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ErESDsG PUBLIC LEJJGE11 PHILADELPHIA, ( SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 29, 1921
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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
I CYHUH IL K. CUltTlH, l'snsinrNT
Jenn C, Martin, Vice rrtildrtit una Trefturrj
Chtrlea A. Tyler, Secretary! Char'es H. Lulling.
teu, Philip 8, Celllna. Jntm II. WlllUmn. Jehn J.
Bourgeon, Oearis V. aeldsmlUi, David K. Smlltx,
Director!,
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N. K. ler. renmylvanla Ave,, and H'i St
New Ten UtnHie The Sim Tiulldlns
Lokdex liearAr Trafalgar Building
sunprmiTieN tcrmh
The EvrNixrj rotate Lmeita 1 aervM te ub ub
ircrlbera In t'hlladc'phla and surrounding towns
at the rate of tnalva (IS) cent! per week, parable
te the carrlrr.
tty inn II te liMnts eutelde of Philadelphia In
the t'nltrd S ntca. Canadn. or United Statee pos pes
easlnns neutrino free flftv iti(l) cent! per month.
Blx (trt) delUis per rear, pajable In Mdvnnre
Te ell fO'-ejKn r mn'rifn en ($l) dollar a nienth.
Netict Hutnerlb'ra wishing addrtts chanced
must el'O old us .ell ns w nddrias.
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Philadelphia, Saleritir. Ortnlitr :9, 1021
HEADED IN THE RIGHT WAY !
THE eritii-itm te which tin- financial etli-
cers of tlic City Administration were sub- 1
jectcd nt tin' time of the snle "f n. block of '
fifty-) eur "'s per cent bends hns bume
fruit.
It wns charged then thnt It was wasteful
te obligate the city M pay interest nt that
rate for flfl jenrs, niul it was asserted that
there should hne been reserved the right
te redeem the beuds at the expiration of
twenty xenrs or less.
The bend for whleli bids were eened
yesterday were in two groups. One group
wns for fifty jenrs, t Itli the citj's option
of redemption in twenty years; nnd the
ether group was for fifteen years. The
Interest offered was ."'i per rent. The city
can reduce its interest obligations by refund
ing this lift -year lean nt n lower rate in
twenty years.
A svndicnte offered te take the whole issue
of $lU,."i.rM)(l nt 10:: :!. This would yield
te the city a premium of ?4:i0..".7O.UO. Or,
te put it ill ether words, the city will get
mere than ?-trt0.0M in excess of the nmeunt
which it desired te borrow . This means thnt
the city offered mere than the market value
of money. That xnluc is net 5.U3 per cent,
but only fi.01 per cent.
The question arises rt once, what is te be
done with the etra 430.000? It is bor
rowed menej . The custom in the past has
been te put the proceeds from premiums en
bend issues into th current funds nud te
use them for current expenses. That was
done with the premiums from the la.-t bend
sate.
The Charter, however, forbids the city
te borrow meuej fur cut rent expenses.
The Controller nud the City Solicitor will
have te decide what legal disposition can
be malic of this sum.
In the meantime, it is desirable thnt the
financial officers of the city should consider
the wisdom of adopting a wiser policy. The
city needed only RILMVW.SOO. It will re
ceiveJ?lb0!J(U70.r.O. If it had followed
the Xcw .Jersey practice and advertised thnt
it wished te borrow S12.0ri0.i-00 and would
Issue the bends nt e't per cent te the
bidder who would paj that nmeunt for the
mallest iuiitber of bends, it would have
te issue bends for only a little mere than
812,000,000 and would have mortgaged the
debt-centrneting power te only that extent,
and it would hae saved something like
?25,000 n year in interest.
This result could be accomplished bv a
reservation of the right of the city te deliver
only se ninny bends at the price offered bv
the bidder as would net te it the sum which
It wished te borrow. This is what a private
business man would de who wished te con
serve his resources nnd keep hW debt obli
gations ns low as possible. It is net tee
much te expect thnt the city will ultimately
adept this pelicv.
"THANK COD, IT'S AVERTED"
fTTHIS is what th" pnsidcnt "C the
X Urotherheod of Hiiilmnil Trainmen said
when he learned that the strike hud been
called off
He nU that thousands of wives and chil
dren of the trainmen had written te him
asking h.ui te de what he could te men
the strike. j
These dependent en the workers knew ,
whnt idicniss of the breadwinner a the '
beginniug of winter would me.iti te thim. j
They are the sufferers in nil strikes. If
they could be considered .1 little mere fin.
fluently theic would be a greater disposition
te settle wnge disputes by arbitration.
Strikes lune cost the ceiintiy in dollars
nnd cents mere than thej hnv ever wen fur
the workers.
THE GREAT CAPTAINS
ON TFIH ee of the I isartmiment Confer
ence lienerul IVd-Iiiuc. b.i k home again.
nnd Marshal Pech. making Ins American
debut, are joint recipients of marked public
enthusiatui.
If there is a seeming pnradev in this sit
uation, it is nt least nus)ii( ions nml stimu
lating in character. Happily, it is quitn
possible te wuv fervent ever the siniultn
' neeus nppenrancc of these two distinguished
military leutkrs without speciously gletifjing
war.
