Mfl 'I jV i - " V w - ! r EVENING PUBLIC LBDGEEr-PHIIABEHlA, T&U&SDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922 WP$' ,,V. . -. L t - F4 J;uenf ng public He&gec m PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY p.', i ' , crabs ji. k. cunixis, rEiDrm i -:J f, lifihn C.t Murfln. Vlr PraMnt and Trilwnr: aLwWPrrli Tyler, Secretary Char'es II. Ludlnt PH ,S"V Philip 8. Cellins. Jehn B. Williams, Jehn J. Fv,V eJotirreen. Geerta 1'. Goldsmith, David E. Bmtley, yirecinra. DAVID C. BMII.ET.. .Editor .JOHN Ci. MArtTW.... General Ilaelness Manager Fubllahed dally at VoiLie Laccta Bulldlnr Independence Square. Philadelphia. AjtiXTIO CirT..., rrt$fVnien DulMInt Nr Icil,...,., 004 Maclhen Ave. DvmetT 701 Ferd Ilutldlmt v?r. '.ntls., ..eiB Oloee-Demecrat lUilMlnr CH1CA0O ,1902 Tribune Bulldlne Ni:V3 BUREAUS WiiniNaTON DsiBiC, N. n. Cor. 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MMN U01 CZAd&rtls all commuKfcaffetis te livening l'ublie liidetr, Indtymdtnc Rquare Philadelphia, Member of the Associated Prcn TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS j M-eliwIvely e Miltrf te tht use or rrjmbMcadeu e all tietue ltatch3 credited te t or net ethtru ise credited n Ms paper, and alia tht local netcs published thereta. ill rtehts ft rruHca:)e el speelat flolenfe WrWu ere nlee reserved. Philadelphia. Thandi?, Janturr 19, 12 OUT WITH McCONNELL! IT 18 hard for the general public te set nt the truth of the situation created by the Prohibition Laws. Twe general survejs of the country, conducted by quasi-public agencies, hnvc just been completed. The reports of these investigations serve enlr te confuse the mind of the student and leave Um In deepening datkness. Fer It hap pened that the agency which was tempera mentally favorable te the bone-dry prin ciple could present statistic te lndicnle that, despite all the cunent scandal and criticism, the l nltcil States is new actually three-fourths '"dry '" The agency which began with a prejudice against VelsteadiBin and rule by constitutional amendment was equally able te show in black and white that the country is no mere sober new than It was In 1010, that -i lines of violence arc net less numcreu. that there is no mere money in the saving banks than thcie was before tne triumph of the Anti-Saleen League and that we have acemplished nothing through the prohibition amendment but new talent in the arts of hypocrisy The chief objection te William C. Mc Mc CenneU's occupancy of the office of pro hibition enforcement director in this State is that he has been one of the central causes of the doubt and the mystery that surround the whole question of "dry" law enforce ment in Pennsylvania. Ills presence In the office continues te make a bad situation worse. If the active enforcement officers de net He. by Implication Mr. McConnell his been at least hopelessly inefficient. lie has ceased under pressure te hnvi any real part In the work of la.v enforcement He continues as a costly ornament en an ex tremely costly administrative system. He should have resigned the office long age. The people interested in '"dry" law en forcement, like thebe who merely like te see all law respected, are justified in asking for bis immediate removal. . OUR FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS TOMORROW Prc&ldcnt Harding will de ( liver a formal address te a convention of army and navy surgeons who aie gen "rally responsible for the work that is being done for sick and disabled American soldiers Jet the World War The failure of the governmental agencies te deal humanely and efficiently with these youthful veterans has become something mere than a national scandal It will be mere than a national disgrace if there is no zsggerntlen in the assertions of various American Legien pets that an organized ystem of profiteering has been established t the expense of the sniull annv of men he were returned te this country with dis abilities of a sort that should have moved the people and the fievernment of the United States te provide, nt nny cost, the most thoughtful care which medical science makes possible. The Government has net lied up te the premises whlrh it made te the youth of the land when the draft was lntituted It provided the money. There Is no obvious lack of funds. Such deficiencies as are ap parent in the system of care Instituted for helpless or convalescent veterans are defi ciencies of science and of the heart. The method of "farming out" sick soldiers te ambitious private hospitals has been a wretched failure in mert instances. There Is evidence te indicate that promoters have been finding rich and even extortionate profits In contract schemes devised te pro vide feed for disabled men, even In hos pitals controlled by the Government itself. Part of the general confusion is due te tb nnture of shell shock, from which many it the' soldiers suffer, and te th