',VfiJvr!'7''v Jl- . V f & w EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2h 1921 ' 8 T I- uemnllubfic ledger PUBLIC LEDUEK COMPANY CYKls II K OUlii''- i-MtBlursl Jehn C. M tin, Vlce Pr.snl m tnl 'lri rlrs Charltt A Tv it Beutelt yiCWM H. Ludine Ludine ten. rnlllp ti. i - n. Jflhn h WUIUmi. Jehn J. BnuriVen. Oenrse F. deldiimlen. Dvld E. Smll.y. IHrjcter". DAVIT) R. PV'fT .Editor ,JUHN tO.llN Ui-itmal Huln.! Marnier rubllfhrd dally at I'tmt.le LEDnn: Hulldlng Ine' iduice Siiunre l-niiHi" pni AniNTte Cm rreis- Union Building Neit VenK a4 Madln p . ScntOlt 701 Ferd UulMlnR Pt Lecis 013 aiobr-Drmecrat Iluil'ni- CltlciOO 1302 Tribune DulldlnB XK9 VI UbAVd Wjhiiinoten ncn'r, N. H ' or I'p inny anln Ave nnrt 111'' St JCitw Yens DCKK.it Thn Suit Ilulldlnn Londen Ucrrad Trafalgar Jiulldinj; SIWIUI'TION TKHMS The HtENltii I'cnt.te Lnxim Is nerved te sub crlh' In I'hilndelrh'n rnd fU'-reundinit towns at the rate of twelve (IS) cents per week, payable te the cArri.r Dy mall te point! outnlde of Philadelphia In the I'nlte "5'nte. Canada, or I'niteil su-ites t'os t'es t'os esilenn pettase frn. fifty (00) cnt per month, fjlx (101 dollar per viar, puvab.e. In advance Te til fe-eian mtinirlea one (Jt) dollar J. n oath Ketii R- Subucrthers wishing addreta changed must clve old ia well as new ndl.eas. Tint. " TIIM'T KfY'TOVT. MUN 1r.ni tu ddrra- i'l rjmmijUicn(ietiA te Eienina Public ' 4rin '-)--rfr-ir- "uare. rti'l'''"'efr Member of the Associated Tress Tin? AfisGcrATrri rtrat rteiunvmu en titled n the line ftr publication of nil nrtcg ill-lin'e'ici credited te It net elheruitt credited in thii paper ar.d nhte the local nexva puMlihrd tJirrMn -III rlghti ff republication of upeclat rtlspafcliM hrrrtn "r alie frtrr, J rhilidflphl., Mnndiy. Ne-fmlur :l. 1VI1 WHY IT WAS STOPPED COUNCILMAN DEVEL1NS explanation of why flip ..urvey of the Municipal Court by the Bureau of Municipal Resenich was stepped ought te set a few sptieus-mlnded people te thinking about what the Jeb Com bine is doing. Mr. DevclUi says tbnt the iigents of the bureau began thplr work in the hoc luntlns department. Ttipy found e man 'V'rks employed thp:e that the rWks hail te take turns working If thpy a'l appenreil thi Kt In one nnether'i av, Thereupon the burcau'a agents were ferhlililen te continue their survey. Why? Can any enn doubt that it vim because It wax 'tnuwn that a similar super fluity of omn'eif' would b found in the ether departments of the court? Mr. Df-ve in hitnelf inmli an iinetisntlen of the probation de'inrtniPiil en lilsi own ac count, lie found 2!'! preliitiun nfll-t en the parrel'1-. with enl- -pventy of tliPin em ployed In the Juvenile Department, where the need for probation efticr Is greatest. He could net learn what tic oilier -'-!) niPii were deins for their pnlnrle. This year, however, the dp'-isnatlen of the positlenK held by the court ?mplep ha" been changed. There are only 130 probation officers en the sob 'dele of emplejcs. The ether 100 have been railed keinetbinK pIhp, either e'erks or janitors or watchmen or pipe-fitters. Ju' hew many pine-fitters there are it does net appear, but there must be eunuch of them te lay the pipes from the City Treasury te the Municipal Court threucli which the mniiey is te (low for rewarding the political hangers-en cared for by Judge Brown. The representatives of the court are te make a defen-e of their expenditure. It Is bound te be ingenious, and thei-e who wish te be convinced by it will be con vinced. Amenjr this number will certainly be the Ceuncllnicn who have dependents en the payroll of the court. They have nlrendv tentatively approved the court budget. If they retcrse themselves tedav, then they will win for thems'dves the distinction which was denied te the cities of the plain in which even tlw angels of the I-erd ceuM find no righteous mi'n. THE NEW ACADEMICIANS JOSKITI IJi:XNi:U, new joins. Owen Wister as a reprecgjiturive of this city in the American Academy of Arts and Let ters. Mr. Pennell has just bpen elected te mem bership, along with Charles Dana tiibsun and Henrv Iiacen. The membership of the Academv is limitPil te forty, chosen from among the 2."0 membera of the American Institute of Arts and Letter. (Jual Jii-ntiuii rests upon notable achlevprnent in art, music or literature. There is no doubt of the fitness .f either Gibsen or Pennell, measured bv this stand -aryi. Gibsen la one of the finest artists with the pen that America has produced. And praise of Pennell as an etcher and lith"gra pher is superfluous. Ilaoen i nm- of the best architects in the country, and he enters as an artist in the broader meaning of the word. Among their associates n.p Jehn Singer Sargent. Elihu Vedder and (jeergc DeFor DeFer rcst Brush, painters. I.itentfre is repre sented, among ethers, by Ouen Wister. William Hescoe Tliayer and Henry van Dyke, and sculpture bv Paul Wayland Bart Jett and Frederick MaeMennies. It is a distinguished body of men. and the new members are ecpial in their spe-jaitii te aie of their assec'i GOOD FA H AND BACKFIRING SHIPYARDS of the Clyde an the Tyne are eloquent with -Hence. Throughout the entire lirsf week c,f the Diaiinnmint Conference Rrftlsb sympathv lth