It is quite conceivable that 111 times p,it n
soldier with a I'er.shiin; reinnl could liuve
caned for himself nn msj path te the prc,i
dency of this Republic. In the I'imihm of
bygone dnjs an even richer iipimrtunity for
a cenqiieiur like I'm h can ! niui'iiip il
Count must, of course, be takui of 1 il
islllg influences iii J11 un Mltleli-. bul
equall) slgniiiiiint lire the personal allumii's
of the two 1 ha flams
Teehuiealh, se tar ns knowledge 1,1 the
art of wjr is cencerin d. theic 1, mui h ihut
is Napoleonic in I'ecb. .Merallj. he ,n
tents the complete antitlnsis of the niubitieui
Ifimperer.
Of the aelf-secking military politician
there is in the modest Pershing net a dis
cernible spark. Meth stent captains mude
War te terminate the most hideous threat
ever mnde h u jiiinldeued nation against
mankind. Thej wete peaie bringers. It is
as Slicll that they me publlcl, I'ig.inled.
The times are out of joint for I'.eitlangers
nnd I'Vemeiits. They :11c ripe for mi. Ii pi,t,e
as will be Fech's portion en his nation-wide
tour and I'ei siting's en his return 1 1 niitne.
beII. The cheeiing is spontaneous, and
rightly se.
WATER RATE EXTORTION
ASSl'SllN't! for the in e the setuewlmt
unfamiliar rob' of public benefactor,
Council has definitely interested itself in the
undent but surviving abuses sullen d by
lestdeilts lu the eiltl.vnig sections of the eit.v
nt tlie luiiids of intuitu wat'r supply cum
pKiiles, The departure tnl s the form of a nolu nelu nolu
deil reipiesting the fit Solicitor te repot t
13 Council the rights and status of these
urftitnlntieiis nncl the possibility of relict by
iwunlcipnl service.
It in tin Jipl and bitter truth thnt Mib
u uuti tnd tjitnl'j wutci cuiiv litis uuw Jyui;
practiced extortion upon their custemers.
Ceuncilmnn Ilnll, who introduced the in
quiry program, dcclnrcs thnt residents of
Oak Lene nre paying ns much ns $7 a month
for water in two-story dwellings, whereas
for the snme supply tb chnrge of the city
would be only about $10 n yenr.
It is probable thnt nn increase, in the tax
rate from the miburbnn te full city rate
would fellow the elimination of the prlvnte
wnter companies from the territory of Phila
delphia County, but unlikely that the higher
levy would leave no margin of iinnnetnl gain.
Naturally, the wnter companies hnve made
the most of their monopolies. It Is equnlly
logical for the city te protect it3 residents
by furnishing them with wnter at reasonable
rates.
The old distinctions between the built-up
central portions of Philadelphia and the
miburbnn fringe nre being rapidly effaced.
The change should be accompanied by an
Identical municipal water service through
out the whole county.
NEW MOTOR TRAFFIC RULES
AND THE CHAUFFEURLESS CAR
Fresh Trouble for the Multitudes Who
Regard the Automobile aa a
Business Utility
THE puzzling thing newndnys, if you live
in n city like ours, is net te get an
automobile, but te kuew what te de with it
when you get if.
Traffic peliciiien nre becoming constantly
mere strict toward folk who go up and down
In meters, ami it is hartll fair te blame them
for that. 'I ! ev ate, as the Pieiich neatly
say. ih'lnvt. ct automobiles are truly
mnrveletis th'ng, Kven the littlest of them
will return gmd for evil in n way thnt
mnkes the family deg seem in comparison
like a bleak-seuled hypochondriac. They
seem te knew mere than n geed many prople
who drive them. They survive nil sorts of
shnmeful treatment with a bright nir of let
ting bygones be bygones.
The lnmentnble thing is that with the
approach of the meter millennium innumer
able people in every big city in the East
arc grndually being deprived of the fullest
benefits of a device that seems in its present
state te be the actual embodiment of many
essential virtues.
Listening te Director Cortelyou or Super
intendent Mills, jeu realize that we are In
the shadow of a d-.y when, te get the best
use of n motorcar, it will be necessary te
live and de business semewhere in the open
ceuntr.v .
The city streets nre gradually being eled
te the mnn who drives his own meter te his
business nud te the theatre. If the new
pnrking plnn of the police department is
actually put in operation, motercurs will
have little mmc than the rlcht of passage
in the area between Race and Vine streets
and Seventh and Eighteenth. Lucky folk
who have chauffeurs will be able te Fend
their machines te wait in a far place. Hut
the hard-working bus that is accustomed te
drowse nt the curb while its bees works for
the tires nnd gnsellne will have te pass its
idle moments outside the closed 7eue. It
will probably be left in the garage at home.
The police whose job it is te keep traffic
moving are doing their best amid a welter
of difficulties. Vet it would be possible te
accept each new system of meter regulation
with better grace if the people nt City Hall
were a little less read) te be content with
inerclv testrietive measures. If there Isn't
room in the city for automobiles, room ought
te be provided In one wav or another. It
id because no one ever appears te think in
constructive terms that autemnbil" owners
w ill sooner or later succumb te a uiecd of
irritation.
