rv pF ?vt i. "' BTn ? if MI i VWM!" ' ... , ' " t l7F M.n 5 A, i i I I 1 1 m ii j JJ ait At? '88 m f 7f 3 I i 1 LI lit. ;B M 1 I' I m . e .ffuenmg Juhltc le&ger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY I . . CYnes II. K. CfnTIB, rnrMntvr Jehn C, Martin, Vice Irold nt and Treasurer! H?LTlJ5..- Tyler, Secrtaryi Char'es II. I.udine. ten, Philip B, Celllm. Jehn It. Wllllnmt. Jehn 3. Hpurreen. Oeert F. deldtmlili, David U. Smiley. .iMrtcter. JPAVm H. 8MII.KT Editor .JOHN C. MAHTIN. . nnri rtitiw... Manager Fubllehed dally at Public Lctxjtu "Bulldlnc Indjnendince'Sijuar. Philadelphia. AttiNTie Cm rrewOnlen BulMlnn Ttxxr Yenx .1(14 MndUnn .We. Dmerr T01 Ferd ttulldlns (Br. Loci C13 Olobe-Drmeercit Iiulliilr.it CH(CAOO 1302 Tribune Building w. ...... NBWS lH'REAVS TVAiniMOTOM DCIUD, ?,. n- c.,!r Pnntylanla A. and ltts. St i2Ll0?? U"UD The Sun nulldlns Londen Ucseae. Trafalgar IiulUlna- .. sunarntiTieN timims ..Jit! EIK,52,.1 r"0 Lera la eened te ub erlbara In Philadelphia and aurreundlni: town. te the carried lw,lv tls) nU Pr w"k- D--M i,?5!-".! .1?" Pe'n eutilde of Philadelphia In 15!... ,cd !tea. Canada, or United Mate pe. Mi ?,-p?.",M tn- n" l60 Mnl fr month. H,5.1'0.'. dollars PT ear, pajable In advance. Te nil ferelm countries one ($1) dollar a month. Iveticb Subecrlbera wUhlng addrena chanced mutt che old na well ai new addreee. BELL. 1000jrALNUT KI.Y5TONE. MAIVJ6M EfAtldrttt all communication te livening Publle lttdger. Independence Square, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Preia TUB ASSOCIATED mCSS exctutlvelv cm nried re the ute for rrpuMCcotCen e all nruj Cltratchtj crrdllrd e it or net elhrruue credited in this paver, and also tht local new fubllthei therein. All rightt e republication of pecal dlpnlene herein are alto rferred rhita.tlphU, WrJnf.J.T, Drrrmbrr 7, 1021 THE TAX RATE THERE will be n net reduction in the tnx rate for next jour of twenty-five cents, according te the annmineriiiciit of Council man Wcglcin. This will come about through n reduction of forty cents in the tnx rate for the support of the City (iovcrnmeiit, offset by nn In crease of fifteen ccnti in the tnx rntu for school purposes. New wc mny expect the spokesmen for the Jeb Combine te tell the voters, that if it had net been for their Insistence en a reduction the people would still be burdened by n tux beyond all reason. And, sad te n , thcic will be people se foolish as te believe them. In spite of the fact that treat reductions were made by the department heads in the sums which they nsked reductions insisted en by Mayer Moere h'inelf. ADDITIONAL POLICEMEN MAYOH MOOHK lifisi scored n decided victory and the Combine Councilmen executed a prompt about face juit in time te nave their fares in the matter of nddini; ICO policemen te the regular force. This number, with these who will be lidded te the pntrelmen by the new order forbidding policemen te de clerical duty at City Hall, will give Hireoter Cortelyou a total addition of 25e men te the force nfter the first of the year. The Abutcs Mayer Moere recently brought forward showed that relatively the city i.s far below the average big city in the num ber of patrolmen employed. The Mayer ha been right in this matter from the Mnrt, and prebnbly some of the opposition which h' encountered was the result of partisan poli tics en the part of the objectors rather than any feeling that the iiicrcaHC should net be granted. The Combine Councilmen saw the light but just In time. Preserving the public safety is one of the princlpnl duties of a municipality, and it might lmve proved en inconvenient thing for some of the recal citrant Councilmen te go before tluir con stituents for re-election with a record be hind them of hnving opposed the Mayer en se important a matter. THE OLDEST DEADLOCK INTERNATIONAL progress in Washing ton and the Irish decision suggest that deadlocks nre friable. In the consequent heartening of human hopes it is well, how ever, te inquire into the age of each vexa tious impasse. Antcduting the war out of which the ses sions in the capital grew, elder than the effective renaissance of the nationalistic Irish pregrnm is transit stultifientien in Hiilndcl phla. Perhaps Richard Weglein, who will offer a resolution in Council tomorrow with a view view te removing obstacles te the npvratien of the Frankford elevated by the I. R. T., hns been cogitating en recent world events. Perhaps, en the ether hand, held-up tactics arc worn threadbare and the Mayer's premise of municipal control of the line is serving what conceivably may hnvc been one of its purposes. At any rate the Chinese puzzle of urban transit is about tn undergo a new process of political publicity. The average citizen declines, as Is natural. te be cajoled into the crudity et revived hopefulness. Nevertheless he will note a new performance by