inability of physicians te deal with it efficiently or te knew in advance the nature of the treat. ment likely te be most elective Hut the nbuses of which the Legien complains seem te extend In one form or another te almost nil the Institutions in which returned soldiers are being treated. Mr. Harding is a man of kindly h?arr It is tee much te expect that he can indi cate a clear way out of nil the difficulties which surround the doctors who have charge of the soldier sick. Hut he can at least ex press the disappointment of the country, Its sense of sorrow and shame, in such a way aa te stimulate in Congress a desire te sec that justice nnd a little mere than justice is done for the men who were returned slrk or wtrended from the war. THE AUTHENTIC OPEN DOOR OPERATION of the open deer by arbi tral machinery Is the striking novelty fif Mr. Hughes' plan for the preservation of equal opportunity In China. This feature of the 'program excludes It from the tpbere et merely suave generalizations and is char acteristic of the specific methods which the Secretary of State has consistently Intro Intre dueed into diplomacy. The proposed tribunal, empowered te pass trjea concessions, monopolies, trade agree Mtnts or i preferences deemed Inconsistent with open-deer principles, is named the Betrd of Reference, and, it the recommen dations are adopted, Is te be formed by the special conference which is te revise Chinese ettatema. The powers of the judicial body art) te be advisory rather then mandatory. They are, however, of sufficient breadth te ejere questions of past concessions and are few retroactive. It -was this aspect of the scheme which aaKtltd these delegates of the Arms Confer Mew who have murmured the conventional "iw in principle" te the opening clauses a the resolutions Involving pledges of fair jky nd respect for one another's interests d these of China. Considerable discus , tie en the advisability of raking old scan- state ia In sight. ; JKegtrdcd strictly from tht ethical stand- , ,, the Hughes proposal Is net open te fasaiktdQR. Mt la a frank, explicit, practical In; jiatfOB.' Without asnumtnr a holler- thnn-theu attitude, American public sentl ment may be raid te be heartily behind se vigorous n check te intrlgue and the war breedlng rush for trade rights In the Far East. The resolutions cannot be construed as a depressant upon lcgltlmnte commercialism. They point the way te the establishment of a new order In China beneficial alike te that Immense nation and te the agencies of de velopment originating without her frontiers. If modifications of the stabilizing appa ratus should be Introduced, It 1b sincerely te be hoped they will be Insufficient te twlBt It out of shape or te deprive the Rofcrence Heard of outlined function. NATIONAL PROSPERITY IS A CLOSE-WOVEN FABRIC The Bloc Syetem In Congress Will Weaken the Texture by Tearing the Threads Apart 0 IT'y silt face the Senate amendment te the Federal Reserve Act is innocent. Indeed, if one chose te de se, It would be easy te argue that the amendment has Im proved the law. it has eliminated the pro pre vision requiring the President te appoint tne men with banking and financial ex perience te the Federal Reserve Heard, nnd It has inserted the word "agricultural" in tbnt part of the law which directs the President In making appointments te have "due regard te a fair representation of tbe financial, agricultural, industrial nnd com mercial Interests and gcegraphlcnl divisions of The country." Tills is se much better than the first plan of the farmers' bloc te amend the law In Mich n way as te cetnmnnd the President te appoint a farmer te the beard that little fuult can Le found with it en general prin ciples. II leaves wide discretion te the President in making appointments and It requires only that the beard should be rep resentative. Rut tiic law has been further amended te as te Increase the number of members of the Federal Reserve Heard from five te six, and it Is generally understood that the sixth member is te be a fanner. The President's discretion was preserved In the law after he had agreed te exercise that discretion as the farmers' bloc desired. At least this is what the Washington correspondents are saying, nnd they usually knew This change, brought about by the threat of clues inlcn-M te held up leglslntien until their demands were granted, must be re gretted because of the unv it has been brought about. A bloc of twenty-eight Senators, sixteen Republicans and twelve Democrats. Ignored party Hues nnd party discipline In order te get recognition for the farmers, as though they were net adequately recognized already. Ne business can prosper unless (he farm ers prosper. The bankers knew this, nnd se de the manufacturers and the managers of the railroads and the proprietors of retail and whelctale stores. The interests of all groups of men are be inextricably