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Philadelphia, TaeiJtr, N.te-mher 1, 19:1
THE SAME OLD SHAM
GEORGE II. McCLELLAN, emerging
from the political obscurity which has
lately been his portion, has been drummed
into eleventh-hour service te justify the ways
of Tammany te the citizens of New Yerk
about te cheese a new Mayer.
At a rally en behalf of the Tiger held i-i
the Manhattan Opera Heuse the ether night
Mr. MeClcllnn painted a dismal picture of
the present Republican Administration in
TVaahlngten and pathetically besought his
hearers net te permit the metropolis of the
Natien te be leit for tbe Democracy in e
local contest.
The speaker was Maye- himself emc, an
intelligent and en the whole a valuable offi
cial. Considering his capacity nnd ex
perience, it Is net for a moment credible that
Mr. McC'lellan believes his own Hambejant
uff. "The city." he crie', "is normally
Democratic and a such K entitled te a
Democratic Administration."
This resurrection of an utterly fallacious
political philosophy is net confined merely
te New Yerk. Changing the labels from
Democratic te Republican, it is heard in
Philadelphia whenever machine politicians
are utterly at a less te justify a ceri-pt
municipal government.
It is then that the pariiran fctih is os
tentatiously produced and a victimized pub
lic is asked te sanction abuvs at home
lest the cure of them should induce an over
turn in national politics.
The argument Is as absurd a it is preva
lent. Realistically considered, the divorce of
national from municipal problems Is com
plete. Phlladclphians will net jeopardize the
Republicanism of t heir principles by cham
pioning local independent movements nor
will New Yorkers flout the standards of
Democracy by overthrowing Tammany.
The belltf that such danger exists is
largely responsible for much of the munici-
jjfpal mlbgevernment that has stained the repu
I tatien of these cities.
' Mr. McC'lellan must have known that he
' was uttering specious ret. Had he been
trained In Philadelphia and were he cam
Iiiiguirnr here, he would doubtless plead se
fervently for an imperiled Uraml Old Party
f as te stir the heart of every political con-
i tractor and apostle of special privilege te
l; its cynical depths.
WHITE QUEEN POLITICS
'A POLITICAL note net unfamiliar te
rt- Americans is sounded in the I'nlenlst
warning te Llejd Ucerge that no settlement
of the Irish situation can be made without
the sanction of the National Legislature.
With the simplicity and directness which
regularly inspires the llrltMi Prime Minis
ter in dramatic moments, Mr. Lloyd Geerge
acknowledges his Rub&rrvtcnce. IK would
net, of course, think of fixing the status of
Ireland without Parlimentary authority. J5y
xtie. means, far from it ; or, in ether words,
perish the thought.
Mr. Lloyd Geerge was explicit en this
point yesterday, and it seems that another
insufficiently organized move against his
prestige crumbles like its numerous prede
cessors. In spite of the increasing embarrassments
of the Angle-Irish problem and the grow
ing uneasiness of Ulster, the Hritlsh Prime
Minister is clearly determined te extricate
himself sufficiently from home vexations te
gratify his desire te attend the disarmament
conference in Washington,
Ulster is te be placated with a "short
bill" te ameliorate Its present position and
Parliament is asked te prepare itself for a
possible "grim announcement" concerning
the Irish tangl?.
Alice's White Queen, who trained herself
by performing a certain number of impossi
ble feats every morning before breakfast,
scema te have been a prototype of the inex
tinguishable Ilrltthh statesman. It is uew
assured that Washington ii going te b'j
enlivened by his prrsctiee since the oft eft
tbrcatcned debacle at borne is again in
definitely postponed.
THE POISONERS
rMAY be true, ns the mere ardent drys
continue te insist, lhat the bootleg traffic
will kill itself In time. Meanwhile, how
ever, It is in a fair way te kill or blind
a considerable part of the population with
the poisonous imitations of whUky ne.v
Heeding this Ktatc.
Had Congress been w i(-or, had it put a
little mere science and n little less emotion
into the dry laws, the murderous coikoc ceikoc coikec
y tlens about which Mr. Uutter and ether
, cial enforcement agents are warning the
i mmunlty could iwer have been ni.iiuif.ic
ired. When the passage of the Velstead
-.ct began te seem certain, cool-headed med
ical men und chemists suggested that wide
spread efforts te evade the prohibition law
were inevitable. They suggested that weed
alcohol and the equally deadly denatured
alcohol marketed for commercial uses be
colored with irremovable blue or purple dje.
That very wic ad Wee was Ignored. When
v the Heuse and the Senate get around te the
v consideration of the new dry legislation re
latlng te beer they ought te amend the law
te compel the makers of poisonous or poi
soned alcohol te se color their products that
they may be easily recognized and barred
forever from nnv sort of iik In beverages.