Council with some In terest. In the most politically benighted commu nities there is alwajs the chance that games destructive of public Interest will eventually be ever-played. POSITIVELY PEEVISH THE fact that the secretary general of the Chinese delegation te the Washington Conference has quit his jub need occasion no surprise. History is full of instanes where men have allowed tin lr feelings te overcome their judgment. Precedent 'ilse seems te demand that when a man flies oil half-cocked he shall emplev his leisure in demonstrating that he acted n5 -..by ltjf perfect coolness and deliberation. Hut Hip K. C. Tjau will Hardly claim that quitting l.e has improved ( hltirt s pesi tien in the Conference. K. C. should have stayed at the hat. GOOD FROM EVIL SAM Wl AMUEL UNTERMYER has his feri: in ,'llllnm A. Hegan, financial secretary of the International Hrotheiiieod of Electrical Workers, nnd Is toasting him before the Xockweod Committee In New Yerk. Hegan, be says, has been making a let of money Illegitimately. One unusual way. It is al leged, was te discourage membership in the union and te make non-union workers pay high prices for permits te work en union jobs. Out of evil geed frequently comes. The house shortnge of a jear nge has un covered many evils and may eventually stamp them nut forever. ENDOWED POETS PERCY MACK AYE, who was elected a little mere than a year age te what i loosely called a fellowship In poetry in Miami University, explained te an audience la this city that the creation of the fellow ship Is the result of an nttempt te provide 'fee men of letters an opportunity te de ersatlve work while they are nt the same fltm'e assisting In the education of ethers. SCb success of the experiment at Miami has fcstasucti that the University of Michigan f b recently circtea iieueri irest te a slinl k lar fellowship there. it. , ' Professors of physics and chemistry and ;,i Memery have long engaged in whnt might be B" "esilsd crsattve went wane ueitiiug ineir pro pre ' .vjtawershlpsi There- U an inci easing body of faverlns tlie endowment lei re- Dfessarshlps in thy scienevs, the fits te de little or np tenchlJg. Idctieu of Jfrest and Macxaye te r- poetry fellowships is an extension of the principle te the science, or shall wc say the nrt, of literature. If the principle Is ac cepted we may in time hnvc fellowships in fiction anil in the csny occupied by promis premis ing essayists and novelists who have justi fied the belief that they can de something worth while, and wc shnll restore the old system of patrennce in letters under which some of the best thins in English literature were produced in the seventeenth and eight eenth centuries. TARIFF FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT AND INDUSTRIAL COURTS Statesmanlike Recommendations for Selving Pending Problems Made by the President In His Address te Congress PRESIDENT HARDINC.'S address te - Congress Is a statesmanlike document. There is nothing parochial or partisan In It. It Is a bread -minded discussion of the prob lems confronting the country and n sincere and intelligent nttempt te suggest methods for their solution. It begins with n frank abandonment of the old policy of Isolation when he says that "no permnnent readjustments can be effected without consideration of our Inccapable relationship te world affairs In finance nnd trade." That phrase, "Inescapable relationship," Is significant, even though It Is confined in its application te "finaiiie and trade." It involves a recognition of conditions te which only the parochial politicians have been blind. The United Stales is net only In the world ; it Is of it nlse, nnd it must piny Its part without hampering ltelf by at tempts te enforce the rules of ancient for mulas that originated In a different era. While the ITnitcd States mt.t piny its part In world affairs mainly through the initiative of the Executive, the President nsks for the co-operation of Congress, for "the best of intentions and most carefully considered purposes would utterly fall" without It. The President's discussion of the tariff Is as revolutionary as his discussion of the relations of the United States te the rest of the world. Indeed, his conclusions nre based directly upon his Iev of tnese rela tions. Wc cannot sell unless we buy, he mijs. and he nlse says that "wc cannot dwell in industrial ami commercial exclu sion and nt the same time de the just tiling in aiding world reconstruction nnd read justments." This means, If It means anvthing, thnt he is asking for a tariff law thnt will take Inte account the necessities of our Euro pean debtors as well as the "policy of pre serving the productive activities" at home. It is the policy which this newspaper has been saying for several years would have te be ndeptisl if the United States were te collect what Is owing