EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1921
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BpurRten, d-eree V. Goldsmith, David E. tmll.
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. tuMx)X I3UKF.AI' Trafalgar Dull line
t . srtisritlPTfON THUMP
f ;rh Ciknine PPtuic I.tcnnicn Is served te sub-
crlhers in Phllmlelph's. nrrt surreundinR towns
at the rate of twelve M2) cents par wsek, ratable
te th rnrrli-r
I By mult te relnts outs!', of rsi'a.lMpMn In
.the I'nltfl s"v. I'an.nli .- l'nltd Hutu pe-
aslen pemihkc free P.ftv i!Vei epnt ver month
slilx (101 dollar p r var. p.nl'- In ml' une-
Te ill fn-irn "nuntrips iv, (111 dollar n mmtli
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TtUial glie elii is vvpil ns n- ad 1 es
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! Member of the Associated Press
t. rrn Asverr irrn rrrss ercuir,-ij ,-
tUJfli 0 thr - ; ',. r,-j(.ihN aflO'l "' "' '"MI'S
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in fif fciprr n'ul al.ie thr Inrtl ttr pitifniinl
' , AH riphtv rf rfrulUnttnn of sprtal dlxp'itches
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j THE SILLIEST RAILROAD
RA1MD trnmil t. rninhfunl i im lens"P
men lj im null .'mite HMini.' It l- u
Jlirraf. Tim inrniuv t.ikr- tin- i'mvui i u
Rfhn ferpcaxt 1: Mii.'it Mumiv tlmt MrU nti
the lni" will hi' riisln'il in tlm circtntieii
tlint. n nn Nnlntfrl I'litirprise. It enn Iip
OpcrntPil li.v iif.t jirinit.
I As Mr. Xliiiirc iinlnts the pifiure. tlm
tlcrntnl will be run hj tlm rit. iu ili'fnult
f nn asri'Piui'tit ln-twri'ti tlm tnunii'iimlity
nil tlm 1'. It T This nmnns tlmt tlmn
-ill he no ilnii'ul nuiimi't'iin lutwiM-n tlm
new liim and tlm .Mnrlft trfct clcvnted anil
gnliwn.x. Setim .ort of u terminal will be
CelMrtii'tnl ni'nr l'runt anil Arch .lri'0ti.
Mr. Twininj: rtiinateil that uu''"i- these
Conlitieni tlm nnimnl lns te tlm ritj, -ev-r'rip
nin'Mtien alent'. will imieiitit in wt
than SDOfl.enO Thronsh-reutlni; from U'et
ir CVntin' l'lii'mh Iphln te trm Nnrtln'ttht will
be nn impesisibillt.
Tlie enl tluui; meri riilii'iileux thnn Mirh
nlipimtien from tlm main transit vvstrni nf
tills cemmtinity i' tlm midline ilfaiilni'k ecr
Hi lpae. It in tin- Majer's iilra that flm
Mbmirdity of tlm impi'tulinc itiiatinn will
inspire public imlienntliin snffiriput te brine
both the City Ceum-il nud tlm V II. T.
management te terms
; This might be a iliictlr. rheiijht if thp
politician who have bin (li'lib''rat"l held
ihg up transit progress were nitiv te
shame. That they arp proof atfainst tlm
ravages of euch a Bcntiment, hew-pvr, has
)cen somewhat eenvineinclj derDenstrnted
by the nature of the Ifa'x'-tinki'riuz eter
dnce the latest contract proposal was sub
mitted. v
Present indications arp that the Frank -erd
elevated will be conducted as an entirely
separate enterprise, a triumnh of ineon ineen
'enience. The best that the Mayer can de
te ndd the finishing touches te a mockery.
The completed performance f-lieuld inspire
e laughter of Figare, voiced te avoid
vceplng.
JERSEY'S EIGHT-CENT FARES
OT THB partial victory scored yesterday by
5LL.th,c Public Service trolley lines in the
it "lint for higher fares in New .Terser may
ft n the end prove even a little worse than a
I'ftt&t.
federal Judges Kellstab, Weeley and
Davis, sitting as un extraordinary court of
ipeal above the State's Public I'tillties
Commission, granted the trellej corpura cerpura
10ns a right te raise their fares from :-eon
cnts te eight. 15 the fame decision which
via given in the form of n temporary iu iu
upptien against the enforcement of a nega
Ive order of the rtllities Commission the
linrge allowed for transfers is reduced from
wn cents te one.
Seme increased rovenue may accrue te tlm
relley companies undr thi arrangement,
tit the increase certninlj will net be great
lieugh te justify the method adopted by
I)e corporations te obtain it.
Any increase of fare will be a fresh cause
V)r irritation ' among all Jrrip'a trolley
i-'tlers. In tlm attempt te merride tlm 1 till
r-S Commission with an appeal te the IVd
ral courts, and by establishing u precedent
nlcillated te es.sen the pretlci of u ccm ccm
ili?ien appointed te regulate nil utilities,
he trolley people voluntarily deprnei tli.in
elves of a little mere of tlm public's cnuti
fence -the thing tlinu is needed above all
Ise tn pull them nut of tlm muddle into
vhlch tliey have permitted themhelves te
rift.
CAN CONGRESS STAND IT?
QinN'ATOU Pi:IK)SK is creditM) with
J entertaining tin eptiinistii Mew that
hi Tax Itevisiun HiJI mil (, brought te u
.;iaj vote m the upper Ue'ie before No Ne
Crtiber J.