BRIDGE ACCIDENTS DON'T PAY
TUUfRB suits for damages growing out of
ruling .etwPM' of u bridge in Chester have
ereta the premti.""' n'nt Delaware County.
. . . . . . nt JR.! (tfift Iq e.t.l T
opinion, which is mi.
at ?8T.,000 is asked. If
are wen It is morally
its will be brought,
i br.il condition, Plans
l delayed for one reason
os the authorities did
1 tC amount of money re-
U the county responsible
difficult tbe cnfnrciiij
nidatien and tend
rwpsct for the law,"
or the Flrt Baptist C
iierwarnu their at
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persons, tnrewn inin
7?ucturQ collapsed the
county will have te pay in damages a sum
much larger tluin It would have ee.it te build
a new bridge, and It will discover tlmt pro
crastination docs net pay.
This has been discovered In Philadelphia.
In order te forestall disasters, two or three
dangerous bridges have been closed te trafilc,
and tome day new structures will replace
them.
Rut In the m.ittrr of bad pavements the
city already ban begun te protect itself. It
lias had te pay several hundred thousand
dollar a year te persons injured because of
nceldents caused by holes In the paving.
The present Administration Is making re
pairs rapidly and thus decreasing Its re
sponsibility for injuries.
MAYOR MOORE HITS BACK AT
INTERESTS OPPOSING HIM
He Points Out the Way by Which the
City Can Be Freed of the Incubus
of Selfish Contractor and
Banking Combines
TlTAYOR MUUUK'S startling interview
' printed In this newspaper estel,".y
ought te set the voters te asking them
selves: Where is the seat of nntherity lu
this city? Is it in the City Hall or is it in
the private offices of a group of political
profiteers in alliance with a group of would
be monopolistic bankers?
The Mayer has been seeking te solve the
transit problem in the interests of the people,
te revise the gas lease in a way that will
protect the rights of the city nnd the con
sumers, and te make businesslike arrange
ments for taking the work of cleaning the
streets and collecting rubbish and garbage
from the bands of the private contractors.
He has found himself hampered nt every
step of the way. The .lob Combine in City
Council, formed in the first place te protect
the patronage gribbcj and the street-cleaning
contiacteM. etnuled its activities te
ether matters as een as the Mayer began
te insist that the rights of the people were
of grcjtcr importance than the protection of
the gas and traction interests.
It is well known that Mr. Sietesbury.
representing .the Morgan interests in this
city, urged the Mayer te sign the Hali gas
ordinance. It is notorious that Philadel
phia and New Yerk capitalists have large
sums iincsted in the underlying traction
companies und have b-en pulling the wires
t prevent anything wiiicii would reduce the
Immense profits earned by tlie.e companies
under leases, the terms of which cannot be
defended en any sound principle of public
or private policy.
Thit there is nn aliaiKc leten the Jeb
( eiiibine and the Morg.in-Ste'teslnir Inter
ests is morally certain. Mr. Stotesbury's
demand en the Mayer that he sign tbe Hall
ordinance nnd his insistence that Controller
Iladley be nominated for a full term are
circumstantial evidence of his active partici
patien in the efforts te protect the financial- '
political "system" n Mr. Monic called It.
The Mayer declined te sign the Hall ordi
nance. Rut the Varc machine jieldcd te the
.Stotesbury demand and nominated Iladley.
The Jeb Cembin majority in Council has
started out te punish the Mayer for his re
fusal te "go along" with the selfish Interest.
It has held up the proposed Slft.lifiO.OOl)
lean and it defended it course by de'iberate
inisrepre.-cntntien of the available financial
resources, a mi 'represent ntien participated
in by the Stotc-bury-Merg.in controlled
Iladley, who insists that hi is merely an
expert accountant and "i net in politic."
The Mayer'-, suggestion of a way out of
the existing deadlock between the executive
and lrgii.la.tlii branches of the t'ity CJovern CJevern
ment is bound te be censiilered with in
creasing seriousness ns the months go bj.
Under th present charter the Council
has pe,wcr te block nlmest cicrything that
the Mayer plans te de. If It cannot prevent
him from carrcing out his plan-, it can make
it difficult for him te (te se.
It hns w.thln a few da. is interfered with
the program for street cleaning by ordering
the Dire-der of Public Works te li"i the
old Yure stables and refusing bim authority
te lease' or build slablcs that would be con
veniently located for the economical conduct
of his work.
It has (leiiieel him auth rity te build u
rubbish reduction plant where it is ntded
and it is constantly interfering in matters
which should be entirely within executive
control.
The remedy, suggest the Mayer, lies in
nbelisliing the Cemncil nnd in setting up n
ceiminiiiden te be both legislature and execu
tive. I'neier Mich a nlan it would lie im
possible for au.ibudy tei held up the necessary
work of the city. The commission would
decide- what should be done and it would
provide the money for it.
