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Fhil.drlphl., TufiJiy, February 7, 192:
PIUS XI
CARDINAL ACHILLE liATTI, Arch
bishop of Milan, who was fleeted Tope
yesterday morning, wns net promoted te
the College of Cardinals until June 10 of
last year. He hnd worn the red lint less
than seven month' before his promotion te
the head of the Itemnn Catholic Church.
Benedict XV, who preceded him, had been
a Cardinal only about the same length of
tlrae when he was elected Pepe. Pius X,
however, had been a Cardinal for ten years
when he became Pepe In 11)011.
The new Pepe Is skty-feur jcars old.
He has been librarian of the Ambrose
Library In Milan and of the Vatican Library.
He served ns papal nuncio In Poland, where
he exerted himself te counteract the spread
of radicalism among Polish Catholics, and
while Archbishop of Milan he was brought
In close contact with the Industrial situa
tion Italy. He Is an economic conserva
tive and a political liberal. His election
continues the precedent of keeping an Ital
ian In the Vatican, it precedent that is
t likely 'te be respected se long as n majority
of the electing body is Italian.
Unlike Benedict XV lie Is net of noble
bleed, but is a commoner, as Plus X was.
It Is Interesting te note that while Lee
XIII, n nobleman, was succeeded by Plus
X, a peasant Pepe, Hcncdict XV, also e
nobleman, has a commoner for his suc
cessor. Ne temporal Power interfered In
the election as Austria Interfered in 1003
te prevent the promotion of Cardinal
Rnmpella.
CROWS ILLNESS
CIlXlRMAX KITKlt. of the Voters
League, proposes a commission of three
T-physiclans te examine and report upon the
physical condition of Senater Crew, who
for many weeks has been in a Pittsburgh
hospital, as a preliminary te nit. the voters
of the Republican Party in determining
whether he is a tit person te nominate for
Senater In the May primaries.
This seems hardly necessary. When the
time comes Mr. Crew's friends will be
forced by circumstances te end the mystery
j. which they have thrown around his illness
f or else face the possibility of a smarting
defeat.
It is becoming mere and mere apparent
aw the days lengthen Inte weeks nnd the
weeks into months that Chairman Crew is
net new In such health as te warrant a
nomination for the full term. He was a
sick man when appointed last October and
his condition grew steadily worse. He has
been completely unable te occupy his seat
"at a time wh"en his presence Is much needed,
nnd that fact speaks eloquently of his state
without the need of any commission of
physicians and despite the reports of his
lieutenants that he Is better than at any
time In fifteen years.
A NATIONAL EVENT
TUB annual exhibition of paintings nnd
sculpture nt the Academy of the Fine
Arts Is a national event of significance in
the artistic world. Painters from nil parts
of the country send their best work. De
scriptions of the exhibition are printed in
the artistic periodicals of the country and
In the dally newspapers of ether cities.
Nearness te an event sometimes blinds
one te its significance. Yet it ought net te
de se. The exhibition affords te these in
terested an opportunity te study the work of
the most distinguished men and women new
painting in America.
NIGHTS OFF FOR WIVES
ACCORDING te the chairman of the
conference of the junior section of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs, young
wives ought te have nt least two nights off
a month te attend club meetings.
This suggestion is unnecessary, or else
the common impression of the activities of
members of women's clubs la wrong. The
club -women hnve been chnrgcU with neg
lecting their families in order te devote
their time te their clubs. The husbanils
trent hungry at night and the children put
themsehes te bed, according te the critics
of the clubs.
But If conditions are such that a con
certed effort Is necessary in order te justify
wives in insisting en n night every ether
week te devote te club activities, some one
must have been joshing us.
MARGOT SEEING AMERICA
18 MRS. ASQl'ITH the Marget of the
book that left InslAntl ntimh u-irli
amazement ironically joshing the Amcr-4
leans who have been crowding her lecture
rooms te listen te scraps of gossip about a
vanishing generation of snobs? Or Is the
Inexpressibly clever nnd relentless Mnrget
kidding, se te spenk, herself?
This world has Its faults. But it holds
some millions of things that should be mere
fm wiciKniiu iu uiiy ruwuuui uuuu man tllO
V-v m ilrntrlrwl tinrrnrlrn rt snina hniwn A- .i
l St. . ............. . . .,e v inner
, Y tout once jumped n ditch in the England
leai usen te De, or tue personal record of
something smart said by the Duke of This
te My Lord of That when the Lords and
the Dukes were content te see their coun
try drifting through misery te cataclysm
and matchless agony.