the Amer ican proposals was of steadv growth. But mere forcible than ornterv is the ad miralty order for a suspension of a'l work en the four new capital ships of the rupee rupee rupee Heed type during the sessions in Wash ington. A new speed recur'' in (ntPrnaMennl con claves has been pstmdi-'ipd. Mr. Hughes fixed the tptiipu in hl- e-miilni; program. Fer the moment Mr P.n'fuu-s icph sppinpd te lower the pnee. Ir m at once a cuir cuir teeusly friendly and a u,ir jci'eptnnee This Ilrltish stutesRinn and lihi'rueplier abhors sensations It is even uc.riiiahlp whether his tuKerm apirHpntiiu of the artistry of Mr Ilughe' methods i net sus ceptible of mere than en tnterprcrut inn But the -uujei tiitv and the intangible Bltbtletles in winch Arthur Balfour dellghta arc net typical of tlie parley thu- far. The meeting i- concerned with realities, and one of these Is the uniiirtliiiMblc and rapid ie adjustment of lines which has icsulted In n firm British backing of the American posi tion. It it net unllke'v that Japanese reluctance te indere the Hughe- plan in f'ctail is partly responsible for n c'l-arei display of the ling. lish view. Kvenfn have ceitmnrelnd phllo phlle phllo flephicnl refinements Without impugning Jlr. Balfour's motives. It may be suggested that perhaps lie has In a sense been carried oleng in the rush. It is plain, and in lint tontruvcntlen r.f tee cries of nlariulstb, that the British Gov ernment recoils from nm thing suggesting antagonism te the Cnlted Stntc. The Jap anese appeal for reservations has prelded an early test of the strength of this senti ment. Despite the Ivistern alliance per haps, indeed, m the effort te prove that It In net directed against Anirriea the trial has been successful met The culminating proof is the cessation of work uuen B'ltlsh uhlps of the class most affected by the reduc tion proposals Tbe step Is without precedent In interna tional effuirs In effect Britain has pro claimed a fruitful solution of the dlsarina Btent pre.blcm without waiting for any formal Wintry of agreement. U i net agreeab'e te turn from this teti nwny gf geed " te the reported back- llrlnf? tlhnn rlin TTnirKnu tilnn In certain naval " clreles in Washington. Rumors of a forth- u. in.- "i' .at rep' nmd are current. IWlb the Inst nice- of indiscreet gossip gessip ng by the self-con t t ited er.tlcs would only receive nn e. agjeratcl Importance were such a method adopted. Nevcrthe ess, even the mere hint of antiquated irrccencl. ability Is unti easunt. Kven with Jnpan In a tptestlenlng mood, the keynote of the proceedings In the capital Is optimism and a conviction of a nappy Issue. Such sniping as exists is mere de testable than it Is invariant. PREFER PEACE TO WAR qIIK patriotic and high-minded address of - Chnrlcs M. Schwab upon disarmament ought te correct te some degree the thinking of the pcep'e who have been Insisting that the manufacturers of war material would tight every plan proposed te de away with war. Mr. Schwab announced that he would scran 1 !s great gun foundry at Bethlehem In the interests of peace if it were necessarv. Ne man, he said, would lese mere than he if the building of batt'eshlp.s were stepped, but he hoped it would never be necessary te build any mere of them. And he is in hearty sympathy with the purposes of the Wash Ington Conference. r.lbcrt II. linry. of the I'nited States Steel Corporation, has expressed similar views, net quite se picturesquely or appeal -ingl.v ns Mr. Schwab. But the content of his remarks is the same. There is a practical ns well as :i senti mentnl side te the question. It has bpen discovered that war does net briu perma nent prosperity te the steel business or te any ether business. C.rent profits were made while the war lasted. But the business fnhr.e of the whole world was tern te shreds. Since peace w.ts declared there has been stagnation. The great sums spt.nt for mu nitions have been blown Inte the air. They have been taken from the industry of peace, and that industry, deprived of its life bleed, has been struggling te recover. It is doubt less capable of mathematical demonstration that nil the profits made during the war have been consumed by the losses that have come since peace was declared. The railroads have net been nb'e te buy steel rails Building projects that would have tispd hundrpds cf thousands of tens of structural steel have been postponed because the price has bpen prohibitively high en account of the intlntlen of the currency brought about by the war nnd because the Government has absorbed in war taxes the surplus capital that would otherwise have been used te buy structural steel and rail road rails and ether products of the steel mills. Business has discovered. If it did net knew it before, thnt war dees net pay. It Is wicked economic waste. The scrapping of gun-manufacturing plants nnd the les- of orders for armor-plate and steel for battle ships may bring temporary less te th" steel business. The superficial scielists who have been insisting that war Is always made at the dictation of the munitien makers and the capitalists may be surprised bv the dis covery that these interests are willing te make w hatever sacrifices may