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I ,,.-A,,ttd1,f. ti.Mna at th rafM nf tlVitlVN My, r-nfa mf taV. nbvatil. te tha carrier. ...By mall te relnlf eutslds of Philadelphia In 'th United Brates, Canada, or I tilled Slate po pe po tsslens, postage free, flfty (SO) cents per mentli. fcl (10) dollars per year. !4)ubl In adanc. I Te all feralm countries one (11) dollar a month. lwrici Subscribers wlshlnr address elianceu must 6le old as well as new additss. t BELL. tWO 4.INPT KF.. STONE. UI.N J.OI tf Address ail cuminaptcattens te Fvruine p ublia lAdaer, Initvtndenct Piuare, piillarfV'jiMa I Member of the Associated Pren I TUB ASSOCIATED PRTSS ts ricluHvelv eif tltUd te the use for rcjiutliaf(en of all neui dispatch) credited te (I or net ethtrxuse credited in this paver, and also the local news published thtrrin. All rights e republication of special (JUpnfehes herein are also reserved. riifledclpMe, TmiJir. Jinu.rr 31, 122 PRACTICAL POLITICS ITtHE Intimations from Hurrisburg that . tlie successor te the late Lewis S. Sad ler as Highway Commissioner will be a practical politician would net He credible tinder ordinary circumstance"!. Hut In the present stnte of political Hut in the Com monwealth almost anything is possible. The Deputy Highway Commissioner. Geerge It. lilies is nn expert engineer. He has never tnkrn any active interest in politics. NeverthelefM it is known that the Governer before the death of Senater Pen ree wag considering his promotion te the head of the department in the event of a Tncancy occurring there. Hut the death of Penrose and the grave Illness of Senater Crew and the fierce rivalries that are rag ing beneath the htirfnee have produced a combination of circumstances which a prac tical politician such as the Ciovcrner must consider. Dut whatever he does it is morally certain that he will net turn the Highway Depart ment ever te the speilsmen. lie is tee deeply interested In his read-building pro gram te sacrifice that te any temporary political considerations. If he puts n prac tical politician nt the head of the depart ment It could well be with the understand ing that the efficient engineers in charge of construction nheuld be undisturbed in order that the work may be continued in the efficient way in which it has been begun. THE TRAVELING CARDINALS ONLY under the most Ideal conditions is it possible for nn American Cardinal te participate in the election of n Pepe. The 'Atlantic ferries have slewed up considerably clnce ante-bellum dnyt. A seven-day cross cress lng is new considered speedy. The Paris-neme express is limited in ca pacity and un'cs.s passage en this de luxe train is available, the journey conforms te the somewhat leisurely standards of Conti nental travel. The sea Yeute te Italy is direct en the i tnap, but it is safe te alleVi- ten days for the Toyege te Naples, and the Eternal City lies tome six hours' rail jeurnejlng bejend that pert. Cardinal Dougherty's difficulties, mere- i r ever, are increased dv tne tact of tils r West Indian nllsrinmge. Ills vessel from ihe Lesser Antilles is net expected te reach ISew Yerk until Friday. Shenld n reserva tion be obtained for the next day upon n French liner that ship could hardly attain Havre before Saturday of the next week. The conclave is expected te be called en the previous Thursdny or Friday. Ice In the St. Lawrence and the winter suspension of steamship service there will handicap Cardinal Pegin. of Canada, wiie will be forced te sail either from Halifax or from some pert of the I'nlted States. Inevitably the latest arrival of all will be Cardinal de Albuquerque Ciivalcantl, of Brazil. T'nder normal circumstances the trip from Itte te Heme consumes ubeut two and n half te three necks. Could Cardinal O'Connell. of Bosten, have managed te sail today jm one of the few ocean groyhe'unds there would have been - light chance of his adhesion te a strict ecclesiastical schedule. , The transit quandaries of New AVerld prel ates are of comparatively recent origin. In the days when nil the Cardinals were Euro pean It was generally possible te secure a full attendance nt the Sacred College en the opening day of Its sessions. The conserv atism of the Church is traditional, but It cannot be denied that the pressure of breath. taking travel exerted upon Its distant prime i somewhat extreme. KEEN SIGHT OF LLOYD GEORGE LLOYD GEORGE'S n-mnrkiiblc faculty for rejecting the diy formalism of min isterial vcrhiage in favjr of the riinplct and most forceful expres.ldn of vital issues l.n beldem been mer- tlvidly displayed than in his brilliant address before the Coalition Liberals. It has been suggested that thi apparently Invincible Premier was playing for political advantage, seeking te organize Ms cohorts In advance of a general election, which is believed by some commentators te be im pending in England. Hut even If these een. tentiens are correct, his unnljsi of the nct-di cf civilization still stumlx as a frank, manly and discerning appreciation nf rvaliti.. "Yeu cannot nr;ue." dilnred the Hnti'di Prime Minister, "with dispatch; ou can can net reason with u diplomatic message. Wc must come face te face. ji,.n w,0 dislike conferences ate men who dislike realities. The gibers say -Anether Conference '' l'erty-fhe delegates and n thou- tanu -nxnerts wlinr extrntii.iin..a ! v .. Sfi thousand experts- llnnucliil, diplemullc and t t inlAmlr. rDittf art .linri.. 