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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
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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
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smiillnr i,n A, .' r.0L"r system nre
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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
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SNOWBALL HAS
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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. .
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