be necessary te bring about a reduction In the sums spent in preparation for future wais. The rest of us will be delighted te knew that these powerful interests are aligned en the side of International peace. It may be that they are looking te the mrer and mere enduring profits of peace, but it is mere complimentary te human nature te believe that they have taken their present stand because they are opposed te thp wholesale destruction of human life, with its consequent bereavement of millions of families, and are willing te de what is within their pewpr te end it. AN INCONSPICUOUS PEACE INCONSPICUOUSNKSS is net ordinarily regarded as an attribute of a proclama tion. The formal assertion of the restoration of peace wl'h Austria is the exception. A four-line dispatch from Washington declares that President Harding lias s'gnpd thp paper making the announcement. Far ther details are withheld. There 1- no need for mere. A conflict with n nation once territorially the second largest tr. Europe has ended amid complete, yet explicable, public indifferent p. In December. 1017, Congress declared war upon the Dual Monarchy. Italy had but recently found this fee ionleuslv vigorous at Cnpnrette. That Austrla-Hnng'iry was tottering was an old story difficult te recon cile with appearances. In lesi than n year, however, the per--istent prophecies were confirmed with an pmphasis almost unmatched in the records of nations. Thpre is no comcleusnpss today of the re--umptien of amicable relations with Austria for the rensen that the enemy against which America took up arms has vanished. The fringe of territory which surrounds Vienna N (piitp the meekest and one of the most distressful slates of Europe. The unimportance of the peace proclama tion lontribute the final touch te a tale of '..lulling pretentiens, perhaps even grandeur, ind utter celVnc. GRIDIRON MYSTERIES THE "r aiieus race" of Alicr 's wonderland, in which eerbedv wen. resented a simple prnb'em in prone-tinns enmnured with some of the riddles of football this season. The Harvard-Yale-Princeton entangle ment i". perhaps, thp most fnselcattns Each one of tu-sp three teams l.ns bren detcated in the triangular contests, and eaih has wen a game Winter is approaching, and persons capa ble of grasp in theories of relativity need net be idle In 'tie long evenings. If cnkalus ai' I ntnliMc.ii eemetrv will help, let them be invoked C ngrissuiPii versed in mudd'ing up income tax legislation might be indu' ed te lend a hand Rcjiets that championship en the gridiron is net scientifically disceiered as it is en the diamond are occasionally heard, nut per haps It 1- as vcV tllOt tile eei. fusion eUMs The iugfoieus iindergtaduate s thus ahvins cupnb'e of proving the distinction of bin ce'lege te his own sutlsfuct.en. V geed turn ,s had by all THE CLOVE-PINK CANDIDATE THE appearance of campaign buttons bear ing a white eamutien en a blue ground, with the inscription "Fer Governer," has set the uninformed te wondering what can didate was seeking the nomination under this symbol of purity TIip Informed are aware that there is an amb'tirus peluieian in the Commonwealth who never appears in public without a white carnation in his buttonhole. He is Mjpu larly kmvn as Charley Snyder. Just new he holds the alike of Suite Treasurrr. He is fastidious in dress because he thinks that he ewes it te the people whom he serves te present nn external appearance which will typify, se fur as poss ble the d gnltv and wealth of the State This fall lie Is wearing what is lllppanth Known ns a Tcihh bear hat u fawn colored evi-cat a braid d bus. uess coat with a n'd handkerchief peek'ng out of the breast p cket and n white dower in the buttonhole of the left lapel, while Ins hands are covered with white gloves adorned with black stitching. And a walking-stick with n curved handle hangs from his arm. lie might be called the Beau Brummcll of Pottsville, net te mention Harrisburg, though there are Irreverent persons who think that it would be mere accurate te de scribe him as the Beau 1-deal and let it g at that. If it is he who has put out the white carnation campaign buttons and it cannot be that some one else has stolen his distinc tive gonfalon we are te be treated te the novel and delightful spectacle of u floral campaign. The "sulnted nnd lamented Mc Klnley," us Charley would say, always were a ld carnation. Red, however. Is the symbol of passion, and the Pottsville patriot could never stand for that. He has chosen white, the symbol of purity nnd Innocence, and it is as the personification of these virtues thnt he will seek te corral the dele gates. The carnation, however, has n wider sym bolism. Uvery botanist knows nnd Charley is some botanist that it is n name given te the uunier u.s vnrieties of the clove pink. This information, judiciously spread where It will de the most geed, ought te be suffi cient te make the clove vote solid for him. The theory seems te be that n candidate who appeals te both the naughty nnd the nice will be invincible. He is supposed te be the pink of perfection. If any one disputes it, let him stand forth nnd give his reasons. A NEW SLANT ON CANAL TOLLS WHILE the bill for