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MITTEN AND HIS MEN
n !" A 'ener ucaring 011 tiic present contest
for executive control of tlie 1. It. T.,
ETwrlttcn by Alfred C. Kellogg, a moterinaii
and en empleye committeeman, there are
f. Implications of n unique nnd astonishing
character for nil people Interested in what
Ieplinarlly is called "the Industrial preb-
Usually in crises such as that nt which
the P. It .T. has arrived the empleyes of
Dig corporations are te be found ranged
I; solidly against the boss. In this instance
She. men and women workers for the transit
company virtually repudiate the authority
L of the groups heretofore in financial control
et the organization and line up te light
V. with Mitten as Mitten has been fighting
With and for them.
This new movement of forces is dramatic,
te say the least. It Indicates a trend of
I' feeling and tnctlcs which no student of new
systems of industrial relations will want te
I. Ignore. Moreover, the attitude of the P.
H. T. empleyes will hnvc a profound effect
ler geed or evil upon the future affairs of
the P. JR. T. and the standards of strcct
car service in this city.
It is te be said for Mitten that he has
I" afntlA flit. llin An.!n.. tin ...A..t 1.-1.1.. .
""'iu v hitj Vl pui iiiivji, i piwhiiumvra
and the empleyes alike, what few men in
similar positions have been able te de. It
fa almost certain that the trend of feeling
I' among the cmplejcs will Influence the drift
Ir of public opinion relative te his contest with
J the insurgent directors.
Here, in n peculiarly vivid form, U proof
f of Mitten's success ns an executive nnd
H evidence of his ability te insure continuing
.-efficient trolley sen Ice en the I. It. T.
J Jincs. It is difficult te sec Lew a man in
his iiiii(ue position can lese or, for that
matter, why any one should want him te
lese.
ON THE SKIDS
TT WAS encc called the Distillers' Sje--1
curitics Company, but was popularly
known as the Whisky Trust. Then came
the Velstead act and its name was changed
fte the United States Feed Products Cem
pany. Aiitf new its creditors have haled It
into the Bankruptcy Court.
Tills sort of thine is net surnrlsinL. It
it part of the economic readjustment grew-
j ing out 01 uic new law which ended the
business of u larse number of manufacturing
corporations. There is no need of wasting
'jmpaiiiy ever tlie MiRcring corporation".
; They had ample warning of what was In
; jirespcct. In Eeme instances the original
owners sold out at a profit when thev saw
1, prohibition coining, and the new nurciinsera
'old their product at se hleh n nrlc tlmi-
ithey recouped themselves for their invest-
-inent with u geed perccntuge of velvet
before the blew fell.
: PROFESSIONALISM IN SPORTS
'TpitlENDS of amateur sports in the Mid
, X; die West are greatly excited ever the
; discovery that students from two colleges
I; recently piajcu loetoau ler money en the
r teams of two rival cities. A conform. nr
IJthletle directors has been called te con-
nder ways and means te keep professional prefessional professienal
t'lun out of college sports.
, It may be explained (lint nn amateur Is
'.k' man who nlais for the nlensnrr. l. fe
I, at of a game, and a professional is a man
fiwne piays ler money. College students who
khave played baseball for money in the sum
mer at vacation resorts have been disqiiuii-
fled as amateurs and kent off the .eiif.n
I' Bines. But the temptation te ploy bne-
Ii ball for money is continually held before
the boys who are working their way through
'j college. The temptation te football plav-
ers is net se irequent, uuc tliat It exists is
proved, by the surrender of the students
whose conduct has aroused the prcieut dls-
Itcmislen.
The conference of athletic dirc'ters Is
h likely te consider mere than the occasional
f, pitying of games for money. Alorue A.
, Btagg, ntlilctic nirceter et the University
;of Chicago, has just been hijius that the
f bidding of colleges for high school nnd
academy athletes is a menace te amateur
I' aperts. The procure, sas Mr. Stagg, has
demoralized hljh school boys and has been
carried te such an extreme as te become a
LFcanaai.
It Is notorious that ways nrc found te
Bay the college expenses of a geed uthlcte.
JrVhen n premising football player emerges
jirorer uic muss 111 urn preparatory schools
'"itbe colleges begin te hid for him in one way
ftr apuumcr. jiiu uuiicue inrecier.s or the
eellcies arc continually. acKlng the alumni
JU at en the Ioekouu-Ior athletes and te
4lvtt them te their college. There Is no
ca scrainhln for students of outstanding
aelarsblp, because there is no incentive'
;athletlc prowess is in demand, and it
that which gh'p,s the crcuee for calllii"
leges elaborate country clubs In wlild.
f atudy js a side issue and sports the main
iconaiacraiien. inc cynic might say that
"the? present tendency is toward producing
''amateur scholars and professional ntiilrrcT
whereas it ought te be in the reverse dirce-
ijehj
" The whole trouble grows 'out of the
fjlaadency te commercialize college sports.
