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IF ANY eue supposes t tin t Cnun'llmen
Wcglcln and "tjnffncy are surprised that
there is no real uneni'umbered lean balance
such ns appeared In the statement Issued
with the iiiil'rMn'iit of Controller I Indict
he must believe that these gentlemen nru
mere stupid than thet are supposed te be.
The analysis of the Hadley - VVeglcin
Gnffney figures which was begun by heads
of departments en Saturday nnd was con
tinued en Monday Is net Intended te sup
ply Information te tbe City Council. They
knew all the time that the figure were mis
leading. The.v put them forth a a pretext
for holding up the lean, authority te make
which the Mayer asked of the City Council.
The analysis of the ligures. however, is
useful in that It lets the public knew te
what Indies the .Jeb Combine i 'euncihnen
vtlll report te accomplish tlielr purpose.
Take, ler example, (he Item of an unen
cumbered balance of .-?', (iOO.OUO for new
sewers which Controller ilndley -.aid ap
peared en his books Director Cnven says
that work te be done for which bids have
already been received nnd for which bids
will seen be culled for will use up all but
5105,001) of the old sewer lean An item of
$1,000,000 for new ec.vcrs was Included In
the proposed lean and the mall unexpended
balance from the old lean would be added te
the proceeds of the new lean, but It Is mi
small that little can Ice e..nc with it.
A similar condition exlts in all the ether
account". Necessary public work cannot be
carried en unless the funds tire provided.
They hnve te be provided m advance of
contracts. If the money is net secured pub
lic work must step in the near future, nnd
that at n time when it Is the duty of the
city te award contracts for everything that
can be economic all clone in order te nlvc
work te i ne unemployed
AN INTERNATIONAL SHRINE
I17AS there ever until yesterday an ex
' clusively Chinese parade in the streets
of Philadelphia? If there wus we de net
remember if
Most of these who .saw the precession of
Chinese niep unci women cm the way te
Independence Hall were mystified (itlierw.
who for inn reason or another happen te
have acquired some knowledge of what i
going cm in the I.'nr I'u,t. were touched
rather deeply by what was in effect proof
net enlt of the continuing triumph of the
American Idea, but of the fundamental and
unchanging similarity of nil human nuns
and hopes
When Chinese go -rat-iy wilh their
musicians te get inspiration in 'he shadow
of Independence Hull you l.ae te admit
that the Kast and the West aren't se far
apart as tiiey used te be.
Speaking breadlv, it might be snld that
the differences which concern intelligent
Chinese newaday are m some wavs similar
te the differences thut divide Ireland. There
is a Republic of Seuth hum unci :i Republic-
of North China The JOO.OflO.OOO
people of Seuth China heiist the purest
bleed. They nre the nrlgiiiiil Chinese.
Theirs i the republic of lr. Sun Vat Sen
and of scholars like Dr. Wu Ting-fang.
Theirs was much of the poetry and phi
losophy mid tin- art thut sittiiincil Chinese
civilization when it dominated all the Kasf.
In the north is :i miwurc of races null
motives There is. tee, u (ievc rnnicnt mi
trusted In the south It is charged with
having sold con te Japan
It was Southern China that tried te at
tract tle- attention of the world through
the little pi.nidc of yesterduy and te ci
louder expression te it demand for ..pial
rcprccntnl ion lit I he Conference for the
Limitation et A t insiti.-ri t .
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
COl.llNKI. HllISi:. writing i the
I'l III. It 1. 1. lie. I II cut of n fuijci of fresli
Impression- gained In his recent tour of
Kurepe. does net overstate, the ruse wh n
he observes thai the question of open
diplomacy tit lb muig Conference for
lite 1, imitation of Ai inimn nls loom us
large and lis itnpm tanily m the ...llcetue
mind of Hurepe ,S ih nrerime it, li
People everywhere nre instinctitcli awir..
tlint tl Id dileiimcv nfier all its appall
Ing criines unci futilities, striving again
te dominate the world They feel thut the
unequal light between the forces that maLe
for pregr-ss (iml the forces that make- for
eataHticiphe will be decided in Washington.
Thev lime enl tliur instincts le Clinic the in
- an.. Hie ir in-line ts de i,t j.
Se the Cellfc r 'lie..' for the l.inillat ion of
Arinamenls i- imI.iij en n new ns.ct lts
it draws nearer. It cannot well be limited
te a mere discussion of navies. ( will
almost siu-ch hnve te cive a voice and
recognition te the ipent and growing passion
of objection with which all civilized peoples
are coming te view the new plans and
ndiemes of war-making stntesmeu.