In many important Western cities there
are public parking places where cars nre
cared for by the police, who charge a very
small fee for this special service. Where
there are no open spaces there are public
garages operated under a icnsenable scale
of intes.
Ven cannot solve pieblems such ns the
police nre wrestling with by tnerelv driving
motorcars further and further away from
the city's center.
There is n great deal rf eprn space at the
eastern end of the Parkwav which might be
tised for n meter park. It is conceivable
that if the commercial traffic were diverted
te some of the smaller streets, sections of
I'ruail street might be made available for idle
cars without hindering traffic. Since meters
naturally fellow the better rnved streets, the
i entral highways nre most seriously con
gested. A time may come whpn it will bn
necessary te remove trellevs from one or
mere crosstown streets te make an unim
peded, well -paved wnj for commercial
trucks.
Ihreeter Ciii'telv-rtii did net ever stnte the
case when lie Mild thnt th traffic pnlue arc
new almost at their wits' end. Te under
stand the nature of the problem with which
the traffic department Is confronted it is
ncce-sarj te take a long leek at Market
street or at v of the ether streets used by
wesiwaid tiaflic late in the nftei neon.
'Hie j.im is becoming intolerable and dan dan
eerens It is neth'ns unusual for cars te
spi ml tvventj minutes tn getting from Eighth
street te P.re.td Street Station. The delav
is due. of course, te the crush of vehicle
traffic en the central nnd cress streets.
Wlieri repairs te the streets ate tlnisj ed
nnd when parking is ngnllv restricted wnliiti
the 7ene detined in the latest police plan the
movement of all sorts of truffle will be facili
tated. Hut it will be facilitated nt the cost
of many thousands of meter owners who
have reason te regard the automobile ns an
imlispcn-ubl dailv ceitvi nieni e. of these
people the city will have te think seriously
before it is mil li old' r Wider nnd btter
paved streets in the downtown regions would
iclp enormeiislv. Seme new si stem of
parking or steume will have te be devised,
'I lie fa file pi ibl in will net be sptibd hv
a pintinl banishment of meters from the
stie t- It will inerclv be evadd!
A WARRIOR'S MEMORIAL
AI!III.I' nmmiini Hi t' a snider of
i tv ili.iiiini' 'ii.it is the vi'nl meaning
of the llnrsns Meumriu Institute of l'ropi l'repi
tnl and Preventive Medicine, the bnMc plans
of which were laid at u neti vverthv meeting
of phvsltians, fie'.eitimcnt officials nnd dis
tinguished workers In the field of human
we'fnre held In this cttv this week
The people of P.inniua luive dennted the,
site for the lijslimtien, wluih U te adorn
the cipital of the Isthmian ier,ublie. Its
muintennme ivill be secured hv n foundation
stmil ir te tint siinperring the work of the
Cam s,i' aid I!ei kefelle- enterpi.'is
As a icsteriitive of faith In the uirrents
of human progress it would be difficult te
surpass this noble prejei t.
As a leader of the forces of enlighten
ment. General Willinin Gergas takes rank
br one of the great captains of history.
Caesar, Alexander, Napeleon the,i were
lethal conquerors. General Gergas had life,
Its amelioration nud enrichment, as the
stniiilurd of his untiring, ambition.
1 1 irs wnr ngnlnst dlsiase, espeetullv in that
eiherw ixe fnveied glinka which nun .till
the tropics, wis fought en nmiv tiiMs, but
of all Iim iiiumphs that nt Pniiiima um the
most signal.
The uialeriiilistic fruits of thai conquest
are marked bv the gnat i.tn.il. but tl.e vn vn
terv . ever jellevv fever transcends that
tichicvcim nt. I' is In the highest degree
lilting that the Institution which Is te enm
ui Luuiiiie uud carr). ou tiie jfiwerk of
b
T General Gergas should be located in thnt I
land where humanity has been nt last safe
guarded ngnlnst the onslaughts of one of its
most terrible fees.
Philadelphia can take pride In the incep
tion here of a "war memorial" which helps
te Justify the pretensions of a civilization
which no often nppenr naught but vnin nud
overweening.
THE SOUTH APPROVES
THE earliest tone of Mr. Harding'
Hlrinlnghnm address upon the rnce prob
lem Is re-echoed in the comment of the most
influential Southern newspapers. The few
editors who resent interference by n North
erner in n secinl nnd political question pe
cullnrly affecting ene section of the country
cling narrowly te an old and obstructive
convention.
The spirit of a broader Americanism is
grnsped by the Charleston News and Cour
ier, which believes that the effect of the
speech "will be wholesome"; by the Bir
mingham Ncvs, which calls it "wonderfully
i courngeetis" : nnd by the Baltimore Eve-
j nlng Sun, which regnrds it as "fortunate
for the country thnt the Hepubllcnn Presi
dent has officially discarded the old policy
and hns cotue te leek at fncts from the
pntrletic nnd commensenso standpoint."
Journalistic voices such ns these testify te
the wisdom of the President in speaking
frnnltly nnd tend te support his obvious be
lief that the time for treating with candor
a theme once regarded ns of perilous delicacy
hns nrrived.