TBere Will ee no Dig gate le-eipts If therB
la BOt tt, wlnnins team te attract tlie nubile
"(Mid there can be no whining team under
Hgat, preacut system unli.s all peswibla
f ueveicu ie iieveiepnig athletes
they enter college and te uttractltu a
'tlstieud supply of geed athletic material
the preparatory schools.
fat, conditions arc pat se bad as they
haft -A.M-M. Tim l.f.tfr.i.utr.i.i.1 I. till .l .. ....
aVaijMk warf nllewi.d te erihu1 in1lcfit uml
a seclul course in order that be might
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2hl sswssr f tevss i fs srtitf j 2S I Fne woman sees it T71 ;
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disappeared.
from the collcce teams every man who falls
b'clew n certain grade in his regular college
work. But there are practices discussed in
whispers which mar college sport prac
tices that grew out of n desire te win 're
gardless of the rules.
' Until there ii a sentiment strong enough
te force the abandonment of nil question
able methods in college games amateur sport
will suffer. It should be the most chivalrous
of all sports, with n willingness te give the
opponent the benefit of the doubt In every
raie and with ostracism visited en any
player or en any coach who attempted or
countenanced violation of the rules.
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HOW THE NAVY ITSELF FEELS
ABOUT ARMAMENT LIMITATION
And the Service View of the New Tend
ency In Congress te Force Naval
Disintegration
INLAND farmers like these who send Mr.
Berah, Mr. Caliper and Mr. La Fellctte
te Congress never lme been fend of the
navy. They arc safely removed from coast
lines. Te them the sea is n sort of myth.
The Middle West always means when Naval
Appropriation Bills are up for considera
tion und Its representatives rise te ask why
money spent for Uccts shouldn't be used te
buy tractors.
New, fired by the news from the Confer
ence for the Limitation et Armament, the
farmers, who beast that they held the bal
ance of power in Congress, seem deter
mined te cut the navy personnel te the bone
le permit ruthless pruning of appropriation
measures.
One of our own old friends is a naval
officer of high rank new hard at work at
a base where aviation and submarine forces
ate in training. We wired for his opinions.
Here they are. It is a pleasure te let the
navy have a word.
"All the naval officers I knew," writes
this ordinarily reticent spokesman for the
nary, "were and are heartily in favor of a
limitation of floating armament. Such a
program as. Secretary Hughes formulated
should be an excellent thing for the coun
try and the nnval service alike if it were
rationally carried out. But, reading the
reports from Washington, I have been
wondering out here whether, after all, the
work started by Mr. Hughes will be over
done in Congress, where there is a disposi
tion te greatly reduce, for the sake of
economy, the fighting force which we ere
authorized by the treaty te maintain.
"I refer te the plan under which the
navy personnel, new hardly adequate for
the efficient handling of the ships needed te
maintain the 0-3-0 ratio, may be cut
almost iu half. H that scheme is carried
through Congress we may wake up some
line morning and find that we have handed
the ruling sea power of the Pacific ever te
etheri".
"It should be remembered by any one in
terested in the peace and safety of the
country that the Hughes plan did net con
template any reduction of the number of
naval ships new in active service and be
longing te the nations that are parties te
tlie new agreement.
"Our own present personnel is net ade
quaeo te efficiently man our evv n active
ships. Meanwhile it is very clear that the
ether Powers are preparing te keep the
llcets allowed them nt the highest point of
efficiency. Our enlisted personnel is new
about equal in numbers te that of the
Britih. But a survey made iu June, 1021,
shows that about nine-tenths of our men
are serving first enlistments. They cannot
be regarded ns able naval seamen.
"In the British Navy mere than eight
tenths et the enlisted men have served ten
or twelve years. 'Men fight, net ships,' said
Admiral Fisher. That is a great truth.
Any naval officer or sailor will tell jeu that
ships de net fight. They arc fought. The
Japanese naval organization is patterned
afler thnt of the British. Kacli of these
two navies 1ms large reserves of seasoned
officers and men in the merchant marine.