If the men who sit in the cenierem f. ruj
te talk plainl. ie approach the quest nm
df war as one te be dealt with honest and
In plain words, they may have te answer
in unexpected ways te Hie tuitiens that
they represent, (inly H the doers of the
conference are closed te Hie world will the
destructlenists haie the ceui.ig' n renew
the old and brutal game of nuli'iirv rivalry,
which has nitwits resulted in agen-, for
the masses of hiimauitt II. cause the- secret
diplomatists want darkness, all the rest of
,the world naturally feels that its only safetv
is In the light
THE INDUSTRIAL BLOC
IF TUB farmers' bloc persists in the Sen
ate, the Industrial bloc; said te be form
ing, will gain a solidarity that it new lacks.
The Senators from the manufacturing
gtatcs have differed nmeng themselves In
the past nnd have fought out their ills
nlprMtnenti with no fear that the Industrial
.JuterwU jweuld suffer. lJut the group of
Senators from the agricultural States, made
up e( both Republicans and Democrats, has
become se powerful that It can be prevented
from dominating economic legislation only
by a solid combination of the Senators out
side of the bloc.
Wadatverth nnd Calder, of New Yerk;
Brnndegee, of Connecticut; Ledge, of Mas
sachusetts, nnd Edge, of New Jersey, are
mentioned ns the leaders of the new Indus
trial bloc Deth Penrose nnd Knox, of
Pennsylvania, will have te be Included if
the oemblnntion Is. te be representative.
And Frelinghuysen.'"ef New Jersey, cannot
very well be left out.
The members of the farmers' bloc will net
like such u combination and they will ex
haust the supply of vituperative epithets In
the dii'tienury In their descriptions of It.
And they will forget that their words can
be turni"! against themselves with deadly
effect, because they are persuaded that what
they de is nil right and what any one else
dues is all wrong.
SOME NEXT-WAR FANCIES
AND WHY THEY ARE SPUN !
German Inability te Accept Facts Is j
Manifested In the Popularity of New
Vielens of International Disaster
TMIAT wns conspicuous in the temper of
' ' France after the "terrible ye.nr" f "'C
France-Prussian War was the resolution of
her people te face realities, te invoke the
forces of healthy reconstruction nnd te sub
stitute hnrd work nnd high endeavor for
imperial vanities.
The decade 1S71-1SS1 w one of the
most extraordinary In French annals.
I'hvsl mIU the nntieu had been shnken te
its heart Spiritually the convulsion was
tonic.
Sign eef a similar reawakening m mod
ern i termini) have been eagerly Neught by
all sincere well-wishers of civilization. The
felly of classifying all nations as blacks and
whites, as heroes and villains, Is obvious.
The Wlrth Government In Its loyalty te
pledges, in its earnest Intentions te lay the
foundations of a new sane democracy, re
calls the labors of Thiers and (jambetta In
France.
What I? mere equivocal, notwithstanding
the recent public manifestation en lielnilf
of the republic. Is the mental outlook of a
people robbed of Its preposterous dream of
world dominion. (Jermnny today is flooded
with books of scowling prophecy fet (-casting
a cycle of wars which will lay prostrate her
late fees nnd prepare the way for an
apotheosis of Teuten peoples, rich through
trading with the belligerents and aggran
dized by abstention from the new Armn Armn
gi'ddeti. In the (termini view the whole
external world Is the scapegoat
Favorite fancies are lae ''met liable"
clash between the I'nlted Slates and Japan
and its imagined sequel, u devastating fray
between America and f J rent I'rituin.
Mad books are common te all peoples It
is the amount of favor with which the are
received that Is slgnilicaiit, and It is en tills
score that the Herman crane for exulting in
the hypothesis of a second world tragedv is
se telling.
Shortly after the armistice the downfall
of civilization was exhaustively outlined by
one Spengler in a huge tome widely read as
a consolation for national defeat. Later
writers have Improved en this survey, which
did net exempt (lermaiiy from the general
collapse
"The Inevitable War Between Japan and
America. Phi! Decisive Rattle In the
Pacific Ocean" and '1!2ft The World -Peace
Conference at Berlin" are typlul
titles of the deluge of frenzied volumes
It is te be noted thut the once sacrosanct
Bernhardt Is reversed. Formerly war was
viewed as profitable, providing Ccrinariy
were the winner. Amended sentiment 1- te
the effect that, since war I- a curse, inav
it blight i hose who once retaliated against
(lermany. while that nation plny a sar
donically superior role te its own advan
tage. Bitterness of this description approaches
the frontiers of perversion The spirit in
which these frantic books are wrought
leuves no room I'er wholesome thoughts of
recovery tn which the German people are
justly entitled. It retleets luge of the ine-t
ignoble complexion, a' despicable hatred of
the whole of non German humanitt mid an
egeiein se fantastic that It almost defies
analysis
Perhaps il Is tee early te expect that a
iiiiuciii Inreil by false L'eds. as Geiiminv was.
should be purged of diseased idei.s within
Ihtee yeurs after the regi-'ry of military
I epillse.