At present the Muer nnd hin li -ads of
department decide what is (e be clone and the
Council, controlled by the Jeb Combine,
blocks the plans. And it Mcickn them, neit
because they are fault; . but lmcau-e they
interfere with the profits of the puliii'-al
profilers, and the pr'c.uc hjnUng intensi..
which M'ck te monopolize the iinaiii ial deal
ings of the city.
If a new charier providing for a iv v
form of government is the only thing tuat
can break the held en the city of the prcla prcla
tery politicians and of the mec kbruking ami
banking interests with headijuni ter in W.ill
Strcpt. then the people are likely te demand
that the change be inailc.
MORE GAS
Vast nreas of var gafes i.i the upp'r
spaces In which .uiplane pilots will find
Irctant dath , peehets of hydrogen whleli
will burst forth li.te Hume as alrpl.ci.ee
enter them : ntUc I.-Oefj lug barrages
created bj ;he chenil't .t c.nn.plete jnem
of chemical effe-ncc anel defense' If hos
tilities had been drawn out for a fw
menthn longer the war weuhl hae i.e.
com. a struggle between tha manufac
turers of gas.
milC above in net an extract from the let--
ter of an outraged pacifist. It is taken
from prepuganela sheets issued in large
numbers en the eve of the Conference for tile
Limitation of Armament, by a firm of press
agents in New Yerk.
It is intended te e-enwnce jcuj, de.ir leader,
that no cheek should he put upon e hemleni
warfare by the statesmen In Washington.
Since navies imc expleshes anil smce explo exple
slves are te be bupplanted by gas the eon
forces may de as they like with the ciictien
of unnnment if they will uet Interfere with
the really serious business of gns making.
Of course you will write a letter te your
Senater and your Congressman ami demand
that pressure be exerted te insure for you
and your children the joy of future partici
patlnn In a war of poison gases!
They ure blithe folk, these press agents,
who, te eliminate foreign competition with
the American dye industry, would actually
convert humanity te u love of the deadliest
medium of modern warfaic. It hasn't ee.
curred te them, apparent! , that gas clouds
cannot be aimed or guided and that com cem
batantand non-combatants, forts and hos
pitals Ihust suffer together when they are
unloesl ever great areas or that a Taut
cunrjexylllins vapor dropped from the air
upei a city as such charges will be In the
next war If there is one will net wander
about and cheese between eeldlcrs nnd
women and children.
It may net even turn aside when it comes
upon the Imposing form of a press agent
for big business,
WHERE WE FAILED
Till' current report of the Senntc commit"
tee appointed te survey all work under
taken tinder Federal auspices for the relief
of Incapacitated veterans of the World War
Ih no mere painful, no mere cheerless nnd
disquieting than any one with a habit of
casual observation expected.
The one admirable thing discernible in
the whole .system of soldier relief Is the per
sistent gend Intention of the Government.
That intention stands out conspicuously from
a ruin of faulty plans.
Largely through the breakdown of admin
istrative organizations, due te rivalries be
tween hurriedly organized agencies r.nd the
killing power of red tape, the desires of
the country nnd th? Government have been
frustrated nt almost every turn. The
soldiers themselves are. of course, the great
est sufferers. It Is shocking at this lute
date te read Senater Sutherland's statement
that of 108,000 men who sought and needed
special treatment only e0."0 have been com
pletely rehabilitated.
It ought te be remembered that the plan
of relief set in motion by Congress was
untried, experimental nnd necessarily com
plicated by the psyeholeg) of sick und dls
nbleel men. There were no guiding prece
dents te aid a Government which set out
with the purpose of curing nnd enring for
every man injured or disabled in its service.
The result was a breakdown in almost every
avenue of the relief work.
It wns preiided originally that men who
ordinarily would have received pensions could
hnic a choice between liberal monthly allow-
nnres ier a period of years if tliei were net
disabled or unlimited care nnd treatment
in special riuarters established te completely
rehabilitate them and train them for such
trades or professions as they might elect.
Many men preferred liberty nnd the allow
ance. In the end they will lese the benefits
intcuded te be derived from the relief sys
tem. This, however, is only a detail in the
general failure.
The most saddening part of the whole
business is the fate of seriously sick or dis
abled soldiers who were returned te the
country In need of special he'pltai treat
ment. Recause of the dearth of Government
hospitals the contract tcystcm was estab
lished nnd. in the words of Senater Slither
land, the Government "farmed out a sacred
obligation" te people who in ninny instances
appear te have had n concern only for the
profit te be made in the denl.
It is notorious that tubercular patient.',
the men broken hi poison gns. bait been the
iletlms of shamefully inadequate treatment
and even of neglect in many of the small
prhatc hospitals te which they were sent.