exempting American coastwise ships from Panama Canal tells rests In obscurity, it is permissible te note the emergence of u icw argument against Its ndoptjen. A rate commissioner of the Transconti nental Freight Bureau has InferniPil an ex aminer for the Interstate Commerce Commis sion that the railroads at present nie crippled by steamship competition through the isth mian waterway. Freight shipments by sea from Atlantic te Pacific ports, or vice versa, are only about one-half se costly ns these by land. It 1 pointed out that the tell-exemption plan would be the culminating blew. Was it possible that Senater Berah, father of the somnolent Canal Bill, was concerned mere with wrecking the railways than with asserting American superiority te treaty pledges? Net a few fascinating speculations nre In spired by the new aspect of the situation. It may be difficult te convince Great Britain that Inquiry into the nature of the Hay Hay Pnunccfete Treaty Is net an international matter. Nevertheless, it would appear that do mestic problems nre lending n new com plexity te the meaning of the instrument whereby the United States v ns enabled te construct and maintain the thoroughfare between the oceans. Germany will go bank- Straiice Oversight nipt if she is asked te en the Part of pay reparations due Eminent Financier. Jnnuaiy 1.", says the German Minister of Finance; which is strictly in accordance with what appears te hae been the plans of German statesmen and financiers. What they have apparently overlooked is that in bankruptcy pieceedlngs a reccivcr will be appointed, and thnt the receiver will un doubtedly be a soldier. Forty thousand stock yard workers In the Middle West have ac cepted a wage cut after Common Sense Aurts Strife examining their employers' books. The con clusion is that- they found a cut was inevi tablp if the business was te continue. Which we mean te remark that the course taken was a whole let better than u strike. j SHORT CUTS ! It is n far-down problem that faces the Londen conference. The year IHL'1 will go Inte history as the meteoieloglcal freek of the ages. "Tell your troubles te Merrow." says Judge Brown. Anether case of "innnana." The candidate whose emblem is the clove pink ought te be able te get the hooch vote. Who knows but that what is needed in the Municipal Court is the scrapping of senn; political dreadnoughts? "Japanese Ask Light en China's Prints" Headlines. A Chinese lantern, perhaps, suggtsts our Apeitle of Terseness. "Parley Wrestles With Far East." says a newspaper headline. Parley should go slew, for Jap wrestlers aie among the world's best. New that a Charge d'Affaives nil interim has been appointed te Berlin, it oeurs te us te wonder if u diplomatic staff may be re ferred te as a coup stick? Ne Sherlock Helmes p needed te deduce the fact that the Sinn Fein ami Ulster lack any ex ci powering desire te speed Lloyd Geerge en a trip te Washington. Berlin is having feed riots and the Gov ernment 1 being urged te suppress profi teering. The first step would appear te be te ntep thp printing presses at the mint. Premier Briand will probably point out te the Conference that if France doc-, net maintain her present army. Russjn and Germany may proceed te build battleships. In view of the action of the Heuse we take It that people of large incomes will continue te withheld menev from legitimate I Industrial Meitures nnd continue te bink it in nen-t,inble securities. Germany, it will be rnnembrred. was m a fair way te rule the world commercially when she took the notion te rule H with a sword. The military party In Japan might well tn'r'e the lessen te heait. Since it Is generally understood thnt the "ferment of the Powers en the tun nl cut will stand, whateier the outcome of the ds. i'U inn en the Far East, the Cnnfcrcii'e ma already be considered a success. There Is nt present little i ause for alarm in Japan's expiossed desire for n larger pro portion of warships because of hi r peogrnph peegrnph icnl position. Thee are drenm shins und she'll dicker und dicker and dm k 'cm. Nrither should one view wit'' ilnrm Junan's deslie fee a twe-dav delay It, the discn-sieii of the Far East problem. It has been bunging fire for gene-atiens. Why should one grumble at another forty-eight hours? When GrPiit Britain suggests the scrap ping of the submarine she evidently does net mean n slop vslth thp Washington Con Cen frreme The nun-airc would have te be adopted l.y the League of Nations te make it safe fir the weild. Ne meir luni'teii'iig thing has been said in many dnvs than the declaration of Schwab and Gniv lha tliey wnu'd willingly scrap their wru plants in the interest of world pence. Ft that they meant exactly v hut they said is bewmd peni'iventure. There Is something fine !n the action of the P'issei 'uv Committee In refusing te pose for the screen, theueli itH declnri-Hn-i "yy'e " i" net i ' n v Judas te our trndl tiens despite our poverty," seems just a bit f 'trn lust a lifil hit suggestive of "Rags are reval ralinent when worn for virtue's seke." AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Matter of Begging for Othera Helps Cne te Realize the Plight of These Forced by Circumstances