Republic nnisin and ideal" bem of the
Revolution were never extinct it, France
een during tl ra "f 'N'apo.een the Ut
ile " After ls7l came the reversion te true
ftpe, persistent survival which obstructs
it bat mm seem le some te be the danger
ceis path of a reawakened 1'ipii'Ii n.llltarisin
today.
German legcneratimi n the lines con
ceived by the present lepeai.-dly lalinrrassed
Government IS beset with dillic llties which
outsiders en n scarcelt comprehend
A partial insight Inte the travail auead Is
affinded by the icenrded appetite for sen
sntlenallv speculative reading A popular
philosophy which exalts ruin us the India
pcnsablc prelude te the higher dew lepment
of mankind is mnllgnant and depraved
The motives which caused 'he World Wnr
nfive by this time been se variously .judged
iluii u sniveling in an ubl"ctlv groveling
Germany l net the ideal of persons cmitcm
pliiting. 'ten remotely, a parliament of man
and federation of the world. It Is peihaps
leee much te n"; thut tiut'tetis shiiuM repent
en masse
Cotitiltien can take ethr forms than di
rect admission of wrongdoing. Evidenced
of a manly pride In a normal process of
reconstruction would be sufficient te restore
that sympathy for Germany of which she
believes herself basely deprived. Nothing
but loathing Is inspiied by the ravings of
silf-cunstltiited sybils accepted us cornfort cernfort cornfert
eis bv a misguided people
WHERE PARTY LINES CRACK
TllF accord of Jehn Sharp Williams and
Henry Cabet Ledge in opposition te the
bill te exempt American coastwise vessels
from Panama Canal tells, prier te its pas
sage by the Senate yesterday, btrlklngly ex.
blblts the wreck of partisan alignments en
this Ihsuc
It Is of record that Wnodrew Wilsen was
amnzpil at the extent of Republican support
when be urged and obtained a strict inter
pretation f the obvious language of the
lliD-Pauiiccfote Treuty. Political piquan
cles have descended te another Administra
tion. Despite the fact that repeal of the Wil Wil
eon legislation wa recommended by the Re-
Y
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
publican platform of 1020, party lines arc
in confusion regarding the ndvisablllty of
reopening the subject at this time.
A rocky read for the Tells Bill In the
Heuso may be forecast, and, even If it were
eventually approved, there is no certain
Indication that President Harding would
refrain from exercising his veto power.
Senater Ilerah has revived a theme cal
culated at this moment te distress both the
exponents of rigid ethics and the devotees
of practical expediency.
McCONNELL'S GAMBLE
WILLIAM t McCONNBLL. Federal Dl
rector of Prohibition for this State, has
gambled en hla ability te held en te his job.
He has been a State Senater from the
Twenty-seventh District. His term would
have expired In December. 1024.
The legality of holding n Federal office
while he was a member of the Senate was
questioned, nnd after some delay he has
resigned from the Senate, te take effect en
the date when he was appointed te the Fed
eral office.
It was said In Washington that he was
ineligible under nn old order of President
Grnnt providing that no holder of a Stnte
office should be appointed te a Federal
office.
Bat there Is n mere binding prohibition
affecting Mr. McConnell than an order of the
President which can be rescinded. It ap
pears In the Constitution of the Btnte of
Pennsylvania, which provides that "no per
son holding any office under the United
States shall be a member of either Heuse
during his continuance In office."
Mr. McConnell had te resign one office
or the ether. He has chbsen te retire from
the Stnte Sennte. But no one knows hew
long he can held nn te the Federal job.
The conduct of the prohibition enforce
ment officers in Pcnnsylvnnln has been se
verely criticized by special Investigators
sent here from Washington. They hnve
recommended that the whole force be re
moved, en the ground that It Is se permeated
with corruptienists that It Is Impossible te
separate the honest from the dishonest offi
cers. Mr. McCennell apparently thinks that
he can convince the authorities in Washing
ton that he is in no way responsible for
conditions acre nnd that he can be trusted
te clean up the force.
Pcrhnps he can. Perhaps he can con
vince the men seeking le Btep bootlegging
nnd the ceinplnisnnt Issue of permits te
wholesale druggibts for the snle of liquor
for "medlcinul purposes" that he is able
and willing te put the screws en the liquor
grafters and drive them into jnil or out of
business.
These who wish te see the law enforced
and these who are interested in the ramifi
cations of the liquor Interests In this Stnte
will watch the oiite'eine of Mr. McConnell's
gamble wit. i considerable curiosity.