It abroad. A tariff for a creditor nation must be framed In a very different way from the tariff for a debtor nation, because !t must be directed toward a dlderent end. The remedy for labor troubles which the President recommends is thnt which this newspaper also has been urging. He says that the Interference with the comfort nnd convenience of the public by industrial dis pute, Is Intolerable. Te prevent such In terference he would have "arbitration nnd judicial determination In controversies be tween labor and capital." Hut he gees further than this, for he suggests that ar rangements be made for the organization of labor with limited liabilities for members of the organizations as there nre new cor porations of capitalists with limited liabili ties of the shareholders. Other subjects nre treated, but they are of less Importance than Ihe-e. The recom mendation that the Government, while re fraining from recognition of the Russian Government, supply the Relief Administration with 10,000.000 bushels of corn and 1.000. 000 bushels of seed grains is a humane one. directed toward the relief of t!ie suffering people. His suggestion thnt the most ef fective relief for the farmers will come through n development of the system of co ce co epemtive marketing rather than through laws passed by Congress appeals te common sense. And his appeal for an amendment te the Constitution which will enable Con gress te tnx the Income en State and mu nicipal bends hns its origin in the dissatis faction of the Treasury Department with the habit of money te hide from the tax gatherer. These matters will pioveke wide discus sion before any action is taken. As a matter of fact, we shall net get the kind of tariff or labor lnws which he recommends without arguing and voting down a consid erable body of opposition. Hut we have moved a long way when the President of the United Stntt s puts the au thority of his position behind two such sound prepositions as Mr. Harding has put forth en the tariff nnd labor. THE PACKERS' STRIKE THE failure of tiie expected number of men te go out en strike nt the f'hlcnge packing houses en .Monday, when only about 1100 Instead of L',",000 ebejed the orders of the labor lenders, wns net a surprise. The encouraging feature of it was the fact that the werklngmen are showing a decided tend ency te de their own thinking nnd nre net following orders blindly. The present is a paitlculnrly inopportune moment for a srent strike, from the paint of view of all of the parties concerned. There are tee ninny men out of work for am tpe of worker except these of the most highly skilled kind, te be able te win. The em ployers ar; new engaged in a readjustment of their businesses nfter the appalling eco nomic effects of the war and they need every effort of their men as well as of them selves. The public, tee, which is nlwnys the Inst considered and Is alwajs ground between the two millstones in me case et a pro pre traded strike, especially where the manu facture of a foodstuff or ether necessary article is concerned, has its reasons for net countenancing n strike at this time. Strikes always advance the cost of the article in the production of which the strike occurs, nnd the cost of necessities has net jet reached the point of cheapness nfter the war where the public will tolerantly bear nn additional burden. PROGRESS ON SHANTUNG IN CONDENSED cemmuniques, accounts of the speninl committee sessions of the Washington Conference unavoidably lrnc much te the public Imagination. Hut the importance of the brief official announce ments new einnnntins from the conclave should net be minimized, even though the full pictorial details are withheld. The Chinese. Pid Japanese dcleratlenx tin cenferrlnE upel j; Shantuus questions have evening public ledger - confined themselves te announcing formally that .Tapan has agreed te "renounce all preferential rights with regard te .foreign assistance in persons, capital and mnterlal stipulated In the Slne-Gcnnnu Treaty of March 0. 1HDS, and te reporting whnt ap pears te be progress In adjusting the prob lem of maritime customs of the pert of Tslngtne." Mr. Hanlhnra, of the Japanese delegation, obliges, however, with some Interesting per sonal and supplementary comment, In which he emphnsizes the willingness of Japan te withdraw from the 'J00 square miles of the leased territory of Kloe-Chnu wrested from Germany providing China will establish the commercial open-deer policy along the rail way through the Shantung Peninsula. Without indulging In undue optimism, it may be said that the whole Shantung ques tion appears te hnvc been carried closer te a settlement than any observers of the Jap anese attitude at Paris in 1010 would have deemed possible. The direct-treatment method Is probably largely responsible for this presumed prog ress. It is the slgnnl