Has Marget, then, made a wager? Is
she engaged in a prearranged demonstra
tion of the famed gullibility of American
lecture goers? Will she write a book te
prove that we nre n Natien of children, as
Interested in the doings of nobility ns ehli.
Vl?,tV.i rtn -re ,n the slelnffs of their elders?
K5tf. '.Mrs. Asqulth may say even worse things.
s.Omy a Marget would venture te suggest at
S&tlvlB tide of affairs that President WiUnn
:'nL-i;j was a man utsappeinteu in an amoitlen te
IT.. 7 ., -.- i . .... '
& .S tne Prlmn teia of the world. It hap
'''tll? t,mt he ns n" cxl'rci,',,ent of the
M'l-tfiae' of his ceuntsymen who did net ami
'BmiKt agree with him.
fflktlsjiXuids It pleasant te be
(llppnnt In her comment en Mr. Wilsen and
his character and alms, what could she hon
estly say of Lord Curaen? Or Mr.
Churchill? Or Mr. Lloyd dcorge?
Marget is seeing America. We arc see
ing Mnrget. The wife of the former Prime
Minister may return te her own country
with peer opinions of the America that she
was permitted te view from the far side of
the footlights. Wc In this country will have
achieved n new impression or two. We
shall Knew wlint d fearful and wonderful
thing bad manners can be when they arc
exquisitely cultlvdted and subjected te a
laiqucr-like polish.
HERE'S A PLAN TO BRING
COAL TRADE TO REASON
New Yorkers Begin a Price-Reducing
Movement Which Should Be Sup
ported by Pennsylvania and
New Jersey
THEY de mere in New Yerk than jazr.
and kiss the ground under the feet of
Tammany. New and then the cliff dweller
turns, even as the worm of legend, nnd
lights the oppressor like a creature pos
sessed of furies. Se It was thnt Snmuel
I'ntermyer nnd his associates leaped at the
building-materials combine nnd smashed it.
And new New Yorkers, tingling apparently
with memories of Untcrmyer, are attempt
ing a greater job.
They are going forth te assault the coal
man en his home grounds, te nn nttnek en
the Verdun of the profiteers. If there can
be organized In Pennsylvania nnd New
Jersey a general movement of co-epcrntlon
with New Yerk the retail cost of anthracite
will drop three or four dollars a ten
before next autumn.
Geerge (Jerdan Uattlc his name suits
him admirably Is the gcncrnllsslme of this
new war against the new rightfulness. He
is n fighting lawyer with n temperament
much like Untermycr's. Associated with
Mr. nattle in n movement Intended te be
universally representative of nnthraclte
consumers arc men chosen te represent all
sorts of businesses, Industries nnd homes in
New Yerk City nnd neighboring areas.
They aren't going te draw up resolutions
of appeal te Congress or their Legislature.
They nre through with that sort of thing.
They seem te be pretty sick of the poli
ticians. They nre going te light Independ
ently in the open.
Charles G. Edwards, president of the Real
Estate Heard, nnd Jehn H. Towne, chair
man of the beard, lend the large group of
business men who have enlisted for battle
with Mr. Ilnttle. Their organization is
called the Anthracite Consumers' Associa
tion. It Isn't going te take any chances.
Its president is Henry Mace Payne, mining
engineer and former dean of the Scheel of
Mines of the University of West Virgluln,
and its secretary Is Charles S. Allen, freight
rate speelnllst nnd coal trade expert. Se
the professional befuddlers In the coal in
dustry, who have been se successful in the
systematic bewilderment of Congress nnd the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, will net have
things nil their own way with the Anthra
cite Consumers' Association.
The first big skirmish of the insurgent
New Yorkers will be with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Preliminary sur
veys have disclosed an astonishing fact. It
has been shown that the freight rates en
anthreclte between the producing fields and
New Yerk new averages $2.01 a ten.
That rate nn inflated one was .made
when the railroads held undjsputcd ruling
power ever the hard coal mines. The aver
age freight rate en ether important com
modities Is $1.31 per ten for hauls equal
te that required for coal. sir. Rattle and
his associates' will first demand en equal
ization of the coal freight rate te New Yerk.
By this means the retail price of anthracite
could be immediately reduced $1.30. It
is estimated that the excess charge alone
Involves a less of approximately $30,000,000
annually by consumers in the Eastern nn
thraclte consuming area.
