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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
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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
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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
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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. ,
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"LET'S GET GOING!"
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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 '
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aside.
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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. AwoirBen is a ngure with usually iv
...., -u uuis 1 tu ur niuca.
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