"There Is danger that the people may
read t"e much into the new naval agree
ments and permit the actual dismantling of
the fleets which we arc authorized te main
tain under the armanicnt-limitntlen plan,
if we arc te have anything like the nnval
strength necessary te equalize the new bal
ances of power established by the Confer
ence between the United States, Britain
and Japan no serious cuts can be made iu
the present naval personnel.
"It seems te me that any newspaper that
will try te make this clear te the country
will de a public service. De you knew thnt
because of a lack of funds the Atlantic and
Pacific Fleets had te abandon their usual
practice maneuvers this winterV Any navnl
man knows that u ship badly or inade
quately manned represents wasted effort.
It can DC a hindrance rather than a help in
a light. Yeu cannot judge naval strength
by the number or listed power of ships
alone.
"It is men who win or lee battles, net
ships. Yet it is bind te make Congress
understand that it takes time te commission
a ship and get her te the point of operating
ffliciency at which she may take her place
vvilli Mici ess in n battle line. Had the Rus
sians understood this they wouldn't have
lest te the Japanese. The Disarmament
Conference was thinking of the limitation
of natal power. I am afraid that Congress
isn't thinking of limitation. It is thinking
of the disintegration of the navy."
The navy talks, you sec, about as straight
as it has been accustomed te sheet.
DICKENS
NO BI:.S1:NTMI:NT is harbored against
the memory of Dickens because of the
unpleasant tilings he wrote about America
after visiting this country. Indeed, it is
new admitted that borne of the most un
pleasant comments were the truest. We
cm leek back en the crudencss of our youth
with toleration.
Se far arc we from holding a grudge
against Dkkens that societies have been
formed in Ills liener which celcbrnte his
birth date every year We arc grateful te
him, for he has added te our pleasure and
introduced us te a large group of charac
ters who are mere leal te us thin some of
our most intimate friends. There are per
sons with no rsl-stenee euMi'e of the Dick
ens novels who seem te be historical char
acters who lived and moved en e.irth and
loved and suffered.
The dinner of the Dickens TVl'evvshlp
last night in celebrating the 110th anni
versary of the novelist's birth was i.ppru
priately devoted te tlie glorlilratlei of one
of the most human ami tender men who
wrote in the nineteenth century, the an
nual sale of whose novels even nev l, se
great as te be the despair of the writers of
best sellers in the current year,
HARDING AND GENOA
IT IS rumored new that President Ha d
ing has decided te accept for the United
States the Invitation of the ether Pevvcri. le
the economic conference at tien.in. The
agitation curled en iu some qirirtcrs in
opposition te the plan for American par
ticipation rit Genea hn net blinded Intelli
gent nothing less than another effort te
bring peace In Europe nnd economic recon
struction throughout (he entire world.
Europe Is net new nt pence. It Is dis
tressed by wars which, though they arc net
being fought with nrms, nre proving almost
as destructive n's the conflict between Ccr
many and civilization. At Genea an effort
will be made te remedy some of the errors
of the. Peace Conference. Seme of the fevers
of the war years have nbatcd. It ought te
be possible new for statesmen te deliberate
calmly nnd te be free from obsessions of
fear or hnte or blind greed.
The peace of the world is and ought te be
the first concern of all Governments, and
there can be no peace nnd no prosperity
until there is an abatement of the economic
disorder Inte which almost all nations were
thrown nftcr the armistice.
The trouble will net settle Itself. "It needs
the remedy of constructive reasoning and
collective action. The Genea conference is
Intended chiefly te remove the obstacles thnt
prevent n revival of human energy nnd in
dustrial reconstruction. We. tee, arc feel
ing ninny of the reactions of the European
disorder. We have much te gain by proper
participation, under Mr. Hnrdlng's direc
tion, In what will be In effect n new Peace
Conference.
KING GEORGE AND PEACE
JUTANY things were left unsettled by the
" Washington Conference, much as that
assemblage of statesmen accomplished.
Some wcre mentioned by King Geerge nt
the opening of the British Parliament
yesterday.
The King expressed his satisfaction and
remnrked that for wdint was done "the
world will ewe a deep debt of gratitude te
the initiative of the President of the United
States of America." He referred especially
te the fact that the Four-Power Pacific
Treaty will supersede the Angle-Japanese
Alliance, and said thnt. while the same
friendly lclatiens would continue with
Japan, the relations between Great Britain
nnd the United States "enter a newer and
even closer phase of friendship."
As te the things that remain te be ac
complished he was hopeful. Discussions
are In progress with a view te reaching
an agreement with Belgium and France for
common action in case of an unprovoked
nttack by Germany. It has been evident
for a long time that nothing would allay
the nervousness of the French save some
such agreement. The consent of France
te the Versailles Treaty in the first place
was secured by the assurance of the Amer
ican and British delegates that the British
and the Americans would go te the relief
of France in case of attack by Germany.