lrtuc of the Wash ington Conference thnt It has net been afraid of its difficulties nor of placing discussions of them promptly In the hands of the parties most cleselj involved. AT LAST "UT of the darkness enveloping the su--' prcnie crisis In the long and tangled history of Angle-Irish relations has emerged the Irish Eree State. If all civilization net merely these elements most intimately involved Is inclined te strut a bit and te Indulge freely in the thrills of self-conscious pride, there is in this instance integrity in its stride nnd warranty for its feelings. Estimates of progress are often conflict ing. Hut it is net easy te imagine that December .", 1021, will for generations cease te be regarded without emotions of the pro pre pro feundest joy and of the slncerest nwe. The world in general is nclily entitled te its new ncccs.s of self-respect. In nddltien, there nre specific honors nccrulng te the delegates en both sides te the Prime Min ister of Great Hritaln nnd te the pntrietlc and constructive fctatesmen of Ireland. Conjectural apportionment of Individual laurels would, perhaps, be Invidious. It seems permissible, however, te dwell upon the picture of Lloyd Geerge bnttllng into the night for some formula of solution, and of tire enrncstness of the Irish representa tives, skilled in dialectics, determined te preserve tluir principles and yet clutching te the straws of hope. The part plajed by King Geerge Is un disclosed in detail. It Is known that he was engaged in eleventh-hour conference with the Premier, The King, however, emits all reference te tills event in his official telegram of congratulations te his adroit nnd again triumphant minister. "I am Indeed happy," declares Geerge Windser the context justifies the modesty I of the appellation "in some small way te have contributed by my speech In Rclfast te this great achievement." This is a new style of reynl pronuncinmente, just ns the settlement Is n magnificently Inspiring nov elty in the nnnals of international recon recen recon ciliateons. It is deemed certain that the Dail Eircann will concur fully in the action tnken by its skillful delegates. Heferc the new year the terms of settlement will be placed before both houses of the Hrltlsh Parliament. In this connection Ierd Chancellor Hlrkcn liead's view Is significant. "If they de net nsscnt, the people of England will," in his Wew, "have an early opportunity of decid ing." The outcome enn scarcely be doubted. There nre, of course, numerous details of the peace, the disposal of which will lay exacting demands upon the highest states manship. Hut the salient outlines are visi ble and of nn imposing splendor. The Invention of the term "Irish Free State" is exceeding! happy. This Com monwealth will enter the Hrltlsh association of nations according te a formula recognizing Ireland ns an Independent state, with the question of allegiance determined satisfac torily for both sides. Its eventual status, save for the provi previ sional arrangement made concerning Ulster, which may withdraw nfter n month's trlnl if it cheeses, will be equivalent te that of New Zealand, of Canada and Australia. The privilege of tariff freedom hns been granted, with the presumption that Ireland will voluntarily support free trade with England. The boundary question with Ulster Is te be settled by a special commission, should the Nertherns held out for n separate rating"". The Irish delegates have Tecegnized the ne cessity of striking a balance with Great Britain in financial matters. Will professional pessimists seen be com pelled te move te another planet? Momen tous accomplishments are assuredly moving tee fast for them. It is, indeed, net ex travagant te maintain that ttie prospects of the new Ireland have already changed the face of civilization, effacing nge-ehl wrin kles with the radiance nf unaffected joy. Eercllll oVlefntea in the lessens in Washington Conference Ieiiiecracy haw len given nn op pertunity te study the workings of Congress arid it may be thnt they will learn something te their advnntnge. It is the privilege of all democracies te peke fun at their representatlws (nnd nssuredly snid representnthes provide many opening), but. nevertheless, the Congress of the United States is an Imposing body. It stands as the expression of the will of u people who have endured at least long enough te Justify self-government and te promlse Improve ment. Union Hrick is the name of n village near Hlnirtewn- N. J. There is n man tliett. who owns a Ph mouth Reck hen that lays two eggs every day and never cackles until she hns brought forth the second. We don't doubt the story In the lenst, but We confess thnt n first rending of the facts confused as. We sort of get the notion that what she first' laid was a PU mouth Reck following It np' with a Union Hrlck : nnd that she