(t Is te 'ie Imped that In- Mlew Sennten
it ceuteiiiplate such n jir .per" with calm
it'x. Fer if fnngresM is nl)t careful our
iirihI public opinion will furcp it te accuin
ilisll something in the speci.il hessieti
The neeltv of Midi a performance nn!d
jp cnlciilntrd te unsettle the nervcR of leg.s
iter responsible for complicating the iuirni iuirni
rutien (tiehtien with the (pieta law and
Ul'jissiug the internatiennl tituatieii with
ijcjl'iiimiiia Canal tells repeal.
With the Tax Hill imssed by the Senate.
''glimpse of da j light might lie funiislcd.
'Iiiigressienal ejes tir timisul tn such
Jdlnnec. Who Unes but that the cum-
ihnieii of eim g I d'-ed siine last spring
I ay bring en u kitnl of delirium of elf
rnlseV A THING TO HOPE FOR
TT IS intimated from Washington that the
I Panama Caual tell,, ipiestien is likelv
I be settled dipleniaticallj Hi publican
"Ilderh in Congress lire represented Hi snv
g tlmt if Seereturv Ilughch has net already
icgiill te discuss the question with the Hnt
sh tievernnient he will de se in the near
urfire. This is the proper wnj te end the
'ojjreversy.
There is considerable honest difference nf
pliileii about the meaning of the treaty.
Vly'U v'engress repealed the free tells pro pre
Isltm ej the Cannl L.ivv under President
Wljfen it gave te the Hritish the benelit of
.lie iletibt.
Hilt until there has been a thmnuch
tl)y4jdilng out of the question it will arise
pecidiculiy te vex us ami te become u cause
of Irritation in our relations with Great
Britain.
. aHHaaaawaHHa
CLOSED BUT UNSOLVED
GKNUHAL PEItSHINC'S acceptance of
the Hritish (iiiw'rvimciit'K invitation te
assist at the presentation of the Cnngre
al Mrdnl of Hener te the "unkn. w n
rter" in Westminster Abbey ends bit
net cxplnlu a dangerously vexatious
f.
Hie for the blundering has been lavn,il
ted. The Hritish Foreign Olliee en
te have temporarily stultified Iik.i
wttk nleeHea of tirecedent. The AmnrUm
SntbaiMy staff In Londen li said te huVi
fern iejrleralf, ,Wt-handed, Auhaasadiu
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Harvey has been out of town and numerous
Important secretaries have either resigned,
moved or have bceu holiday making.
'Urn inside truth of the whole stupid eusl
ness has net been revealed and is llkelr te
remnin n secret. The feel or feels re
sponsible nre naturally net eager te adver
tise (heir shortcoming).
One of the magisterial exponents of ulti
mate common sense is said te have been
King Ifeergc. accredited with swiftly cutting
Mime preposterous knots of Hrltlsh liureait
eracj . Kxccutive direction hud been sadly
wanting
In itself the incident was remediable mid
there Is new everj indication that the cere
tneny will be performed. Hut the psjeho psjehe psjeho
legical cffict of one of the stupidest inter
national exhibits en record is unhealthy.
It is with just such trivialities tlmt unrea
sonable nn "tiatienal antagonisms are ome eme
tliims led.
HARDING ON THE CONFERENCE
AND "AN OPEN PUBLIC 'iMIND"
The Appeal for Greater General Interest
In Simple Truth Hits at One of the
Unadvertlsed Causes of War
pliKSIIUAT IIAUIMM, S uppuil te the
-- 111 w spa pnr nf the world for nn m
lic'itcii'si and . Ii.ir imposition nf the aims
nt the 1'enfefM for the Limitation of
Armaments imuiic apprepriateh enough in
n time when life fur limn ntnents and indi
viduals alike is all vimitv and icuitinti of
sp'rit.
Tlm mi ml -if the public, ibe 1'tisident eh--rves.
,,iighf t(i be opened te the light of
iiu'h Of ciinse it ought te be opened.
Itut when Until i batting in a Ve"UI Series,
w 'n ii tlm rni'inir season is en in 1'nglnml,
win n n movies are ruining nut every da.
it l-ii ' asv tn make the public realize that
an i fVnr'. and a verj brave one. is being
made in U'pshingleti tn put nut lire-, that
innv .it ii -v minute spread agnin and sweep
the earth
With tim approach of tlm conference all
lieverntii" tits manifest a reawakened sense
.if responsibilities te the people tlmi govern
Statesmen even the most backward -tiiindi d
statesmen knew that tlmj innv have tn
answer In their people in unexpected vvnjs
if ruthlessl' ,,r uurcnseiinblv the put .iside
nnj chnucr nf escape from war.
Mr. Iianliug reminds tlie newspapers that
the conference will net aim te put anv (!ov (!ev
eri'iimnt in thi deck The Sin eminent
will he in a far mere important place.
They will he mi the witness stand Ami it
is true tlmt t!.e degree of honesty v-tth which
their tesrimeii.v is r ported vvlll, te a large
extent, (JfNM.'e I'.e .lttlnles of our enlli7.ll-
tien. Hut nothing that the press can de
will be of nrueli '! if the public everj where
ennner be made te listen.