It is the intention of the Anthracite Con
sumers' Association te win this first fight
and te go en from that point with a scien
tifically formulated program of co-operation
with any group that labors for neces
sary reforms in the coal industry, te compel
the delivery of clean coal te these who pay
for it and te educate consumers In the
efficient nnd economical use of anthrnclte
and bituminous.
It isn't out te de niiy Injury or Injustice
te anybody. It Is neutral en the subject of
miners' wages and seems te believe that
existing wage schedules have little te de with
the high cost of coal. Its experts sny they
can reduce the consumer's coal bill from
U0 te 2e per cent by merely compelling the
maintenance of standards of hard and soft
coal In the retail market. It Is organized
in the interest of every coal consumer,
whether he buys five or five hundred tens of
coal a year.
Since the Anthracite Consumer' Asso
ciation can de for Pennsylvania and New
Jersey what it will de for New Yerk, there
should be an Immediate effort te form co
operative or auxiliary organizations In these
two States.
People haven' been buying coal. The
storage yards ere overflowing. What union
men say will be the biggest cenl strike of
history Is planned for April 1. Such a
strike would tend te increase coal prices
next winter. It would put a great strain
en the unions and pcrhnps breuk borne of
them. The coal producers show no eager-
nc'l, t0 l)rcvc,lt lt
The Insurgents In 'New Yerk want $11 or
$12 coal next winter. They want co-operation.
And if they have te work alone coal
may be $10 or $18 n ten next winter.
HARDING'S JUST PRIDE
PRESIDENT HARDING is nmply just!
tied In expressing his satisfaction with
the work of the Washington Conference
which adjourned yesterday.
When the Conference was summoned the
world was cynical. There was little ex
pectation thnt anything of Impertanv
would be accomplished. It was assumed
that the delegates would indulge In a let
of debate:, but that they would net agree
en anything. A few optimists hoped for
the beet, but they were net confident.
But the whole attitude of the world to
ward the Conference was changed ns seen
ns Secretary Hughes made his definite
proportions for the limitation of nnnn
merit t the opening session. He did net
denl In generalities, but saitl te the dele
gates that the way te limit armaments was
te limit them, nnd he presented n program
bused en n careful tonsideratlen of the
needs of the various nations.
'Tills program has been adopted, nn ar
rangement Iieb been made for pence in the
Pacific Ocean and the gravest disputes be
tween China and Japun hart) been adjusted.
In ether words, the menace of the Pacific
and the Far East has been removed as a
pretext for big navies and agreements have
been made for reducing the sea forces.
Nothing exactly like this has ever hap
pened before, as the President remarked
yesterday. The representatives of nine na
tions sat around a table, net te divide the
spoils of war, nor te allow a majority te
force upon a- minority concessions te which
the minority objected. They met te reach
unanimous agreement en a way te solve a
group of problems that perplexed them all In
vnrjliig degrees. Ne nation surrendered Its
sovereignty, nnd the national pride efv no
people was affronted, but with a definite
desire te establish Justice alt the delegates
worked together.
The agreements are se satisfactory 'that
no excuse can be found In them for future
wars. .e nation is feeling any resentment
at forced concessions because no concessions
have been forced. All the prepositions were
discussed until each nation involved was
satisfied with the conclusions and willingly
agreed te them.
Hew much of the success 'of the Confer
ence Is due te the fact that it was held at
the suggestion of the United States cannot
be known with any degree of accuracy, but
the fact that the United States was seeking
nothing which was another's, as Mr. Hurtl
ing reminded the delegates en their assem
bling, nnd that it simply wished te join
with the ether nations in making nn ar
rangement te protect what belonged te each,
doubtless hnd something te de with it. But
however it was, the thing has been done nnd
done well.
Mr. Harding's confident hope that at the
expiration of the agreements there will be
no step backward is shared by all friends of
pcace. The treaties nre expected te justify
themselves te such a degree that they will
show a better wny than 'war for adjusting
international differences.
The achievements of the Conference are
due te the Initiative of n Repibll"nn Presi
dent, but it would be n mistnke te call them
Republican achievements. They were
shared In by delegates from ether nations
te whom Americans are neither Republicans
nor Democrats, nnd men f all parties In
America wished well te the undertaking.