A great number of mentally, deranged
soldiers, men whec neives were temporarily
strained beyond endurance by the hardships
of modern battlefields, are slill confined in
institutions with thcerimiml insane.
Washington was unprepared for the new
nnd strange responsibility which the appear
ance of Mich cases put upon It. Attempts
weje made te establish permanent and ade
quate hospitals for lictlms of shell shock.
Tli" confusion between departments made
that work nlniest impossible. It has caused
agonizing delays. The heavy, slew -moving
machinery of Congress is new being operated
witli a liew te a complete reorganization of
th soldier relief work.
In its repeits the Senate committee lias
suggested a complete upheaial. centraH'cd
power and a new theory of control. It is
putting special emphasis en the need for
something mere than professional care for
the selelier sick. U has demanded, icry
wisely, that when the nc-'v dcparl.ucut is in
operation It be put in charge of a man who
will lie anlmateil by u real sympathy for the;
disabled men ami by an unclcrMiindlng of
their needs and due as broken .survivors of
the most te.-rrible i,f wars.
VICIOUS RADICALS
SL'N.SIRLL' people never could se. much
goee te the ruhlirig habit which grew
upon the police at many pluctv, in thi.. coun
try during the war. The practice of raids
for political purpe.-r:c wns clumsy and it
often permitted u dangerous misuse of the
police power, a the country nt large iie-.e, i
beginning te realize'. Rut the iin.islen by
deti'e liics of ll.e meeting nt Scnth and
Merris strceis, where' foolish and i hieu
agitators were loosing a torrent of m.ilig
iii. nt nonsense relative te the new famous
Saive-Viiiii.ctti ens . was fjlly justified.
'1 he speakers in this instance wildly criti
cized the institutions of American Govern
ment after implying that thc-e institutions
were being manipulated te bring about the
execution of fin innocent men. As a mut
ter of fact, the Anierlcun law was nt that
moment epeintlng te provide u new trial
for two very disorderly and liolent men
about Mhese guilt there happens, le be a
doubt. Sati-e ami Vmizeiti were assum) of
n new trial befe'-e tin- radicals in I'urepc
lie-gun te re-sort te mob tact', s tec "ad'er-
tlse" the case.
Speeches like tl ese which tre police
stepped at the Seventh und Meri is street.'
meeting arc detestable hec.ui-e of t.ieir sheer
stupidity. And the speakers an te be creel -ited
with ii malevolent purpec- h-wiiisc they
eetninly knew tluit the h'cdeinl Goiern Geiern
ment has no authority ever the courts of
any State and that, moreover. Sacco and
Vanzctti have nut been treated wers- titan
any ettier two men would be if all c-ircum-.tanees
indicated that they were guilty of
i old-blooded murder. The Judge v he tried
the case of iJedham, Mass., commuted a
gileveus anil unjustifiable legal error when
in a charge te the jury he stres-ed the facts
of the prisoners' nationality and their radi
cal political beliefs. Recause of that fact
and for no en her reason die ea e will be
tried again, a- It eujtht te be.
TWO TUTS FOR THIS
W,: "
' ' tae
HAVL been led te believe thai only
reddest of vriolutienarics were
prepared te shout for policies eif direct action
iu the tnee of real or imaginary gneiancec.
it is dici-rtiu:. therefore, te find the official
organ of one (f the most pewerlul dry lebbiec
In Washington shrilly lecemmcnding that
"the only geed boet'egger is h dead boot
legger" and that "they should be ele.ilt villi
iieverdlng te the cede of the Texas flangers."
The writer openly laments the fact that
policemen take the trouble te de battle with
men suspected of engnging in the whisky
traffic .ind observes that such persons ought
te be ledged under the ground and net in
A peer advocate often spoils a great cause.
And the dry laws will persist, if they per
sist at all, in spite of some of their mere
conspicuous advocates. Roetleggers un
questionably nre doing n great deal of harm.
Rut the time bus. net yet arrived when we
must no about killing them Informally in the
ttieet? If the ever-ardent "dry" whuie
word" we hnic queted isn't talking shame
lessly through his hat, lynching is net a
crime but n public-spirited act, since the
effenes for which men are lynched in this
country are even inore serious than these
charced against the .peddler of Illicit
whisky.
ELECTRIC FRUIT LINES
Possibilities of Saving Millions te
Philadelphia Annually Dr. Fine-
gan's Educational Plana Working
Out Pennsylvania's Lew
Standing a Disgrace
Ry GEORGE NOX McCAlN
WILLIAM T. DONNELLY cherishes the
dream of converting our inland water
ways into a transportation network as
potential as our railway systems.
He is an electrical engineer and Inventor.
lie went down the Schuylkill with his
two beats, hitched tandem and electrically
equipped throughout, en a recent day. One
beat carried the power plant and ercw. The
ether was n houseboat luxuriously furnished.