It is di't-essing sometimes te realize hew
littl" the masses of the people knew . hew
little tlmv csre te knew, about thi invisible
forces that conspire te thwart their best de
sires nnd in the end march them out te
slaughter. The public would be shocked if
it were informed that u large part of its
misfortune Is due te its own closed mind.
With that closed mind the ndvncittes of
peace vv ill have te struggle in some of the
hardest crises of the conference at Wash
ington. Fer It is n tact that in everv coun
try an exaggerated spirit of nationalism,
hardened by the war. has tnken possession
of all sorts nnd conditions of people. It is
expressed in new greeds, neve rivalries, new
delusions of a Jed- given supTmrity
Yet se long as Americans and Englishmen,
Frenchmen and Japanese continue te heliexe
that they nre divinely equipped te impose
their will en ether "inferior peoples" no
cenfermce of diplomatists will be able te
put an end te war.
The vice of nationalistic egotism is net
confined te statesmen It is as prevalent
in hnrbr shops and clubs as it is in the
seats of the mighty It will be felt In a
thousand ways at Washington. It will
speak with a multitude of voices, ft is te
a large extent responsible for the three on en
tral obstacles that new lie like mountains
In the wav of all peacemakers.
Tlm jir-if of these is tlm conviction of a
.Japanese that he is superior te a Chinaman
nnd the resolution of the .Japanese fJovern fJevern
ment te be tlm acknowledged dictator te nil
the Orient, te control all the economic and
political forces in China and tinnllv te be
the accepter) arbiter and interpreter between
the Eastern and Western worlds.
Tre second is tlm new Imperialism of
Europe - an imperialism inspired bv the
sight of prostrate countries, bulging with
rmlms nnd seemingly unable te take care of
themselves
The third i the continuing fanaticism of
the iiermnn junker nnd his effeei ipni tlm
cell.cdve mind of France. Tlm French and
thi. Jupnr
lieees.arv
right'
se will insist that armaments are
tn the realization of tl n- nnr iral
Tli" I'.i-itish looking at the menace that.
rising in Itussin, hangs like n vast shadow,
lowering and formless, ever the Eastern
(Xtreniiiie. or their empire, will be able te
make out a geed case for their nav.v.
Nr.w in tlm face of nil this, what can a
conference jf statesmen de 5 The Interests
i if tlm masses in all these countries nre
bound up with the ambitions of Govern
ments. What the Conference for the Limitation
of Armnni'nts can de is plain nnugh It
can inee'ir.ige tlm se"t nf public opinion
which will prevent one livverninent from
going te evinnm limits te overawe or over ever over
peurr aneiher, and it . nn fermulnte a set
of rules te k pp .vmaments within decent
limits. v inn, also, demand some sjstrm
of international mechanism which will en
able the world at Inrge te distinguish be
tween natural rights and unnatural ones.
Meanwhile, one great achievement must
be credited te the t'nitcd States Through
our policy in tlm war and the statement of
purposes, with which we ent"nd it vv e have
put war in a new light The world, coming
gradluillv te our point of v lew , is tM, longer
disposed te leek upon war .is n gallant ad
venture. War te all men hns become an i trocieus
and iiiiiicccs.nrv business. Thnt will make
the work of the delegates in Washington a
little easier. And tlm mere fact that the
conference j held In Washington may cause
the people of all lands te open their minds,
te hope nnd tlmrefeu- te demand home assur
mice of continuing peace
The issue is up te tlm people
PENALTY OF CLEAN STREETS
QJ'IHEKT CI.E.WlMi isndi-'v business.
O Im inerutmg plant - d"nl iwth nihhage
and refuse and nr. utilend. ( 'iiiil1I is
herriimd nt the thought of locating one of
these institutions at Twenty-ninth und Cam
bria streets.
If the Mayer, who, it ii said, Intends te
allow the bill ordering tfyt abandonment of
this site te bttjerue a cltvrdiiiauce without
u
his signature, should later happen te cheese
another location mere ceuncilmnnic anguish
tuny be expected.
There are, indeed, se many unplensant
actors involved In the work of tidying the
streets that distressed Council must be
envying Vera Cruz, where vultures de the
trick. In this city It used te be the po
litical contractors.
Neglect, as of old, would, of course, ren
der new incinerating plants unnecessary.
Hut the City Administration Is obstinately
averse te this policy. Municipal street
cleaning, although handicapped te some ex
tent by lack of equipment, will he inau
gurated throughout Philadelphia en Jan
uary I,
Frem one point of view It is shocking te
realize that the neater the thoroughfares
the greater the quantity of refuse te be
reduced. Individuals, repelled by this pros
pect, are entitled te affectionate remlnls-"
I'ence of the charms of the brave contractor
d.i.vs.
SENATOR KNOX
SENATOK KNOX" nlwnjs has seemed a
dim and distant figure te the people of
Peiinsjlvanla. He had an air of belonging
i X. luslvel.v In Washington. Even ids own
constituents hud come te think of him as one
who leiild survive only in tlm peculiar
atniespheie of mingled politics, Intellec-
tunllMii and business theory which surrounds
a diminishing group of men in the Senate
who are senirwhnt unjustly called stand
patters. This sense of aloofness was dim te the
junior Senater himself, te his temperament
and the unusual circumstances "f his rise in
politics, lie had none of the centnets with
the crowd which Mr. Penrose has nlwnjs
tiinintiiliieil. He never had te get down into
the welter of a Stnte campaign nnd "swing
around the circle" of the slxt -seven coun
ties. He wns net n hnnd-shiiker. His ap
pointments mid elections te important offices
ennm about autematical through the party
svstem. and he remained therefore a poli
tician who was net nnd never pretended te
be "of tlm pieple.