In Atlanta yesterdny Mr. Hnrdlng touched
Indirectly upon the same subject, empha
sizing the value of the distinguished services
of Ileurj W. Grady ns an Indefatigable con
ciliator with n bread conception of the
cause of national uulty.
In peme qunrters the suspicion lias been
expressed that Mr. Harding is seeking te
rehabilitate the Itepublicati Pnrty in the
Seuth. The Intention, if it exists. Is net
necessnrily reprehensible ns a by-product
of n new pregrnm grounded in large nnd
intelligent sympathies cnlculnted te efface
outmoded barriers of sectionalism.
Mr. Hnrdlng has chempiened n wider
diffusion of political opinion throughout the
country. There is much less of rigid parti
sanship In this sentiment than of antagonism
te mess-grown prejudices In States North
and Seuth nllke milltnting against the most
desirable forces of national cohesion.
Mr. Hnrding hns thoughtfully nnalyztd a
case bristling with difficulties. These are
rendered net n whit less perplexing by an
aversion te facing them a fact shown te
be In accord with the best Southern opinion,
MUNICIPAL HEALTH
"TnODAY we hnve only fifteen miles of
X streets without sewers. Net long age
we had Kt5 miles of such streets. A few
years nge there were -10.000 pigs in the city.
Tedav I doubt if you will find forty."
It is te sanitary progress of this kind thnt
B .1. New mnn, managing director of the
Philadelphia Heusing Association, attributes
the remnrknble reduction of the Philadel
phia death rate within the last eleven years.
The peiceiitnge has fallen from 17 te 14
per thousand.
While self-praise is often dangerous, and
esnei tally te with regard te public health
conditions, recognition of a great reform in
this instance can be rightiv regarded ns nn
incentive te further effort. Able health
directors such ns Dr. Krusen nnd Dr. Fur
bush have revealed by the very accomplish
ment previous nnd perilous InTi'ties.
There is room still for Mist improvement.
We are net yet mosquite-frec, like Havana,
nor without disease-breeding swamps nnd
slums.
But as metropolises go, Philadelphia pre
sents a notable Instance of hjgienic develop
ment. What has been done can be most
fitly npprecinted as au inspiring beginuing.
J. BARLEYCORN, M. D.
DOCTORS of medicine nre "men who culti
vate the quality of mental equanimity
ns a recognized virtue. Uestraint of speech
and temper nnd calmness in the face of
calamity arc characteristics of th"ir every
day lives. But the rage inspired in doctors
evervvrhere bv the slv efforts of Washington
te enlist them ns pineh-hitteis for the bnr bnr
bevs of old is none the less dangerous be
muse it is suppressed and revealed only nt
i nre infrvals in some icy pronouncement
frm the lords of the profession. If the
phsiciiin believe that the wets nnd the
drys alike nre trampling destructively en
their sacred preserves, if they feel. In a word,
thnt thev are being belgiumed. they cannot
be blamed
When the doctors should have been called
In te advise Congress thev vveie utterly
Ignored. When they wanted enlv te be
left alone. Mr. Mellen, without a word of
wnrniug. commandeered them for extraordi
nary tint;- in the field. All the distinguished
nnthelngiMs in Congress were content t
blni'P their own trail when they set out te
firmuliiin legal definitions of intoxication
and intoxicants. They knew what was geed
for jieeple and what was bad for them.
Mr. Veltead's long practice of medicine
and bis piofeund knowledge of human
phjsiolegv were adequate te inspire com
plete confidence in the less distinguished
phjsicinns who crowd the Heuse nnd the
Minute. Mediinl men who tend the sick
wcien't asked te tcstifj tegarding the worth
or wertk'i ssuess of nlco'iel in Iwiernge-).
Thej weren't invited te aid In the effort te
define the quality of nn intoxicant. The
drv move in Congress was a crusade which
bei ame n stampede. .Mere science wasn't
permit ted te have part in ft.
'I'heie wire doctors w he looked en nnd
wonder' d and mnde no snund. A great many
of them refused te believe that light wine
is a poison but they were compelled te act
iieceidlng te that belief. Nene of them be
lieves thnt b'er is medicine. Hut the order
of the Secri'tarj of the Trenury requires
that thej nnept that belief as it has been
newlj feimulaieil temewheir in the neutral
one bctvvK'ii Mr. Mdlen's effii e und the
Capitel.
Dr. Geerge E, Armstrong, rci'ring presi
dent of the Aiii'riciiii Celli j;e of Surgeons,
puts the case mihliy when he H!gj;i sis that
most dectms will refuse id mt hh interim-diaries
hi twi en the brewers and the mil It i
tiiihs that thirs'. He dee-n'i snv, as he
might have done. Unit Air. Mcllen's elder,
bv opening a wnr te rn.v money for un
prim ipled phjsicinns and unprincipled drug
gists, lenves leputnble and conscientious
members of both piofesslens nt n disadvnn
tnge, A doctor who lefubes te prescribe
medicinal beer will be m some danger of
losing some pitients whose well-heinj he
insists en saf"guaiilins. A druggist who
doesn't sill beer v 1 1 1 net make an mm h
money ps tin one v itt dies. n the rnnn
who is in business te il al legitimately in
drugs i mnet nlferd te inn n buttling estab
lishment or bier d'pnrtment en the side.