A GRACIOUS THING TO DO
rpllIO suggestion thut former President
-L Wilsen be Invited te be present nt the
burial of an unknown soldier in Arlington
Cemetery en Armistice Day might with
propriety be acfeil en by these In charge of
the arrangements.
If both former Presidents new living, Mr.
Wilsen and Mr. Tnft, were Invited the oc
casion would have Unit completeness that
would be gratifying te hundreds of thou
sands of citizens, who regard the event as
a national tribute te the heroism of the
American soldiers and In no sense as u par
tisan demonstration.
OLD MASTERS AND YOUNG
SO LONG as extremely rich men continue
their habit of having pictures tlint are
old rather than pictures ihnt are beautiful
or significant, galleries founded by million
aires will contain numerous forgeries and
ethers besides the owners of the Widener
collection will find the authenticity of some
of their canvases rudely questioned.
Mere tliati the word of n single critic will
be necessary le pieeve thin one. of the cost
liest mid most fumeu- pictures in tin
Widener collection is ne-u n genuine Rem
brandt as it was supposed te be, but a
forgery and a fake But Professer Martin,
director of the Hague Museum, who knows
as much as any one living about the Dutch
masters, makes thai di.irge with a disturb
ing air of peit iv mticiien
The fault with most c ollecters - and il
is a fault for which mum of tliein sulTer
grievously in the end is their incurable d'i-sire-
te snatch at a canvas merely bceau.sc
it is an Old Muster Few collectors have
a thought for the Veung Masters. The
Yeung Musters ate kit te struggle along
lllllietii'ed.
Yet every Old Master piiininl pet boilers
new and then. All the ancient work is net
beautiful. Mmh of it i dull and stupid
enough. And that Is way people who hup hup
pep te be sincereh inlet ested ill painting,
und who have a particular desire te see
American painters encouraged are irritated
by the spectacle of picture buyers competing
te pay enormous sums for old rags of cun-vus.-s.
while ically tine work, done by con
temporary artists, ge.es begging nt the gal
leries and lu ii 1 1 the formal exhibitions.
Te be a successful artist you must die.
After you are dead your pietnrrs will find
buyers The collectors will pav huge sums
ler tin-in If they are at all attractive But
you must net expect te be noticed while
you are alive.
The youthful and struggling srtist Is the
last te grieve when lie rends of Imposing
forgeries m American galleries He knows
that nmtiy of the museums In America nru
tilled with canvases falsely attributed te
Titian, Kubeus, Rembrandt and the rest.
Such pictures are painted fi-shly by the
forgets and "aged" in various ways. There
is a pitiful sort of Irony m the fact that
forgers .nc new busy nt the profitable work
of paintaig picttnes which thev sell at
thumping prices as the work f artists like
Inness nnd Blakebiek ai lists who strug
uled all their veins ami lived In relative
poverty until they died Vat orally this
embitters Ihu mere youthful painters. They
have only one emotion when tJiey hear of
rich men duped with faked old master
They view such occurrence s a rather vivid
manifestations of poetic justice.
Hew far does the house
1'nless tJin fly ily? Sometimes six
Spider Spied Her miles in twenty-four
hours, says the Bureau
of Entomology, Department of Agriculture.
The moral appears te be: Swat It before It
emigrates.
Prohibition officers after the blind pig
hope te hi ing home the bacon.
By and by It will soak Inte the Inner
consciousness of our economists, said Demos
thenes MrGlnnls, that before we can digest
tlie added wealth a greatly increased com
merce will bring us wc t hall have te con
siderably raise ihc present standard of living.
Any neceisary reduction of wages at the
present time is merely a stabilizing gesture ;
like enforced thrift the day before pay day
and after a jamboree resulting from a big
pay envelope. If we all live en bread alone
we would net need a foreign commerce, It
Is desire for cake and Fords unci ether gew
gaws that keeps the wheels of industry going.
We gather from the sporting writers
that there nre occasions when a heipcr In
the ninth Is, In the matter of adding Insult
tn Injury, ue better than a 'boner.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11,
LIFE ON THE MOON
Prof. Barten, Doubts It, and the Rev.
C. W. Harvey Saya Swedenberg
Predicted It Prof. Pickering Re-
veraes Himself 8ee Flret
en Its Surface
By GKOItr.Ii: NOX McOAIN
TS THKItK llfn in the moon?
Prof. William II. Pickering, of Har
vard, has reawakened the ancient query by
his announcement of the discovery of vast
fields of foliage en our satellite.
It Is foliage, tee, that springs up, comes
te blossom nnd vnnlshcs In a period ef-elcven
dnys.