cackled ever the latter fact because she realized that at last she had done the square thing nnd become n union brick layer. A Federal Judge in Rosten hns just signed nn order for the sale nf n horse seized In n liquor raid fourteen nientliH nge for which tli Government has paid ?700 for beard. This mny be referred te ns n horse en Uncle Sum. Congressman Hill, of Maryland, favors n local option bill under the provisleiiH of the Eighteenth Amendment which will glve beer nnd wine te people of u Federal district who vote for them. Old Jehn Hnrleycern is she'ly hnicl te kill. Jack Welnl.eliiier, deposed president of the New Yrk University Purity League, Indignantly pretests thnt he has never been kissed. If III" name were WlNehclmcr he'd nrebabl.v keep still about it. Frem Plttsfield, Mass.. comes the news that 1000 hunters are nfter deer in the Berkshire. They're thick enough te Justify the fear that pll the finalities win net be amen.' me ueer. Philadelphia; Wednesday, deesmber AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Plea for the Levers of Music Who Have te Catch Trains and Who, Perhaps, Should Net Be Lectured Therefer My SARAH I) rvRIOINALLY the LOWRIE Friday afternoon v concerts of concerts, of the Philadelphia Orchestra were called public rehearsals, and they were in wet last relicarsnls for the real concert of the week, which occurred then, as new, en Saturday evenings. The price of tickets for Friday afternoons was considerably less than the ones for Saturday night. It was a rehearsal, a dress rchenrsal se e speak, when the fuU program was given without interruptions cither en the part of the soloist or the conductor, nnd being a rchenrsal it was considered te be a shade under the full perfection of the Snturdny evening performance. Rut owing te the fact that most of Phila delphia lives out in the suburbs, nnd nlse te the fact that the Weman's Committee of the Philadelphia Orchestrn concentrated en having the suhurbnn patrons of the concerts subscribe te thnt series of afternoon perform ances a.s being best suited te an out-of-town audience, tin- Friday rehearsals were even tually ever-subscribed. Te meet the situa tion, the prices were raised te equal the Saturday evening concerts, nnd when they were still ever-subscribed, the prices were further raised te exceed the Saturday evening concerts. Te give this raise a further appearance of reasonableness, the word rehearsal was dropped and that of Friday concert substituted. AS A mnttcr of fact the Friday concert is a performance worth all the money and mere that the subscribers pny for it, although in point of perfection it Is net always se highly finished a performance as the Saturday evening concert. I am told that the time of day and the character of the audience have something te de with this fact, but undoubtedly the Friday concert does make for the added glory of the Satur day night effect. Lest year, owing te the fact thnt the Saturday evening concerts were almost com pletely subscribed for the sensen, the man agement raised the price te that of the Friday afternoons. Possibly et peme future date the evening prices may be raised above them, as they were originally. Meanwhile the Friday afternoon concerts benefit the Saturday evening concerts in two ways: First, they meke for the perfection et the second performance nnd, second, they absorb the majority of the suburbanites, who ere dependent for getting home en trains, or en fnmily meters, or en street cars, or en jitneys thnt run en schedule time. THE Snturdny evening audiences nre at once mere leisurely nnd mere musical, because the men thnt go go for music- no man can be caught nnd held for n scries of concerts who does net like music and the women nre either there because their hus bands are musical or because they themselves are musical. It is net a fashionable concert or n drop In concert or n fashionable or n drop-In audience. Frem the gallery te the orchestra chnlrs, se thnt though a few persons come late from late dinners and go early te early trains, the audience is for the most part a mere satisfactory one from' n musical point of view te the nrtlsts who piny te it. Hut the point is. neither the audience nor the musicinus would be se satisfactory If It were net for the Friday afternoons. And se long ns the Friday audiences de net murmur against the slight Inequalities of the musical performance of the musicinns and demand for their menev the same finished perfection of the Saturday evening concerts, possibly the musicinns, led by their somewhat tempera mentally exigent conductor, might nlse mnke slight nllnwnnces for the inequalities in the perfection of the audience. AF1 -Tl u i: na wakened nnd pfr te simnerf nml ernn guarantee a great orchestra is, en the whole, a step in the right direction, n longer step in the direction of nrt thnn