1. . 1 ! . "- ; .; - ' ...... .1-...1 man iiiiiiiary experts. The spiritual basis of Mr. Lloyd Geerge's hopes for the success of the coming interim- Jlenal meeting in Genea is the blicf that this -semblage will help te extinguish mis- rtPlclens which have se Innuntablj darkened i jthe politics of the uirlens (lOvernmcntH since i .the clee of tlie war 'Meht quarrels, " he I contends, "an' urea in suspicion, which eeuM be removed by sensible interchange of opinion." If reasoning of this kind Is "pn Utlcal," the world can de with an aceessleu ef politics. , The tonic value of Mr. Lloyd G.ergt's ,'- .. siridress consists net se much in Uu ri,n. '. mittet for entimitri uin.v semeHm.w in. n 'taropese as in tie courageous recognition .. f iBCtB na they exist, leusistcnt with this ii - ttt of veracity 1h lilsj acknowledgment of tliu tnetructlve worth of the Washington Con Cen 7 fpence and the lutense necessity for a still w rrftatrr cnllflnHrv of nittlfiiifi. (pr !Mr Wed Geerge Is net afraid te call .'WUilnjd both geed nnu evil ey their proper yvnmw, Oencernlng the old hugger-mugger v& tiiiiviuimj ug iciuiua nu iiiueiuu. fiv 'BilU centered In new adjustments, buied na ,-,. en mutual sympathies sibllltics. It Is refreshing te note that his fervency is blended with philosophy and geed humor and that tlie prospect of n monumental tank serves te Bllmulnte his apparently unquench able spirits. While lili opponents may differ concern ing the mcrila of his specific recipes for world betterment, the soundness of his gen eral principles is indisputable. A BRITISH LORD WHO WAS A PROPHET OF DEMOCRACY Bryce, Being a Philosopher and a Scholar, Was a Friend of Ml Mankind TI1KRI. are man) learned men in the world, but -few of them are really wise. Hecause Viscount llryce had both learning and wisdom his death will mean n less te all people who hope te see reason substituted for violence in the conduct of human affairs. One. phrafc Is repeated almost montn mentn montn neusij In e cry printed reference te Hryce's dentil. He was a friend of Ametlca. That is true. Se affectionate a friend of Ametlca was llryce that he felt as much nt home here ns he did In England. But his capacity for friendship was net limited by nny national boundaries. He wns a friend of nil mankind, and ns such he must be regarded before it is possible fully te understand the nature and value of the work scholars of his sort de for their world Lord Bryce web a great sehelur and n great humanltnrlnn. He was nbove all things n grent democrat. He rendered te the institutions of constitutional govern ment the rare and invaluable service of Informed and radiantly honest criticism. He was one of these men who cannot be selfish either In n uatlennl or a personal sense. His concern was the future of the race. Ter about thirty years he scrutinized the processes of free government ns pas pas slenntely as laboratory men peer into strange substances in seercli of a precious element, and he felt te the last that, despite nil its defects, its blunderingp, Its emissions and Its Inherent lethargy, democracy was still the hope of the world. Tlie ideals and forms of government of which the Brjces dream ought te be better understood by every one who shares the responsibilities and privileges of free cit izenship. The) suggest a political state in which, because of the enlightenment of the Individual citizen, the need for wise, gener ous nnd courageous leadership would be recognized nnd intelligently met. Such a state would reflect In Its life nnd its habits of administration mere of the America of the pioneers, of the wars of liberty, of plain men's homes and less of the America of Wall street and political grand headquarter". It would be of and for the French who are net of the Qunl d'Orsay, but of Verdun and the Marne battles. It would be inspired by the British of Yprcs and tlie North Sea and the farms and shops rather than by the British of Downing street nnd the Beard of Trade. In no case, however, would such n state deny itself the service of trained, tempered nnd devoted minds In answer te any Impulse generated out of class suspicion or the aberrations of mobs. In Its international view all mankind would appear struggling in a difficult pilgrimage toward peace and light, single-hearted in the search for escape from the nightmare of hates nnd fears that has afflicted all civilization. Frem the view point of even nn almost perfect democratic