The powerboat pushed the houseboat
ahead of it. In that fashion Mr. Dennelly
and his family have traveled all the way
from interior New Yerk le Flerida and
back.
The important feature has net te de with
the pleasure-seeking houseboat phac of his
invention. (Julie the contrary.
Till: Dennelly idea proposes the develop
ment of the Seuth nleng Hnc3 parallel
te the development of the West.
Millions) of dollars' worth of fruit and
vegetables are lest every year nleng the
Southern Coast line alone for lack of trans
portation. The Dennelly electrical powerboat is de
signed te tow net one, but a fleet of barges
through canals nnd coastwise channels. It
will perform the work of a dozen steamboats.
At Intervals along the entire ICnstern t.ca
bnard fruit nnd vegetable shipping stations,
after the manner of grain elevators of the
West, will be established. They will be
feeders for the barge transportation lines.
There are OliOO miles of inland water
ways available.
On time schedules approximately as exact
as railroad freights, they could be mnde le
e.rvc large territories with high efficiency.
They would save millions of dollars' worth
of products from less, while the system would
reduce cestH te Northern consumers. Phila
delphia particularly.
That the engineering nnd scientific meth
ods of using the inland waterways will keep
right nbreast of their construction is Mr.
Dennelly's idea.
THE Pinegan plan for improving the edu
cational system of Pennsylvania will
show development the coming year te an
appreciable extent.
Its progress will be noticeable first in
what is known ns the index number for
Suite school systems.
This is e collection of data of unique
value. It shows at a glance in any one
year just what the standing of any State
is with respect te education.
It Is the same statistical device used for
measuring chances jn wholesale and retail
piicei and rates of wages ever periods of
time.
Ry this compilation the index number for
the cost of ihlng compiled by the United
States Rureati of Laber Statistics takes the
101.1 price as 100.
It fixes the figure from month te month
en that basis. '
With 101 P. represented by 100. in 1020
this inde.- number had shot up te 100,
It Is a complicated system te the lay
mind, but it shows results and besides is
of universal adoption in this country.
DU. 1'INEOAN, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, tjlans te restore Penn
sylinnia educationally, net only te her old
standing, but in the course of years te force
iter inle) the position occupied by such States
lis Mentana, California. Indiana, Massa
chusetts anel New Jersey.
Tills Stale today. I regret te note, stands
twentieth In the list of States.
It rank about half down (be list, with
Mentana heading the column n Ne. 1, anei
Mississippi bringing up the rear as Ne. 4".
Pennsylvania, ns compared with ether
Stale, make. the following shewing:
In percentage of school population at
tending school dally her rank is twenty
fourth :
Average days attended by each child of
school age, twenty-one;
Average number of days that the schoela
wete kept open, ten :
Percentage of total attendance in high
school, twenty-nine;
Percentage of boys attending high
school, eleven :
Average annual expenditure per child
attending school, twenty -four ;
Aierage annual expenditure per child of
school uge, twenty-five;
In expenses per teacher for salary our
rank is thirteenth, which is a icry credit
able showing.
COMPLAINT recently has been directed
against the se-called extravagance of
the new school syhtem.
It will require a liberal outlay by the
peenle of till State le get their educational
system into the fifth or sixth class nmeng
the Slates, much less the first.
The situation today almost reaches n
scanelnl when one considers that New Mex
ico, Idaho. Steiitli Dakota, und even Utah,
nn' e fur rlieaei of Pennsylvania in the
money fpent for the education of their chll
ilrcn that they nre almost out of our sight.
The enlv point in whlc-h there is anything
like n measurable comparison Is in the aver
age number of boys attending our high
schools, and the expenses per teacher for
salary.
Every ether great State Indiana, New
Yerk, iililei and New Jersey leads Penn
silv.cnia up te a cle.ui point.-". This is hew
the figures run :
Mentana, 1: California. !ij Ari.en.i, .1;
e,v Jersey, 1: Wn.-hlngten, ", j Iowa, II;
I'l.ih, 7; Massachusetts, S: Michigan. !);
Connecticut, III, und Pennsylvania, lit1.
A RON containing some earth from Valley
Purge was shipped Seuth last week.
It is te play its part in n beautiful hit
of sentiment that is te fiml exemplification
down in Georgia en Armistice Day.
The Pennsyiinnla Department of Tor Ter
estry is lemling its aid te the project
The Daughters of the American Revolu
tion in Milledgeville. Ga.. will plant n Llb
erti lice there en Armistice Day, Novem
ber 11.
At the roots is te lie placed a small
quantity of soil from Valley forge which
was collected nt the direction of Governer
Sproul.