Treaties were signed te carry out this un
derstanding, but the Senate was in no mood
te undertake any such obligations as were
involved. France is new seeking te bind
tlie British Government te come te its
defense.
The wording of the King's reference J,e
the approaching economic conference is bug
gestlve. He says that he trusts that "it
will be possible te establish peace en u fair
basis in Europe and te reach a settlement
nf many important questions nrising out of
the pressing need for financial and economic
reconstruction."
The establishment of "pence en a fair
basis" would net be discussed unless it
were assumed that the present basis was
unfair. Can it menu that the King in
tends te let the world knew that the repa
ration clauses of the Versailles Treaty aic
te be discussed at the economic conference
nnd that the treaty is te be revised? These
reparation clauses are in part responsible
for the slowness of the economic recovery
of Europe.
Various domestic matters were referred
te in the speech, such ns the legislation te
put into effect the Irish agreement and
plans for the reform of the Heuse of Lords,
hut they are of less interest outside of
Great Britain than the references te inter
national questions.
it Is tlie unusual that
News As Is constitutes neus. It is
only iu politics that the
fact Is occasionally lest sight of. There is
no news, for instnnce. in the dispatch from
Washington setting forth that the Demo
crats are planning n vigorous campaign te
reduce the Republican majority in the loner
bianch of Cengicss. That is what the mi
nority always docs. The news will come
when the knife slips. Then is undeniably
news, though, in the New Yerk dispatch of
two women calming a panic-stricken crowd
in u movie house when lire broke out. There
Is significance in the fact that both were
cm diitv. One ut the piano continued te play
llvclv airs. The ether, n policewoman, kept
the 'exits clear despite the obstruction of
frightened men. Is woman timid only when
nothing Is expected of herV
There is an old familiar
Reforming the sound about that part
Lords of King Geerge of Eng
land's) speech concern
ing the reform et the Heuse of Lords. The
old Heuse has steed u let of renovating, but
radicals still insist that there are rats in
Its belfry. Gladstone, when Premier, hail
a method of his own in reforming the body
when It ran counter with his wishes, lie
slmplv made enough new, peers te give him
a majority. Think hew such a procedure
would simplify the problems of a President
with a recalcitrant Senate!
The proposed Sir Arthur
Beeks for Penrsen memeilnl
the Blind prompts a blind, woman
in New Yerk te note the
fact thnt since the war the cost of embossed
books for the blind has inci eased se much
as te put them out of reach of people of
moderate means, and she stiggcsls the en
dowment of a printing office! In this country
se that the sightless may be benefited. As
te the nature of the heln te be given there
may be difference of opinion, but the need
ii plain.
rigures prove that ene of the big pack
ing companies made n profit of less than
one-fifth of a cent a pound en its beef. But
this docs net mean that n coal company
could prove anything worth while.
Quebec Is te reward ils nuthers with
thiec annual cash prizes, the largest .si!.-,oe.
Was it Sydney Smith who said that prize
sheep were only lit te liinke candles out of
and prize poems only fit te light thesu can
dles with?
It- is the grievance of n Bridgeport,
Conn., woman thnt he Is tee big te be
lic-itcl. and her husband throws galvanized
iron buckets at her. Complaint dismissed.
It is credibly reported that Petey privately
calls Henrietta "Baby."
' Smile Week boosters were jolted when
Woedrovv Wilsen, in i espouse te their
qutrv, "Why should the United States smile
nt thU time?" replied, "I have no message
te send en te silly a subject." Well, that's
cause for enu smlle anyhow.
Middle West farmers complain that their
radio crop reports urn all mixed up with
f.:. music and football scores. In the days
'c,f our eulh if we had read that In one of
the p.ieks of Jules Verne's we would luive
tl.eu?! t the Imaginative French v.rller had
excelled himself.
I'incer-piiiit experts are wrestling vvitli
the wtinrlu In the thumbprint of an aiithro aiithre aiithro
lie! I n pn vhlc'i nie net at all different from
i ii" t.l a liumaii bring. Carry the news
ie Kentucky, where "ghdnleiv, jr d 'baling
the wisdom of abolishing the study of evo
lution from their educational institutions.