stHte it would be Impossible te regard Mos cow as Ilussia or te permit lintred of n handful of fanatics te obscure the memory of the 1,700,000 Russians who died in snows and swamps In the war ngainst German aggression and fought heroically month after month In the fnce of machine-guns, which they faced, because of tlie monstrous cruelty of their Government, without ammunition. Te men who want te se a better order in human affairs it must always pcem that all Governments will function mere satis factorily only after they manage te borrow something of the faith and murage and generosity of the average man. Such quali ties translated scientifically in terms of administrative action nnd polio ultimately will make for the perf it democratic state as Bryce perceived it. And, beside the Bryces of this world, who believe that n better future for humanity can come only through mere enlightenment in the average citizen nnd a liberation of tlie fundamental human Impulses nf charity and compassion among peoples, the men who are new tr Ing te direct the course of international affairs in the old world jingoes, frenzied linanelers In Paris, the WullJngferds of prostrate Germany and the hate-crazed crowd at Moscow seem like blind organ isms tearing at each ether in elemental daikness. Ws eur-ehes have a geed u-u. lu learn from men who pref.-r te view the processes of government philosophically and scien tifically rather than as uncritiml partisans. We shall hare te step believing thnt we arc perfect. We slmll have te listen te . the minorities I' only that we may disagree ' with llem intelhgtiitlj Wr nhitil have te I step voting merel as Republicans or pem- ecrats and ute ax Americans, 'oiibcIeus of our obligations te the past und te the future. And we shall hnv te step making martin of the men who, like Laid Bryce, believe that there is a wisdom of the licatt as well as a wisdom of the mind, which will be expressed politically in the interest of pence nnd progress In tin- perfect states of a war less future. ENVOYS AND SHIP PATRONAGE THE National Merchant Marine Associa tion I', aggrieved ever the frequency with which Government officials and envoys delegated abroad dUtr.b'tte their patronage te vessels iliing nlieti tlugn. The case of Charles L. Kagey, American Minister te I'lnl. rid. is especially cited. Ne sooner was the news et ids appointment cir culated than agents of n Itritlsli and a Frcneii steamship company called upon tills legate te exploit the advantages of their re spective benicuH, There are instances In which this sort of persuasion has been pro ductive. That ebliqultj attaches te this uirt of enterprise Is, however, bi no uieniiR certni.i. The Shipping Beard is new prepared te grant te Geernment officials nnd their families the discounts and particular inducenientb which foreign steamship organizations het for years accorded te their nationals In Government service. It is a well-established custom for n Fiench plenipotentiary te cress the Atlantic under the flag of his country and for e British official te be similarly consistent. Every department In the Cabinet has pledged its assistance te ths Natlennl Merchant Ma I &srtS-Jt S-3"- B" lt Is incumbent unen the American lines te be at least as active ns their foreign rivals in securing patrenngc, nnd it is ns fully necessary for the American public te recog nize the Immense change that hns been ef fected in mnrlne passenger transportation since the war. Habits of travel nre often strongly in grained. Americans bound for Europe nre accustomed te journeying en foreign ships for the excellent reason that until recently there were few ether means of transit. Within the past two years n fleet of Amer ican passenger vcsreld en various lines h.ts been developed for trans-Atlantic travel. Twe splendid new lliicrn will augment this sen Ice in May, and evcntunlly the Leviathan, new about te be reconditioned, will swell the total, ruder Shipping Beard supervision all American services are new available te India, China, Japan nnd down both coasts of Seuth America. It is unnecessary te in dulge in special pleading for the passenger Beets under our flag. In the end they will be patronized or otherwise nccerding te their merits or defects. But It Is assuredly geed taste for Government servants te book en the craft of their nation. Mere than en anything else the situation ttcpends upon the realization by these officials of modern conditions upon the seas and upon the nlcrtncss of tlie American steamship companies. It is Idle te complain of the celerity of competitors. Naturally, they will endeavor te restore the old status quo. THE FARM PROBLEM POLITICAL considerations were without doubt ns potent ns economic reasons In Inducing the President te arrange for n conference en agricultural conditions. The farmers are suffering from the same economic depression that affects men In every ether form of Industry. They nre