The tree 1 te be planted "Te remind (he
j until of our country that sectional es
trangement no longer exists; that in place
of it we have a Union of Slates no one can
While the he.iseu for
Johnny. Walch water, fowl, snipe and
Your Gun woodcock has been
open for some time, the
real. Iioiiest-te-goxlness hunting season
opens today, anel there nre stirring times
ahead fer quail, wild turkey, fur-hearing
animal", careless hunter.c and innocent by
standers. New Yerk has already made a
record it'.i nine persons killed, some of
them h.iing been mistaken for partridges
nnd some for deer. Rut New Yerk nil,
liiicl a month's start, anel the geed old Key
stone Slate need net despair. Perhaps we'll
be able te beast of toraebedy who was mis
taken for a bear.
The declaration of King
Ilelgliiiii and Albert of Relgiiim tlmt
Armament the maintenance of ar
mament Is essential te
world pence is a natural reaction te what
happened te Ids country; but. nevertheless,
he may yet he emvluccil that it Is a mis
taken one. It was In an armed world that
llelgium suffered. In a world where power
ful nations united te limit armament and
ut the same time saw te it that predatory
nations had their claws cut, Rclglum might
have less cause for fear.
Perhaps nn investigation of the ex
plosion at Oppau would reveal the fact that
limitation of armament is supererogatory,
as powerful navies may be less of a actor
In the" next; war man a cncmiciu factory
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phlladclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
J. LOUIS TROEMNER
On Goldfish
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'"NE of the chief joys in breeding geld-
V fish lies in the fact that you never
knew just what you nre going te get. The
goldfish is a highly hybridized product, and
its breeding is a continual battle te keep It
from reverting te its earlier and mere primi
tive form. Perhaps one in every hundred
turns out te be a geed fish." This is the
statement of J. Iteuls Trecmncr, fish fancier
of this city, which is the present center of
goldfish breeding for the world.
"We have an unusual local condition here
which places tis nt a great advantage in
breeding goldfish." he continued. "The pe
culiar variety of feed, which the young iish
require, the microscopic infuseria nnd the
daphne, is te be found in great abundance,
in that section of the city known as the
Neck, where the retting of the refuse and
the material dumped there gives them an
ideal place te thrive.
"There are four societies iu tills city do de do
leted te the breeding of fancy fish, and some
$200,000 wertli of fish nre shipped te ether
cities every year. Even Argentine sends
here for breeding lish.
?100 for One Tiny Kish
"Although the price of a geed lish, which
may run up te .fl00, or eicn mere, seems
exorbitant nt first glance. It is net se when
all the circumstances are considered. The
care which must be taken lit the selection
and growth of the fish nnd the difficulty in
producing a perfect specimen make them
worth all they cost.
"The science of breeding goldfish had its
origin about IfiOO years age, In Korea. The
Chinese took It up nnd developed the primi
tive carp along certain highly specialized
lines. A pure golden color was attained
comparatively late. The Chinese tried te
breed Inte the fish something of their own
exotic art. nnd they were the originators of
the bulging telescopic eye, which our best
varieties new have.
"It remained for the Japanese, who took
tip the art some '.200 years ngn, te pay par
ticular attention te the shape or the bciely
and the tins, which hed heen neglected by the
Chinese. Ry selective breeding they changed
the long cigar-shaped body of the original
carp te the round form and they also ac
centuated the flowing tall and fins. On the
ether hand, they rejected the protruding
eye, nnd the Japanese larletlcs even today
have flat, normal lyes.
"Net until fifty years age did the art
gain a foothold lu this country. The only
specimens were brought here by sailors; as a
mntter of fact, there has never been any
syc-temized importation of fish from Japnu
or China. New, of course, we are inde
pendent of these countries.
Oriental Species Improved
"The original Aquarium Society, organ-
kciI here twenty -live years age, crossed the
Chinese and the Japanese varieties and mio mie
cecdeil In retaining the be;,t characteristic'!
of each. The eyes and the coloring of the
Chinese fih were present, ns were the fins
and body of the Japanese.
"The result of this breeding and of sub
sequent experiments is the type which, we
new consider the best. It has a bread tail,
high dorsal fin, varied colors, in which little
of the geld remains, telescopic eyes anel a
round, short body. There are ether types,
of course, but this is held te be the highest.
"Careful ss we are in selecting our breed
ing lish. their spawn always shows an over
whelming reversion te type. If we are able
te secure one geed fish out of every hundred,
and by that 1 mean a fish that satisfies all
the requirements in almost every particular,
we are fortunate.
"In the first place, nbeut " per cent of
the eggs ere net fertile when spawned. Of
the remainder at least a fifth usually dl
within the first two weeks. The remainele,
are gene ever carefully at the Hge of three
weeks and the premising ones retained, Thy
ethers are removed and sold. These find
their w'uy into the pet stores, and are the
fish which grace the aquarium en the parlor
table in se many liemec. The select fe-
that are left nre sufliclenily goeel te be used
for breeding purposes, and these are care
fully fed and tended until they are fit for
tills purpose. They de net often live beyond
the age of two years.