There are blizzards, he says, that awlrl
across portions of Its surface. Volcanic
eruptions nre frequent. Mist and fog appear
and disappear and clouds sweep across the
face of the orb of night.
It Is n curious fact that in making this
declaration Prof. Pickering Is nullifying his
observations of thirty jcars age.
Scientists get tangled up and make mis
takes the same as ether folk, though, per
haps, net se frequently.
On August 1J, 1RI)1!. at Arcanipa. Peru,
during the occtiltatien of Jupiter, Prof. Pick
ering made some experiments. As a result,
he expressed the belief thnt the density of
the moon's atmosphere was net above 1-4000
and might be 1-8000 of thnt of the earth.
By his last declaration he completely re
verses his previous conclusion.
DR. SAM TEL O. BARTON, professor of
astronomy nt the University of Penn
sylvania, has very serieun doubts en the
question of the Inhabltnblllty of the moon.
"Thcre nre certain chnnges going en and
noticeable en the surface of the moon. What
these changes arc is lnrgely a matter of
speculation." he says.
"There is always a tendency te give a
sensational turn te new discoveries or te
things thnt nre only partially understood.
"Wlille there is no doubt that changes are
taking place In the moon, the great difficulty
is In their interpretation. Where It Is im
possible definitely te decide, speculation
steps In."
I asked Dr. Barten if he thought science
had reached the end of the attainable in the
Bize and power of the telescope
"When the 100-inch reflector for Mount
Wilsen Observatory was completed it wan
supposed that the limit In she nnd pewer
had been reached," he replied.
"This has since been demonstrated te be
an error.
"I de net think it safe te predict that the
limits of telescopic power and penetrntien
have been reached. It is possible thnt telo tele telo
scepes hating far greater power thnn nny
new in use mny yet be constructed."
TWO great elements In humnn life nre in
volved In the discoveries of Prof. Picker
ing: Science and religion.
Science ns represented by nstre-physlcs,
and religion as found in the doctrines of
I-munuel Swedenberg and the faitli of his
followers. The New Church, as followers
of Swedenberg call themselves, hns a sub
stantial following in and around Philadel
phia. Swedenberg was a scientist of remarkable
attainments, lie was also u seer.
He made a model of a Hying machine 200
years age.
THi: Rev. W. P. Ilnrvey. minister te the
New Church, or. ns it Is better known,
the Swcelenberginn. n e!ne student of tbe
Swedish scientist's works, say thnt he did
as n revelation declare that ether worlds
than ours are Inhabited. Among them was
the meieii.
"Net necessnrllv, however." said the Rev.
Ilnrvey, "with life similar te that upon our
planet."
Sweeibeig"s prophecies and elnuns te in
spiration nre disallow ed by scientists and
theologians.
If the Picketing dhenvery Is substantiated,
however, II will renew interest in the cult
of Stteilenberg and bring, tardily, credit te
the doctrines and claims of the scientist.
BKC.U'SK of its proximity, the moon has
alwavs posses -I'd n fascination for the
inhabitants of this earth. . , , ,
Its infiiii'iue en the plunet nnd its inhabi
tant. Ii.ih resi.lted in a huge volume of popu pepu
).,,. belief and omens being built around il.
Finis about the moon, which, in a way.
l.l t. ntliee lies nl'eireil discevert" of
Prof P'-keritm. are plentiful enough. i
Seme tear age M. Gnillaume. at Pe
renne. Fiance observed what he believed
te be a lire en the surface of the moon.
The astronomer of the Paris Observatory
teritied I he finding
The French astronomers saw a reddish
brightness en a sp,,t near a crater fifty
miles In diameter known a- Arlstnrchu.s.
The i-et'len is known te selenegiaphers as
the brightest spot en the whole face of thu
moon.
Tinier favrable e-ot,dit!eiis and with a
large instrument, n shines like a piece of
burni-hed silvi r.
Seme one ailtiiiiccd the theory that the
reddish glaie seen In the Frenchmen was a
signal intended by the moon-dwellers te open
up coiiitiiunicittieu with us
SCIENTISTS Kcein the idea that the
moon affects the weather There are
these, though, that firmly believe the theory.
Every nineteenth year, the end of n se
called lunar cycle, according te these of the
faith, witnesses a winter of unusual sever
ity. The last lunar cycle closed in 100.rt. The
present winter, according te this theory,
i-heiiM be of tbe ordinary kind in this lati
tude. Sir Rebert Ball, astronomer royal for
Ireland, declared thnt tin- mountains of the
moon compared with the Alps in their alti
tude, and that the entire mnrmland was net
enlv a desetf. hut a wilderness of rugged
rocks caiteil into the wildest forms.