as deeply Interested bb cery one else in the discovery of n way te better conditions. But unfortunately they nre mere disposed than ether business men te be hospitable te quack remedies. A gathering of representa tives of tlie farming Industry such as as sembled In Washington yesterday inny, how ever, be able te reach some sound conclu sions en the best methods of relief. But whether nny economic advantage fol fel lows the conference, it hns demonstrated that the Administration is Interested In the troubles of the farmers and recognizes thnt their relief Is important and that It is committed te such legislation as seems best litted te Improve conditions. When there is n farmers' bloc In Congress doing its best te held up legislation until It gets what it seeks. It is politically important thnt something be done te bring the, farmers themselves te take n reasonable view nnd te persuade them thnt their troubles nre only , part of the troubles from which the whole Natien is suffering. The men attending the conference nre said te be conservative for the most part. But there is n radical wing which will seek indersement of a greater degree of governmental relief than is wise. Fer ex ample, some of the radicals wish the Gov ernment te guarantee prices for the prin cipal fnrm crops. In the war emergency the price of wheat was guaranteed in order te Induce the wheat growers te mIsj a large crop. There was considerable dissatisfac tion because tlie price was net high enough te satisfy the fnrmers who wished te take advantage of the world's necessities. Many of them snid that if it had net been for the Interference of the Government they could have get from fifty cents te 51 n bushel mere for tliclr wheat. Yet the fact remains that this experiment with a Gov Gev ernment premise thut wheat should net go below n fixed price has convinced many wheat growers that it should be the per manent policy. The only way they can be convinced of their error Is bi showing them the remedy would be worse than the disease. For tunately the evidence is easily available in tlie experience of one of tlie Brazilian states a few icnrs age in alidatlng tlie onffee crop. There had been an unusunl crop, a crop se big thnt the price fell below the cost of production. The Government fixed a minimum price and bought the surplus rep and held it en the theory thnt u peer crop the next year would make n market for what It held. But under the stimulus of the profitable price fixed by the Government the planters intensified their cultivation nnd produced another big crop and the surplus find te be bought once mere The plan broke down becnuse it was costing mere tlinn the Government could afford and was rapidly turning Inte governmental subsidy te the planters, What happened in Brazil would happen In the I'nlted States or wher ever els the aiidatlng plan might be adopted. The demand f the tarmers, however, that urrangements be made for financing them in the same way that manufacturers nre financed is reasonable. The manufacturer hns a quick turnecr, while the farmer's turnover occurs but once a iear in the case of grain and but once in three years In the case of livestock. The farmer naturally wishes te be able te get money for n year nt least without tlie necessity of frequent renewnl of his notes and without the risk of having the notes called before his crop is i ead. te sell. The Farm Lean Beard has provided a way for the fanner te get capital with whkh.te buy his fnrm. What he seeks new is a way te supplement his working cm u tin. The President is com mitted te the support of any feasible legis lation which will meet this Issue. If the conference brings nbeut anything like an agreement nmeng the delegates en wlinr cm he done nnd what it would be unwi-e te ie it will jutifj ,tself. MORE IRISH ADJUSTMENTS Ef ICD.VOMIC conditions are said te be partly res-ponslble for the quick accord ( f Mi'hnrl Cellins nnd Sir James Craig upon the https preliminary te establishing the boundary between the Irish Free State and NiTtlurn Ireland. Doubtless, these factors have been Influen tial, but they de net cover the whole caw. Piegresh and amity are contagious. The spiritual eflects of the adjustment of the -I'ltonemy problem in Ireland cannot he levuicd by tlie first fruits of the new order, u-pirwus as these are. It is, of course, tee early te ferrenrt an uliami'-iratlve union of the entire island. But official antagonisms nre unquestionably fast fading, although the dissipation of in dhldual bitternesses will naturally be slower. The definition of the frontier between the two sclf-geM-rning countries will inject reality into n situation that wns formerly m baffling because all avenues of approach ap licarcd closed. It Is sometimes easier te ef face a tangible boundary than an imaginary line While wc are avoiding SenieutiHt entangling alliances it la Kmlwrruss.liis, somewhat annoying te renltee that we cannot wholly ovoid entangling responsibilities. 