connected that nothing but dkaster can fellow any legislation which Is intended te benefit one group without regard te any ether group. We cannot get satisfactory national legis lation under the bloc system, with each bloc fighting every ether bloc for special privi leges. The proper rule in a democracy is that there should be equal opportunities for all and special privileges for none. Under this rule the general geed is the first con sideration. The rulu has been observed in the admin istration of the Federal Reserve system without any special representation of the farmers ou the beard. The charge lias been made that the reserve banks liave discrimi nated against the farmers, but the figures prove that $he banks have gene te the relief of the farmers In the emergency of the last year with greater generosity than they have gene te the relief of the manufacturers. It was realised that the farmers must be en abled te carry en if the rest of the country was te have feed nnd if there was te be a market for what was produced nwny from the farm. As a result farm paper hns been discounted with ns great freedom as was cen'istent with sound banking prin ciples Hill there xlill .s a Mirwvul of ihe old Populist idea tlint the Government ought te relieve the farmers of all risk nnd pro vide warehouses for the storage of farm crops and lend money en then) up te what the farmers thought was their value, and then te rell the crops in the open market. The Government cannot Je this sort of thing And the Federal Reserve Hanks, ought net te de it. The representatives of the farmers in Congress, however, are likely te continue te make trouble until the fnrmnis them selves nre educated out of their present delusions about the hostility of ether Inter ests te them : that Is. the farmer? in the purely agricultural States. They are net making trouble In Penn sylvania, although the agricultural product of tills State compares favorably with that of the richest of the Western farm States. This Is becaukC the farmers are living clere te all ether forms of enterprl-e. We have great textile manufactures here We mine coal and Iren. We fabricate steel. We make cement. We have great cities and rich farming towns. And it is evident te all that the prosperity of cacli business is de pendent en the prebperltv of all the ethers. If the West nnd the Seuth can lenrn this by a diligent study of the way the Eastern States get along, the States which are agri cultural as well as manufacturing there will be an end of septienal blee THE CINDERELLA OF BEVERAGES TIIERIC arc beverages mere translucent or sparkling than Schuylkill or Delaware. 11)22. and these nre net nil choice products of the grape. The neighboring motiepolis has long boasted of tn crystalline Ashokan and Creten water. In their apparent purity certain Swiss lakes falrlv geem te radiate health and lnvigonitien in their contents. Yet these, In some instances, are In the heart of the goiter country. Somebody has discovered synura In the chief of New Yerk's non-alcoholic drinks, nnd feraethlng akin te constemntlen has resulted, although the experts nre busily engaged In disarming popular fears. Hut net even dread names of mystery are employed by Dr. Martin, Stnte Commis sioner of Health, in his unqualified indorse inderse ment of Philadelphia water. The nlgae which he specifies are only a sort et me dicinal weeds contributing occasionally an unpleasant taste or odor, but quite harm less. Net a single recent case of typhoid fever has been traced te properties of the local water supply. Like virtue itself, Philadel phia water Is net primarily spectacular In Its appeal. In a sense If la the Cinderella of notions. Outlanders have even found it unpalatable. But It is geed, if one's thirst be constitu tional. LETTING BAD ENOUGH ALONE HOW have the owners nnd drivers of motorcars met the conditions created by the parking rules new enforced by the police? Hy the expedient, almost universal nowadays in the United States, of unques tioning surrender te impractical and one ene sided rules, They leave tneir automobiles at home nud resort te the trains and trol leys, nnd teem te feel that no appeal has been left them. P Definite! reatrtrtleajv have been put upon the iise of motorcars In the busiest areas of the city,, where, et ceurae, the need for automobiles la greatest. Seener or later business men generally in the shopping, hotel and thcatre districts will begin te feel an unwholcsetno reaction upon the present antl-parklng rules. Theso who were accus tomed te use the motorcar ns a dally con venience have had te go back te the street cars. Meanwhile, the authorities seem content te let bad enough nlene. Difficult decisions hnve been postponed again, even if no constructive plan hns been formulated or even considered te meet a deflnlte public need. In the Interest of the public and business and even