nitlsts would be willing te take in the direction of, let us say. political efficiency. And if jeu love music enough te snerirtee some necessity or only some luxury te go a long distance te hear it, even though your train will net allow jeu te hear all that is provided, it is better for you and better for your community that jeu hear part, rather than miss the whole. AND I have one mere thing te say en this subject that, as n sincere musical admirer of the conductor of the orchestra. I think needs te be sn!d. for it voices the belief of mere than n few of his friends nnd intelligent admirers. There is something in his attitude toward his orchestra's great audiences that is at moments slightly verging en the disciplina rian, slightly school-mannish. It Is ns though he were trying te be n policeman ns well as a musician, n monitor ns well ns an artist. And this lesser part does net sit gracefully or graciously upon him. The futility of trying te be both makes him leek a little sulky. He and his predecessors have wen for the erchestrn a great place also in the hearts nnd minds of the citizens of Philn delnhla. The hig, cordial audiences are there because they want te he there with all their hearts; their applause is genuine; their coming and going arc genuine, tee even their cedds nre genuine. Se nre the few mistakes In the pregrnms genuine nnd the few slips of the instruments genuine. One tnkes sllgbt deviations from perfection with a geed grace and cheerful philosophy, and lives the longer and works the better for the leniency. I AM net responsible for the parody that fellows, hut' it voices the mixed feelings of amusement nnd slli;ht misgiving w Ith which one of the Frldav afternoeners listened te n recent lecture nn "late-comers" nnd "earlv goers" nnd "annejing noises" from the grently admired and sincerely valued orches tra conducter: "Net a sneeze was heard. Net n larvngenl note, As late-comers by ushers were harried; Net n mortal discharged a farewell shot Inte the 'hanky' she carried. "Ne useless coughing escaped our breasts Ne outsiders peimittcd te slide In; ' Yet lie steed like n sentinel taking ids resl With his idle baton beside him. "Few nnd short were the words that he snld, As he voiced his scorn nnd his sorrow AVhl'e we thought ns we gazed ' On his spun -geld head Of the way It would print en the morrow " Today's Anniversaries 15 12 Mary Stuart, Queen of two coon. tries nnd claimant te tiie throne of another i the throne of nnn. born In Scotland, Executed England; February S. l.THi. 17i7r Dwight Fester, one of the enrlv United Stntes Seunters from Massachusetts lK,m at Hroekfield, Mass. Did there Anrli 20, 1S-3. ' p " 183R Themas Carlln was lnnugurutCll Governer of Illinois. U,M1 1830 William Henry Harrison was nom. Inated for Pres blent by the Whig Natlemil Convention nt Harrlsburg. h MUI0I11 1K4- Many factories plundered and burnt In riots nt Canten, China. ' Durnt 1857 'acharlnh Chandler took his scat as United States tsenater from Michigan. 1SS0 lluenes Aires was selected iin the rmancnt cap'tal of the Argcntlne Rcpub- perimi He 1800 Jehn R. Fellows, Congressman and orator, died in New Yerk City. Hern at Trey, N. Y July 20, 1832. em President Wllijpn presented his ; wvage t,e CenkTCss, , AA. - wmmm w:iKji-Kl "J3X- &iiiIilifj rf If mMttSSS!SrfXM)Sm f lurf la vWa PC A rv9ra!-n!!i! 1 flKl9W -M-Wb -d 4ftv-S?5Si!H5Sii t CT-E-mgMii-iiBa $rv' ,Jr "VCTiUsTV l r Jj-HBE-lliBHixlftTO My TW4fcm iiWflfHfl8IWn NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best EDWARD E. BEHRENS, V. M. D. On Safeguarding Meat IT IS net perhaps generally known hew lnrge a pnrt In the work of guarding the public health is played in the Inspection of meats, fish, fowl and game. Hut, says Dr. Edward E. llehrens, chief of division of meat nnd cnttlc inspection of the Hureau of Health, constant vigilance is the only sure prevention of contamination. "I de net think," says Dr. Hehrcns, "that the average citizen gives much attention te the measures thnt nre taken te safeguard him en this very Important side. "Inspection begins nt the abattoir, and te this important work a graduate veterinarian Is assigned, for a knowledge of animal pa thology nnd bacterial nnd parasitic Infection Is necessary te enable adequatelj te examine all the glands nnd eignns in which diseases are known te show themselves. The dis eases that we find most frequently In food feed producing nnimnls nre tuberculosis, measles, hog cholera (a form of typhoid fever) nnd occasionally anthrax. It is net necessary for me te point out the danger that might result from an animal Infected with any one of these diseases being sold for feed. Try te Sell Tainted Meats "And jet attempts te sell such animals te the unsuspecting persist and te such an ex tent that at no time enn wc relax our watch ever slaughter-house