If te believe heartily and sincerely in n
given set of priiviples nud te stick te these
principles through all the emotional storms
and stampedes thnt sweep the country lit
Intervals is te be a standpatter, Knox might
have been called one. Hut the character of
the service which he rendered te the Natien
and te his State was such us te relieve him
of any suspicion of dullness or mere oppor
tunism in the eyes of informed observers at
Washington
As Attorney General under Koespvelt.
Knx. who had been nuvertised by his
enemies as "a corporation man." dealt the
mrporatlens one of the hardest blows they
ever renived when he fought and wen tin:
Northern Securities Hnilread merger case,
lie pressed that light as enthusinsticnllj as
anj .veiithful zealot might have done, per
sonally arguing the nnc in the higher courts.
As Secretary of State in President, Tnft'H
Cabinet Knox shone less brightly thnn he
did as Atterimj (teimral. He wns blanketed
bj the cloud that descended en Mr. Tnft's
Administration, lint he again asserted the
practical quality of his mind by festering
American business interests abroad. He
liceriuie known ns tlm inventor of "dollar
diplomacy." Hut the American people have
since learned by experience that the cultiva
tion of commercial relations in foreign mar
kets is a prei'y geed thing te de, no tnatter
what nnnie veu put upon the process.
The mind of Senater Knox has often
been compared with that of Elihu Heet. It
was a brilliant, agile nnd resourceful mind:
sophisticated, touched with cynicism and
cold. It wns a better mind than is found
ordinarily nmeng Senate leaders.
It has been snid of Knox thnt he fought
Mr. Wilsen because of intellectual convic
tion, while Senater Ledge was fighting the
President for n purely political purpose.
This Implied difference of motives suggests
the view of Knox generally held in Wash
ington. Few men In the Pennte denied the nn
usual intellectual capacities of the junior
Senater from Pennsylvania. Hut most of
the Senators who believe that they spenk
for a new nnd better time tiHd little affec
tion for a colleague who was frankly nud
obviously the advocate of doctrines and
methods accept ed and tested in the past.
Hecausn Knox wns in n sense a political
traiiger te the people of his State, I 's
death will net leave them w-lth. the Intimate
sense of less or even personal 6orrew that
ordinarily attends the passing of a familiar
figure In politics. But men who knew the
need of balancing forces of conservatism in
Washington will feel that the sudden and
tragic death of Knox involves a very definite
less te the Natien. Fer we, are coming
mere nnd mere te realize that Intclleettial
ism Is nf value in government even when it
is without the moving elements of vision
and human sympathy.
Perhaps the Massa-
Space Here for ebuseffs State Wage
I mil laughter Commibbien believes
that the candy worker
should get 512 a week (which is ?l.riO n
week less than thr) commission deems a
minimum living w-nge) because tlm candy
manufai turers had te skimp themselves
during tl e war and sell their goods for next
te 'nothing.
There are times when
Mere Mnillicv charity dictates the
Wrench Expert belkf that Senater
Heruh is an earnest
but mistaken patriot. There are ether times,
as, for Instance, his stand en Panama tells,
where he seems just plain mischief maker.
Somehow we like Jtuth the cripple,
working like sixt.v despite handicaps and the
booing of tlm Ioebs in the bleachers, a whole
let meie than Iluth the King of Swat, the
spoiled darling of Fortune. Hard lines
proved the Uabe has the right kind of stuff
in him.
Chief Enforcement Inspector Nutt says
Philadelphia Is n nest of bootleggers. Every
bootlegger, we presume, has his own little
nest egg. It will new be the province of
enforcement officers te see te it that he
hatch a out nothing but trouble for himself.
The fiction of prohibition enforcement
officers in New Yerk in taking steps te in
duce mnnngerr. of theatres te put n ban en
prohibition japes is doubtless bused en the
conviction that the Velstead net is no joke.
If the thought of starving children In
the Near East moves you, say it with canned
goods at the neurest schoelhouso tomorrow.
And collect 'em today no thnt you'll be
ready .
It isn't the Senate repenl of the trans
portatien tax (hat will annoy the populace,
but tlm switching te make geed the money
thus sacrificed
.lust the moment we get through vve.rv
ii. g about tin World Series we'll have te
think up seiimtnliig else important te worry
about,
Jehn Hull wants It te be known thnt,
though he watt dilatory In the majrter of the
Pershing Invitation, he bad ue lactation of
being discourteous. ;s
BIG BUT DISAPPOINTING
Mind of Senater Knox Had Mere
Power Than Traction Like Many
Who "Retire" Inte Public Life,
He Leaves Ne Great
Monument
Ily CLINTON V. OIl.HKKT
MtulT 'errrsMiiilrnt Kvcnlnr Pulille I. nicer
Coi'irleif, ia;t, fci I'ublle Liducr Company
Washington. Oct. l.'I.
WITH the dentil of Senater Knox departs
from Wnshliigten one of the best initidB
that have been devoted te American public
lifn in a generation.
Vet the result of his application te nffalrs
of state is upon the whole disappointing. As
in tlie case of Mr. Heet. ou arc aware of
the nientnl power, but you don't see pre
cisely what it accomplished. Either nmn,
you feel, might Imie been like ene of the
great public men of England. I'.tt neither
wus. Heth were potentially rather than
actually great statesmen.
