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M v.S JUDQE PATTERSON RETIRES
v, .riLiiiH ii i rnnrnucniv uuavrnuiuumk: liii
r( " wf metlv( nnd KTmDntlii2lnc with It. thcre
hi i -H I! veiy Bpnrrnl rcuret nmetiB members
fcW f the bar ar the annouiiccment that JuiIrc
jKIV- Jehn M. Patterson will retire from tin
K tumeh nn .lnn 1 te rnpuirn in nrlvnte
M ,r-ctlc- , , ,
in rue n"nr.y nine ycurs iimr c nu-
1 erred In Court Ne. 1, Judge Pattn"-en has
' arncd the respect nud admiration of the
active trial lawyers who have come before
aim because of his btudleu application te
the learned filde of the law, hU can; in pre
ervlns the balnnce between parties and his
. nnfaillnc courtesy. As a man he bus tht
1 , knack of friendship, nnd It was this uttrllnitc
. II ax nersennlf nertulnritv which the Orcnmza-
I f personal popularity which the Orgauiza-
tlen politicians setiRht te capitalize when
they ran him for the Kepubllcun nomination
for Jlayer. 'Ihe character of his buckins
and the, nature of the IsMie nt that time,
, , 'which was elimination of contractor gov
ernment under the new tltj charter, brmmlit
t about his defeat rather than any pernml
"" deficiencies.
As n relatively young man. with the Intel
lectunl equipment newnr te inal.liii: an
mlnent Judge with added jeats of exin-rl-nce,
Judge Patterwen could lm' eui- far
in enhancing his reputation en the ln-nch,
1 but, like many ether im-n in the juihlli
ervice, he has tome face te tmv itn th'1
decision whether he shell ceiiiiiiiii- in n idi.ee
where his emolument is limited l i-n . or
,.turn te prlvnte pursuits, where the pes-lln'-ltles
of return are net tliti- n-irirn I ...
body can blarue him for his rlnni
The problem of keeping rea!l alie
in public office is growing mere and
trying in these days of large iinem,
men of high ability nnd geed ln.iin
,, trouble with (ueh places as our oien
" Ik that they de net pay enough for mh
class men, but they are much tee i p
, Jfer the low-grade eflicp seeknr -
. thec who arc unscrupuleiti'.
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:, A REAL TERMINAL AT THE SHORE
fTVHE report tbnt iireparatiens nr i-.-
Ji' X way for nn adequate modern -tar.. '
,e the Pennsylvania sytem in Atlan '
lends life te n project as Berely nceiiHi! - .-.
lias been diceuragIugly delayed
'' Atlantic City has long eince p . , 'h-
eahenal resort stage. It !, nn :t i -ar
kealth und recreation station, and lu- ln--1
come in addition the nuthenti.1 j i n . i f j,t
metropolis or aeutuwest -ew .let-ij. .1 m
niclpal community In Kb own riu'lit nml bv
reason of Its own cemmetcial and I'm. in iai
atandiug. Ter several decade-, it" railway
w'.tarmlnal facilities have been doplerablv out
SV a date.
h thn Pnnnrlrnnlfi's nnilei inkin '. ie. i U
JFv,taaId te be deferred only because of nnum
fcj leasing technicalities with the W. t .li'r-e
'.f' anl ftpncTinrA Ttntlrnfiil nvvntftntr ii.i f li,.nnt
Inyelves, it U 'aid, the elevation et the
tracks leading Inte the center of town
Tills also is 11 work in accord with the
, metropolitan requirements of the plau
Aa for the stntien itself. rh immen1.)' iel-
me of trulUc demands that It heuhl trpli'v
tha highest standards of bcuutj and prac -
ileal convenience.
' HARDING IN NEW JERSEY
SENATOK KDOK. of New Jersey, is net
a candidate for re-election this year
Therefore the announcement that President
Harding is planning te visit the Senater can
hardly he interpreted as tin attempt tu in in
,'tluence the decision of the voters it the prl
mary elections.
New, if he had arranged te usit Senater I
Frellnghujsen it would have been diller-
ent. Mr. Freltnghuysen is a candidate for
jo-lectien, and there iye some Icpiiblicanj
In the State who would like te see some one
Ise nominated.
Mr. Harding, lien ever, is n canny poli
tician. He believes lii ietting the Republic
ans in the various States settle their own
differences. This leaves him without nn
barrasslng complications en his hands when
their representatives take thetr seats In the
Senate or in the Heuse
Hia is the kind of leadership that make
for n strong p'irtj, for it recegni.es and
works with the men who by their own
ability have come te the top and who liave
demonstrated their power In their own
Btateri. A man who has te be beUterrd up
by influence from outside of his Statu has
inherent weaknii-es. A Republican ma
jority in the Senate made up of such men
Would be he feeble that little could be x
pected from It.
