editors have n large and luminous eye en ihe cash dt.iwer. The photeglyphs, biejl-nphies, boosts and advertisements of the main political mudi dates en Senater Vare's ticket imliintc the foil. Ileing n woman's paper, (we women can didates en lust Tuesday's ticket get three iii.-l.es or se of spnee each. Discrimination ngnlnst their own s,.V MRS.AUCHIHAI.dk. HARMOVSn.imc appenrs as one of the iissm I. it Iltms. Presumably the name ei-iiunllv was written Mrs. Archibald R. Harmen If se. there is n sloppy proofreader in llnnislmig wlie blieilld he lired. Mrs. Harmen nppears te the euent of a milium nnd n liulf in thp first issue, it js tiie only signed stuff by a member of the stuff. A column of It is parngriiidin and verv intciesting. Half a column of the re m.iliider is personal and net se Interesting. Mrs. Chnrles A. Plumnier Is managing editor. There is nn Impuslns ni-ray of iisNuci.iti'." etc.. editors. The paper Is published in llai risbins, hut in iding te its leadlines is intended te circulate in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia uud New Yerk. U compares very favorably with the weeklv Ktindny political newspapers of Philadelphia. 9, i. :. l.' & 4 kh-Mffi. I'V!- "Mr Tte & WW f' ""' V '.J, Y. , i i,tlXWA-j:.A'jjj.:s;rj.y w'? kv f-wuuLrtisiA.ffiJ.. .-' -Ir' .rsr.cCi.K .. i?) s.i.. . wiwgLfrajiKs afirAda&wtt?i m1; scl ,nft! ter i n: ;-r lj. l r.A.wi.sft.. -.i' "L'ii 4vi i?i,ttritt.rs;! jiwvei fn;j-.L. ii . .1 r'r rv . LSI.nij -mii'Kti ITLLI.-. 1 iH.1T. . i-.- J L. 1 " IT. "' 1 JTI TrL-1 JTt.XT r.'.JlIJ 1 i " V I T 1 NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philedelphians en Subjects They Knew Best JOHN R. WIGGINS On Building Costs ''TFKIN: the last year and n half ie U ducfiens in building materials and vvnges have brought about a resultant sub stantial lowering of construction costs." according te Jehn It. Wiggins, a Philadel phia builder who wns n representative of the Chamber of Commerce at the International Chamber of Commerce meeting Inst summer in Londen. "Laber has become much mere productive, giving in general n full day 's work for a full day's pay," be said, "and contractors nnd material manufacturers hnve materially cut their prefit1?. All of this lias icsulted in bringing the present cost of construction te a new normal. Frem this time en there will undoubtedly be both upward and downward trends jn construction costs. The present day keen competition en the pnrt ei both workmen and business men. the nlinest un precedented eagerness te secure work nt little or no preht in order te keen businesh 'organizations together nnd functioning, the present increased productivity of lnhur. when ndded te the fact that the use of or revenue from u building constructed new instend of some years from new is a valuable nsset. point out the fact in no uncertain terms that new Is the time te build. "The construction deficit nf today is stag gering. The most relinble authorities show t lint in ndditinn te the construction requ'ue ments of 11121. there ia nn accumulated actual construction need nt present which nmeunu te n total of .$M,50().000.000. di vided approximately ns follews: IP'tisi .v. commercial and induttr'-il build. m . .$r..nn(i.noe.non K.