Caretalilng Is Real Iclver
"The care of high -class goldfish is very
laborious and requires much time, trouble
and money. Winter and summer they mils;
be kept ut an even temperature, nbeut ,Vi
degiees, for sudden changes are very In
jurious. Their feed is nlse very Important.
Seme fanciers get up ut t o'clock every
morning te go down te the Neck and obtain
a supply of infuseria for the young ones te
feud en. After that they go te work.
"It means, tee, staying home iu summer
te keep water 01 er the fish, unless there h
some competent person who can de It, us
Ujelr hybrid nature renders them delicate.
That, la this tMn nMnt, n,. ... i , .
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verceme, and 1 think we are Bucccedlns,,
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Their stamina and resistance te disease arc
increasing ns time gees en.
"At the present time they are subject te
many of the Ills of human beings. Paralysis,
dropsy and ether disorders appear from time time
te time, nnd It Is necessary te take prompt
action te prevent .1 spread of the infection.
Usually we segregate the fish and put u
permnnganatc of potassium solution in the
water.
"In spite of these troubles of the fish
fancier. It is se interesting, and sometimes se
profitable, that there are n great many peo
ple who make it cither their profession or
hobby. There are at least "00 fanciers in
this city alone, and the popular interest in
fish-breeding is shown by the heavy at
tendance which we had nt our nnnual ex
hibition in Horticultural Hall. Mere than
10,000 people uttended en one day."
Today's Anniversaries
lTO," The Stamp Act, one of the principal
causes leaclliie te the American Revolution,
came into elfeet.
17.S1 The tenth session of the Continen
tal Congress opened nt Trenten.
leSOi! Convention assembled at Chillicethc
te frame a State Constitution for Ohie.
1621 Steamship Walk-in-the-Water, the
first steamship en Lake Erie, wrecked.
1S.1-1 Philadelphia and Trenten Railroad
completed.
1870 Columbus Delane, of Ohie, was
appointed Secretary of the Interior in
Grant's Cabinet.
1R71 The system of purchasing commis
sions in the Rritish Army wns abolished.
1804 Emperor "Alexander III of Russia
died nnd was succeeded by Nicholas II, the
last Emperor.
1020 Eight were killed in Cuban election
riots.
Today's Blrthdaye
Reles Penrose. 1'nlted States Senater from
Pennsylvania, horn in Philadelphia sixty -one
years nge.
Vice Admiral Jehn D. McDonald, U. S.
N.. commanding the battleship force of the
Atlantic Fleet, born at Machins, Me., fifty
eight years age.
The Rt. Rev. M. Edward Fawcett. Epis
copal Rishep of Qulncy, 111., born at New
Hartferd. la., fifty-six years uge,
Fllwiirl TlnMncn ,ltrnt,i. rtf Cl,n "Tt.iw... .
pelltan Museum of Art, born In Rosten
siity-three years age.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
Who invented the relenee of ceegr.ipln ?
In what year did the great siege of Ver
dun occur?
In what American State did fie Non Nen
Partisan League of etcrs originate?
"What was the nationality of Henry llud llud
t'en? What Is the origin of the phr.139 "Cab
bages and Ivlnfi-n"?
""i!10 ere. .V'" campulR-n tnanaRera for
the Republican nnd Democratic parties
respectively during the Iabt preai
dentlal contest?
What is the Crown of St. Stephen':
What is a "tun.h"?
What novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne has
h European settluif?
Where and what la the Pent-Neuf?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
The earth rotates en Us nN trein west
te east. Its ether principal motion la
its revolution around the sun.
Kate Fe (bem 1830) nnd her Ms,tcr
Maigaret (born ISIIfi) runic as the first
M'liltu.illstle mediums. The Ve slsleis
lived In Hydesillle, Way ne c 'eiinlv V
.. and litter moved te RecbeV.cr."
a here modern spiritualism began te a-j-Kunie
Its present form
Toe Rlpln Marbles. Ih the name xiven tu
.1 oellectlem of cireeU hculptures ,Ui,c
prising the bull; , tl. hUI!viv,', ,, , ,.
J.. decoration of the Purtheneii H id '11
carjutlc land column fiuin ,!, Kr-'.'i,.
tlieue.i. The marbles wen. brought from
Athens between IK0I and kei ,, u
Karl of ICIglu and placed In the llrit "1,
Museum. The Parthenen "ou it ire
were executed under the direction r
liildi.cii about 110 IS. c. u"'-110" ut
Ary Hheffer was .1 noted hutch mlnter
of the French school. H0 UleU in 18Sg
The Odyssey erf Hemer relates the ud
ventures and wandering of UlvVch-
itimV "ttl0 Ur';cIt '""f
An ebellsH t a taperiiiff, usually ,.