in justice te the meter trades the Administration nnd City Council should at once enlist the services of a commission of competent engineers with a view te re moving such restrictions ns make the effi cient use of motorcars impossible in the central business district. A way can be found te provide parking space without blocking traffic, but trnlned minds will hnve te Indicate It. This special service should net be asked In the name of charity, cither. It ought te be paid for through a special appropriation. The matter is important enough, FOR JUDGE BREGY'S PLACE WILL the Common Pleas bench ultimately be dragged down by the alew nnd re lentless process of political exploitation te the level of the magistrates' courts nnd made supplementary te the Interests of petty bosses? Wc de net think se, but the scramble for the vacancy created by Judge nregy's death indicates that something of the sort may happen in the course of time If the decent opinion of the city doesn't as sert Itself in opposition te the tendency of professionals in politics te regard judicial offices as part of the routine system of bar ter and sale. Mr. Campbell, the Register of Wills, has just moved te the front te insist that the uptown districts should "hnve a Judge." Of course, he has n friend te suggest for the place. The Little Napeleon of the Northeast is thinking In the usual terms. He Is thinking of a job rather than et a judgeship. Then there Is the rumor from Hnrrisburg that Governer Sproul may appoint his sec rotary, Harry McDevltt, te Judge Brcgy's seat. The rumor docs net ring true. The Governer is net likely te Indulge in such a violation of the rules of geed taste, even though Governors usually feel bound te make some prevision for their secretaries as the ends of their terms approach. After the high standard of qualification set by himself recently in the naming of men for high office. Governer Sproul can rea sonably be depended upon te cheese n law yer of wide experience, ample training in the work of jury trials and u bread knowl edge of legal practice rather than anybody whose principal recommendation is political or personal Influence, however stieng tbnt may be A RICH MAN FOR BERLIN ALAN SON 11. HOUGHTON, of Corning, N. Y., who It is Intimated is te be appointed as Ambassador te Germany, be longs te tbnt class from which It has been custemar.v te eelect our representatives in Berlin. Mr. Houghten is a ri li manufacturer with a liberal education. He was graduated from Harvard University nnd took pest-graduate work in the universities of Berlin, Gnettln geu und Paris. He has b"en n frequent visitor te Germany and he doubtless knows the German language. lie has luid no diplo matic experience, it is tiuc. Neither hud James W. Gerard, whom 1'iesident Wilsen sent te Berlin. And Jehn (!. A. I.ci-humn. who preceded Mr. Gerard, gel :ill hi- tiiiilo tiiiile rantic training as pic-luciit of (he Carnegie Steel Cempauy before he m rved his ap prenticeship nt Constantinople. David .1 Hill was a college president who took up diplomacy ns an avocation, nnd Chnrle Chnrle magne Tower get his training in diplomacy In Vienna before he was scut te Berlin. Mr. Tower and Mr. Lelshmaii were origi nally taken out of private life We have few trained diplomatists, nnd it is seldom that any of them are sent te the principal pests. Mr. llerrlck. who new represents us In Pnris, learned diplomacy while practicing It. and Colonel Harvey in Londen may learn it befnie he serves out his term. He had no previous experience nud, Indeed, he wns net noted for diplomatic discretion In private life. The diplomatic iervlce has net been taken as seriously as it should hnve been In re cent years. Colonel Rooseve'.i in the early days of his presidency tegnrded it ns ft means of conferring distinguished honor en worthy Republicans. But the war demon strated te every one who had nny dealings with Europe that the presence of capable men In the foreign cnpitals was of the first Importance If American Interests were te be protected. And Walter II. Page, in Lon Len Lon eon, fulfilled the functions of an Ambassador with such skill that he Is likely te be long remembered as one of the most capnble diplomatists that our system tins produced. Mr. Houghten will have te justify his appointment ns en Ambassador bv the way In which he cendtrts himself after he gets te Berlin. WHERE PATIENCE WOULD HELP IT IS obviously tee early te pass final judgment en the matter of American participation In the Genea conference. The status of that proposed gnthering has unquestionably been clouded by the recent ministerial upheaval in France. Until It is mere clearly demonstrated tbnt M. Polncnre will conform In the main te the policies of his predecessor, the outlines of reconstruc tion must remain obscured. By their very nature, however, Crises must evrntually biilwldc. Within the last few days