-i!l s .. . .... u.cnu.oeMOi) I'jl.h. il'H ties . l.tlOD.IIOO.OOO IllKhnat-i . ldo.0tje.O0l MlMiUineeLU convtruclien 600.000,000 New Is Time te lltilld "With genernl conditions as fnvernble as they are te present-day construction, and with the need na tremendous ns it is. wonder is expressed en nil sides ns te why mere progress is net apparent in construction ac tivity The answer, in my opinion, is clenr, as fellows : "On the pnrt of people contemplating con struction work there is a lack of confidence in the fact that prices nre right; that in, tint they have reached the new normal. "The sej leus obstacles placed in the way of new construction work by financial in terests. "Men high in (ievernment office, national. Stnte and iirinidpai ; business men. students of economic, and statisticians throughout the country nre driving home gradually but surely te the prospective Invester In the field of construction that vvhntever slight fall in prices mav come about during the next few years will net reimburse him for losses sus tained by fnilure te ebtnln new the Inieine from or the use of the pni'pectivc building, he thnt deterrent number one as noted abuvc is in a fulr way te being eliminated. Is Serious Detriment "The second dePnent. heweyei , namely, difficulty in financing new construction work, is without question the most serious mennce te the active tesumptieii of construction ac tivity. "After men of undoubted geed judgment nnd sound business Integrity decide thnt they want te build ne.v building, the gt cutest difficulty is experienced in securing reason able assistant" from financial interests at n nnii-exerbltiint rate. Stale laws in Penn sylvania prohibit an Interest charge of nunc than fl per cent per annum, but some finnn cieis circumvent this law by adding charges for securing leans and for guniaiiteelnj; the pnyiuent of Interest and principal, und In oilier ways increase the cost of financing i (instruction. "If building in Philadelphia and m ihe country lit large Is te proceed in M. volume justified by present building conditions and vitally necessary because of the unprece dented need, ineniy will hnve te be directed te tills purpose bv the bankets, Rvcry citi zen t-nii help te bring about the restoiatlen of Kiiistiuctlnn n.-llvity upon which the gen ernl prosperous mnditieii of the Natien is mere depend, nt thiiu upon uny ether one Industrial development; he cm help by the Investment of Ills own fund-. In new mu. sirurtien work nnd by usln; his iiiflmuiie with his associates and with the hanks In order te enlist their Juiciest and aid. Is drentest Industry The eenstru. ti. u iniiilsirv of the I'uiled States i the gnatiM Industry In the world. It employs mere men thnn any ether Indus try, provides nppreximntelj "0 per cent of th total railroad tonnage of the country und In normal times produces annually from WM SET BACK S.J.000.O0O.O00 te $1.00.1.000.000 of addi tional permnncnt taxable wealth. "This great industry, affecting as it does nil ether lines of business nmi ultimately affecting the lives of nil American citi.-.ens. has lain ulmest prostrate far tee long. F.very effort made in the direction of making funds available for its immediate resumption en u lnrge scnle will constitute a vital step en the patli leading America buck te Industrial health nnd (emmercial prosperity." Today's Anniversaries 17." The Rev. Aaren Hurr, tbe virtual founder of Pilncelen College and father of Vice, President Aaren Hurr. died at Prince ton. N. J. Hern at Fnirtield, Conn., in 1710. 1817 -Cornerstone laid for the first Mich ignn university nt Detroit. 1 silt Mount Auburn Cemetery, nt Cam bridge, Mass., the first garden cemetery in the United Slates, vvns pub'iely dedicated. 