te Plead for Themselves By SARAH I). LOWKIR THE nlr bus been full of the word budget. These of us who hove been wclfiirlng for the Fedeintieli have worked it hard, "Each organization has made its budget te cover the cost of last ycar'B running ex penses plus the expected increase due te lis enlarged work nnd the increasing demand upon its services." That Is the way I've begun the enslnught, but I've never finished it the same way twice. Budget beems te be u word that menus n different thing te every person. One man swung round en his swivel chair and drew his face Inte a grimace that seemed te be hung en n hook in the celling for he never looked anywhere else. "Hew de I knew," said lie, "that these budgets are net double what they should be?" I was prepared for him. "The committee backing the federation lins examined the books of the Institutions, sir, and has con vinced Itself that the budgets are net unduly large te cover the very apparent needs of the case." ANOTHER one of my "subjects" a lady this time who gazed at me with n kind of smoldering distrust, as though I had de signs upon her Par I an marble statuary as well as upon her "Tenth," tald with some asperity : "Yeu talk about budgets. It seems te me it's pretty far ahead te ask me te give menev te thpse things" she indicated the list of hospitals, day nurseries, settlements, etc. "that won't be spent till August, -rime of It. Hew can tbpy tell what they will need in August of next year? Last August was mere expensive than any August I've kept house. This August of next sum mer ought te be half as expensive. I don't trust budgets. It's like paying your bill befeie you get it." I n she'd her if she knew what her nenmc was likely te be for the next twelve months In as seething a voice as I possess, which is net baying much. I think she felt the question was a decided liberty, but she vouchsafed that she did knew, nnd, she added shortly, that she never lived beyond it. I then suggested te her that the budget of an institution was a hope for the future based en n knowledge of the past that put them in the same position financially that she was when she counted en her income for the coming year. She said she would think it ever. Ii AM never cast down when people are rilling te talk en the subject of my errand, or when they dismiss me te think it ever, or when (hey refuse te give anything because they have a personal grievance against one of the committee or one of the Institutions. I had te sit n helf hour through a bitter arraignment against one of the organizations I was asking aid for. Re ligion and society nnd u let of things were I "oil up in the fracas, and I sympathized very sincerely with the person, 'who was lglitenusly indignant. She did net premise a cent te me far from it but we parted very amiably and with warm consideration for each ether. A day or two later some ether geed Influence moved ber te ignore her personal grievance and fclic made a most liberal subscription ONE of the nicest things thnt happened te me was In the office of a man of whom I had never heard but w limn every one in thn building seemed te "kowtow" te ns though he were the boss of nil the bosses. I bad no sooner shown my button and begun my business when he tired me ns few book agents even have been tiled. He swung round en his chair with an enth and said te the clerk that had brought me in: "Shew this person out! What you mean by letting her In?" The clerk was very polite and plucky about showing me out. lie even took me te the elevator and rang the bell for "down." "I am very sorry," he said, "very sorry. It isn't right te act se. But it can't be helped." And then just as the elevator plumped down that pale, tired men reached into bis pocket nnd produced a dollar bill. "I would like te subscribe n little, if I may," he said, thrusting It Ipte my hand, and waved the elevator down se that I never even get his name. That was one of the nicest things that has happened te me in my career as u beggar. And, Indeed, for the most part very happy things have come my way during this week of going about en the federation's business. In the first place the public that could give has been very well prepared by the work of the committee. And in the second place the persons that have had te de the asking have been very well prepared, se that there Is geed feeling all around, real en thusiasm and n keen sense of duty. I THINK the experience of approaching perfect strangers und asking them for help, even though that help is net for one ene seil but for an Institution that is saving life or conserving life I think the queer lecling tnat one has if one is rebulfed or even gcntlv refused, and the grateful feeling one has if one is successful, the hesitation one has befere one rings the bell at the stningc deer, and the lump in one's threat as one begins te explain one's errand all this ts a very enlightening experience te many nnd many a man or woman who has ii i'r Inn up against the actual hardships uf earning a living or seeking u job or a-Miig a -trangcr for help. Se miiTiy of us live such protected, easy lives in the matter of being dependent. We are dependent, but only en the perseus