belief has evidently grown in Europe, that the French republic will find It Impossible te maintain a violently ob eb ob structlenary attitude. Invitations te the economic sessions have been sent te nil European countries except Turkey nnd te every nation In the Western Hemisphere, Including the United States. Net a few of the Governments solicited may find it advisable te defer decision. Economic rehabilitation has been se long delayed that the offense of a few weeks' postponement of the conclave need net rank ns mere than venial. Half-way or sporadic measures will net suffice te clurify the tremendous problem of the economic salvation of civilization. The attack should be vigorous and general all nleng the line. Should the date of tbe meeting be changed te some time later In the spring, the con clusion of the Washington Conference would enable this Government te concentrate nt nt tentlen upon the next step in world recov ery. Just at present, pressing for nn Amer ican point 'of view regarding the invitutlen savers of Impatience. Forty spectators in n Chicago Court of Demestic Relations were arrested by order of the Judge and finml the full amount of the money they hud In their possession. It amounted te $11.(10 all told les'i than nn nverege of fifteen centu apiece. Perhaps people ere morbid who attend court hobitu hebitu nlly : perhaps they should be taught the error of their ways; hut, since court hearings are epiiu te the public nnd the victims repre sented the public (pcrhnps becnuse they hudn't enough money te tnkc them nny- where clse) wc wonder bv whnt authority the Court ordered their urrcit nud relieved ithcin of their belongings. J A NEGRO NORMAL SCHOOL" It la Flourishing In Delaware County Under the Flnegan System Mere About the Peppers Stephen C. Fester's Centennial and the Sesqul By GEORGE NOX McCAlK SENATOR A. D. MacDADE conveys the Information that the Chcyney Training Scheel for Tenchcre, near Media, is, func tioning admirably under the new arrange ment. I wonder hew many people In Pennsyl vania, outside the Society of Friends, a select number of educators and the people who live In the vicinity of the school, knew just whnt the Cheyncy Training .Scheel really is? It is time they were enlightened. Particularly, ns Pennsylvania Is one of the Northern States that lead In this system of education. It is an institution where colored students mny obtain a normal school certificate qualifying them te teach in any State In the Union. It is a miniature Hampton Institute minus the manual training. It Is a nermnl school for colored students. Within the last sixty days it has become a part of our State nermnl school system and the facts nre interesting. THE Society of Friends conducted the school for years ns a prlvate institution. Today it baB au enrollment of 100 colored students of both bexes. Its graduates nre teaching In colored schools through the Seuth. The Chcyney school property is estimated te be worth between $250,000 and $300,000. The State obtained the property for $70,000. When it wss taken ever by the State Heard of Education it became a pari of our nermnl school system, I de net knew that the colerod population quite appreciates what that means. It means this, that the State of PennsyH vanln, in education, has placed the bright young man or woman of the Negro race in a position te acquire the same training as a bright young man or young woman of the Caucasian race. DR. THOMAS E. FINEGAN, whose pol icy has been clouted and criticlzed largely by these who have net given the sub ject consideration, Is responsible for this improvement in the educational facilities of the Commonwealth. It was made possible by an enabling act pnsed by the last Legislature, and it was sponsored by Senater MacDnde, of Dclaware County. m It wns a part of Governer Sproul's policy te enceurnge the colored population te m m preve from nn educational standpoint. One of the most distinguished cducutera et the country, Dr. Leslie Plncltney Hill, is president of the new normal school. He Is a gruduate of Harvard. BURD S. PATTERSON tells me that an odd coincidence exists in connection with our approaching Sesqul-Ccntennlnl. Mr. Patterson Is secretary of the Western Peiuisvlvaiiln Historical Society. He is nlse secretary of the Stnte As sociation of Historical Societies. The coincidence lies In the fact that while we ere celebrating the 130th anniversary vf our national Independence in 1020, the State will have the opportunity of celebrat ing the 100th nnnlveiN'uy of America's greatest song writer. Stephen O. Fester. Stephen Cellins Fester was born en July I. tNUil. and. ns Mr. P-ittcrsen observes, if every ether song, thnt he wrote were iest te posterity liN name would live In "Way De'vii mi i SiMt.uicc River." Mr. IMttersnn is one of the met untiring vveikeis en hehulf of our gloat exposition. He wns the uifiier of u iccolutlen