Mr. Harding was acting In n real sense as
the head of the American Natien rather
than ns the head of a political party when
he cnllcd the Conference. And wc nre in
clined te the opinion that In no public ut
terance will he beast of it as a Republican
achievement.
If the Full-Crew Law
Had Because were a just law it
Uneconomic would net have been
repealed In Pennsyl
vania, nor would New Yerk be new-considering
the ndvisnblllty of following Pennsyl
vania's lead. Public opinion would have
made Itself felt. It was n bad law, net be
cause it increased the expenses of the rail
roads at a time when It was growing In
creasingly difficult te meet tlicm in the
cause of righteousness hone the expense
but because it did net justify Its cost, how
ever it was viewed, nnd really hurt the men
It was designed te benefit.
A billion dollars spent
Plain Sense en American railroads,
Plainly Put snys Herbert Hoever,
will give'tnerc employ
ment te our people, mere assistance te our
farmers, than twice that sum expended out
side our frontiers te increase our experts.
The Secretary of Commerce, above all ether
men in public life, is able te put common
boss sense in his economics.
SHORT CUTS
There once was n smart donkey rider
Whose mouth, growing wider nnd Wider,
Grewing reckless, forsooth,
Once emitted the truth
and the last line, of this llmpln' limerick is
said te be sojourning somewhere In the
neighborhood of Pettsvllle.
May the parchment of a treaty with nil
Its wax frills be spoken of as a seal skin?'
Washington Conference delegates having
finished their work nre new entitled te piny
a little.
What the Secretary of the Treasury Is
trying te teach Congress is thnt money must
be earned before It can be spent.
Pettsvllle dispatches appear te Indicate
thnt when Truth must be told she doesn't
particularly care who docs the telling.
Always there is n bitter drop in the cup.
We'll have te listen te an unconscionable
amount of oratory before the treaties are
ratified. ,
When Colonel MncNIder cames te make
out his Income tax blank this year or next
he may revise his opinion that the soldier is
net Interested In hew the bonus is raised.
Tiny fish( evidently from a subterranean
stream, are being spouted from a wildcat
oil well in Bakcrsfieid, Calif. Ordinarily a
story of thnt kind would suggest watered
stock.
Man with long prison record deelnreu im
expects te die in prison, nnd hopes it will
be In Trenten, as the prison there is the best
he wns ever In. Approbation from Sir
Hubert.
Acreage under cultivation has decreased
in Pennsylvania ns it lias in the New Eng
land States. It is a fact te be regretted.
Realization of this may later provide a
remedy.
Chicago woman says slie was never able
te keep her husband home at nights until
she had him cremated und stuck him in a
jar. The only family jar, incidentally, that
Is absolutely noiseless.
An thing less than u thousund-ruble
note is no longer legal tender In Moscow.
At the present rate of exchange It is worth
half nn American cent. Here truth is
stranger than extravaganza.
Dr. Wulter Rnthennu. (iermnnv's niw
Foreign Minister, is n business man with
vision, a visionary with business boss bense;
and he will need his many-sidedness te cope
with the problems that face him.
The first robin has been seen nt Eddy Eddy
Ftene. Ridley Park. Norwood, West Chester
nnd Bleckley. Going the rounds. Making"
the circuit. Letting the world knew that
what he really is is n migratory thrush.
Walter Prlchard Eaten told the Bosten
City Club that their city was n leg-show
town because they dltln t knew geed acting
when they saw It. Giving 'cm beans. He
ndded that P ays in New Yerk were clean,
healthy nnd flourishing. Giving 'em hokum.
"Cepettes" will be added te the At
lantic City beach patrol this summer te cope
with sand llzaids. If they nre sufficiently
pretty we'll hazard the guess they'll make
mere trouble than they'll prevent. Alse If
they're net sufficiently pretty.
The plot te transfer American indus
tries te Germany, reported by a New Yerk
:...... fnrturer te the Department of T.nhnr.
' is suggwtlve of war times. The letterhead
,cnt out I,rL' "y, L"',,,,u"1 "iHiriineut or
Propaganda and Statistics." Same old Ger
man efficiency and dundcrheadedncss.
The Massachusetts Heuse of Represen
tatives hes defeated a hill permitting the
nlnylng of chess und checkers en Sunday.
The measure was presented by u checker
association after n cripple of Brockton had
becnnrrested and fitted. There baye been no
recent arrests for whistling ea Sunday. -,
AN UNSUNG HERO ' .