'pl9 presence of Japanese troops In certain parts of Siberia is net wholly unconnected with the proposal of the American Government that foreign troops be sent there te enable Czecho slovak troops te leave. Attention of the agricultural bloc In drawn te the fact that the Federal Farm Lean Beard In its fifth annual report gives credit for the unquestioned success it has met with te Geerge W Nerrls, a Philadel phia hanker, 1 1 a mighty project 1 Pittsburgh's Proposed Lake Erie Canal Will Carry Mere Freight Than the Panama Canal and All the Big Rivers of the Country Combined By OEORG15 NOX McCAIN THE combined business and manufactur ing Interests of Pittsburgh are boosting for the greatest enterprise en the liemis-. phcre. Once undertaken it will be greater, esti mated en the basis of traffic, than the Pana ma Canal. The only difference is thnt the Panama Cannl benefits the commerce of the entlre world, whereas Pittsburgh's project avIII be internal. That Is, It will nffect largely the North east and the Southern States tributary te the Ohie, Mississippi, Missouri and the navl gable rivers draining Inte the great Missis sippi Valley. The Lnke Erie and Ohie River Cannl Is the name of this mighty undertaking. As its name Indicates, it contemplates the construction of n cnnnl connecting Lake Eric with the waters of the Ohie River at the mouth of the Beaver River. A FEW weeks age forty representative men of Western Pennsylvania and East ern Ohie, delegates from nil the great industrial, business nnd civic 'associations generally, went te Washington. They had a hearing before the United States Beard of Engineers for Rivera and Harbers. They could have taken three times that .number of delegates had it been desirable. The project is net n new one. It dates bnck almost te Colonial times when far-seeing engineers, French nnd Eng lish, saw the possibilities e! such a water way in the development of the imperial do de mnin west of the Alleghcnics. During the recent visit te Pittsburgh I discovered thnt the intention among Its rep resentative business and manufacturing in terests Is te keep driving nt this project until it Is a fact accomplished. Most interesting, however. Is one argu ment thnt Its projectors advance for the construction of this canal. TEIE Nntlenal, Government 6heuld assume the grent bulk of the outley ! Tlie cannl, it Is nrgucd, will be of such natlennl importance thnt the Government will be justified in footing the largest part of the bill. Why? is the natural query. Because the Lake Eric and Ohie River Cnnnl will, when completed, carry mero traffic thnn the present combined tonnnge of tlie Panama Cannl, the Ohie nnd Mis sissippi Rivers and ether waterways upon which the Government has borne the entlre cost. Six times the cost of the Erie nnd Ohie Cnnnl hns been spent tlpeu the wnterwnys I have Just mentioned. At tlie peak prices of last fall the spe cial Benrd of Engineers estimated the cost of the proposed waterway at $120,000,000. Revised estimates fix the cost new net te exceed $100,000,000. THE United States Beard of Engineers has for years given the project a ques tioning shoulder. It Is the engineering way te drag out all the obstacles te n project and then listen te suggestions for overcoming them. The princlpnl objection nt the eutstnrt wns thnt the amount of traffic through the canal would be tee small te justify Its con struction. A matter of 20,000,000 tens annually was necessary te justify its construction, ac cording te the repent of n special engineering beard. The next finding 'was that the bridges connecting Pittsburgh und Allegheny across the Allegheny River wcre tee low. The latter ordinarily would have been a body blew te the scheme, for the bridges represent n municipal outlay of millions of dollars. Every time there was moderately high water in the Allegheny the low bridges would be a bar te the free navigation of traffic destined for the proposed cannl. The result of these decisions did net dis courage the projectors. Instead, it only mnde them work the harder te prove their contention and justify the digging of the great ditch. WILLIAM II. STEVENSON, of Pitts burgh, is president of the Cannl Beard. He engaged statisticians and solicitors te take up the question of tonnage for the cannl. Ecrv great iron und steel manufacturing concern' lu the Pittsburgh district made a guarantee of a certain amount of traffic should the project go through. Jenes & Laughlln pledged f.,000,000 tens of ere, eenl. limestone and finished product. The Bertha Ceal Company guaranteed 2,750,000 tens annually. Tlie Youngstown (Ohle Sheet nnd Tube. Company set their figures nt 5.250,000 tens, while the Republic Iren and Steel Compani of the same place set 4,170,000 opposite lta nume. The flguiea aie blnipb daggering lu their magnitude. Translated Inte railroad terms, the ton nage guaranteed by the Jenes & Lnughlin