unsni unsni lneus'" ndeplcd bv the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Indorsing the Se.s-tll-('iiti "mill! and lllii; en the National Government e aid Philadelphln in making it n success Ah though this were net rneugh the bo be clety pledged its nid In making the celebra tion in Philadelphia .mil throughout the State u success. Philadelphia needs a few Burd Pattersons. i HAVE received n communication from n member of the Pepper fumily, which says: , "In your article of January 10 en the Pepper family you have made one error it wns William Piatt Pepper who was largely Instrumental in founding the Pennsylvania Museum and Scheel of Industrial Art. "In fact, he was president of both for sixteen jears until lie resigned in favor of Mr. Theodere Scorch. "It was he und net Dr. William Pepper who was officially connected with the cen tennial." I can merely restate what I said before, that it was taken from the autobiography of Dr. Pepper published In lMt by Jumcu S. McCartney in ills' "Prominent Pcnnsyl vanians of the Nineteenth Century." I bay nutobiegrnphy because, llke the Con gressional Directory and Smull's Legisla tive Hand Heek in' which statesmen and near btntesineii write their own autobiographies, the facts contained in the McCartney his toric') were furnished by the subjects thcra bclves. HEREWITH I quote directly from the work In questien: "He (Dr. William Pepper) was medical director of the Centennial Exposition in 1870, and for his services in connection therewith wus decorated by the King of Sweden Knight Commander of the Order of St. Olaf. "Dr. Pepper was largely instrumental in founding the Pennsylvania Museum and Scheel of Industrial Arts nnd Is president of the Free Library of Philadelphia, of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, the es tablishment and rapid development of which is largely due te his organizing and admin istrative ability : the Foulke nnd Leng In stitute and of numerous organizations con nected with the University." William Plntt Pepper, another distin guished member of the family, was, during his life, one of the prominent citizens and leading spirits of Philadelphia. He was n cousin of Dr. William Pepper. It is entirely possible that the honor of aiding In the establishment of the Scheel of Industrial Arts was n joint affair of the two gentlemen, und that William Piatt Pep per's contribution te its later success wns his nble administration ns president. Information from the family Is thnt both William Piatt Pepper and Dr. William Pep per w-crc instrumental In founding the annual chnrity ball, which has since become nn established institution for geed In Phila delphia, Mrs. William Piatt Pepper still resides in this city. DR. ROBERT N. KEELY, surgeon of the school ship Annapolis, is In Paris. Under receu (Hc he ferwinlii me nn extract from the Paris Dally Mnll. In the Interim, between his writing nnd my receiving the extract, Its story has been telesrcphe.l ire"i,,' tl,i. world I fnncv. It relates te the will of William Bedford Glasler, of Londen, solicitor. He left his entire estate, nbent $00,000, te his wife. Elsie. In n splendid tribute in his wljl he described her ns "the Ideal wife." "Te llve with Elsie wns te live in Elysium. Te cenclu ' : ii no better woman ever lived." Just the same theic is no record thnt the pair ever applied for or received the "Dun "Dun mew flitch of bacon." Di". Keely Is silent pn the subject Nothing Unusual About This Frem the Londen Dally Mall, I niuke up my mind about the matter first, but 1 nlwn.VH ask my husbnnd'H ml vice en it," mid u woman at Murylcbene County t-eurt jcsicrtiqy. a. t ' " --.' " " ' " "0 a ff fj -aeeeae Pi V mt'- ?wiD w9fVS tX V X lljJLjr1 f I m 1 sj a Jj f J- a tf j,f- a -aefe r saN aS m BBBaaVsPaaaBT IB BbbbI aaaBBBBBBBBBBar AVsaaaaaV Wfh j97'BBBBBm S, -rr is. -i" .JlaTaM NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Talks With Thinhing Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best Daily STEWART WIL80N On Employment, and Civil Service PHILADELPHIA'S employment condi tions are accurately reflected in the Department of Civil Service, according te Stewart Wilsen, secretary of the Third United States Civil 8crvlce District, which includes Pennsylvania, Delaware and a part of New Jersey. "The scnicitv of applicants for positions in the civil service," said Mr. Wilsen, "Is net unusual since the war. I nttrlbute it largely te the snlarlcs which are offered nnd. in :uan cases, the disinclination en the part of the applicants te leave the vicinity pf their homes. This Is especially the case In such positions ns teacher in the Indian Service, nnd added te thiH particular posi tion Is the enviienmcnt inseparable from such work. Effect of War Wages "The high compensation paid te all classes of empleyes, whether skilled or unskilled, undoubtedly has much te de with the re luctance of workers