He Saved a Train -Just at Hit Duty
Directed Samuel Harden Church,
Historian Lawyer, Leldy't Werk
for the Jehn Marshall Memerial
ny GEOROE'NOX McCAIN
QAMUEL HARDBNr CHURCH Js best.
yj known te the world of literature as an
author and historian.
His outstanding work as n bookmaker Is
his "Oliver Cromwell' n, historical work
of careful research and rare worth.
He Is also a most ' entertaining after
dinner speaker. '
In the workaday world Mr. Church Is as
sistant secretary of the Pennsylvania Rail
read system, with offices in Pittsburgh.
With his multifarious duties he Is a busy
man and tireless worker.
I mention these facts for the reason that
In the first Issue of .Pennsylvania News
Samuel II. Church figures in a new role.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS is the latest
luminary en the horizon of Keystone
journalism.
It Is a four -Tinea illustrated bi-monthly
newspaper by and for Pennsylvania' Railroad'
empleyes of the Central Division. "
Its editors, specialists, correspondents) re re
pertem, artists, sports writers and cartoon carteon cartoen
Isfs arc railroad men of the track, yard and
office.
It's n compelling publication.
It compels even -a case-hardened '-newspaper
critic te acknowledge It's the- kind
of n venture, judged by its make-up and
contents, thnt Is headed for success.
Samuel Harden Church, In Its columns,
emerges again as a historian.
He Inaugurates a series of articles en the
"Early Beginnings of Railroads in the
United States," with special reference te
the Pennsylvania system.
It's railroad history written by a rail
road man who is also a power In the world
of letters.
The one fault of Pennsylvania News Is
the modesty that causes its editors te con
ceal their identity behind a list of names of
division correspondents.
I snitch and retell this dramatic little
gem from Its first page:
WT. McLAIN Is station agent at Portage.
Ills car, by long practice, is attuned
te the varied sounds of safety and danger
In traffic movement.
One night recently it was 2:30 A. M.
though a sound sleeper, he was awakened by
nn "ominous series of loud bongs instead
of the usual clicks of trucks passing ever
rail joints."
They were danger signals, spelling wreck
and death.
He was out of bed and "Inte his clothes
In a jiffy."
"Grabbing, a lantern he hustled out te
the tracks," as the story ran.
"There, sure enough, was a rail In Ne. 3
track en the bridge nt the station subway
'broken nt the joint for about six Inches.
(Get the intimate detail by the railroad
man who wrote the account.)
Just as he made this discovery he heard
approaching train Ne. 39, due at Portage
at 2:47 A. M.
"Mr. McLaln swung his lantern, the en
gineer applied the emergency Ond the train
came te a step a few yards from the broken
rail." , '
rnilAT was nil.
-L Ne dramatics, no red fire, no hand
shaking, no cheers, no sob stuff.
It was a railroad ptery told by one rail
road man about nnethcr In blunt railroad
fashion.
W. T. McLaln saved "train 30, due at
Portage nt 2:47" 'rem disaster.
Net a word of explanation ns te the char
acter and make-up of "train 30, due at
Portage at 2:47."
Whether it was freight, passenger or
"empties going west."
After I hnd rend that unemotional little
paragraph I looked it up In the time tables.
Ne. 30 is "The Clevclander," one of the
finest nnd fastest trains en the system.
A massive flyer mnde up of Pullmans,
carrying hundreds of passengers, thnt makes
but two. steps between North Philadelphia
nnd Pittsburgh.
Finis:
Mr. McLaln was "commended" by his
superiors.
PHILIP LUDWIG LEID1, of the Phil
ndelphla bar. is receiving subscriptions
te n Virginia memorial enterprise that is
unique.
It is associated, tee. with one of the most
unusual episodes in Philadelphia history.
Jehn Marshall, venerated ns the greatest
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, died In this city, nltheugh his home
was in Richmond, Vn.
It was en July 0, 183.", and en the 8th
his remains were borne te Virginia for
burial.
The bar of Philadelphia united with a
great concourse of citizens te de him final
honor.
Bishop White, with tottering steps which
mnrked his great age for he was then
eighty -eight headed the mournful march.
He was the first chaplain te the Assem
bly of Pennsylvania and te the Congress of
the Revolution.
It was during the funeral solemnities that
the Liberty Bell, while being slowly tolled
suddenly cracked nnd was stilled forever
It wns fifty-nine years te n day after it
hnd pealed forth the tidings of the slenlnc
of the Declaration of Independence.