He would hnve te leersnuue his whole de
livery svstem.
It would hnve been far better if Mr.
Mellen had broadened the rule and made it
possible for every man te write his own
prescription and have it tilled at n saloon.
Then we leuld nil be doctors together. Cer
tainly the nverii,;i mnn is ns well qualified
ns Mr. YeNteinl te practice medicine.
The medicinal beer rule will net simplify
the prohibition iiicsiieii l will ronfuse
M. If tin lievi i mui nt wants te ligaliie
light iins und heir il ought In have the
i mirage nt lis i otivlctieiis nud ,ij se. All
this dm I-lug mound the bush is futile and
uiidigiilli'd.
One v- ny of punishing lllnnt m and
Hep ct "mild b' te make them Ien! te-
tu I
OUR KINGS IN COUNCIL
The Officials Whom Philadelphia De
lights te Hener Had Their Unlucky
Prototypes In the Past And They,
Toe, Had a Tough Time
By GEOnC.E NOX MrCAIN
DTD net Council at Its recurrent meetings
nnitise Itself by pranking with the lives
nnd safety of the people of Philadelphia, the
nnlics of its vociferous majprity would be
diverting.
Were it net thnt ltn lenders, Ceuncllmen
Hall, Gafftley and "Weglein. are gentlemen of
protean versatility, with eloquence Instantly
available for every subject, from sinking
funds te herse stables, a considerable num
ber of taxpayers, would feel they wr
scarcely getting Ihcir money's worth from
the weekly performance.
The vete of confidence In the Vare organi ergani organi
ratlen which wns given by the citizens at
the recent primary election hns Inspired the
gentlemen of the majority te renewed ac
tivity nnd fresh outbursts of flamboyant and
Impnsslencd eloquence.
The fnct thnt bridges nre closed te traffic
as being dangereUR te life ; that In this, the
second city in the Natien, ene patrolman en
an average Is detailed te the protection of
.1000 dwellings, and that almost every sug
gested improvement Is hamstrung by Council
without n hearing from Its proponents, nre
miner matters that must be set nslde until
the vltnl issue of leasing an lnsanitnry horse
stnblc from n local boss has been decided
uuen.
NATURALLY, It is Just what the people
wnnt. They expressed their desire for
this sort of thing in no unccrtnin way nt the
polls last month .
Thov will tenfflrm thnt desire November 8
when they xete finally te retain in office the
friends nnd "buddies" of their Kings in
Council.
Fer 1'blladclptiln today Is ruled by Kings
Instead of Ceuncllmen.
They have usurped, in their Jovial and
clamorous way, the administrative functions
of ether city officials.
They hnve elevated the rubbish enn te the
pinnacle of honor.
When n distinguished Tammany lender
some years nge enuncinted that gem of
pellticnl wisdom. "What's the Constitution
between friends?" his prophetic soul must
hnve visualized In the dim future a Vure
ceuneilmanic combination.
THERE Is another political axiom equnlly
applicable whose truth has been verified
in the history of cities and of natiens:
"People usually get the kind of govern
ment they deserve."
Ceuncllmen elected as reformers here
turned renegades. City officials hnve be
trnyed their constituencies und delight in
piirnding the fnct.
Meantime, their masters, the citizenry,
continue te be lnnimcd nnd robbed for Inck
of sufficient policemen.
They complacently traverse bridges thnt
threaten collapse for Inck of repairs or re
building. They smile Indulgently when hundreds of
thousands of dollars of their money Is voted
into the pockets of favored contractors.
Having been smitten en one check, they
net only submit the ether, but assume n
position .subserviently adapted te the appli
cation of the beet.
Citizens who resent the autocracy of this
ceuneilmanic combination still retain an
Illusive hope thnt history may repeat itself
in the case of the "Charlies." the "Joes."
the "Dicks" and even the "Alexises." for
each of these ceuneilmanic Kings has hnd
prototypes in hlster.v.
In every instance the nnnlegy is net only
striking, but is nt times ubselutely btnrtllng.
THE voluble. Impetuous nnd undisputed
leader of the Kings in Council. Chnrles:
II. surname Hull for Chnrles I. patro patre
nvniic Scgcr, wns also of the Seventh Wnrd
- hns innumerable points in common with
nneilier Chnrles II, King of the West Pranks
a thousand jears nge. He tried te seize n
kingdom, but fell down en the job.
He was n bridge expert, tee. for. as his
tory records, he tried te "put n bnrrler in
their way of hnving bridges built ever all the
rivers."
Prem beginning te end of this first King
Charles' reign he wns censtantlv in het
wnter.
His fingers were nlwnjs getting burned,
though there is no recetd thnt lie discovered
a municipal scandal in the fnct thnt his
Director of Public Snfetv in one jrnr had
erected fifteen electric lights in obscure cor
ners of his tnpltnl citv where crime pre
vailed. WHAT mere appropriate than thnt the
prototype of the first Jeseph II should
be a Reman Emperor?