Ithle, shaft of bt.ine with u pvrainlci?!
top erected usually as a men ml. 'v
ed-illsque is a,, Hasten, fcm.ile hinve
or concubine, e.peclully t0 TurUiVh
Sultan's seraglio. urint.11
A cli.uun.le Is a Kl3n.1l for reheat m a
drum or trumpet. " A
A dulcimer Is a musical linti uniem -ii-.
utr'ngi of K.i.duated lei gll ever
ceuijdli.B beard 01 i,ea , 11 r ".,,,
aa the prototype of tl ,,u'm, a",UlU
Dutch and Kwtiliih iv i,, . ...
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SHORT CUTS
In the new municipal alphabet "I"
stands for Frankford.
Fech is still in the hands of his
friends. Their name is Legien.
Lives of Congressmen remind us that
we can't expect a clarion call from a fog
horn. Reactionaries invariably try te ham
string the man who desires te bring home
the bacon.
Considering the rate of exchange, one
wonders why Charles should make such a
fuss ever n crown.
Having learned that Fech smokes a
pipe, what the country wants te knew is
what brand of tobacco he uses.
The trouble with bootleg whisky, rc
markcel the Thirsty One, is that most of it
nppears te have been mnde'eut of bootlegs.
The r.ening ordinance net being retro
active, the owner of n building is holding
his own while the city is zoning his holding.
The best Indication of improving in
dustrial conditions is that ever se many
chronic pessimists arc beginning te back
pedal. There is strong suspicion that the So
viet Government's premise te pay Russin's
debts is no mere valuable than Russia's
ruble-i.
The fact tbnt Sarah Rernhardt has
bought an island for her tomb convinces us
tlmt she will carry a geed press ugent te
the last.
Tax revisionists, remarked the sales
tax advocate, are peer tailors who arc
patching a poorer coat. What is needed is
a new garment.
President Harding is expected te make
his proclamation of peace with -Germany
within ten days. The one place where it
will be read with avid lute-rest is in the
Federal prisons.
. "vyIl')' n cannibal woman won't de a
thing, said woman missionary add resume
a meeting nt Raltlmere. "she won't, nnd no
man can force her te change her mind." Is
the lady trying te prove that diet has no
eflcet en temperament?
Si.t Scotch boys, stowaways, held at
Gloucester, have been deported. Six Scotch
heys with enterprise eneugli te stew away
te reacli n land of premise would prebablr
have made geed and valuable citizens. Anil
hew else cat, Scotch get here nowadays
unless it is smuggled lu?
If the Washington conference can pro pre
iide China with an open deer that lacks
Japanese hinges, Japan with u population
outlet, England with security in her pos
sessions itml Italy nnd France with n geed
substitute ter natural frontiers, limitation
of unnnment will come almebt ns a matter
of ceurte.
Dr. Vilray P Rlair. of St. Leuis, told
the American College of Surgery, meeting
in this city, hew be grafts flesh nnd bone
lreui ether parts of the body te mnkc dam
aged faces beautiful. Kvery politician who
wishes te save his lace ought te consult him.
Hu mny net make it beautiful there Ih a
limit te art but he may camouflage it a
When the President says "we shnll net
nurrender any of our national Independence"
he means, of course, except the nutural sur
render and reslriclien of independence which
comes, with every agreement, whether it re
lates te things Intcriiaiienal or things per
sonal; else there would be no point te his
further declaration that If the Washington
conference. ,fni "It v,w ,10 fuut of the
Lnlteil States."
Officers of n Geimn,, s.hi,, tt,t., ltrmcd
here em I hursday with t.nrK ,,, nil.,tl)la!i
toys ay that sixty steel steamships arc iu
course of construction ,, n,,. it,or VAhn
ant that many of them are about ready te
he launched. This seems te show that hard
link and a depreciated currency are great
can t use tl.eui because we arc wealthy aud
powerful and our money Is at a premium.
America,, women in newspaper intcr
ilews earnestly pretest against the Paris
dceice for longer skirls. "And after the?
have protested te their hearts' content."
says Mrs. Arabella Mixing, ..tllcJ. lv,n, l.
ceed te wear longer skirts. Nel 1,11 at once,
but in due course. (l.-e upon a time it leek
three sesisens te,- the gowns of the ultra ultra
i.shleuude te reach the crowd. Nowadays
lie moil. - have ,.,,, ,,. premh J.
v nit lut the longer sh rls nre cen.in'.
et iua k .-,y wen,.." Well, we'r mar In
'eiii, iim'am. Fer nurse. f. ,., ,(m-t . refc:;
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