The late Prince Kreimtkin, Russian scien
tist, whs of the opinion that if the moon
ever had an atmosphere It could net have re
tained It lieenuse of it low gravitational
power.
A GAS. or atmosphere, would seen be dis
sipated, molecule by molecule. The gas
must wander off Inte space never te return
te the planet.
There hne always been advocated of the
belief of an ntiuesnhere en the moon.
That It has net lest all of the atmosphere
It once possessed Is evident from a feeble
twi'lcht t'hlch has been detected at the
cases of 'he crescent moon
Tbi' fa Tight el"tN as n faint glow ever
the shaiened part for a distance of about
seventy miles.
It Is '.aid this indicates the existence of
atmosphere about the snme density our ut ut
mespheie would hnve at the height nf forty
miles.
Fer years astronomers have been inclined
te the belief that perhaps the haze occa
sionally seen erlgluated from water vapor
It haB been only a theory.
PttOF. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, the
lute eminent English nstronemer, said
that the moon was the most interesting of
nil heavenly bodies.
There is every reason te suppose, he
said, that the present condition of our world
was nt "tie time the monn'ej that it
peesM!d ntme-rphere, water and nnlraal and
vegetable life.
As the moon Is new, according te Procter,
se will It be with the enrth In the end.
Bv reason of the greater bulk of our
planet, Procter estimated that it will require
00 000.000 years before we reach the pres
ent condition of the moon.
One -if the most Interesting questions ever
raised in regard te our sutclllte was, Did it
liave a moon of Its own?
He Insistent wns this Impression some
years flnpe that astronomers undertook
flnnlly te aettle It.
During the total eclipse of the moon In
1898 Prof. Pickering made careful obtervu ebtervu obtervu
tien te find a lunar moon, but concluded
that It did net exist.
X moon te a moon could have no purpose
save te light the larger body nt night nnd
te jreduce tides.
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
EMIL P. ALBRECHT
On the Problem of Unemployment
'TMIE matter of unemployment en a large
scale throughout the country Is a seri
ous one, according te Erall P. Albrecht,
president of the Philadelphia Bourse, but
It is one which mny be seived satisfactorily.
"The uiieniple.vment situation Is net a
local problem, but u national one," saiil
Mr. Albrecht. "I.ecnl efforts may amelior
ate the situation te some degree, but they
cannot effect a real cure.
"The one Infallible remedy lies in the
reinetlng of the fundanientni cnuse nf the
unemployment, and this can be effected only
by Fecletal action with regard te what I
cull the three T's transportation, taxa
tion and tarilT. It presents a practical
problem and il must be handled In a prac
tical way by practical men. It Is worse
than iibelcss te theoilze en a basis of
Utopian ideas.
Has Three Remedied
"The remedy, as 1 see it, is te be found
In these tilings:
"First, the placing of the railroads en a
fit m footing. The primary step in this
would be the funding by the Government
of the debt incurred during the control of
the Federal Railroad Administration for the
capital amount and net insisting upon Its
being paid out of current receipts. Next
the repeal of the Adumsen act (if 101(1. which
was forced through Congress, net by labor,
but by labor leaders; then the abrogation of
the se-called national agreements, which
were net agreements at all. but wen) forced
upon the railroads by the labor leaders; and
last, the amendment of the Transportation
Act of ll)L!0, se tlint the railroads shall net
be subject te dual control (net always work
ing Iri harmony) of the Ruilreiid Laber
Beard en one hand, which prescribes dis
bursements, such as the rates of tvnges,
working conditions, et cetera, and the In
terstate Commerce Commission fi.ing pas
srngur nnd freight rates, which constitute
flie income of the reads.
Tariff Act Needed
cein,., Lcrtnnil ci-enf sfcen WAitlel h. ,1a
prompt enactment of a proper protective
tariff act, using during the time lu which the
present foreign exchange conditions con
tinue the American valuation of Imports
as the babis for ad valerem customs duties.
"The third step is the enactment of u plan
of Federul taxation thnt will ciicnuingc
capital te seek investment in business chan
nels Instead of heliig hoarded as at present
in tax free securities.
"Of these threu things the rehabilitation
of the railroads is the most tai -reaching.
Put them In a position te manage their
own properties without Interference In petty
details; give thorn the right and the oppor
tunity te deal with their own empleyes ns
te wages and working conditions ; permit
tbem te operate in a businesslike niantuv
as te the number of empleyes required fo, fe,
any given piece of work ; permit them te
use current receipts for current expense
De these things and the.v will be able te
reduce freight rates and stimulate shipments,
thus helping farmers, manufacturers ami
cousumers.