new te tnke positions which were eagerly sought only a few years age. These persons became accustomed te high salaries during that period and nre new unwilling te work for what, under present economic conditions, is a fair salary. "Then again the Government has te com pete with private enterprises in certain lines, such as these of dietitian and hydrographic nnd topographic draughtsmen. The former require a high technical training and the latter arc practically in a class by them reives. Applicants for these positions nre naturally scarce at all times. The dietitians can get mere money locally for their serv ices and the draughtsmen arc used by ship yard and engineering concerns te make relief maps and de ether technical work, and can command larger salaries than the Govern ment pays. "Nevertheless, the market for skilled labor has eased up very much. There ls-pStill a verv large number of applicants for the positions te be filled by what we call the 'popular' examinations. These include rail way mail clerk, department clerks, female stenographers and typists and first-grade clerks. If wc were te announce today that an examination for these positions was te be held ten days later wc would have sev eral hundred applicants for each clnss. Male Stenographers Scarce "One of the most difficult positions te fill is that of male stenographer and typist, and it Is a scarcity that I am somewhat nt a less te understand. If young men only real ized whnt a stepping-stone te something better a place of this kind Is, there would be mere of them. If n young man has any bruins he will net be content te remain long in 6itch a position, and, under the same conditions, no employer would let him ; he would be promoted at the first opportunity. "The demand for male stenographers and typists Is double that for female. We have te held an examination for male stenog raphers once n month, whereas theso for fe male stenographers hove been discontinued for Philadelphia until further notice. "Te Illustrate hew the market for semi bkllled labor has been breaking, with ap proximately twenty-one days' advance no tice, it was necessary te exumlne nppllcnnts for positions of clerk nnd carrier in the Philadelphia Postoffice in twenty-five ses sions, there being just a few short of 100 for each session. ' Appointments Tightening "Appointments, ns a rule, are tightening up, and they are being made new only for replacements ; that Is, te fill vacancles caused by death, resignation or dismissal. Very few new projects nre being sturted, and where they nre the preference In employment Is given te former empleyes who were laid off owing te reduction of the ferce. "The state of labor conditions is repro repre rented accurately in our office In the qual ity as well ns the number of the applicants. During periods of great unemployment this efficii would be overcrowded If nn examina tion were te be announced. Hut our r. nmlnntiens nre held only when the demands of the service make them necessary, while they arc held whenever required te tnke cure of the needs of the service, nt the same time consideration is given te the matter of se conserving the appropriation te make it last out the fiscal jeur. and nlse with the view of procuring persons who can qunllfy for the! respective positions, Much nn wc would 116J te de se, wocannet held examinations elrriply because labor Is plentiful ; te de se SOME DAY, MAYBE! W" -saaaaaaBBj 11 aKraTaV T would seen exhaust the appropriation, which is always limited. "a careful and exhaustive survey has shown that the cost of filling vacancies by the Government is considerably less per capita than the cost of the same work done by private corporations. Most Applicants Pass "Most of the nppllcnnts pass the exami nations, and this is especially true of the popular ones, where only about 35 per cent of the nppllcnnts In this district fail te pass the tests. This result shows that the exami nations nre practically standard with the school facilities of the district. Five classes of positions were recentlv closed here be cause there was a sufficient number of ellglbles. When this list of eligiblcs 1b ex hausted and the service needs mere era- E.7irV? "theM "nee, ether examinations will be held. "We recently sent out notices for an ex amination for police-women in Washington. Xhis is n place for which it is fairly difficult te get applicants, nnd there are few candi dates who con successfully meet the require- recnilted from nmeng the empleyes of char "nble and welfare institutions. f- ' Il0n'ever, Is nn interesting position for n woman who has a general senre nf micT'ri'th toward the'fem'a'lem.bllc" The of ?hi Jnri f n mlsnem. tot In no sense of the word Is it n position the whele duty of which is te maintain order, but is rather fternTh?1 d'rdc5 nnl tn Protect tft 35 from the results of such disorder. ., e make every candidate for examina tion, where the age of the applicant is Tanv- the shape of a birth certificate, for we find en ereMBt.7n ft3r yUn'. p",ens -"- m f. Positions. When thev get elder n7 their a. 4'c "PPoMte position regard- ing their ages, but when they nre after n saryW' frequently find that prUVSces? ' What De Yeu Knew? I QUIZ " wfcrc,,!s th Val f Cashmere? I' of &MII"1! th0 'nrten VheVec, lis',?9 meant by weur street Kng- I: W'tiie- 'AT SS , ws ,Bt Xr with Austria.? Qem""y ' Tal'u1 nthcha.?f "' Session 10 In what hook of the Bible te v, . . maec.?"0 "" ' '- c Answers te Yesterday's Quiz Vn."'