Steel Company nlenit would represent about 125,000 fielght-car leads. W HEN the returns were all in it was found that instead of the minimum re quisite of 20,00O,()l0 tens of traffic de manded by the Government engineers, in the Pittsburgh district alene ever HI, 800,000 hnd been guaranteed. As piling IVlIen en Ossn letters were In possesien of Mr, Stevenson showing that 75,000,000 tens mere could use the canal te advantage. AS THOUGH this were net sufficient, let ters were received ftem the Industries anil communities interested guaranteeing te provide net enlv necessary terminal facili ties, but bouts for their traffic en the canal. But there was one strangle-held which the Government engineers still maintained en the great undertaking. It was the matter of the Allegheny bridges. President Steeusen and Jehn P. Elch leay, chairman of the Rivers and Harbers Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Plttsbuigh. were ready for the issue when it came te grips with the engineers. Tliev showed that the City of Pittsburgh had agreed with the War Department te rulse the bridges, and that the work would be commenced this spring. THERE Is one fly. and a erj large one, In tlie nmbcr of Pittsburgh's satisfaction ever its fight for a Lake Erie Canal. Central Ohie has routes for a cannl from Lake Erie te the Ohie via Columbus and Cincinnati. These latter, however, the Pittsburghers pay, cannot show the amount of traffic de manded for the meie easterlj route. Hearings en the Central Ohie projects are being held this month, after which the Beard of Engineers will make its derision. One Important fuct should net be lest High? of in the matter of tonnage for the canal derived fiem that Immediate tenltery. The vast coal traffic that gees seutiiwiud te light nnd heat the cities of the Missis sippi Valley and the Gulf CeriBt is n thing separate nnd apnit from the Erie Canal tonnage. It umeunts te ruilllenb mere every yenr. Twice 125, and Then Seme Krem the- Wichita Hatrte An evei-hcalthy young Indy wns observed Trlday afternoon walking tewnrd the scales in front of Jack Spine's clothing store. She raised ene feet cautiously nnd set It upon the platform. The lndlcnter glided swiftly nreund te 125 pounds. With nn air of dis appointment tlie young lady walked swiftly away, evidently thinking one feet enough te weigh nt a time, 1 AND WE ALL KNOW 'WHAT CHANCE A NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They , Knew Best FUREY ELLIS Talks en General Business Situation THE Eprlng will sec the Inauguration of n great improvement in business conditions of nil kinds, according te Furey Kills,, the newly elected president of the City Business Club. "Taking it all In nil," snid Mr. LlIIs, "things arc net new nearly se hnd as some people represent, but according te the out look of the members of the City Business Club, which represents a great many dif ferent and highly diversified lines, conditions will be a great deal better as seen ns the winter is ever. Many of our members be lieve thnt tlie buyers have the money te buy, if they wish te de se, but the trouble W te get them te spend it. Others complain of the difficulty in collecting. "But these conditions are net peculiar te Philadelphia ; they exlht te the same or te an even greater degree in all the large business centers. We ure Inclined te think that busi ness is worse than it really Is en account of the high level which wns reached in se ninny lines during Ihe war years and the period which Immediately followed. Hut this was due te a high stimulation and thus a con dition which could net possibly exist per mnncntlj. The Inevitable reaction, there fore, was tlie mere keenly felt and seemed te be much worse than it actually was. Business Generally Geed "At piesent 1 should say that, generally speaking, business Is pretty geed. There is what might be termed u suifnce prosperity In a geed many Hues, hut there is u very real prosperity underlying it. Take, for ex ample, the automobile trade. A geed many persons who formerly bought n new car every year arc this icnr having the ' 1 cue overhauled and repainted te de scrvi for another season, but nt the same time, con sider the Immense crowds at the recent Automobile Shew here. "There was surely no lack of Interest in the automobile, te judge from the attend ance and from the number of cars which were sold. This Interest must have a direct nnd u. highly beneficial influence en the trade within a Tery short time. "Then there nre ether Hues which nre represented in our c'ub which report that thev hnvc all the business which they can comfortably handle. What these people will de if there is the rush of business in the sprlir; which se many anticipate and pre dict. I de net knew, but It is safe te say that they will lind some means of taking eate of it. Seme-Won't Hustle "Then there is another type of business man and one with which I have net much sympathy. He is the man