CHIEF JUSTICEJOHN MARSHALL'S
home In Richmond hns been preserved
ns a place of national interest by the Asso
ciation for the Preservation of Virginia
Antiquities.
New it is proposed te raise nn endowment
fund of $20,000 te perpetuate ths work
The income will suffice for expenses 'of
custodian, fuel, light nnd insurance.
The bar' nssorintiens of six ether Stntes
have signified u desire te subscribe
Mr. Leitly. whose nppenl is te the Stnte
Bur Association, is Pennsylvania chairman
It Is singularly appropriate thnt Pcnn
sylvania should lead In this work.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What New Knglnnd State refused
ratify the prohibition amBn,ime..?
te
Wlmt in the correct pronunciation r,V
pronunciation eif the
wert! pestle?
3. By hew ta-any persons wns the Declara
tien of Independent signed?
4. Who wrote thn novel "Bast .Lynne"
C. What Winces of Aragnn became ' the
wife of a famous Emrllah kine-i uxe
0. What Is wrqiitr with the Bnellini? V
flirt un.-.. !- a m
word :
"t.tvil.i..,.,.., -'""' ei mis
'u America?" Krcntcst wtertal of Seuth
8, When was Hiram Jehnsen a candldate
for the vice presidency? canalaat
9. what Island lylns between Great Britain
of Keys"" '" KWerned by MemS
10. Where and what Is Oman?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. The, words alcohol and algebra are de
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
M. B. MEDARY, JR.
Talks en Zoning In Large Cities
ZONING in n large city Is te its physical
welfere exactly what the laws of order
nre te Us social well-being, In the, opinion
of M. B. Medary, Jr., who is one of the rep
resentatives of the architectural organiza
tions en the Zoning Commission appointed
by the Mayer.
"Zoning," said Mr, Medary. "is tic'1
up with city planning very closely. Th
Legislature autherised Philadelphia te ap
point n Zoning Commission and nlse one for
city planning. The first of these was named
by the Mayer, but the second body was never
appointed. Zoning aims nt the best possible
development of the city physically, taking
into account the rights of the owners and the
users of property nnd these of the public as
"The trnffic loop was eriglnnlly based en
the theory that it was desirable te bring
everything te Bread and Chestnut streets,
but this wns without a complete realization
of what that meant te the city. It simply
would produce a concentration there which
would be impossible.
Spreading the Business Section
"The right theory of the transit loop wns
thnt the transit lines, instead of being con
gested nt Bread nnd Chestnut streets, should
go around the loop. The result of this would
be that the business section would thus be
built up all around the, loop. It is blmply te
de in un intelligent wny what has happened
In New Yerk, ns the business section of that
city extended north, first te Fourteenth
street, then te Twenty-third, then te Forty
second nnd se en. ,,,,, . T
"The real preb'em in Philadelphia is in
such cases as Bread und Chestnut streets.
,It already has n number of huge office
buildings which almost saturate the street
possibilities. This Is all right as U is new,
but if everybody else followed the same ex
ample, there would net be street room enough
te nccommedate the persons who used the
buildings.
"Zoning does net attempt te dictate te the
owners of buildings. They can de just as
they .like as long ns their actions de net
interfere with the 'rights of the pubic. 1
have in mind a certain building which, by
tenBen of being higher than the neighboring
buildings, is able te charge n very 'high
rental for Its upper floors because of the
light which Is ebtnlncd there. New, a higher
building en the west side would take away
most of the rentnble value of the first build
ing because much of the light would be shut
off. An instance of this kind is net a men
ace te the public, but It is te the owners
nnd te companies holding Its mortgages.
"Every dollar that Is ndded te the price
of Innd In n city becomes n permanent bur
den te the citizens. Suppose, for example,
thnt land en Chestnut street would rise te
such a figure thnt It would be necessary te
erect thirty-story buildings te get sufficient
revenues te pny the overhead nnd nllew n
reasonable profit te the owners. In this
event, every one who gees' into such a build
ing has te earn enough te pay nil fixed
charges en the building, such ns taxes, wnter
rent, janitor and elevator service, etc. be
fore be can begin te earn anything for hlw-
fC"And in such cases thcre Is no advantage
te the city. The only ones who make any
thing out of such conditions are the land
speculators. Zoning simply spreads a. In
tense development ever a wider area. The
city loses nothing by It, berause it gets its
revenue from n larger area than it did be
fore; there Is ue diminution In the amount
of this revenue.