--' dollar manclBr, whose Vnmi w. hvnc,?.T ptex r&"hi2 llli fate wm. te endure un til hahn'ffli he redeemed by love it ii iht ?ulrt of the story whlrh TtreltcVhv wTr mVswe e90 raveC WxR und thirty seconds, t hatv?.t, nl,nu,tca . llS.Sn miles nn hour belnff i. nin longest aqueduct In the wnri.i .. OUhll! aqueduct, m imMnl- ''Vthe Yerk Pity, t extend for iin,5niiNew 8 A iitesldte Is a fort or uunlSen ' ?". SffiSfe!! '" Kpal" " ' 0 The iiame rnasrneiiu In derived froe, &! ftflnnbW betsnMX' equivalent wns Diana. (leman ifE. -J -7k SHORT CUTS Spite of Pelncare and Curzon, the wsrM de move. What State politicians appear t U hankering for la a man with a whip. Mr. Sproul by this time realizes tbtt a Governer is often known by his appoint ments. There is already evidence in ths nlnds of Philadelphia that one bridge brtMi another. The President evidently believes tbit the way te chop a bloc la te let it have IU own way. Ae Magee sees H. Vare can be leader te long ns he leads in the direction the Pitts burgher favors. "Lenlne May Ge te Genea" Hcadllni. Well, well ! De you knew that isn't where we expectcd him te go? Miss Anne Morgan is of the opinion that as a fund-raiser for war-ridden Frann there is virtue in "Saleme." Without desire te be a crepe-hanger en sex equality, we merely point out that si jury-hanger woman, lovely woman, lit mere man beaten forty ways. New that Mrs. B. Thrifty Is keeping budget she Insists upon having a bee keeper's wages as well as a housekeeper's. The first Frankford "L" car is said t have "vertical and lateral seating arrange ments." The vertical ones, Pericarp opines, must be for the straphangers. A thousand would -be cops were exam ined yesterday. Evidently de net agree with Gilbert's assertion that, taking one thlsi with another, a policeman's let is net happy one. Can it be said that extremes mi queried the Peripatetic Philosopher, wh it Is known that Chief Davis heads the Ctt? Water Bureau while another Chief Dsvls i head of the Bureau of Flre? "I like your politics," said Senater Fat Harrison nt the Peer Richard Club, "Ye de it se smoothly here." The Vares In Washington would have bowed acknowledg ment had they been notified. There isn't n thing In the world wrenj with hnvlng a farmer en the Federal Reserve Beard. But the man who Is put there W sandbaggers doesn't properly belong, whether he be farmer, banker or plumber. Every time I consider the agricultntsj bloc, remarked Dcmosthenes McGlnnls, I fln myself thinking what a line and Inspirinr sight it would be if our even-tempered Presi dent would get hopping mad just once. Pennsylvania's State nealth Commit" slener says Philadelphia's water Is better than New Yerk's. Te which mny be added that our "hooch" is no worse. Hurrah for Pennsylvania, tbe land of Antheny Wsynti Extract from a fairy story of the die tnnt future: "After the Jack Nationals n invaded the Giant China's country and ar ranged things te their satisfaction the gi' began te use his benn and decided te '" rnnge tilings te suit himself." In nominating a successor te Willis111 McConnell. neminnl Director of Prohibits In Pennsylvania, whose resignation Is co" sidered a foregone conclusion, Senater F'P' per will probably proceed en the asinimptw thnt he can't please everybedy. New that there is possibility that th Public Service Commission may consider tM gaB question, there Is nlse possibility that tn cltv will tnk-n from the ntcnonhelc. where I' reposes, the report of the Mayer's Gas Com mission. But, be it noted, possibility Is w likelihood. Four lnwycrs will defend Luther Itedd. the Negro who killed two detectives in " Yerk und was Inter captured In Philadelphia nnd already they tire fighting for delay In .i..l ...V.1,.1, ...ill I...I.I.. l.n lAM-.1Mti'n.OII( new, tviiive ni iMi'iiitui imt inn-"" - . mid cebtly. Many reasons for delay are teD found tn tup shadow of tne riretric mi"' nil.- ..l .!.... a L. ......-f...1 1m IqI i lie iiiiirui unit, rrcins te or ci'm-rneiu i' yi rans is unit me ncaviness et i i"""".": sentence is less a deterwt ' crjnie 'Dn, 151 certainty of punishment. Crimes He t0 of Ueduy elieuld be punished swiftly a s . - .uk Vvv .. vjemw M " i ti itt- surely, n ,, w feiSaS'..':V : ''-"' -A- Tv.rr?pik..- rt -'. ls &3 -i,
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