In the words of the histerian: "In 1701
he was made n member of the newly consti
tuted Council nnd began te drnvv
up minutes, te which he gave the nnme of
Out AkIas "
A weird prophecy, qunlntly nppllcnble t
the prcsent-dnv Emperor Jeseph, surnntr
Gnffuey. recites "Thee papers eentalnc
te
irnnme
if 11 1 lin.l
the germs of his later nellcv nnd nf nil tim
disasters which flnnllj overtook him." The
astonishing parallel between King Jeseph
of 17M) nnd King Jeseph of Philadelphia
Council is completed in the further words of
his biographer. "He threw himself into n
succession of policies all nimed
nt nggrandizement (of the Vare dvnastj?)
nnd till equnlly calculated te offend his
neighbors."
But why continue?
"Mr KINf;r,M for a horse" was once
1V1 the wnil of n King Richard. Hun
dreds of vears later ir nuij be the wall of
another Illclinrd In n mnyeralt.v battle.
The end of Kb hard II, the proletjpe of
the president of our Kings in Council, 'is one
of the saddest su ries in English hlsterv.
Tt lias never been solved te this dav." He
just disappeared
With a fidelity nlmest unbelievable this
Richard of tedav Weglein of the Twenty -ninth,
runs true te tjpe.
He could qualify as the reincarnation of
the English Richard, son of "The Enir Maid
of Kent." In the greatest crisis of his
life the Intter planned n reversal of the
Government unilet Gloucester, which, in the
wording of the ancient chronicler, "was
premature nnd ill-advised."
Subsequently, i-.i the record runs, "Ricli
atd changed his methods."
Therein lies tl.e Kcrm of a great hope for
a Philadelphia thnt Is wholly subservient te
this King in Conned of a later da.v .
The golden thread of prophetic nnnlegy
might be continued indefinitelj , hut another
strand will suflice
Alexis:
The thread lends into the mists of hlsterv
301 j ears B. C. In Athens.
The first Alexis was neither a charcoal
peddler, a limn burner, nu advertising so
licitor nor n porter ; much less n King.
He wns a comic poet; the funny fellow
of Athens.
lie began ns the village ent-up of Thurlum
nnd wns crowned as the King of Comedy by
his friends nnd neighbors nf the Grecian city.
It tickled him se that he gave up the
ghost nud died during the ceremenj.
lie was then, according te history's frag
ments, Kill jenrs el ngi.
The fnct of age alone suggests hopes of
reform in his namesake of today.
VOTERS of Philadelphia, men nnd
women, nre getting whnt they desire.
It is what they pay fnr. nccerdlng te the
wisdom of the ancient mnxlm.
In the words of the immortal Dr. Munven
however. "There is Impel"
The present tm umv en municipal con
trol tnnv ultimately end when, like seinu of
their undent pnindignis our Kings in
t eit'ii'l ccogni7e ihiu thev are net the
' whole Government and that they de ueuiiilly
ewe a dutj te the peenh .
'I he wife of n I'm III detective this week
received two postal i arils iimiled bv her
husband fourteen years age. Though credit
ma be given te the present Postmaster Gen
eral for speeding up the mnlls, the blame In
this iustuncc cannot be placed ou Burlveen.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Tallcs With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
Daily
DR. J. H. WILLITS
On the Importance of the Foreman In
Industries
WHAT is a foreman?
Has he nny particular industrial nnd
secinl status?
Is it necessary thnt he should huvc n
knowledge of the policies nnd problems of
his employers bejend whnt immediately con
cerns his own duties nnd the duties of the
men under him? ,
"Industrial specialists. " says Dr. J. TL
Willits. head of the Department of Industry
at the Wharten Scheel. University of Penn
sylvania, "have long since provided the an
swer. They sa.v n foreman is the smallest
common denominator of the quantity 'boss' ;
n workman who hns in his chnrgc ether
workmen for whose usefulness he is re
sponsible te his superintendent or mnnnger.
"If a foreman hns no definite and recog
nized sta'us in industry, he should hnve one.
"A bread knowledge of the principles
which regulate his own nnd oilier industries,
and Industi.v nnd wealth In general, will
make the foreman mere valuable te his cm cm
plejers. widen his influence with his men
nnd censiderabl.v eleuite his own place in
society.
Scheel Beard Takes Hand
"The project of educating foremen in the
subtler problems of finance, credits, indus
trial management and industrl.il costs hns
entered Inte Its second year under the negis
of the Heard of Education nnd the Philadel
phia Association for the Discussion of Em Em
pleiiiient Problems.
"Ne exact or even satisfactory estimate
of the number of foremen employed in in
dustries of Philadelphia has been made, but
the number hits been approximated nt
J0. 000. Of these, about 700 were enrolled
Inst year for the weekly classes conducted
In the Central High Scheel.
"This education of foremen Ik proceeding
under the direction of William C. Ashe, su
perintendent of vocational education in the
public schools, nnd no self.
"There nre, besides the general ceure in
feicmnnshlp, special courses for works
malingers nnd production superintendents
nnd textile foremen, courses in time stmlv,
special production problems und traffic nud
shipping.