Proposal te Move the Bureau of For
estry Has Proponents and Oppo
nents Equally Competent and
Equally 8tncera
By SAKA1I U. LOW RIB
THERE is n bill fit, present before Con
gress which Is causing- seme persons
considerable! agitation, it is a. proposal te
remove the Bureau of Forestry from the
Department of Agriculture and place It
under the same department which new pro
tects nnd supports the nntlenal park nf
the country, namely, the Department of the
Interior. j
It se happened that some of us in Phila
delphia had a clinnce te meet one of the two
men probably most vitally-' interested in
the su cress or failure of this congressional
bill. The man who wants it te succeed
is Mr. Stephen Mather, who for two Ad
ministrations has been iu the Department
of the Interior and Is the well-known nnd
enthusiastic Commissioner of National
Parks, it stands te reason that in his
position of grand protector of our great
scenery iu this country he would hnvc
nn eager eye out for the protection of our
great forests, which nre both teencry in
themselves nnd the cause and protection et
scenery, for if we ewe our streams and'
rivers te one thing mere than another, cer
tainly trees nre the great factors In their
nll-the-ycitr-reuiid abundance. And consid
ering nil things from nn outslde point et
view, the department thnt piescvvcs our
national parks could, ene would suppose,
be intrusted with the preservation of our
forests.
BUT the Department of Agriculture, under
which the forests nrc at present, docs
net think there is any just cause for having
the trees taken out of the ngrleultiirnl clnss
nnd placed under tlie jurisdiction of the In
terior, nnd the man who is meat enthusi
astic in voicing u feeling of disapproval of
the change Is our own Slnte Ferester, Mr.
Clifferd Pinchot. The agriculture adherents
express a fear that our forests will be mode
simply a business preposition by the Depart
ment of the Interior, required perhaps le
pay for themselves instead of being protected
regardless of their timber vnlue because of
their stream and river nnd lake value.
Tt is. I think, a fight In which the gen
eral public cannot take sides with any in
telligence. It seems actually te be a ques
tion of the character of the men that run
the two departments, and If one were te
judge by cither of the two secretaries or of
the two officials, Pinchot nnd Mather, who
were .spokesmen for their departments,
betli nnd all arc geed, responsible and
trustworthy. Se, although there has been
nn nppenl te the women te come out unci
take skies, especially the women interested
in agriculture and in playgrounds Utile and
.big, 1 doubt if they will, In any effective,
concerted way that Is. Mr. Pinchot has
been tin enthusiast nil his life, and Is new
for the Pennsylvania forests n business
man. Mr. Mather lins been a business man
nil his life, nnd Is new for the national
parks an enthusiast. Yeu can tukc your
choice whose judgment te go by.
NOT that Mr. Mether, in his talk ever
here, remotely suggested thaL there was
a controversy or that he was for ene side or
(mother, but when nsked afterward lie said
;i few decisive words that left one in no
doubt where he steed. He came ever here
te jalk en national pinks and te show- some
of the Government pictures of details of
the p.irks, and he did it with a will nnd
enthusiasm that were very heartening te his
nudience, who hnd been gathered together
under the auspices of the Women's Itcpub
Iicnn Club of Pennsylvania.
I asked one woman who wns there how hew
many of the parks the had s-ecn and she
astonished nie by say lug she had been
through five of them. The nest woman T
saw had net seen one, even the new one
iiist ncqulrcd en Mount Desert up lu Maine.
But then she hnd never been west of Chi
cago, and all of the parks but the Mount
Desert one arc very fur west of Chicago.
WE MUST always remember that wc have
State parks as well as national parks,
and county parks as well n-. State parks,
se that the country Is giving ilsclf breath
ing spaces even in the East. Probably mere
is spenl en the mere upkeep of such a pari;
as the Palisades, near New Yerk City, than
en the mere uiikcp of nil national pirks
In the West. The total national appropri
ation for a year is ? 1. . .00.000. Of this, mere
than $400,000 came back last year as rentals
for concessions for hotels, camping sites,
restaurants, shops, nnd the like. On the
ether hand, a geed deal of piivnte money ns
well as Government appropriations gees
into buying up laud let h for national mid
State parkr. Geerge Knstiiiau, Ihe cinncia
manufacturer, subscribed SI,"., 000 te till up
u sum some ether men Intel started in order
te round out some forest land in Glacier
Park. And Mr. Mather himself must have
given very generously from time te time.
Ne salary or perquisites .coming with the
office of Park Commissioner could possibly
compensate for the traveling and entertain
ing tlie present Commissioner lias under
taken In order te put sonic of the plans for
the enlargement and the opening of (lie
pariss before the men and women who can
help with appropriations Inter en in Cou Ceu
grcis. Last year Stephen Mather traveled
.'0.000 miles for (lie purpose of Inspecting
the parks, .".000 of that bv car and eOO by
horseback and pel haps 200 en feet.