Ruilreads Huge Purchasers
"Tills plan will help them Increase their
net earning be that malnteuancu work may
be carried en and the purchases of supplies of
all kinds may be resumed. In normal times,
nccerdlng te a rerent statement of the Rall
vvnvH Business Committee, 4B per cent of the
purchases of the country, outslde of living
commodities, are made by the railroads.
Bring these conditions back te normal nnd
you will aee thousands of men censtuntiy
employed who ere new Idle.
"As long as the previsions of the Adara
son act stand and the se-called national
agreements are In force, the railroads can
not be operated as efficiently ns they should
be. Therefore, the sooner the railroads are
freed from interference nnd rcHtrlctiSn but
aubject te such reasonable regulation nB that
of the Interstate. Commerce Commission ns
will permit the body which controls the re
ceipts te control the wage outlays the
. .... .,,111 tier. vnllenndu .1,,..,. . c
beunti ." .,.,, v,,.,.ri rum, t-iiruings
which will attract new capital te permit
of extensions and Improvements, which In
turn will give employment te thousands In
every field of endeavor.
Why Tariff Is Needed
"Aa te the necessity for Immediate tariff
legislation, I think that no one who Is
ftmillar with our notional industrial con-
IUlen and particularly these of our own
1921
"WARM UP ANOTHER ONE,
State, especially the textile lines, will dis
pute the fact that never has the prosperity
of our country been se great, never have our
working people been kept sb steadily cm cm
pleyed, ns when, under a proper protective
tariff law, goods made abroad with cheap
labor have been tnxed sufficiently te enable
us te compete with them nnd te pay our
workers wiigcs which allow thorn te live In
comfort and te lay aside something for the
prevprblal rnln; day and for their old age.
"The cmerjency tarilT, under which we nre
working at present, expires en October III
of the current yenr, new only n few da
off. I greatly fear Hint unless this act be
re-enacted, or that ether legislation takev
Its place, large cargoes of goods, new either
en the Heas or ready te be shipped, will be
dumped upon our shores, under the I'lidcr I'lidcr I'lidcr
woed tariff previsions, between the hour of
midnight en October :U and the time when
a new act is put into force. If this happens
there will be thrown out of work many who
are new regulaily employed and who have
been employed for months because of the
previsions of the Emergency Tariff Act.
Taxation Alse Important
"Taxation also plays a large part lu the
present unemployment situation. Because et
the high surtaxes and excess profits taxe.
capital is diverted from Industry and build
ing. "of course, revenue must be had and
there must be tuxes, although they mi
never popular. But, since we must liarc
them, why net have such a tar as Is least
noticeable, uiesl readily collectible and c-ists
the smallest amount te collect. I refer te
the sales tax.
"Such a tax of 1 per cent en all turn
overs, If. Is estimated, would product) mound
$4.000.00(),000 annually, and even though it
might be 'pyramided' in a transaction, btii-l,
us beef, from the time it leaves the ranch
passing through several hands until it
tenches the customer, the total tax would
be less thnn 3 per cent of the selling price
nt retail, less than the normal tax en in
comes, even If it be admitted that the sales
tax would be passed en te the consumer.
"Such n tax (allowing exemptions en
income tax of, say, $f000 because the grcnter
part of this is spent in purchases and pavs
Its Indirect tax), with a moderate tax en
all incomes beyond gliOOO, would meet all
the proper needs of the Government; and
with high surtaxes abolished and excess
profits taxes abandoned, Investors would
ngniti be ready te put their money into rail
roads and ether forms of industry and im,,
building homes, thus stimulating all classe
of work, providing jobs for labor and, by
Increasing the supply of heuseH, reduce
rents.
Purt-Tlme Werk
"The part-time work reined v penalizes
the thrifty, who kept their positions and
worked faithfully, by asking them te glve
up for purr of the time the places they have
earned by geed work te the 'lieater' who has
net tiled te de his best. Any suggestion te
this effect must come from labor Itself- the
persons who are working full time mimt
themselves offer te shnre their turns with
their fellow workmen; the emplejcr cer
tainly Piinuet make such u suggestion.
"There is much unemployment ulse where
the will ie work Is lacking. After datnobll datnebll datnobll
Izatien there were many thousands of soldiers
who came originally from the farms who
elected te remain In the cities, where there
wr.u nei eiieugu joes te go around, while,
help en the farms was scarce. This was thr
fault of the Government, for It should have
demobilized et the place of draft Instead of
allowing transportation,
"Alse there are many who de t wnnt
p take such employment ns Is new offered
them. During the war they were able t
select their own jobs and practically fix the!,'
own rates of compensation, and thev nre
new only beginning te realize that conditions
are different. I,uus
"Our general situation is like that of i
pat lent who Is suffering great puin. vVhile
it is nl right te alluvlate the p ',''
as possible, the necessity for an operation h,
the unemployment cane exists. The ,.f,,i
fear is that If alleviation be practiced ,
thoroughly, the patient will net want i
undergo the operation." '
A fourleen-yenr-eld boy arrested
suspect In the brutal murder of nn eleven
year-old girl at .Madisen. N. ,., mH , '"
completely exonerated and discharged 'I'liu
causes one te wonder If the person or ner
Bens responslble for his arrest will have te
answer a charge of benehcadeicss.