whose pleasure or duty it is te give us what we want or need, se that unless we place eur--cIm s voluntarily in a position nt asking a stranger for something, as we have done for the federation, we could net guess what n pur.g there is In hanging en the geed will et sonic one te whom we mean nothing. Te be n fused bv one or another of the men nnd women whom we have en our lists, as possible giver-s doeb net, of course, np piu.uiiMte the pain und growing dread that a man or woman en girl or boy fecU who is refused a job ei help In selling some peer ware, but we get u taste of what It 1m te he turned away. And that knowledge is geed for Ha. I THINK many persons who de refuse are quite within their rights. Yeu tannet be vnin ' miller s keeper, let alone an entire stranger's, te the extent of knowing mere than up does, about his powers te give where you want him te give. Ne rating, however conservative, will really li' a man's status for benefactions. We have nil of us ways of giving that de net get printed en lists, or reported by oiganizntiens. The stingipst man in our family connec tion left his family se comfortably provided for by dint of hard and incessant saving for them' that thry were able te leek after their Improvident nnd generous brother's children and ether of their kin besides when hard i mes struck them. Until he died he was always spoken of as veiy close. But after his d'dith he was the benefneter of the entire family. And that bad been his desire und plan, apparently. ONE of the most epen-lianded men I ever knew acted us chairman time after time te lel'ect funds for the families of his de parted and impecunious friends, army men, literary men, urtists and the like. lie always gave himself most self -sac-rlficlnslv. But he died very greatly in debt for long in rears of household bills, and his lunch-loved wife nnd famil had te (urn t' work In order te pay what he owed. Se pi- i r islty is a very cm mintivr term. But what this federal ion dilve has proved le many of uf is that our giving of the money that Is legitimately at our disposal 'ins been very haphazard and net always 'pnereus in the past We have given be cause we hated te tefiise rather than because wn have decided hew best our gift money can be spent. , tfi- .. ' YV m. Xl!Ww!JssVSA'fV JW7Sv!fifr . iSSilP?r rkFvvt9w-ik JkHmKr lFx$$M4&' flffijyjK JvmL XL SJSsSBBxmmWfk i n mi m tWlLliMfffC WSigdl0f'fC's?A S C ..-Vwm5KglllMM 13HiwF!:rff5iV-iiieii iifflntii turf T'-fewftirgW tlV S!8ffl8 .Zm3- i 'ii-m,T nn ImTM iiM1ili'iifiiiTOTTtTiniirnfrtiiiM, JifTfi, ' 'wtr?rn.fyrcv''v- ii -nimu , " SiHT.... -i-i, aaTOrerwruijjri, .,... T.,... Ii..iZlimZ "- " ajriTCS'..ifc-.,i.. .." ""tlHuna.m.lUS.Igiia. i sJiMiavx )sSsV'wv:w'i ",''l';fflrJ,,fri uJse&i&Z',ZZ2 iZZXV-M NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects Knew Best C. W. ASBURY On American Valuation Plan fnifE HAVE never before becu confronted VV with Kiich nn unbalance of exchange ns we new have affecting etir international commerce," says C. W. Asbury. "We have never been confronted with bitch depreciation of any country's currency in the world ns we find today In the German mark. If goods are Imported upon the old basis of tariff making, referring especially te the ad valerem, as distinguished from the spe cific nites in the Tariff Bill, the invoice value Is usually accepted as a basis upon which the ad valerem rates arc assessed. "I believe It is true that Germany today Is exercising as much power as it can from governmental sources te prevent the pur chase of German goods by foreigners in marks--obviously te the Interest of the Government Itself, because the Government buys te the exporters nnd te its manufac turers: 'Yeu must net sell these goods upon the basis of cost plus a reasonable profit in marks, because if you de you are just wast ing the profits that might be get out of the ether fellow. And it Is our purpose te see that you get n proper price for the goods, and then we will take the money.' That Is n very simple preposition. .Trade Is Upset "But where de we stand? Importers in this country are able, through intermediaries in Germany, te buy in marks, and the values at which these goods can be laid down in the United States are far below the cost of manufacture In this country. "It seems te me that Is a condition of the first Importance for the protection of the actual life of ninny American industries. It tn.'iv net be generally known, but one of the New Yerk pa pern today Is publishing en German newsprint. Automobiles and ether things can be vended, if purchased in the way I have indicated, at prices which net only cannot be met by the American manufac turer, but would actually drive him out of business if permitted. "The American valuation, as I see it, is a simple preposition. There is nothing com plicated about it. It, is simply that if one Item is new imported from Germany upon any such basis as I have Indicated it may pay into the United States custom beuse, we will say Lr) per cent duty. If the same item is Imported from Gieat Britain, quali ties being equal, it will pay perhaps -10 per cent duty. All that we nre. .sayiiiT is thnt any item of manufactured merchandise com ing within the classification of nd vnlerem duties entering this country shnll pay the same number of dollars and cents per Item ! What De Yen Knew? QUIZ 1. Who was, Mether l loose'.' :. What Is the blithest mountain In the United States? 