1S,"S Death of Hnren Ward, nn Unglish stable boy who became Prime Minister of Pnrma. ISM The body of Piesident (inrfiehl i cached Cleveland for burial in Lake View CenieU'ry. 1MM1 Mr. ("iladstene addressed n great meeting in Liverpool en the Turkish ques tion. 1!I04 -Seventy persons killed nnd many Injured in a collision en the Southern Rail way near Kuewille, Tenn. 11)111 Jehn D. Rockefeller gave ,2.0U0. 000 te the Northern Hvitist Convention te take care of needy ilergy. Today's Birthdays Majer (ieneral William M. Wright, com mander of the Ninth Cerps area al San Francisce, born at Nevvaik, N. .!., fifty eight years age. .1. Herace McFarland, for many yenrs president of the American Civic Federation, bem in Juniata County, Pa., s( venty-twe years age. Kiigene N. Fess, former (Inventor of Mas sachusetts, born nt West ISerksiiire, Vt., sixty-three yeurs age. lame .1. Connelly, Representative In Congress of the Fifth Pennsylvania District, born in Philadelphia forty years nge. A Peer Prophet Frem tie s, ou pest-In. i .it, h The (Jeorge Hirunid Shaw who says cow boy photoplays are making America sick is the mine Ceorge Hcrnard Shaw who said Cnrpentler w.i lining te whip Detap-ey . Jr'inf De Yeu Knew? QUIZ "I'.isej at the Hat' 1. Who wrote ?. Nam., tlir. ,. new- nations, which formerly (empiiMd part of the territory of the ItusHlun Kmiilie, which have Just been admitted te the League of Nations'.' 3 When, and what is l-'licnzl," 4. What It c revel" " W"'" ".'"!, "lldl nrt' tM0 diastole and Who is tl,,, pi cent fr enler of Canada? DlatliiBiilbli b.tvveun Ituiiiellii and ltu. man'n. ' What Ik u iliglt of the niuen? tlcm"1 ' """' "a," 1,eM'"1 a eeimp. Wliiit Is a "pic-ta In palming" Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Willium Uem, .MniUiegiii win the author V-.,, . 8',."r'.'"1 '"-n- upon the former umriiet't ,'","'' t"llllt''1 "Melnself 2. The Thames Itner neui Oxford is some times known as the ls 3. A Juta t-, a Spanish duiue. ciiiirli.r.tm,. . me I'rev 111 .. nf Amp. in Oeihart Hiuptm.inn 1., u nete.l cintem cintem peiu.y Herman playwright , whose iiuiiu.. has rtiently he,., , III'?.. or tiiti republic Anionic bis no-- ,V .., mays m.i Die YeiRiinkeiin i:i,,i I -'The Sun'ten Lit .....i ...... .-.-.'.. ("Tin. Vr..n, , " ''e.-i- 5. An ornltheptir l3 an almaft dr-ilvn.. Its mppua .,,, H,r rie, "B FrMnn. ,U1 vZKu. ,' rll ;;"'!!"' WCK. ...Uii'.h'wP.,1. V, ' '','' llllillll of , , is..,,.. ... '.'."' '" "- H 'SKI , i" th. Ii K ,,,,1 lirenU their In ii.ui.en en ,,u lieielles n pill In, wlie hiulie theli small i ml "" Oltlletlns ' S'l oil Hi,. u t,.Vh 'feiw,;:,,)" "",m "'"" '...... 10. '"Ihe Civ of in. A !..... '... ..-.-. ' '"HI Violet Crown" I. anc.Vnt Z S".. ?. 1-tepHuii, lies, th8 .-v. ..u iiiaywngni. jM HUMANISMS ny WILLIAM ATHEKTON 1)L PUT H KKK is tiie prize ense of n weird pel- war Influence thnt is te exert itself for n generation t- come. Tlieie nre te be peer red clever crepi in Kurepe for ti generation. Dr. L. D. Hall. Assistnnt Secretary of Agriculture, says se. Here is the reasen: Mmmv nniiirn iii Eurene will be fe-erj, Licnuse of tlte s-hmtage of men, te bccei.ie old ntfids. Old mnids keep cnts. Cnts redtiee s the nunibers of mice. There becomes u short age of mice's nests. Mice"-, nctts nre the sole breeding I'lec for bumblebees. Ihe bumblebee supply will Ik decreased.. Hiira blcbees nre the enlv insects that enrrv the pollen from one red clever blossom te another und fertilize it. thus causing it te yield sctd Without 'he biimblcbte there will be 'no clever seed and that crop cannot repro duce itself. Se will Ihe Ilelsteins and Jerseys, te sa; nothing of the Durhtims and the Hereford, have their troubles