DAWES HAS MADE GOOD
R" EPRKSKNTATIVi: Bl'RNS, Demo
crat, of Tennessee, who clinllernx..!
SGeneral Dnwcs, in "a resolution offered en
$yFbruary U, te show in detail what, savings
Viiinau urrji uiuufe-tb uuuuw us itc umT.iWUJl Ot
J'the Bureau of the Builjret, euht te b sat-
&TO-A According te the figures submitted hi
frsfV General Dawes last December, his bureau
JKa.'y' Ma euectea a direct saving of .iz.ikje.OOO'
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tySavTsVand n Indirect saving of 5104,000,000.
siJvcw Byrns wanted te knew hew this had
tp;jdlturcs ever which the executive depart
f 'favMfttft have direct control will amount te
Vgf HW.000,000 for the current year, and
$ikat thene nre aetual savings due lurgel te
fit' J!$vtl) officials who spend the money. He
Vpajaw in ma rcjiuri u mine Miuwing wnere
'tpa aafings nave Deen made.
-"V'tt, will coat $13,000,000 less te operate
Traaaury department tuan in JDl'l,
)0 lata te operate the Panama
i;TM,0M ltw for the Pestpfflce
i.uw."lei, for th JJ-
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for the. Department of Cemmerce nnd se en
through nit the executive departments.
The total savings ever 1021 Will atmjimi
te $1,600,000,000. The greater part efthis
enormous sum is made up of reductions In
the cot of the War nnd Nnvy Depart
ments, ns the expenditures of the Wnr De
partment have been reduced by 5712,000,000
and of the Nnvy Department by $11111,
000,000. These great 1 eductiens, of ceure, nre due
te a return of the (ievernment te n peace
footing nnd nre net te be Included among
the economies effected by the operntlens of
the liureati of the Uudgct. These reduc
tions amount, ns nlrendy indicated, te
$250,000,000. They nre sufficiently great
te justify the appointment of dcncral
, Danes and te warrant the confidence which
the President had In his efficiency when he
was summoned te Washington te take tip his
duties.
WHO BENEFITED BY JUGGLE
OF THE STATE'S BIG FUNDS?
That'a the Real Question Raised by
Latest Scandal, and It Cannet Be
Dodged by the Capitel
Hill Outfit
lY GGOItC.E XOX McCALN
rpilK remarkable discrepancies between 1 he
hooks of former State Treasurer Har Har
eon M. Kephaft nnd .eme of the hanks and
trust companies designated as State dcposl dcpesl dcposl
terles, ns reported by Main & Ce., account
ants, te Auditor General Lewis, may pos
sibly account for the refusal of these direct
ing the affairs of the last legislature te pnfs
what was known as the Lewis bill.
At the time I directed attention te this
bill, which hid been prepared by Samuel
S. Lewis, present Auditor General, then
chief clerk of the Pnrenu of Corporations,
in the office of Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder.
The purpose of the hill was forever te put
nn end te the nefarious practices that, had
prevailed in connection with the exploita
tion of State Treasury funds by political
besset and unscrupulous State officials.
Seme months nge State Treasurer Snvder,
former Auditor General, shortly after the
discovery of the embezzlement by II. L.
Tlrlndlc of $S000 from the Auditor Geneial's
office, made the public declaration tliat half
a million dollars had been taken, at one
time nnd another, from the State Treasury,
but that it lind all been repaid and the
State "had net lest a cent."
Dispatches from Hnrrlsburp last week, in
connection with the lntest Treasury scan
dal, quote former State Treasurer Kephart
as denying the correctness of Main le Ce.'s
statement and giving assurance that the
State "would net lesc n penny "
It is te be noted that Mr. Kephart'" re
mark that the Stale would net suffer finan
cially is almost identical with a similar
statement made b .Mr. Snder months
before.
Helterateil nMiiuiice v Mcm-. Snjder
and Kephart are belde Hi" point. The
parnmeunt iincMleii new I-. net vhether the
Stnte will Me-e .1 piim." but whj were
the State Trta-iir dcpuit- Juggled';
Who 1 indited bj it?