3. Who is the head of the Italian delega tien te the Disarmament Conference? 4. In what vvav is the Island of Mauritius fainrd In literature? &. Hew old was .lean of Arc at the tlme of her execution .' C. What was the middle name of President Rutherford I! Hayes? 7, What planet In the b&lar system Ilea furthest away from the sun? 8. What la a xebec? n. What Is the meaning of tbe mubical tertn tuttl"? . 10. Who aia the Logeleptians? Answers te Saturday's Quli 1 James Mailitfen was President of the United States during the War of 1SU". S. Glyptography Is the n lcin.0 and art of gem engraving 3. A billyceck is n round-crowned hiiril felt bat, erlg nally "bully-cocked hat," that Is cocked after the fashion of the bullies It began te be worn In Eng land about 171 4 A bigaroen In n large white-heart cherry. j. Thn United Mtutes maintains Its own court In the Chlnese treaty pert of Shanghai G. A Huan'igcs In a loud-voiced preacher or orator "And Jamcu the seu of Zebe dee, and Jehn the brother of Juijiph ; and li nut named them Boanerges, which is the sous of thunder." Marls, III. 17 7, The maiden name of the Empress Je- sepliln was Jesephine Tascher de la Paiterle 8, The Hi ethers liiiinm. Jakob and Wil- hclm, completed ami published their lornpibitlen of folk fa rv tales under the title "Klnrten und Hausmiiichcn" (('hlldien'H and Uemistlc Tales) In ism. 9, The Greek goddess similar In uhnructui- s- ch te the Reman Mlneiva was Pallua Athene. 10, A di awing room was originally called a wlthdravvlnff room. ANSWERED C.i!Ze$ j.ii- ..a; A "?!? (f v flr-ci - sJ&&-aM AOrfSi &&&? .rfi?. aasFK..-.i w .ifiif ,s. r v J":&f-Zt- " iiftr .J'VJrZ,tiF2rJ7S .ifflc rfii'jr..-1' .J Wff&tes ;mffift&&s& -dtfkg 'f "y-s-i -.iw b-e-"t,rr-Miux' .r-iiy-rnTrrir-.r,(tff4JiF.jtftr ii4-rUtmtJfiiii-Tri. . - -hN. -:T2!!!'- - -wn.ia. . rTMi i n . muj-. -,. "'tslTtnt-rjU. ---I " . They or per unit, no matter where It comes from. That is the preposition boiled down. "Are we net entitled te that and should we net construct a piece of machinery w hich will automatically take care of It without bringing International complications? I have net yet heard a suggestion for a piece of machinery ns a substitute for the Ameri can plan, and which will automatically work. Unless we can make n constructive sug gestion te tnke cure of this complicated sit uation in n different and mere satisfactory way, then let us take the best that we have been able te get. The Ways and Means Committee in Washington has been sitting for weeks and weeks nnd weeks, getting ex pressions of opinion and judgment pre and con, and after these weeks of labor they have reported n certain piece of machinery for taking care of Iho unusual situation te which I have referred. "Arc we going te undo it? Are we going le start it all ever again upon a different basis because the ad valerem rates which have been agiccd upon bv .he Wnvs and Means Committee of the Heuse of Repre sentatives are predicated upon American valuation? If we say new that we don't approve, the machinery will have te stint all evey again, that is all. Get Settled. Is Advice "It seems te be an unwise thing te keep business, und particularly Industry, in this country in nn unsettled stnte ever a period of ten, eleven or twelve months. "My judgment Is thnt vvr hud better get through with the job, accept it, rive it that careful consideration te which Its importance is entitled; and I would like te hear a very free discussion of that question, In the hnpe thnt American niauufiictiircrs may fairly unite upon an expression which cannot be misunderstood," Ballade ef'Dead Authers F BOYHOOD'S pleasant hours, beside the lire. Or underneath the creaking apple trees, In fancy I adventured, page and squire, Willi Walter Scott's embluzencd com panies : Ravaged the mnin with Kingsley's em hassle?, Lured by the glitter of n golden strand: Gene with mv youth are all such vani ties Gene are the writers in the mnnner grand! Where are the swerded fellows who con cen cen spire In fuitivc tnvcriu, and en windy quays' Where arc the beaux in holiday attire? The tarn seamen of the battle breeze? Heroes of tumuli, and of flagrant rase,; All were my consorts in that vanished lund ; Gene am the duya of sparkling In famies Gene are the writers in the manner grand! Dumas is dead, and Rcnde, and purport dire! Deyle is invoking ghostly histories; Wevnian upon his laurels will 'retire. Clocked has passed, and "Q" hands out degrees. "Carvel" was Chuiehill'sj lone attempt te please, Lesi is the guile of Mary Johnsten's hand: Sing we these mirthless, mournful niule dies Gnne are the writers in the mnnner grand! Peasant or 1'ilncc grecs. or Lord of High De- King, Oueen, or Jncl; niand whopver's In corn- What is become of all your empleyes? Gene are the writers In the manner grand! Vincent Stanett in Cartoons Magazine. And occasionally tluj opinion forces Itself upon us that if Chinn could ugiee with herself she'd have llttle difficulty with the lest of the world. Ne mnn alive bus the nerve te say he wants war, hut there aie ever se manv with axes te grind who arc beginning te hint at the impossibility of peace. lrifty-enp per cent of the students m Yale Inst year earned part or a'l of thplr expenses while they studlnl That's the kind et thing that makes ter true democracy. While the unemp'ey iner.t problem Hi Fus'iind is cenri'ii tiled Iv teup.ug ion Mictien 'f f .in- ni w nr hips pending nc lien at the Washington Cenfeience, tliu new factor permits of u happlur eventual bolu-len. js,r. ' - rj- ,--" -.