The "Set-Bach" Building
It has been claimed by the opponents of
zoning that the 'set-back' building is un
sightly. The theory of zoning lH that build,
lugs may go te a uniform fixed hl-Wht nnd
that thereafter, for every se many feel added
te the height." the upper stories must be m
back a certain disiiuice irein me ones be
iew. But the ser-eaei. minding ,
is net
ugh' or Impracticable, us Is shown by some
it the highest bill dings In .New V.ul. hemg
....nutrnetctl this wny. 1 law nn num. i,l.
teritellng nivhit,cctiinilly nnd just as iicelul
lib the reetniiBular type.
"A great many nt these hiil'tllics wei
designed ill this wny, thnt Is either pyiiiiuhl
Ically or with the tower effect, i.ir ichmuh
of uppcarum'e and utility. The World
Building Is an cxample of this and that was
built many years age, before toning bad be
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come a science. The Metropolitan tower and
the Singer Buildings are ether examples and
the Woolworth Building almost conforms
with the zoning laws nnd these were nil
designed in this wny, net because of zoning
laws, which did net exist then, but ns u
matter of geed composition.
The Matter of Area
"Fully ns important as the matter of
height is that of arch. The opponents of
zoning have claimed that some of Its features
nmeunt te practical confiscation. Well, the
City of Philadelphia did some confiscating of
this sort in 18,"4 nnd the city new Is net
only glad but proud that it was done, nl nl
teough the citizens are still paying the bills
for the nbuses which this se-called confisca
tion ended.
"A man owning n rectangular piece of
property found thnt by running an alley
about eight feet wide up the center of the
land, he could erect about a dozen houses en
it, each of the two rows' facing the alley.
This resulted in the terrible 'court houses'
which were such a menace te the city.
When the public realized what this meant
tp them, n law was passed providing
that every dwelling' house must have at least
144 square feet of open land around it.
This sounded the death knell of the little
courts and the awful dwellings which they
contained. Tbere was a loud howl from the
owners, but no one today would dream of
restoring such living conditions. But the
people of Philadelphia are still paying iu
insane nsyiums, jails and ether institutions
for the class of children which was raised
in these houses.
The Regulations of Use
"The third great element of zoning is the
use te which buildings shall be put. It Is
claimed by the opponents of the zoning plan
that such regulations will prevent the
smull householder from doing business In
his house nnd putting up signs. This might
be in some cases, but there is another side
te it.
"Sheps should be en shop streets. Just
as seen as u street becomes valuable as a
business street, some ene will buy houses In
n nearey residence street and turn it into
shop. He buys at house values, but he
makes the property worth store values and
ruins the wliele residential block. There has
been n let of talk about the 'widows and
orphans,' but the'nverage man owning a
small heuse has usually only a small equity
in that house and this is wiped out wheu
stores kill the value of residential streets.
"An even bigger protection lies in the
fact that the residential sections nre pro
tected under zoning from the advent of fac
tories. I understand that in one section of
Germnntewu, where workers bought many
houses under the stimulus of the 'own-your
own-home' campaign, a big concern is plan
ning te erect a stable te accommodate nearly
100 horses. This will take the value from
ull these residences and under the present
laws there is nothing te prevent them from
doing it.
"The some thing is done in the finer resi
dential sections by npnrtment houses, which
usually erect n garage tu n nearby high
class block for the use of their tenants,
and the vulue of the whole neighborhood gees
down ns n consequence. In these and In
many ether cases the whole community suf
fers from exploitation by persons who cash
in the value slowly created by the residents
of the neighborhood. Zoning would regulate
this.
"Zoning is net an academic thing nnd Jt
Is net an experiment. It is in active oper
ation in about forty cities of the United
States, nnd in almost every city of any size
in the world it is accepted as the only plan
te bring order out of chaos nnd te correct
abuses which nre costing the citizens millions
of dollars every yenr."