On Bread Scale Here
"On a community basis such ns this, the
undertnklng is unique. In tills nnd ether
(lilcs, however, some great industrial pltintN
have organized their foremen into classes
for brief instruction by industrial cnglneets,
and certain coriespendence schools hnve in
cluded n course in fnremtinship.
"But such training concerns Itself with
meeting the ivrebleins und circumstances of n
particular trade or a particular set of cor
related trades. While this instruction is
valuable nnd forms n fundamental part of
our own courses, It docs net serve te bring
the foreman into constant association with
foremen from ether industries.
"Association through discussion from
vuried x lew points makes for :t wider ,hiii
easier understanding of questions involved,
and, what is import. nit, brings out the prob
lems that nie peculiar te tercmunshlp rather
than te a pnrticulur business.
"Lust .venr, for example, our lectures and
dibcusslens brought out the various tjpes of
industrial organization, the iclatien of the
foreman te these organizations, the wajs of
planning and scheduling the routine of work.
Human Facter Discussed
"The hutnnn factor in industry was dis
cussed hew the best resulfs can be get
from men of vnrving temperaments, nnd
whnt the relntlens und icspensibilities be
tween empleves and cmplevcrs uud between
the foreman and worker and between the
foreman und his emple.vers nie. The prin
ciples of health and safelj supervision, es
sential te any Indusirv, were discussed,
"This jear it is proposed te go consid
erably beyond that. A e have already had
Deputy (ioverner Htitt, of the IVilerul Re
serve district here, talk te the men en exist
ing financial conditions, explaining the sit
uation of the European exchanges and the
Influence ou trade and production in this
country. Fer example, he tub them what
is meant by such a pieeess ns liquidation.
"This theme will be continued next week
bv C, W. Ilu'ef, fniimrlv Kineial niniiager
of the hih Molei Cntiip.iiiv, nud In 1 1,,.
week fellow lug b.v Chillies R Weirs, vice
pli'snhiit of the De .mi.. I li eik Mini Die
Complin), who will drill with the im niiinnle
siluittien which nquirts Imvir selling piiies
In elder that having ma) be cneetiiugi d.
Other Pluus for Year
"I might mention home of the ether lee
turtd te be given this year. Walter Fuller,
"ME FOR YOU!"
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secretary of the Curtis Publishing Com
pany, will explain what the foreman's rela
tion te cost figures nnd production records
is. nnd why it is necessary thnt every detail
of expenditures be known. II. K. Hatha
way will speak of the cure of materials nnd
equipment uud the planning of work. And
se en until the end of February, when the
general course will be completed for the
term by a general discitssieu of the pros
peels of a business revival.
"We are net advocating particular sys
tems of management, but elucidating and
explaining methods. In the teaching we are
confining ourselves te the things which bear
en the fercmaiiship.
"Te be eligible for the course n foreman
has enlv te be a member of the Philadelphia
Association for the Discussion of Employ
ment Problems. The coune is confined te
foremen because we regard them as key
stones of modern Industrial organization,
the top sergennls of lndustrj. Later it may
be extended te include ether executives."
! What De Yeu Kneic?
QUIZ
Wrint President of the United States anrt
what Vice President were Pennsyl
vanlans? Whnt Is a "lledcrkranz"?
What Ih the nge qualification for presi
dency of the L tilted States?
Bew lone lias the system of standard
time been opcrntixe In the United
States?
Who wiote the nexel, "Elsie Venner"?
Hew uinriv degrees innke a great circle
In angular measure?
Who was the legendary founder and first
KinR of Heme?
What Is a habore?
What Is a wallabj ?
What Is mennt by a star chamber session?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
A scs'iul-centennlal Is a 150th annlver
saty; ti scml-cpnteiinlnl Is n fiftieth
nnnlvcrsary. half u hundred years
after the event
Begenlns nre named nftcr Michel Begen.
n noted Prcucli administrator nnd
patron of sciences, Tle died In 1710.
Tin- .Murr.iy Is the chief river of Aus
tralia. Prince Otte von Bismarck died In 1S08
The fleur-de-lys Is a conventionalized
llevver In heraldry, said te Imve been
suggested by the Iris. It In a very old
emblem and npptnrs In the arms of the
Empress Theodeiu. The ancient arttiH
of France was n blue field sprinkled
by fleurs-ile-bs. Later their number
was rfduccd te three.
BoRela Is the capital of Colombia In
Seuth America.
.Samuel Ilea Is the president of the Penn
sylvania Hallread
Later Hinplre Is the tuinie sometimes
given te the Kastern lteniau Umplre
with Its capital at Constantinople. The
Christian Reman Empire from tfir flist
Constantine te the last endured for
1130 Jims, lla end bclnir marked bv
tlie capture et Constantinople, bj the
Turks In 14u.1,
The first Prince of Wales was afterward
I Mm aril II of lghtnd.
Bosten. Mass., waf named for Bosten,
nn English ueiuukIi, ei igmally Saint
Botetph's Town The Indian naine was
Hhawinut.
Today's Anniversaries
1710-Juines Heswcll, the celebrated bi
ographer of Dr. Samuel Jehnsen, heru in
Edinburgh. Died In Londen .June 10, 17D,"(,
17!HJ First vessel from the United Slates
in a Califeriilait pert, the titter, from llos lles llos
ten, arrived at Mentere.v,
is;tli -Chicago wns visited by its first
big fire.