Most i-ertninl the State will net le-"-a
peim ' Mr. Kephait n Stale Treasurer
v a hcawl.i bended, and no one ha- at ct
rcei'e the allegation Unit the 'oniineiiwi alth
La- m-t nif. money ,
Ml; and tl - 1- the r i of tic -iin.iilen
has a:ibed. ben tiring the State'- tunds
or the Suite'- credit .1- r. means et ad
vancing -eme ettni.il'- private Ini-lne 01
aiding him in -em -ort of -pei illation?
Have any State official- 1 eon -curing
lean- from thee favored banking iiitltutlens
en the strength of the State's deposits?
Te plead the e.cu-e, as hn- been done,
that the State will net le-e a penny 1 -lm-ply
te draw a herring ncre-.s the trail.
It is an old device te distract attention und
divert pur-nit from the mnin question.
Wliat the public wibhes te knew is. WHO
1 GOT THK MONHl";
The bill, drawn by Samuel S. Lewis and
designed te frustrate conditions mch as have
been disclosed, never saw the light of day
en the read te enactment. It was uncere
moniously ruled off the legislative track
The bosses wanted neue of Lewi-' trea-ur
reforming bills.
The pertinent query is, in view of the-e
latest exposures, Were State officials ether
than Mr. Kephart nnd his mibordinutc miberdinutc
aware at that time of the jugglery which 1ms
just come te light after three or four year
and which the bill was designed te prevent in
the future?
As prepared by Mr. Lewis this bill pre
Wiled that Htate depoiterlvs be limited in
number: that State funds, divided into two
classes, as at present, active and inactive,
be placed only in selected hanks and trust
companies which offered te the State, accom
panied by sufficient bend, the highest rate
of interest en deposits
These latest revelations cenrernlng cendi
tlens in the Stnte Treasurer's office and the
examination Is net nearly concluded de
mand the enactment of the Lewis law or a
similar statute by the coming Legislature of
1023.
It required weary years of effort, supple
niented by nn awakened and outraged public
sentiment, te secure the pasage of the pres
ent law ((impelling banks and trust com
panies acting as depositories te pay interest
en State fund'
Fer half u century the State Treasury of
Pennsylvania hns been the breeding place of
scnndul. It ha spawned n breed of evils
in which blasted reputations and even suicide
hnvH played a luiibplcueiiH part. It is noto
rious that Quay's dominance of the Repub
lican Party in the Commonwealth was main
tained for years solely by his manipulation of
State Treasury funds.
The present disclosures and whatever el-e
may fellow are sufficient reasons why the
decent element in the Republican Party
should demand that the neit Legislature by
I the enactment of 11 Lewis bill or some simi
lar luvv 11111 1111 1 iiu 10 -iiiui juuii'veierii cenul-
tlens for all time.
ACRES OF DIAMONDS
JOHN II. PATTERSON, who died en a
train while en the way te Atlantic City,
differed from many ether successful Amer
icans in that he wen hU success in the snuie
part of the country in which he was born.
his father lived en a farm near Dayrbn,
O., where the hey was born. The son
worked In his father's saw and erlst mill
until he went te college. When he was
graduated from Dartmouth he went back te
Dayton nnd was occupied with one thing
and another until he became interested- in
,the development of the cash register. Be
business there, with agencies tin all parts
of the country.
When he began Dayton wni n small city,
and it still has less than 100,000 popula
tion. But Mr. Patterson evidently decided
that it was as geed n place as any for his
business. There were ns ninny acres of
diamonds, ns Dr. Cenwcll would say, In the
Dayton backyards as there were In the
backyards of any ether community. Any
man who knew diamonds could find them
If he persisted in his search.
Of course, Mr. Patterson was net unique.
There are nntlve citizens in every con
siderable city who have wen fortune In the
town in which they were born. But there
nre mere successful men in the big cities
who have migrated from less favernbic sur
roundings te surroundings that were mere
favorable te their business. Sometimes the
Inciting enue was the possibility of doing
business mere cheaply in the city te which
they transferred their activities. Then
again, the opportunities for a young man
have always seemed mere brilliant in n
large community than In a small one, nnd
this is why the rurnl communities nre
drained of their alert young men te the
advantage of the cities. This is also why
the cities grew nnd why se many rural
towns stagnate. But new nnd then there
is a man like Mr. Patterson, who stays at
home and makes his own town crew along
with his own business by attracting te it
workers in his own factories,
A DARING GERMAN GAME
AS A sample of frustrated imperialist am
bitions It would be difficult te match
the Involved nnd murky tale of former Ger
man designs in the Americas, details et
which nre only Intermittently brought te
light.
The latest piecemeal contribution te a
historical subject of Intimate Interest is
furnished by Hebert Lansing, in n letter
written te Senater McCermlclc defining, ex
plaining nnd justifying the status of the
United States in Haiti.