As a Senater, Mr. Knox left the Impres
sion of greater ablllt.v than almost any ene
else in the I'ppcr Heuse. He had net
shone In debati like Senater Hernh, nor in
knowledge of the legislative trade like Sen Sen
aeor Smoot. On constitutional law he wus
perhaps seundet and keener than the rest
of them. Ne great constructive measure, no
lasting policy keeps his nnnie alive cither us
Senater or ns Secretary of State.
If there is a moral In Mr. Knox's career.
It is that men cannot turn te public service
Inte in life after making a fortune in busi
ness or at the bur and realize their utmost
possibilities in Washington. The same thing
is true abroad. The men who came Inte
into public life in England from business or
from (lie law de. net inn Up the (iindsteiie.s or
the Lloyd (ieerges. I'ntll statesmanship be
comes a career in itself Imre as it is abroad
there will hardly be first-class figures in
Washington.
A LITTLE story illustrates what happens
tee often In American politics. When
President Harding was picking his Cabinet
he was favorably impressed with n banker
from Chicago net (Jeneral Huwes for Sec
retary of the Treasury. This banker was
llrst en the lists until Mr. Harding learned
thnt in any case he wns about te retire from
his bank pre.sidencv . "I don't intend te
huve nny one retire inle tlm secretaryship
of the Tie.isiirj ," said Mr. Harding.
There is tee much retiring into public life
at Washiiigleii. It i a p.eusaiit place in
which te leiind out an already successful
career. I think this accounts for what is
commonly dewrlhed us the indolence of
Sennler Kne, which is the usiiul expand
lien of why with all his great inentul gifts
he did net accomplish mere in u public way
than he did.
When a man rises from a $7."0-i-jear bank
clerk tn wealth nnd a iiadin' posit. en nt
tlm bar. he has pi nt most of the force nnd
ambition within him Members of the dlplo dlple
iniitic corps who served under Mr. Knox us
Secretary of Stnti used tn complain that
they could gi t no answer te the coniniiiiil ceniniiiiil coniniiiiil
cntiens from nbiend te Secretary Knox. At
best tlmv heard from his ussbtant, Hunting
ton Wilsen.
ANKWSPAPKK i oiTPspendcnt here once
published u story nbeut a certain delay
in tlm Stnte Uepaitnient. Mr. Knox, then
Secretary of Slate, was angry nnd sent for
the correspondent.
"Why did you write that story without
coming te see meV" Im usked.
"1 did try several times te see you, but
you were nwny." replied Jim correspondent.
"Why didn't you see Huntington Wilsen
then''" asked the Secretary.
"I did try several times te see Mr. Wilsen,
but he was also away."
"Why didn't you see se and se then?"
"I did, but lm wns nKe away,"
"Well. I giies. j en nre right,'' Mr. Knox
concluded. ,
There win, much of this sort of thing about
the late Senater. In his public eureer he
was net trying with all his might. He
came te it as se inaiij Americans de, a man
who hud nlrendv achieved, whose original
impetus wus largely spent, whose habits
were lixed und net fixed in ways political,
tjuestletis that interested his unite mind,
especially legal quest! , drew forth his
best efforts, but his best efforts were ngt
continuous. ,
HE HELONGED te u passing generation.
There were giants in these days. In
business. Carnegie, Rockefeller, the eldpr
Morgan, Hnrriman. Itvaii, Hill, Frick,
whose creation Knox largely was, and in
law, Knox and Heet
Where are the figures like them today?
nusluess wns In politics. Law was in busi
ness. Different iatieii hud net been carried
very far and it has net gene far enough yet
te produce a definite type of statesmen, such
lib exists in Europe.
Hut it 1ms gene fnr enough se that busi
ness men today nre business men. pure and
Eimple. und net peliticum. There is no
equivalent of Hunan, or even Hnrriman.
Lawyers are mere definitely legal advisers
and net business men who knew the law.
Hughes is near the present type.
The conditions of whhh Mr. Knox was a
part passed away, left him net the spokes
man of a powerful sjtiem, hut merely a
man who in middle life had turned te poll
tics, bringing te it n keen mind, but neither
traiuing nor the ndinutagcs of nuiierity, nor
great ambition, lie might hsve been n
grcut ligure, ir the early syetem nnd re
mained, lie might also, if lm had entered
public life from the outset. He did neither.
THE most striking thing nbeut Knox wns
n gift of lncislvp speech. The sign of
clear and sure mind. Huge men impress
Washington as being able te say exactly
what they mean, no mere nnd no less, Knox,
Heet nnd Hughes.
lie nlbe had a keen respect for the Inw.
In the "Mirrors of Washington" there is u
story which I often heard Mr. Itoe"evtlt tell
with great eujeyment and which illustrnteri
Mr. Knox's 6hnrpnesa of tongue nnd his
respect for the law.
"When I took Panama." Mr. Ileisc.vclt
would suy. "nil my cabinet were helpful.
Mr. Itoet found piecpdnits for me. The
ethers all at least pave nm sympathy. Mr.
Knox alone wns sl!nt Finally, I turned
te him and said 1 should like te have the
Attorney General's opinion of the legality
of what we wtre doing 'Mr. President."