-. - W .WT1-. i-fte lti. .r .i?? r i"SitaitfSi2vi: &i&aBer .M4r ... Ttauisi.,. HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATHKRTON BU PUY MR. FRANKLIN ADAMS, counselor of the Pan-American Union, who has flin bed every meuutnin in thp Andes, was introduced te Mr. Sylvnnus Meiley by a mutual friend, who assured Mr. Adams that the latter gentleman also knew all objects Latiu-Ainericnn by their first names. ' Have you :i special work In Latin Amer ica?" Mr. Adams asked. "Yes." replied Mr. Motley, "I nm a gliffer." "U-m-m-m," snid Mr. Adenis, interrog atively, "a gliffer?" "Yes," said Mr. Merley, "for the Car negie Institution." "A gliffer for the Carnegie Institution," repeated Mr. Adams. "Yes," said Mr. Merley, "I have worked as a gliffer for many years. Mexico, ,Cen ti nl America, Egypt "and the Near East." "As a gliffer," repeated Mr. Adams. "Uliu." said Mr. Merley, and was walk ing away, but Franklin Adams could net lei him go. He ran nnd caught him by the elbow and said frankly and humbly ' Mr. Merley, tell me vvhnt a gliffer i'V And Mr. .Merley explained that a ghiTsr was an individual who devoted himself te the leading of biereijlypliics. "Scientific men throughout the ages," says Henry D. Hubbard, secretary of thi Bureau of Standards, "have laid dewa cer tain pieblcms as being beyond the hope el solution. The decudes hove passed and new generations of scientists have arisen te dis- . prove the correctness of this theory by solr selr lug one nud another of these unknowable riddle.. "It used te be said, for instance, that there was no way of finding out what vvai en the ether side of the moon since we weie permitted le see but enp face of it. It used le be said, also, that the substance of which thp stars am made could net be determined. "We have net yet looked ureund the cor ner and seen the ether side of the moon. but we have readied out thnt nlnty-twe million miles nnd determined the substances of which the sun is made. This has become possible because it has been shown that certain substances when heated give off cer tain colored lights. Se, bv breaking up the rays of light that come from the sun. by passing them through a spectroscope. w an able te show exactly what are the sub stances in that hedy which in (heir heated condition give off these ruvs of light which come te us. Se de wn belve the unknow able." Colonel Jehn Temple Graves, of Georgia, silver-tongued orator, advances the novel theory that public speekinc Is a better physi cal exercise than golf or fleer-rolling. He recently i chimed from en extemW tour during which he spoke fop an hour nnd a half every afternoon for a hundred days, lie started out enervated and dvspeptic and returned with his chest out like a West Point cadet. He invites any one who disagrees with his theory of public speaking as nn exercise te examine himself in the process of plocutien. take note of the stunts that are being put en bv his diaphragm, stomach muscles, his pipes, bellows and Adam's apple. Medicul authorities admit, he dies, that woman, Ged bless her, has nlways been hea'thler than man. Mayhap this scientific fact is due te her mere frequent cxercls thieugli vocalization, . The Hen. Charles H. Burke, new Com missioner of Indian Affairs, has been mixed up in the development of the some what new Stnte of Seuth Dakota since baca In 18S2. When States are plastic and taking shape the Influence upon geejrapb.'' that single individuals mav exert is eni w remarkable. If it bnd net been for Charles II. Burke, for inr-tnnce. the star which ap pears en all tin maps Indicating the capital city of Seuth Dakota would have been ever nt Huren instead of et Pierre, for llurUe in 1SD0 secured the designation of the latter town as the scat of State government. Williuui Maclay, according le KM" Linthlciim. secretary of the Democratic .a ileiml Committee, was en intimate fr'cnrt Geerge Washington in these early forma.'1" days of the American Government, ;!,,.. has width ii it down some place that ttawj Ingt.m had u set of false teeth "hid tt" responsible for the somewhat drawn ujipe ' mice of that gentlcmun's upper HP as sic it lu bis pictures. (v, Mr. L'litliicun. believes that thw w" ' tint set of fu.c teeth ever made, "'"'j "eI uitlcle created and developed ns a re'iu Yankee ingenuity. Annette Kelleruiann. the diving Vcnus.has a lii'iuli.'i. a mnn of iiilerillllieniii ;-,. ,ni, ........ ..-,., t .en new working as n "nB"'',".,r for in Sa Puule. Brazil. l'i n"paJ he. heli the great world's fair which Is te de in that country in 1022, l I
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