who complains bitterly that business is bad and at the same time lie will net get out and hustle te make it belter for himself. Ne matter whnt the general conditions uie, all the average busi ness man needs is ambition, courage and n determination te get the business, and he will succeed in getting it. Tlie business is iilwins there if n niiin will go after it with determination nnd, of course, using sonic bruins ns te tlie methods which nre needed in the various lines of work. "1 think that the war has a geed deal te de with thin ettltude, which Is mere com mon than n geed many persons suspect. I was overseas during the greater part of the war, and therefere 1 cannot speak of con ditions nt home from iirst-lmnd knowledge, hut all the information which I hae re ceived ns te business conditions in the United States during that period is practi cally te the same effect. "Business came se easy during the war period and during pnrt of the period of re adjustment which followed it that business men became In a measure accustomed te get ting business without working very hard for it: in fact, in a geed many cases the business came te them. Tie Inevitable Result "The result of this was inevitable. When war conditions censed te prevail mid the pemd of free spending which history shows nlwiivs te fellow any grent conflict wns ever,' business again had te be Bought. The competition of former times was resumed and instead of business coming unsought, It became again work te get it from the re newed competition. "This led many te complain of hard times. As n matter of fapt, all thnt wns border was the work thnt was required. Any ac cretion of business is easy te accept, hut when things become duller largely because of competition and net essentially because of general conditions, the answer is mere and harder work and no complaints which might shake the business confidence of the com munity. All business men of this and ether cities have net strictly followed this ni.. Jf they had, both they and the business community might be better off than they nre at present. "Te n ccrtnin extent, this same feeling was reflected in the attitude of the workers, but In a different manner. The draft took se many men of tlie most vnluable working nge that theso who were left at home wcre able, en account of the scarcity of labor, te command very high wages. When the Reaction Came "When the reaction' came it wns very hard te get men te work fnr Icsu tlinn Hint? lmrl I been receiving. This is a feeling which it ij periecuy easy te understand nnd wltn which every business man must hnve keen Hympnthy. The workers complained thnt it was impossible for them te get along en less thnn war wages, nnd te nn extent they were right, as the prices of some of the necessi ties were very slew in coming down. But in n way they were like the business men of whom I spoke. If both were willing te accept pre-war conditions as they ro re tiimei and wcre willing te work ns hurd ob they did before the war broke out, business ..i,,?th ,w""Ia be Jlt nbeut where it wns. The business of the City Business Club k, first of al , te boost Philadelphia first, Inst and all the time. We nre Interested In everything that makes for the geed of the city In nny wny whatever. At our lunch- l?h nC Tfc n,I,lrS,SS(,,l hy prominent men such ns Director Corfelyeu, who spoke nt tlie last one, nnd we de our utmost te for fer for eYourT' "10vc"a'nt whlch ,H for the Beed (i The Sesqui-Centennial PlillndplnM.?' ,n"'SCP,n,c ,th0 Possibilities for ni il I, " tllc c'tm,lns Scsqui-Centen- n al, and we are prepared te de everything Is end,,0TCh VY"1'" the work toward tins end. The advantages of a world's fair are se many and se great that net enlv every organization In the cltv? b t e?erv resident of Philadelphia alie, d de his uN lmvc ttVr thlH "t Preject8 We nute pledged the support of our entire membership te the Sesiui-Centennml nnd te, Hen! '"verT rFUn,M,,n "wlH bi aMe ever'nneede'0"8 W,'Ut" WantedMan With a Waterllly Face 1 mm the Columbus- Dliipntcli. The commercial side nf rhin.n i "I have seerul tcn-ncre c aim but What De Yeu Knew? I QUIZ 1 XV ,', "rSt na"lc- the We "! mTJ. Is Terres Strait? !i Hew- rmnv tutiref iMff.'? t? the Const.- ratified since th civil wAave been When dlil the Thirty y,,,,'S; In Europe? y Lars War occur What planets nat planets of the Miinr .... . smiillnr i,n A, .' r.0L"r system nre .. n alie trllrlll "7nt,nUilePfM f l0ns,tuU w. there ' "period?""""1 hy ",a Qulnto.Qeer.7lan 1IM,n i. . .' . b' "XZlSTr.!!1 passenger lb. What Is thn nHirln ,.r .1.. Name three famous plays r1?v0Tt'?n7 Wing 1'lnere. ' H " Arthur Answers te Yesterdays Quiz I. There Is six hours' (ff..P.Pn , ., between Heme and New Veri 'p . t -m 2 bavorme n wns u cel.hrnf... ut . nelltlwil and rcWeleus refer mar"'0?,1' was executed FieYem ?"K T'uVf Ills first nnme was airolnme 188' 3. Churlcs Gounod wrete the musle nf .. , opera r.otnee and Juliet ' of U'8 i. In tnttereil clothes uniall vices ,! pear; robes nnd furred gowns w.u ill," Is n remurk made by Kh r '8 In Shakespeare's play of thai S.Tjar C. Apia. Is the chief town of 7sn"mt Islands In the Paclfle Ocean Sa,nean 6. Ollbeit Stuart wag the American nrtlat especially famed for his uertrni?? . Ueerge Washington. 