TTWOM being n country with the poeicst
JL' rural inns nnd hotels In the civilized
world we nre, thanks te the enterprise of
tlie West and te our Government and te the
railroads, beginning te deserve quite Ihe op
posite leputntlen. There arc sometimes a'
inanv ns S0.000 tourists In the Yellowstone
Park in one season, with perhaps 1200
campers n night, nil nunc or less in one
region. Tlie Yosemite has perhaps I'.O.OOO
visitors a year, two-thirds of them driving
their own cars. They go new iu winter
te the Yosemite. and the gnnt hotels In
ninny enses are kept open le accommodate
the lslters who are thine for winter spetlh.
Eierv kind of wild life from mountain
liens and TJecky Mountain goals te buffalo
is being preserved and bred en these grcnt
grazing lands, and In the parks where the
prehistoric Indlnn towns are siill te be
found tlie whole excavation and preserva
tion work is carried en under university and
Smithsonian archeoleglsts.
Tlie wild flowers, tl.e primeval feicsts and
the great mineral deposits of nature are all
matters of huge interest ami careful study
te experts.
IT IS a comfort during these months, when
we are painfully gcttin': lendv te pay our
Income lux, te think Hint nt Icist a frac
tion of tlie money we pav Uncle Sam Isn't
going te pay for vyars past and present and
le come, but Is beitif ue,l te make Evr
man's Land a pleasure ground for all thr
world. , , ,
These parks and hotels nnd camps will de
a great buslnes., the summer nf the Sesqiil
Centennial. m deuhf. for foreigners who
lined te make a detour te visit Ninsara will
lie swept hither and yen te some of the
ether seven wonders of this world of , r.
ii'il. Ne win can they see us le gieater
mlvnnlnge than out iu the open enjevlng
ourselves. There is one picture n Mr.
Mather's collection thai cannot he duplicated
In spirit, I think, in uuv ceuntrv but thin
unceremonious, unieil-tape country of ours.
The wife of the Secretary of th'e Interior
made awfully geed doughnuts-, nnd after one
of their long rides last summer through
Unlnirr Purl, i he turned out great panful
for the hiingrv nnd niqiieelatlve wranglers
nnd guide. There she whs In her riding
clothes serving the pleased nnd eager men
hv Iht own ipeelal fiimllj icclpe- dough deugh
nuts: .
Werk for Twe Presidents
rrevn I' I'i.-IIiiii'J Juurncil
It nlliiesl seems advisable that the people
elect two I're.ldcutH every four years: one
te shake bunds, talk, meet the public and
lay corner-stones; the ether te be President.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
WALTER WOOLMAN
On Philadelphia Grain Trade
THE equalization of rates is the big prob
lem new confronting tlie grain men of
Philadelphia, nccerdlng te Walter Wool Weel
man, president of the Cemmerclnl Exchange,
and it is the etie te the solution of which
the exchange is bending its utmost efforts.
"Tlie conditions of tlie grain trade," said
Mr. Woelmau, "nre entirely different from
what they were n year nge. At that time
the grain men, like these in almost every
ether line of business, were buying up four
or five months' supply in advance, then,
when tlie crash came, everybody was leaded
up with goeils which they hed bought nt
peak prices. . . .
"But when these conditions developed, in
stead of going out nnd hunting business they
nil waited for some one le come along who
would buv their stuff nt a price which would
nt least let thun out even. It seen became
net se much n matter of making a pre tit
en what they held as of getting out from an
almost impossible situation without a less.
Thev had bought at war prices nnd, with
the bottom gene out of the market, they
had nothing te de but te held en or take
a heavy less.
Present Conditions Opposite
"Today the conditions nie almost the
opposite et what they were a year age. The
grain men almost ns a unit have disposed
of their former holdings and nrc ready again
te buy.
"Fer these leasens I leek for a great
revival iu tlie grain trade In Philadelphia
before very long. People can and in times
of sticss de get along without n great many
things, but the time lus net yet arrived
when thev can get along without tlie food feed
stuffs. Therefore, the commodities in which
the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia
deals must make n decided advance within
n sliert lime,
"We went through n somewhat uncom uncem uncom
fertnble expeiience during the time when
the Government was iu control of the rail
roads. Whether as a mniiifest reward for
the levnlty nnd sympathy of the Seuth
toward the Democratic Party or net 1 can
not sav, but It is nevertheless true that tlie
Seuth 'was gicn n great advantage In the
matter of the rates of shipment from the
Gulf. This advantage was se great that
it was impossible for us en the North At
lantic seaboard te compcte with it success
fully. Business Diverted te Seuth
'Philadelphia fermerlythat is, under the
former uites participated te a very large
extent in the business which normally came
from Omaha. Kansas City and ether points
iu tin- .Middle and Far West? and it is net
going tee fur te say thnt we obtained nearly,
If net fully.' ."0 per cent of this trade.