owners, butchers, delicatessen shopkeepers and owners of poultry markets. During the prc-Thanks-giving days we condemned GO.L'SO pounds of meat and poultry, of this 1200 pounds in markets along a single street. We had re ceived but four complaints. "It is true thnt the bulk of our work, outside of the inspection of abattoirs, and the points at which shipments et fish or meat or fowl ate unleaded, is centered In n particular group of neighborhoods, or, better, particular t j pes of neighborhoods. The mere prosperous citizens will keep away from shops where bad meats have been snld te them, and the butchers who sell t such customers knew it as well ns the custemeis themselves. Hut the butchers whose trade is among the peer and ignorant arc net fenced te observe such scruples, or would net unless for thu inspectors. Many TileUs Are Uncovered "Ruses of many sorts ate practiced te deceive the inspectors. One of the com monest is the little trick of trimming out portions of the carcass that may show tubercular lesions. Such devices seldom succeed for the leasen thnt any deviation from the accepted method of diesslng is a signal of suspicion te the trained inspector. Hutchers who practice these devices tee often nre served with notice that another such offense will result in the removal of their licenses. "The strictest observation and Inspection mim' be maintained at the killing fleer. Hut the work bj no means ends there. Meats mny leave the abattoir free of dis ease and et reach the consumer in a con dition that makes them unfit for feed. Many factors might cause this: careless handling, transportation In Insanitary vehicles, con tact with badly kept Ice boxes nnd ment blocks or expesure te dust and Insects. "A considerable percentage of the con demnations that art refolded each year Is the result of one or mere of these factors. "In the fish markets thousands of pounds of fish are condemned every clay because of Insufficient 'clng. delays in transporta tion or careless handling. "A systematic regard for slmple sani tary standards would save a great deal of the meat we nre forced te condemn. "A summary of the condemnations mndc by the Inspectors of my division for the eleven months of this enr ended November .10 shows that there have been seized, con cen dcmnril, taken nut of the market and cl.i cl.i btreyed as unfit. l.ri-K,0W pounds of mCnt, poultry, fish, gnme and shellfish. Geat Meat Sold Here "Of goat meat (of which little is sold In Philadelphia and which we occaslennllv find mnsciuernding ns 'mutton') 17f pound's- of beef, 05,400 pounds; of pnrk. 10 11"! iiuuiiur., ..........,,, ..,,,, ihhiuiis; et venl '" ;,, ". ' i'""ij, i.n,ii pounds; of game, 21,422 pounds; of fish, 1.174 41x11 pounds; of shellfish, 01,004 pounds, 'li. I taeuiEii the khia nf IWra legalized,' there are no herse abattoirs In mstnt- kth. , ?, ti$& "LET'S GET GOING!" jf S! A' Philadelphia. Application wns made for permission te build one, but we drew up regulations se rigid that the applicant gac up. "We find thnt the act of the Legislature, under which we work, Is adequate. I think our average of convictions is 100 per cent. An exhibit Is usually all that is needed te convince u jury. "Wc find that we can accomplish most by working in close co-operation with the I 'nlted Stntes Department of Agriculture nnd thei State livestock and market inspec tors. The meagerness of our staff we have only eight, five veterinarians and three highly trained laymen Is our largest handicap. e hope some day te convince the public that this work is Important enough for a few additional men." HUMANISMS My WILLIAM ATHERTON 1HJ FUY T71LIIIU ROOT was the son of a prefes- ' ser of mathematics nt Hamilton Col Cel lege, Clinten, N. Y., nnd wnR born n the enmpus. The student body nffectlenntely called his father "Cube Reet" and when Ellhu at tained the distinction of being u member of thnt student body he wns dubbed "Square Reet." When he grew te be a jeung man and decided te strike out into the law, his father effeicd te give him letters of Introduction te prominent men in New Yerk City "I had rather net haw them." said Ellhu. I want te find out for nijsclf if I nm n man or a mouse." At the age of thirty he hnd become en6 of the most successful lawyers in New Yerk 1 ity. Net long before Andrew Cnrnegic died he became verv enthusiastic about nn "Inter "Inter nntlenal Hjiiin" written by Prof. Geerge Huntington, of Cnrlten College, Minnesota n venerable teacher, who was en Mr. Car negie H Pension list. The little Scotchman thought thnt this hjmn might well be sung en international occasions, and new that the nations nre gathered in the house that he built down m Washington this might be nn occasion for singing it. The music is Amei c.i. or, , fii.m n Hrltlsh standpoint, "Ged Save the King." Here nre the words words Twe empires by