1'ertra.tti, of 7 N'lnety degrees Is the meat nn.ii,. parallel of latltude. l northern 8. Iewu Is the Iliiwkeye State 0. Leuis Acassla wns a dlstliiinii),.i HwlM-Atnerlcun naturalist "specmilv noted as a geologist and Ichtliyolenlst He died In Cambridge, Mew InX,' 10. The first election for PreBl.U nVVvA 1780 oeeurrtd In February, if fnpflU 1.,-J nm quite well-to-de r u, ' only n ilaunhtcr i L.h. ."? ?n, teens. Her ies chicks nre lU .i .iBr Hums and her d .intv feet r?scmM. 'm''1' b 0iT golden lilies. It is mv Is . V tl,rce-Jnch son-in-law, who nffer i,V. '! lmve " 6"00'1 shall become , r ntlt e I fe eV' mi?,Wl by '" Any young man ,der twe Vv ' P.wrty. w h? has ,, face like , w , Vr it ffl of ,,Bei In Chinese classics is qmillfi'e'niiV.80'1 i -- , SNOWBALL HAS ' I SHORT curs Where there'a a will there's a way te break It. The buckctshep should new be permitttd te kick the bucket. Even n Republican disorganization can elect a 'ticket In Pennsylvania. The railroad continues te be a melan choly example of tee many laws. Frest Is nipping California Stealing a march en Delaware. fruit. Pessimists leek upon the Genea con ference ns nn effort te knew the worst at once. The open deer continues te slam as the wind blows, nnd the wind bleweth where It llsteth. , Leng after the Powers have decided what is best for Siberia It may be that litis Bin will present a disquieting opinion. The Cralg-Cellins compromise, born of economic pressure, mny jar Carsen and De yahta, but will please the rest of the world. "Women under thirty nre barred from voting by n new Hungarian law. This miy mean that no unmarried woman will vote befere she Is fifty. .. ..."Men who hate conferences nre men who dlslike realities," eays Lloyd Geerge. And here a firm finger Is placed en the eere spot of the old diplomacy. Mere or less pretentious csenys In that direction give color te the hope that out of the Grent AVnr there mny grew an inter national money system. , It see. remarked the Yeung Lady Next Doer UufrOne, that the tax exempt bend is en the carpet and presume that it is held In position by the Inceme tax. Paris has canned feed enough te last her for forty-two years. But Mr. Pelncare Is reminded that just because she lias the tin cans she need net play the goat. The American taxpayer, says Prof. Montgomery, Is a pntlcnt nnlmal. "Taln't se," says Demosthenes McGlnnis. "I'm net. 1 kick mullslily. The trouble Is I don't always kick intelligently." Twe ielns nnd a violin alued nt JSOOO were stolen from n New Yerk flat, while jewelry and cash In plain, view wcre left un touched. This should narrow the police's field of inquiry; though, In n wui, it inak" the search meie difficult. It will tsi aln te leek for the Instruments In a puwnsbep. Seme of the snngs Chlnn presents te the Washington Conference ure indicated by the fact that many of the important agreement, railroad and lean, for instance, nre with private individuals. This enables a foreign Government whose nationals are enterpris ing te accept benefits while waiving re sponsibility. The French Government pays Lloyd 3 "lh" l" VUtMM!l!L'llL l UC'UIK UllUl'l Ul "-, personality and has returned te the old diplomacy of sending notes. But this merely n foolish attempt te halt time by turn ing back the hands of tlie clock. The old diplomacy is dend. Publicity, of which the cenfetencc Is merely one manifestation, killed it. Because seven of the Powers repf sentcd nt the Washington Cenfeiciice n signatories of the Treaty of Versailles, nne are therefore pledged te the support el Japan's position, settlement of the Shan tung controversy must be between Jap411 nnd China, Senater Underwood cxplainf. It being understood, of course, thnt UnclJ Sam shall be present lu nu unofficial Bal ndmonitery capacity. Lloyd Geerge is n poet. First th Washington Conference wns n rainbow premise; new It Is one of the wings of tn angel of peace, the ether 'being the Uenw Conference. The last figure Is perhaps little unfortunate. A bird enn't go very l with one wing; nnd It were unwise te ban en the Genea Conference until it eventuatWj Still, there Is hopeful augury in the vleff" j the British statesman, nnd one must tw expect tee much exactitude In a poet's filW' Temper Though net according te the rule, Which tells a fellow te keep cool, A man must be n knnve or feel Whose henrt will ne'er grew het. That man 'tis right we should extol Who keens (tin rpinnur In control Because lie baa euc, henrt and soul J And uses what he's get. . O, ; W J f u .fli!tS4f W ' A 'v US ? iJUttfUlMiM-U -if" A I Mm
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