Under the preferential rates which were
given te the Gulf ports this commerce was
eiitirelv swept away. The advantage in
favor c'if the Gulf was from four te six cents
a bushel, a very considerable amount when
the quantity of grain shipments is consld censld
i'. ed. . ,
"When the foreigner makes his purchases
in this country he naturally prefers the
Atlantic seaboard, but when the matter of
price cnteis into the situation, ns It must
with such an advantageous rate for the
Southern ports, he gees where he can buy
Ihe cheapest, and when we could nel com com
eote In rates we naturally lest this trade.
It takes longer te ninke the trip fiem the
Gulf pert-! and therefore he lAid le pay a
little mere interest en Ills money, hut this
1h a relatively small matter when com cem
pnied with the prices.
"This preferential rate in favor of the
Seuth wns net discriminatory against Phila
iidelphin; it affected nil the ether North
Atlantic pe'-ts, such ns New Yerk und Baltimore-,
t we-ll. T de net think that there
i uuv just reason for believing that Phila
delphia Is being unjustly discriminated
against iu this matter thai is, mere thnu
Ihe oilier Northern expert points,
Tite Montreal Competition
"Fer tight months of the year, during
the time vvhi'ii Ihn Gieat Lakes are open te
navigation, we get tlie stlffest kind of com
petition from Montreal, The advance iu c
lake rales has put us out of line with
Montreal.
"We have appealed te the various trunk
lines te meet these uites, at leust In a meas
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surplus grain trade whicli Montreal cannot
take care of we shall get our share In the
regular run of business. During about four
months of the year, while the lakes arc
closed, Montreal can de little business, but
the grain men there have many advantages,
such ns free leading, elevator service and
ether things, besides their rates which make
It hard for us te compete with them.
'The equalization of rates with the Gulf
and with Montreal is the most important
matter before the Commercial Exchange of
tills city nnd the one which wc nrc striving
most strenuously te solve this year.
Philadelphia's Advantages
"Wc have many advantages here which,
with rates allowing us te compete for the
business, would make us formidable com
petitors for any pert In the country or In
( anaila. We have the rails and wc have
fair facilities enough te allow us te de far
mere business than wC are new doing. Wc
have done n let of expert buslncs here
in the last few months, but it has been
nearly all business that Meutrcal was un
able te handle.
"The conditions brought nbeut by the war
proved te be very 'upsetting te the grain
trade, for in a geed innny respects wc had
f" lentil hew te de business in an entirely
d liferent way. These conditions gave the
opportunity for the railrpads, under Federal
control, te put into effect it let of restric
tions which, from our standpoint, nt least,
''"..i. , 0l,t ln a vcr"' ""satisfactory way.
Prier te the war Philadelphia was the
greatest feed market in the East. This
situation was created by the carriers fur
n',s ,,ns d'verting or blind billing points from
which shipments- ceulel be made nnd sold
te any point in the East. This diverting
privilege was se modified, hew ever,, nnd the
price of diversion increiiscd te such an extent
by war conditions' that it wns made pro pre
hlbilivc. In many instances the price was
se high that it became impossible for us te
handle any business except nt a less.
Ecliange Werliing en Problem
"This is another problem upon which the
Commercial Exchunge is hard at work. Wc
have brought the matter lgoreusly te the
intention of the carriers, nnd we hope thnt
conditions uuiv be se modified that Philadel
phia can again take Its place as the largest
distributing miirket in the Unst
"All that we nsk is a fair field ami no
favors. We de net ask or want anything
picfercntlal iu our favor, but we de net
want anything dlscrlminntnrv against our
locality. The grain men of Philadelphia nre
net afraid of being unable te get the business
w;e formerly had if there can be brought
about that equalization of the rates which
we think is only fair tb us. We hnd the
business before and held it against all
legitimate competition, and if the rates nre
once, equalized wc can get it again nnd held
it for the city."
Today's Anniversaries
1.10 Jehn Ituskin, famous art critic
author nnd master of English style am
20? 101)6 nIen. Died January
i822-Jeseph Albcn Llntner. n noted
entomologist, bem nt Schoharie, N. Y. Died
in Heme, Italy, May 0, 1808.