The Mayer Gets Mad
?rem the 'fuueltn. Kan Cinllhl,
Netice te the people of Oakland: Whereas
some smart nleck caused te be Inserted in
the Oakland notes, in the Tepekn Dally
( iipltn of Ihies.hiy, July 12. n statement
thnt the weeds nleng the streets of Oak
land were as high ns the shoulders of n
man, nnd the city fathers should get busv
stitl rut the weeds. wnnt te brand the
t,nliiiiinl as ii malicious falsehood, 1 new
dill the attention of the neep'e of Oakland
te OidimtiKi' Nn. .17. We new imtlfv this
snmrl n id, iiml nil pintles In Oakland te
get busv ami cut their weed- ami grass, ns
this eidinaiicc is still lit force, and it will
be enforced te the letter. J, B. Shaffer,
Mayer. '
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HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHEHTON DU POT
Charles M. Schwab, of Bethlehem. Pa., i
in charge of that special car. in which till
marshal of France rode about the ceuntrtl
when he was visiting ever here, a rallreifl
car with a glass-inclesed sleeping pertiJ
needle spray bath, and a speedometer in yeuM
berth which shows just hew fast you in!
traveling.
Well. Mr. Schwab sent thin rnr nnrl I
Wrae up te Montreal te get Admiral BeattjJ
which feat was accomplished. Jee was vera
deferential, there all alone In the car wltll
the here of Jutland, but when the admiriS
iuuuc iue advances, eeing or. a sociable raN,
me uuviiuuur. iiuiweu our. xiere was.t
way It started.
"What would you say; my man," quota
the admiral, "are the favorttes-pastlmea of
iue Americans t
"There is baseball," ventured the pertM,
ana there is poker, and eacre la a signal
buuiu canea craps,"
"I have seen your baseball and tun
ventured te take a band at poker. But you
craps. Hew is that played?"
Jee s hand naturally stele into bis pecktt
nu. ,there they encountered certain cubei,
which emerged, and seen he was talking te
The upshot of which was that the admlril
and the porter rolled the bones that evenlni
te the rattle of the rails nnd that the fermtt
came te knew the identity of both "Little
Phoebe" and "Big Liz from Bosten." ,
Next morning by the time breakfast wii
out of the way they were down about Syra
cuse and the admiral proposed a resumption
of their diversion. All day long they staked
wae8 Ien the turn of the dice as guided
by the Goddess of Chance. When the train
?i?..i. caame t(?,.? stP 80 absorbed were
they that they did net even leek up.
Come seven," queth the admiral sup
Pllcntlngly with a snap of the finger, and
he tried for a pass. He had net noticed that
the deer had opened and that a committee
te welcome him te New Yerk, of whlea
tne Mayer was a member, had entered.
Mrs. Helen H. Gardiner, premier wernu
official of the Government, once had, walk
living in New Yerk, a very satlsfacterj
Chinese servant. Finally he told her thai
he must leave her, but that be would secure
another reliable man in his place, and would
stay long enough te train that man te hie
duties. He asked her te bear with the nn
man a bit. as he knnw fiprmnn hut fiat
A English.
Later a letter came te the house addruati
te her servant, but styling .him "doctor,"
She learned that be was a graduate of a
German university. It happened afterward
that she entertained Chinese friends wit
were served by this man, who, off duty, wal
their intimate friend and equal, let no
Intimation of this relationship passed be
tween them.
Years intervened. Mrs. Gardiner wai
traveling in the Orient. She sat beside tne
man who had been her cook at an elaborate
and formal dinner. He was new presides!
of one of the large and progressive banklnf
houses of the Orient.
Apropos of the American universality e-j
learning, Representative Itosceo C. Patter
son, of Springfield, Me., tells the following
story of a discussion of the masterpieces of
Mark Twain, which took place while he wae
campaigning in the district of an associate.
(The incident could net have happened
among his own constituents.)
"Yeu have read Mark Twain, I suppose,
he said te a voter. "Have you read nil
'Huckleberry Finn'?"
"Ne, I can't say as hew I haw," wi
the reply.
"Well, you have read 'Tem Sawyer'?
queried Mr. Patterson.
"Nnry a line," came the admission.
"But surely," urged the fellow MU;
Bolivian, "you knew 'I'udd'tihcaii Wilsen.'
"Oh. yes," came the quick reply.
voted for him."
When the Prince of Wales was ever W
he was given n dinner In New Yerk. HjiJ
one, ut the Inst moment, decided that
would be advisable te have a bit of Scotti
for His Highness nnd sent envoys scurnijl
about downtown New Yerk. It was qu
a job te find the beverage, and, us a uia"J
of fact, the dinner was delayed semew
en account of the e.ffert. , A
The Pi luce showed u hit of n tendency
spoof the habits of royalty of dlstrleutwi
honors fur smull rnm tci-lex when lie """y1'
"Whom mi' we te decorate for tills
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