the s-(.a, Tye nntlens great and free. One anthem raise. One nice of ancient fame One tongue, one faith, we claim One Ged, whose glorious name We Iec nnd praise. What deeds our fathers wrought Y hut lmtt'es we have fought, ' Let fame reccud. New, vengeful passion, cense tome, icteries of peace; Nev hate, nor pride's caprice Liishcnth the sword. Though deep the sea. and wide, i wlt realm and realm. fS tide Hinds strand te strand. Se be the gulf between Gray coasts and islands green, ith bends nf pence serene Ami fiiendship spanned, New, may the Ged ahoe ,nT'A th,0 ,,cnr In"'!" ue love Reth East and West. ' Let love mere fervent glow As peaceful ages go, And stiength the stronger grew Hlessiag and blest. rhT0" iMvLte-t .J" llWll till mAnlnH .1-1 .. ' f- "he sits ;"'"'"',","Y '"',". ""'Rniien nt the rn ference for the Limitation of rmiimciir. m-m minii ime ine Sonnte lunchroom one ciay anci teunc Mini 1,1.. place at the table was occupied e,,,H 0,,'ry a elm r in another comer a. , t s g I'l". n waiter who was unaccustomed te 1? I or lei" "Hrlng me 11 jileee of Wnshl ibJ, r,lcr: a glass of milk.'' snld the Se iter Vm T"1 ing his Invariable luncheon Tllet r "'" b8' In a few mantes tim ... ..' Ing the milk and a pleC of VhHi. .Sr" The Senater pushed the' V&,uolnte ' "I aside. tieoree Bald,V Kjshlngteu, Djeker," he net SHORT CUTS Lloyd Geerge's task, as seen by fct trcniists, wns up hill and down Dall. Hew is n pessimistic world going te survive the absence of en Irish question? Perhaps the Hamblne would like te wait It te the jurist for working nt mere thin one job. , Round about 1050 the world will npptt cmte the big things new happening In M nshlngten. Santa CInus can't get in the game with out your help. Ante for Knnty. And de your Christmas shopping new. A recent Forum speaker but clinch! the fact that the way te run a city la whit everybody knows but nobody heeds. j Congressmen will new proceed te de velop astigmatism by keeping one eye en thi matter nt hniid and one 011 next November. China might with better grace prettrt against foreign rule If she mere fully r r egnl7cd her present need for foreign guid ance. e have momentarily postponed ou tears for the reason thnt we can't decide whether te et them flew for Fatty nuth or Babe Arbucklc. The Paris Journal's description of Washington Conference cffertB ns a "neu tralization of rivnlrics" is apt nnd, let ui hope, prophetic Forty Geuchcr College girls agree that there is e such thing as a perfect man. truth they tell Is deplorable, but Cupid attend te their case later. 1 mar Jehn D. Rockefeller, Jr., had te bor row a frock coat before he could call en the l.ir.perer of Japan. Had he been a poorer man he might net hnve been able te afford the lack of one. Jeseph W. Powell, president of tie I.meigency Fleet Corporation, snvs the six Amei lean battle cruisers new in i-euwe of construction can be converted Inte fit passenger vessels. This is a better method of disposal than making Junk of them. But the great fleet of idle ships at Heg Inland asi;s ugly questions. What De Yeu Kneiv? QUIZ WI?Htti,lrT,1!M'..feur Tne"t Popular tiamej u'lw """ l'",,tel R-ntes for male children! he was Clement Scott? What Is a bmsserlc? Who was .Jacques Seufflet? When nnd where was the finttle of Crccy fought and who were the belli!- erents? W1ni ls, tne !'resnt Governer of Tort U.1w..m ls Woertrow Wilsen? wnnt in the correct form of address fef a duke? Where I., the Ulver Severn? When was Galley's comet lust visible te tne naked eye? Answers te Yesterday's Qul A itlnels H b Uink sloping down from rert en which attackers are exposed te fire. Henry Cabet Ledgo is chairman of the Senate Ferelun Relations Committee. A moratorium In r nerlnit liirlnir when an obllBer has the IckeI right te deW meeting an oblluntlen 4. A consortium Is a legal term, meanln c. "-""""dip, a partnership, a union. 1 we famous ravens In literature are tn bird that perched above the butt Jf twins In Pec's poem, nnd Grip, W pet and companion of Bnrnaby nudn In Dickens' novel. Sir William Temple was n dlstlnsulli4 English diplomatist, statesman a"1 author. He was a member of Parlia ment, Minister te The Hague, 16JMH negotiator of a pence with the Nets erlandij In 1674 and Ambassador te tM ( (ingress of Nlrmvcsjen. He wre Observations Upen the rnlttid Prflv; luces," "An Essay en Government. An Essay en the Present State M Settlement of Ireland," poems, mJ; elrs and "An Introduction te tM History of Utigland," His dates ' 1 028-1 C 99. The Island of Guernsey, 0110 of the Cha nel Islands off the const of Franc belenifii te Great Hritaln. . ,, I'ompane Is a, hluhly esteemed feed of the Southern Atlantic nnd On" 8, 9. The chief Ingredlenta or serapple 7 J i a E.rU' chepnecl herbs nnd Indlnn rM vuiiDin ui .'.tin 11 nninrinn - v. 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