ED!"
SHORT CUTS
Upshaw's name would perhaps be mew
descriptive without the first letter.
Director Haynes' Flying Squadron will,
of course, be composed of fly cops.
The time surely approaches whtn tbe
Sovereign Citizen will any, "Rise, Sur Tai,
and heat it."
Senater Oere has seen a light. It ii
new up te some of his colleagues te fellow
his example.
Colonel Wnttersen's picture of htavfn
Is unusunl, but no old Southerner Is geinj
te find it unattractive.
Olcmcnccau wishesjovcrybedy te be hl
friend before he dies. "And se from year
te year we ripe and ripe."
Of course, there was no talk of a 1,1ml
tatiens of Armament Conference when tli
Pacific Ocean was named.
After a careful scanning of the reta
grnvurc sections wn arrive at the conclusion
that .Itidgc Landls Is net camera shy.
A royal flush premt! fatal te the heldn
In a New Yerk poker game. It may b
classed, however, as the very rarest of
diseases.
It is new about time for the President
te use his ax en the agrarian bloc and he'
te the parly line, let the chips fall whtr"
they may,
Pacifist Berah, seeing the Limitation
of Armaments Conference in the offing, PK
mits .lingo Berali te toot a little about
I'll nn nm tells.
The latest Shakcspearcnn cipher nep
gests that these who can de nnythlns: with
figures usually don't. And the snme thin?
is suggested by the Ilndleyan cipher.
If t lie riot en a Louisville ball field
does net prove that interest in baseball h
net waned, it has proved that respect for the
law is net noticeably increasing.
Bandits have stolen $.100,000 worth of
liquor and wines from the estate of Jeseph
E. Letter en the Virginia shore of the I'e
temnc River. What a terrible thing thirst
must be!
If the disclosure of alleged faked Rem
biandts and ether old masters causes some
wealthy collectors te devote a little attention
te struggling modern painters the eipesurc
will net be in vain.
I What De Yeu Kneiv?
QUIZ
1 Who Is the present Premier of Australia!
2 What are coleeptera?
a. What Is tcssellnted pavement?
4. When did Confucius live?
5 Whin kind of a musical Instrument l tne
Ktikilsh horn? .,
. Mew did the City of Denver get Its name.
7 What Is u brumeus day?
s What Is nn atelier? . .
!i What la the meaning of the nautical
temi athwart " , ..
10 What are the three Parliaments of IM
Ililtlsli Isles?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Kuelid. the famous mathematician '
ancient Greece, Ih said te have in
formed King Ptolemy I of Kgypt that
"There Is no royal read ie geometry
2 The I'atb-nt rsrlsclria (irlsel or fJrlMli-
.ee.. e. M,..innin. i tMActievnl leirena.
Her story, which lias been freuucntly ,
cPf.,,,.t,l tee iieetH fine! clrillnal IStS. HaB I
,...,! ..ltl,i',,l..u.. fnr ltd ttl?m6 I
Idjilie.l cieccc icci.ee. ee.e.'i-n v, " -. ,
Uiiselda. an described by 1 l0,;'-,"fc'0- J
wan a peer ceuniiy kui v. wj '",,
the wlfe of u murriuls. As u wife ana
.. ...Ael.a ulia ,),., Itu tec the CTUeieSt
ordeals with patience and without lesi I
or timiper. . , ......
3 A morganatic marriage Is one betvtn
a man of exalted rank and a woman
of lower rank, who remains in net
feimer alatlen. the lusue having
claim te succeed te (he title or tn
possessions of the father.
The tliree glided glebes of the pawnshop
uymbel are taken w?ui the coat-of-arms
of the famous Mcdld family
Kloiencc. celebrated as art patrons,
rub ra and financiers , ,..,
.-,. KeibOineie Is fine twilled "'""''nh;;''1.'
Tbe word Is ti corrupt Inn of i-ushnier
fi A bit In iiie:-lcnn money Is tw Ive nn
a hall ctiis. , ,.,.,
7. lluggliiB tbe tvlnd Is keeping a ship t88
intuit-u,
8. A blHsextlle la a leup yuar. , ..
9 Tltlun. the famous Itallun pnlnWt w
born in 1477 anil died In 1678,
ii rpi," ., nf whales nre CUllS or calte
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