Mr. Kne.x replied, 'If I were you. I shouldn't
have the slightest Inlnf of legality nbeut the
whole proceeding.' "
ANOTHER story Mr noe'eielt liked te
tell also Illustrates perhaps Mr. Knox's
respect for lnw und perhaps, loe, his knowl
edge of liis chief. Mr. Knox, as Attorney
General, was proceeding iiguinst (he merger
of the Tennessee Ceal ami Iren Company
with the I'nlted State, Steel Company.
Troubles were beginning in Wall Street
nnd Mr. Geerge W. Peikms came te the
White. Heuse te nsk thnt the suit he stepped.
The action, he pointed out, was disturbing
business. The hnii"e of Morgan, lie dcli
cntelv reminded the chief magistrate, vva
ii geed friend of the Administration. Mr.
Roosevelt listened with npunrent sympathy.
"Hut," he said "the n utter lies with the
Attorney Ocnernl. We shall hnvn te bee
him."
Hn Rent for Mr Knox Mr. Perkins re
peated his plen. "We have te consider ex
pedieiicy. What de you think, Mr. Knox?"
asked the President, with apparent sym
pathy for Mr. Perkins
"I think," replied Mr. Knox flrmlv, "thnt
the merger Is u clenr violation of the law.
If the suit must be stepped, you must get
another Attorney GeneriiJ."
.Mr. Perkins went awi.v The President,
nione with Knox, slapped him n the buck
and exclaimed, "Veu iin- a great Attorney
General. If you had said anything elsn I'd
have nsked for your ii'slguiiinqi "
Mr. Knox wns the best substitute for u
-.tnte-minil lliut we are tiki ly te produce
until we like the iiuslnes of government
mero Ferinuf-ly than we yet de and until the
dictum of Mr. Harding about the Chicago
banker is the rule of American political, life.
,Tnrk Frest still rides en moth-ball
Bcemvu u;s-i- fiu
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphiuns en Subjects They
Knew Best .
HENRY F. MICHELL
On Business Men'6 Organizations
THE various business men's associations
of the city play n tremendous pnrt m
the, life of Philadelphia, a part which w
net always apparent en the surface, ma 1"
none the less effective, according te Henry
F. Mlehell. president of the Market Mreet
Husiimss Men's Association.
"The business men's associations," said
ir- xtii...ti "n,n ..nt ,,,!,. -nli in the front
In every city improvement, but many of these i
are eriginateu ny me nsseciiuunie. "",
for example, our own association. --."'
new fifteen years old and its membership
includes practically every business man and
property owner from the belnwure River te
Fortieth street. Originully. It Included only
tlm territory from the Delaware te the
Schuylkill River, but later its limits were
extended.
"Like nil organizations of the kind, it
wns formed In order te secure improvements
for the street en which our members have
their places of business. In union there is
strength and the men xvhe were in business
en Market street early came te realize tins
truth. Collectively we have accomplished
things which would have been Impossible for
individuals or even for n Fmnll group of men
te have done, because the unified opinion of
It .1 f.. .. .. rt l. s-"wlf n U tfl
all the men doing nusinesH en -u"-i "
what is required in the way of improvement,
or changes naturally carries n let of weight,
whether tlm case in hand is n matter te be
decided at the City Hall or among ourselves.
"Our experience has doubtless been the
snme as that of every ether business nuns
association in the city, and much of whnt
has been done te make Philadelphia one of
the greatest commercial cities In tlm Lnited
Stntes may fairly be said te have originated
In the business associations or at least te
bnve received substantial aid from them.
Itcpaiing Market Street
"The first big job of the Mnrket street
association nnd the one for which It really
was organized was the repaying of the strict,
which was accomplished nine years age. It
took us a long time te get this done, but it
was done at last. Tlm condition of the ttrect
In the davs of the old cobblestone pavement
was setiuihlng .errlble, and ns there -etine t
te be no disposition en the part of the city
authorities te repay e it, an agitation was
begun te thnt effect by the merchants them
selves. Four hundred merchants doing
business en Mnrket street get together in nn
effort te get tlm street repai'd nnd ntherwls
put Inte proper condition. As 1 snid, it was
a long fight, for we encountered fierce op
position from the then City Administratien:
but we finally wen out nnd get the be.u
neving that wns then en the market.
"After the battle for repaying was wen
came that for ndequate lighting lacilitle-.
Again we were successful In getting whnt
we were nfter, nnd today there nie few betni
or mere attractively lighted streets in tlm
world than Market street. It was another
Instance of what can be done by n well well
erganlzed nnd powerful business men s os-
Hpeintlen.
Tlin UnrkerH Vanish
"The lighting was ulmest entirely the
work of the association and se wns another
Instance of the improvement of the business
neighboiheod, which was perha"- mere ap
parent te the ear thnn te the eye. T here had
been for some years Itinerant selling en
terprises which employed the use, of what Is
commonly known as 'barkers, with oc
casional bass drums und ether neise-niaking
devices, which had a grent tendency te
cheapen the neighborhood und actually did
no one any geed. ...... ,. ,,
..,.., i. ...... .u litseclif in flm nitentlen
IIUS iiiHiit-i """ s,.....B..v ... ...-. .............
of the association and It was decided te take
action te suppress this method of attracting
nttentlen. We took It up with tleerge IJ.