in remaining "iu clever. "'I here is n genernl tendency In decry th results of congressional In ebtlBntlens. snv Chairman M. I?. Madden, of the HuilRtt Ce'miiilltee. "hut there are ense, vvlieie tilt) have wen out ever the expel ts. ..,, "There wns the instnnce of the Panama Cnnnl. for example. President Roosevel anneinted nn internatiennl commission of engineers te study the problem. It reported, ns;emmenillng tuc construction of a sea- level canal. , . , , "A ceininitt-e of Congress, of vtli.cn ' vvns a member, went te Panama te leek ever Hie situation. We decided that n sen level canal was a virtual impossibility, ana se reported. "The matter wns threshed out. and tune has shown thnt we were undoubtedly rijut and the international engineers were wrong. Senater Jehn William Unrreld. the huge. genial oklahemn oil operator, who has i tc cently taken his s-ut In Congress made hlti sell n rule when he went into the oil bus nes.s some six or eight venrs nge. lllll',ru."' wns that of all the nifWiey he made In oil ue would reinvest only 'JO per cent In the s.im business. F.ighty per cent he would place in stocks, bends, veal estate and ethei oD eD oD vietisly mere stable securities. The, 10 P" ccnt.thut he ichivestc.l In oil bas innde liltu mete tiienev thiiu the M) Per cent plnced by that insti--t within him which was ecu servative. He still holds, however, that bib formula was dictated bj geJ judBiii'-M. Chester Crew ell, ilie writet. wn iw" en the siiliwav in New Yerk. -nnd two ytrnn weiiiui next te him were earnestly ' "r,'" ing methods or home ninnilfncttire of vviiif, ai going nbeut the relative merits of tneir m vevnl techniques. "Hut." said Mabel, "has n Has it the In In it. the kick? iuith.it ttf'; Tbu-'s Ihe point." , i. II... I, .. Vl,.!'." intm-teil Sue. Well, I wish veu could hnve seen my -'V' """ a ceupln diinUs. What de you think me wns doing V Smoking her lipstick mr cig.it etie." Yldnr Mui-tle.k, member of the l',;ilP,.Jl Trade Coinii.issien ami nl one time Itwir of the Progressives iu Congress, udiuu- t"' 4c is of Scotch extraction. Me ules in' fact that Sir Walter Scott in ids vrit MJ iff, ,s te one "Red" Mutileck. a ni.tnrln H cattle thief, anil suspects that tins Inui vidiinl wns one of his fercbenrs. . Willi this background, be is quite feiiJ ' telling sierie at the expense of the Seetw mini. Here is one which lie relates Mike and Pat met Sandy en a l"'",!'."n', rnud. nnd. being broke nnd hungry. derMa that they would rob llilll. Mlk" set 111 0" him. but Snndy fnuglit ., vigorously tnat seen the fiirt Irisliuian found hiinsdf out ei coiiimlsslen. Pat then dug Inte the Sen en- 1111 II 11 i, tie. . mini iimf fnreil no better. Hilt Oy tins ti" Mike bud levivcd and took Sainl.v en ler aiietber leiintl. 'Ci.tu ....... .... c. ..nl.,. ,, iftiiln w InMl Pat. coming te life again, fe't n lnrge stone n neath his lingers, gruspetl it. slipped up be hind Samlv us lie was standing ')"' l", prone figure of Mike und clucked hi'1'01' the bend with it. Tills put .Snndy out. !' Iinslinieu went cnrefully through his clntiie . even cMiliilnlng the seams for sewed -in cti 'Hielr scarcli revealed but one lonesome '1'inrler. , . ,., "I'lilth." siinl Mike, "and it's luck' "" us that lie did net have a dellm Rcpie-ennilivc .lames It. .Matin cil' lll''t ,llls ,,.iii .I,, ,,,, .Ml,, ,. , . tell (em leuislntei- Celicrcss ll.ls evei l" duceil. siivk his fellevv-meniher Irelll 1IU- neis. Martin H. Madden, chulriiian new Uudgct Committee. nf tbt V A
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