1817 Colonel Jehn C. Fremont pro
claimed the nnnexntleii of California, nnd
assumed the office of Governer
1S72 The German Reichstag took n stand
against clerical Interference with the na na
tlenal schools. "a
1880-pamage te the extent of a quarter
of it million dollars resu ted from n .-
the unemployed In Londen.
ic unemployed in JentlOll.
1S1I2 Jeseph i Chamberlain succeeded Lord
nrllngten as lender of the Liberal llnlnn
ts in the British Heuse of Commens P '
Today's Birthdays
Huren Rothschild, h'end of the English
branch of the great family of financiers, horn
in Londen fifty -four years age. t"
Dr. Rush Rhces, president of the Uni
verslty of Hechester, born in Chicago sixty -two
yeurs age. '
Alba Beardinaii Jehnsen, ene of ihe most
eminent of Philadelphia's Industrial lead
ers, bem in Pittsburgh sixty -four years age
Everett J. Lake, Governer of Connecti
cut, bem at Woodstock, Cenu., fifty-ens
years age, ' ' ,
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SHORT CUTS
Germany new
punish herself.
seems determined te
The Tarkwny site for the fair seems
te thrive en opposition.
Arbuckle appears te have quit the one
reel comedy for the serial thriller.
Chronic pessimists nre unable te muster
mere than a weak smile for smlle week.
Red revolution in Berlin means blue
evolution in the Reparations Commission.
The mnn who sees nothing but crime
in the newspapers is the guy who sklpi
everything else.
We have net yet turned swords into
plowshares, but nt least wc nre ready te
turn warships lule junk.
Canceling the male A tvvcnty-on-year-eld
girl has been appointed postmis
tress of Longport, N. J,
Come nnd have your backbone adjusted,
advertises a healer. Mere would prefer te
have their wishbones ratified.
The demeanor of the Washington Con
ference delegates ut the green baize table
was ns chcciful as though they were play
ing peel.
Descendants of Jehn nnd Priscilla
Alden met in this city Inst evening, which,
in the matter of pessible comment, speaks
for itself k
Senater Willis is quoted us saying of
legislators thnt they arc intoxicated with
the exuberance of their own verbosity. This
will Interest the shade of Benjamin Disraeli,
Farmers have storied a new political
party in Nebraska. Oucc upon a time that
might hnvc sounded like n news Item.
Nowadays it makes a noise like a weather
report.
The latest Irish crisis is entitled
"Boundaries," It Is n one-act sketch with
much dramatic premise, but the performance
will doubtless prove te be little else but
clever dialogue.
The President Is snid te have balked
the plans of certain Congressmen te pass a
Soldiers' Benus Bill without providing any
menps of payment, hoping thus te catch the
votes of both soldiers and taxpayers. The
President's position is both understandable
nnd commendable. It Is the position of the
Congressmen who would steep te such
methods that merits the scorn of the country.
What De Yeu Kneiv?
, QUIZ
1. Hew many Democratic Presidents of the
United States died iu efllce?
I. What are the two plurals of the word
gladiolus.?
3. AVlie was Sarah Slddeus?
4. What Is a uapedllta?
C. Hew lenz docs It take a vessel te pass
through the Panama Canal?
6. What Is the fleche of a chuVcli?
7. Who was the longest lived of American
Presidents?
8. Who Ib the Prlmnte of all Ireland?
9. What American State lias Eureka as Its
motte:
10. What musical Instrument is named lifter
a geese?
Answers te Yesterdayja Quiz
1. rthode Island reXused te ratify the prehi
bitien amendment le the Constitution.
2, The word, pcstln. should be pronounced
"ncsl." ' , -
3. Thercjiwere flfty-slx i signers te the Dec
laratien of Independence
4, Mrs. Henry Weed, vvrote the novel "L'ast
Lynnc." ,
G. Catharine of Aragon was the Spanish
Princess wlle became, tlie wife of a
I'umeus English IiIiib, Henry VIM,
6, The correct form Is Kilss Krlngle, net
"Kris Klnglc."
7, The greatest waterfall In Seuth Amcilta
Is the Kails of Iguusjii.
b, Illraui Jehnsen wan u candltlute for Ihn
lce presidency of the United Status
ln 1912.
9, The lulQ of Man, lying between Great
Britain and Ireland, Is governed by
n Legislature called the. IIouue of
Keys-
10, Oman 13 a country In Kastcrn Arabia
bordering en the Persian Oulf and IMr
Uulf of Oman. It Is ruled by a 9l-
1 Ian. The tupltal s Musc.it,
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