Perter the Director of Public Snfety, and
It wns stepped by the police. There was en
ordinance under which the subject came, but
from vcars of disuse it had net been enforced
until ' the cemplnint of tin- association
brought it te tin attention of the authori
ties. The Drbiwarn liridge
"Twelve years age the Market Street
Business Men's Association went en record
as favoring a hrilKp hetween this city uml
Cimden and we xvere thn first ones actively
te' push the project. Trunk Relbzner wns
then president of the association nnd he wns
an enthusiustlc champion of the bridge plan.
t that time the idea in iiiliul was te liave
u bridge between Mnrket street, Philadel
phia and Market street. Camden, and with
the traffic tn thn volume in which it was
in these days, the plan wns perfectly fcas
ii.ie 'Later, when it becnnie plain that
Market street could net alone handle tlm
Philadelphia-''11"1'011 ,,'nt'ip. f'1" support of
the association was then given toward a
Delaware River Ilrldge.
"in these early days of the nguntien tei
the bridge connecting the two cMies. tlm
association iitteinpted tn get both the State
and the city authorities interested In the
project, hut it ins pigeonholed ns n geed
ninny feher fine enterprisers have been by
the enKpslng interests. When the mnttcr
ni merepcr sive ier me nriiige cninp tip
later
aueyuik ul uie luwiguvu Wil at
A "CLOSE-UP"
Ait c--" ;.Xv
first given te the Washington Square she ns
the Philadelphia terminus
"Then the Spring Garden men get bus.,
for that street as the local terminus. The
members of our organization (bought thai
Spring Garden street was tee fnr north nud.
therefore, tee far fiem the eenler nf the main
traffic for thn local end eftlu hrldg", and
hy n majority vole we decided te suppeit
the Rncc street site as it compromise be
tween the Spring Gnrden and the Wash
ington Squnre sites. Frem tlm beginning of
the plan te new, when the preliminary wnr1:
may be said te have been completed, the
association has always taken an active in
terest In R, ns we hnve in every ether project
designed te benefit the city.
"Our association has always kept care
fully out of politics, although like all busi
ness men we must necessarllv come im ,
contact with politicians when trying te put
semethin'R through which will be of benelii
te the city ns well its te ourselves. Our
members have nlwnys felt that the business
men's asseelntun which dips into politic
makes n great mistake and it is one which wc
have carefully avoided
Powerful ( Ily factor
"Tlm business men's associations me im
mense fncters in the well-being of Philadel
phia iust hew powerful it is hard te snv
Nevertheless, it Is the experience of all nf
the asseclatiniis which ale really strung thai
the city government pays great nttentlen te
what we have te sav and is willing te de
what we ask.
"If we give Citv Hull fair reasons for
wanting certain things done und show that
these plans nre for the benefit of the city, or
even for certnin secthm, of the city, we
will get whnt we iihk. (If course, we nrver
ask unreasonable things or things which wul
be for the benefit of only a few persons.
"The various as.sm latimis work Inde
pendently of each ethd-. Of course, theie
are many things which leceivc the suppeit
of ninny of the associations, but these ale
matters which commend themselves te each
body ns it Is brought before it. Naturally,
there can be no concerted action; If I hi re
were our organizations would become nmigci.
into something very like the Chamber e'
Commerce or the Heard of Trade. Each
business men's association leeks nfter the
interests of its own neighborhood, cm
though collectively they de exirt an enormous
Influence. Separately we take up matters
which would be outside of the jurisdiction
of a central body.
"The organizations are all en prettv miirh
the same basis. We, en our pail, are abut
for the interests affecting Market street nnd
we fnver anything that tends In help Maikil
street nnd resent anything that would have .t
tendency te injuie it; the ether associations
all work en the same plan. We are con
servative In action nnd wind, never iadic.il,
and are straight fm ward nnd businesslike
in nil that we de. Our policy hns thus fur
accomplished excellent results and we hope
te de much mere iu the futuie."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. TTnw ninnv former Senators are members
of President II irdlng's Cabinet"
2 Who wae Salute Heuve''
1. What cnlnr Is nnuieil aftrr n Ilea"
4 Of what Suite I't Hlxmnnk the apltnl"
5 What Is the distance of the moon fiem
the earth"
6, What Is tlm nrlglnnl mcuiln,- of. the
word seculnr"
7 Who Is the hend of the Iilsli delegation
tn i nnfeli in e with the J'.iitlsh in
Londen '
S. Where Is the Mekong nivir
'i Who wmtp I he "Ingoldsby Legends""
10. N.'iuie two famous operas bv Rossini
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
The iils.irni.uni nl Conference Is scheduled
te open en November II.
The J.icliRtaff of n, ship Is the flncnole
at the bow
Ijehi (Juizeii Is the Hrltlsh Secretary of
Stain for I'Virelim Affairs.
Candy, nr Knnily, In en,, of the chief
cities e.r Ceylon
Anlon'e Cniievn w.is one of the most
eilebralnl sculpteis of Italy ) d.iti s
nre 1 iin -IS" J
"Damn with f.ilnt ptnlse, as em with
tlx I leer m i, H,,,, from the prologue
te the satins of Alexander Pepe
ceM1ii?v,'"l K"'B A,,m,r '" ,,lu "fib
The word rflblieus, applied pilneln.illy t
the moon or a planet, means convex
protuberant, baling the ,rK,t ,,-
great ei than tlm sem rrcl(. ,,,i Vis
ban tlm clnle The word ..Is" meana
humpbacked or bumped A ciinw
hiwnter1 r ,,niHh "'lt' "'""l"1 "fpr "
The "(Vi'u wonders of the .indent world
were th.. mausoleum ,jf Artents m ,
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lleirlntinn- n '.i...