IMWJ-Mnnj killed In n coal-mine explo
sion nt Wilkes-Banc. Pa.
11)011--'Ihe Weman Suffrage Party in New
Aerk City held its first city convention In
Carnegie Hull.
1010 King Albert of the Belgians laid a
wreath en Washington's Tomb nt Mount
crnen.
Today's Birthdays
(.Mieen Marie of Rumania, who has ex
pressed a deslie visit Amerha. horn fr(v
six viars age.
Earl of Ihimleiiabl ihe heie of Linlviulili
lnH'ii in England sji UIK. ,,,,,. (l ,(
Majei (imiiitl Chinlcs S PiiMiswerth
chief of intiin'i'v f the nitcd Stales A,-,,,,
bun in I. winning Ceiini.v, Pn . jflv ..t.'
.veins age.
. .r' '' . A, '" (''IIer. the pc,v piesidept
of the College of William ami Alary, be u
In Careline Cmiiilj Va , forty-nlne rears
age.
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SHORT CUTS
The calling off of the railroad strlke
was n victory for public opinion.
Who says thnt our city Selens are net
devotees of the nrts nnd the mews?
Sruuters who deem the Tnx Bill in
cvitnbli; seem willing te put off the evil iky
of final passage.
Anether boost for the President. Sena
tors Pat Harrison and Tem Watsen ure
attacking his Birmingham speech.
Football fans may new overhaul their
P.nrtlett for "Of all sad things of tengu
and Penu" and "Pitt-y 'tis 'tis true."
The number of men who are saying "I
tell jeu se" concerning the railroad strike
is unusually large nnd unusuallv truthful.
The Cynical Cnss opines that the reason
some druggists object te handling beer Is
that it will interfere with their whisky trade.
We gather from reports from India that
the diffcience between n Meplah und a
Hoopla Is thnt the latter Is actuated by
joyous enthusiasm.
Whut the Congressional Recerd appears
te need is an editor with a blue pencil. Hiul
Blnnten been censored there had been no
need of his being censured.
"The Pacific question once settled,"
said Premier Briand te the French Cliaiub. r
of Deputies, "disarmament will come up."
Here is optimism full grown and smiling.
Mere thnn half the families In the
1 nitcd States live In rented houses, vivs
the Census Bureau, Letsjif room here for
healthful "Ovv n-Vour-Owu-Heinc" propa
ganda. A turtle 150 years old lnld six eggs en
one day, says the stevvurd of the United
Fruit liner Tnleii. which had fifteen of the
critters nbeard. Tt Is n geed record, but. e
course. In 150 years blic must have had Ieta
of practice.
AVarrcn S. Stene, Grand Chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, cut
bis hand while smashing the camera e' a
man he thought was tr.vlng te take his pie
ture. He seems te have mude the punish
ment fit the 'rime.
The MIddlotevvn, Conn., man who mar
ried en the day his futhiy was sentenced te
death for murder and plans te take his bride,
after the honeymoon, te the bungalow vvher
the murder was committed, cannot he said
te be cursed with imagination.
Conncllsville ph.vslclnns hnve pledged
themselves net te write prescilptlens for beer
nnd wine, nnd Cenuellsvllle druggists hnve
pledged themselves net te fill such preseilp preseilp
tlens if such should chniice tn bejiresentul,
thus leaving n clear field for the bootleggers,
viith has never been given a fairer
hearing than thai nceenled b.v the press of
the i mini ry te the plea of students at
Princeton that war be abated bv limiting
urmiinieiil. Youth sometimes speaks words
of wisdom while Age nud Experience nr
fuiublmgly seaiehltig for the right phrnw.
There were se many visitors in Phila
delphia ou Sunday last that the hotels had te
turn many of them nwny. Hew proud Phil
adelphia should be te be se pepulur! He
ashamed Philadelphia should be te have no
better nicommediitions fev her guests! HW
wise Philadelphia will be If she begins te
plan at once for the big fair ciewds!
Whv, asked Ihe Suburbanite, why can't
the P. R. T. operate the Frankford "I"
nnd the city guarantee te meet deJieieHcIci
en the understanding thut the moment the
preposition becomes piefitubln the citv shall
be reimbursed for nmnev advanced? H'"
cause, he went en pessimistically, because
it is peer bookkeeping that can't delay
pieflts.
The Treasurer of the Massachusetts "c
publican State Committee has resigned, be
cause, in his opinion, Iho women's division
of the E-ei ulive Committee was Bpendlnj.' "d
together loe much tueuei. Vice Preslili'il,
Coellilgi, uppialed hi. suggested that "
m '.nn i. ilhi-bm le continued, but Hint fie
iiniiib"is be i nihil uiiiiii te i also seiiic "f the
inoeev thc.v hhiiiI. The women, thciefniVi 1
phui te held n Ihuiiar Just In a lllllc W
the free and independent cli'cteiiil wi'
culled upon te luitieiiii- it I'liminii'P' '"''' .'
provide IiiiiiIh for beustlug political cainll
dates. Later en there may be donutlen "
tUs for HI paid officeholders,
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