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point 011 the ecliptii
position efthe s,Vi TnCv "spring enul"
which marks the
(iirfirA ffiMti-.n ci
.-..bM -t 111111 iirniTf.AfllnM
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the iiedlaa iH'ilvlfled
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CHEAP BIOGRAPHIES
Beautiful Volumes That Sell for a
Seng They Interest Only
Their Subjects
l GKORGK NOX McCAIN
JAMES S. McCARTNEY, in the course of
his nniuereiis business enterprises, was
a publisher twenty -five years age.
in 1 oiincclien witli six asseciutes as edl
tei, lie put out a series of three large vol
umes, "Prominent and Progressive Penn
sylvaniiuisif the Nineteenth Century."
The editors were Lelnnd M. Williamson,
Richard A. Felev , Henry II. Colclazer.
Leuis N. Megargep. J, H. Mewbrny and
William It. Anttsdel.
Mere than half of the editorial force hn
since died.
The pub! Icat ljii.1 was the most pretentious
biographical work ever issued in the Stnte.
It was beniilifiilly printed, with steel
plate engravings of every individual whose
name and biography appeared within the
ceveis of its tlnee volumes.
It was gilt-edged en three sides, with
heavy tumbled (evers, leather corners and
back, embossed in geld with the title and
coat -of-arms of the State,
Each inliime contained about ."00 pages.
About .100 biographical sketches appeared,
for which, of course, the "distinguished
citizens" contributed a certuiu amount
te wn rd the publication.
Mechanically nnd from the standpoint et
such u work it was an exceedingly mcri
torieus production.
I MENTION this fact te iudicntp hew tlm
standard of biographical literature, from
the purely monetary value, declines in the
course of years.
At a second-hand book shop the ether dnv
I siw the three volumes marked for sale
nt ,1 per lelume. It wasn't one-twenty -fifth
eif their value originally, and even nfter
a lapse of a uunrter of a century they were
still in condition te grace any man's library
One reason why biegiapliicul works, un
connected wiih great historical events, held
little uviie i nine te any but their subjects Is
that they are largely local.
Aneiher reason is that the biographical
sketches, wiittt'ii from material furnished
by the subjects thereof, are either indirectly
false or nry diiectly fulsome.
In "Prominent und Progressive Pennsyt
innians," while skimming its pag'es In the
hook shop, I enme across a beautiful steel
engraving, with facsimile sigunture. et a
man J hnve known for ulmest a lifetime
Frem t)m clmrncfer of the sketch th
reader would infer that this man had been
I he descendant of prominent personages
identified with great constructive enter
prl-cs. On i he maternal side the descent
was equally distinguished.
The fact is ibis man was ashamed of his
forebears. He assigned them n false position
iu llfp.
lie was the son nf a kindly old police ser
geant in charge (lf n station house and tin
nephew of n once-noted femnle circus rider.
MAUTI.MS VAN (HOLDER, whose slen
der form, crowned by n mass of bushy
grav hair, is sometimes seen en Chebtnut
street, is one of these nrtlstlc souls who
shrink from ibe glnss of publicity,
s. He is a violinist of rare talent." who in th
last thlrtv -live years has taught hundreds
of Philadelplilans, some nf whom lip equipped
for the concert stage and ethers for orches
tral work.
Chevalier Van Gelder is his title, but I
finny fciur than a dozen Pliilndelphluns are
aware thai he holds if.
All his life Clmvallpr Van Gelder hun been
a musician, As n violinist he performed nt
Court in his native Helland, and his artistic
worth was recognized by King William with
the decoration mentioned.
He is net only a musician, hut nn inven
tor. An appliance te Increase the "singing"
quality of the violin was designed by him
and manufactured bv the Alberts for years.
MAXIMILIAN KNOLL, junior of the
firm of Hecker & Ce., expresses the
hi lief that the mail iu Philadelphia who is H
pessimist en tlm business outlook must have
eine from some ether part of the country
All of the improvement, particularly In
financial markets, is net en the surfiicr
Then' Is a rcoeust Mictien movement icry
apparent that is net ilsihle except te these
who keep in close touch with financial af
Ian s, I,,, says.
A neil, cable fenturp of the stock market
has hem the demand for Government bends
and their steady advance In price. Shrewd
financier,! with a prescience for the future
are doing the buying, together with the
banks.
Ijrekers iu New Yerk nnd Philadelphia
wjihln thn last mouth or se hnve been tilling
large orders for banking institutions, One
of these in Philadelphia has gathered in
about a million und u, half of low-priced
ci eminent bends.
What brekeis dread, necerdiug te Mr.
Knell, Is a s,(P awakening f tlc public
In the fact thut belter times urn nhead,
"Mill will be u sii'uul for a rush te buy.
leliwrd by n lumbli. Iu price, thnt will he
disastrous, te (enlidence III the futuie.
Merely the .ibsenee ef1 n liteuk Is Midi
cieiit te cause it hale of hope te rest en the.
lilsh conference.
Hew mnny pies te a pumpkin? nske th
New Yerk Tribune. Nene, The; TrlbuM
was probably "''n-'mi (J. , puekiiu
s