Among ether things, the former Secretary
of Stnte for the first time makes public nn
incident from which immediate and
dramatic results might have flowed had net
the World War startllngly Intervened.
On the night of July 31, 1014, only a
few hours before the mine of world cntas cntas
trephe was sprung, the German cruiser
Karlsruhe, In the harbor of Pert-nu-Prliicc,
according te Mr. Lansing, "changed her po
sition in order te screen the movements of
her crew, and 11 number of boatloads of
German sailors, with small arms nnd ma
chine guns, left the Karlsruhe nnd pro
ceeded te the wharf, where they landed."
A few minutes later the "invnsien" was
called off and the vessel steamed away te
begin her commerce-raiding adventures.
Mr. Lansing believes that the German
Minister in Haiti, in touch with the inter
national situation, was responsible for this
veltefnce. Knowledge of the event was
withheld from the public of the United
States, as acquaintance with the facts
might seriously have compromised the
policy of neutrality which the Government
then chose te upheld.
Hut the Stnte Department did net relax
Its vigilance, some of the fruits of which
were garneied two cnrs later, when the
Virgin Islands were puichused from Den
mark at a price then deemed exceedingly
stiff.
Immediately prier te this -ale the Hamburg-American
Line had obtained! Danish
concession for n coaling ha-e at 1. Themas,
nnd preparation- for a German wireless
plant and ler an airplane lauding pi. ice
were under waj. Necessity for our control
of the Vligln group was decidedly mere vital
than haggling ever the high price which
Denmark, profiting by extrnenllnary cir
cumstances, was enabled te iix.
The -nle, which put an end te German
opportunity in the Caribbean, was nego
tiated a little mere than n year after the
treaty for the rc-e-tnblishment of order
and pregre-s In Haiti, te which certain
Senators new object and which was mani
festly nt complete variance with Teutonic
ambitions in this hemisphere. What the
Imperial Government sought in Haiti was
n coaling station at the strategically valua
ble Mele St. Nicholas and exclusive control
of the customs of the" anarchic republic.
But for the declaration of war against
Kussla en August 1 of the niestrnglc year
in world annuls the Htute Department)
would probably net havn vithhcld announce
ment of what happened in Pert-au-Prince,
and the warning of the American Govern
ment would perhaps have been ns tart as
I anything Dewey tuld te Diedrlchs nt
! Manila.
JITNEYS FOR FAIRMOUNT
WITH a new bus system just established
New Yorkers will he able te go te
almost any part of Central Peck for five
cent. If the experiment i9 successful it
will lead naturally enough te .1 demand for
n somewhat similar service for Fnlrmeunt
Park.
There are two wa.vn in which you may
see and enjoy the Park If jeu have no
motorcar. Yeu may walk or use the Park
trolley. In either case you will miss much.
That fact, however, would net justify the
use of lumbering and ugly and overloaded
sight-seeing cars en all the Fnlrmeunt
driveways. But it might inspire the Park
Commission te sanction the use 'of Park
buses properly designed and managed, and
net se heavy as te injure the reads. If
such vehicles were brightly colored they
would add te the general picture. And, of
course, they would be a comfort and a con
venience for multitudes.
THE FAIR CAN BE "DIFFERENT"
ANXIttTY lest the fair of 1020 should
suffer from lack of stimulating ideas
differentiating it from expositions of the
past denotes a lamentable poverty of imagi
nation. It is, of course, impossible te an
nounce offhand the full U-t of attractions,
but that by no means precludes the possi
bility of exploiting u profusion of original
features.
Practical progress of the exhibition pro
gram grows in n seuse by what it feeds en.
It Is n chain of development, net an imme
diate leap te finished conceptions that must
be expected.
The movement for nn educational con
ference hiunehed by the Pennsylvania Mili
tary College and the Swnrtbmeru Prepara
tory Scheel has, for instance, been promptly
expanded by the support of Acting ProveBt
Penniman, of the University of Pennsylva
nia, who admits that he has been working
for some time en plans for n world educa
tional meeting house in n great permanent
auditorium. Dr. Cenwcll, of Temple Uni
versity, seconds the interesting proposal, in
which there are inspiring possibilities.
Mere picturesque, If no mere Important,
ii the suggestion of O. Kmcrsen Brown, di
rector of the Zoological Gardens, In regard
te an exhibit of llfe-slze reproductions of
prehistoric animals. It in his idea that
they might be effectively placed in alleged
convincing attitudes along the banks et the
Schuylkill. The nlbertesaunis would be
forty feet in length a unique decoration
Indeed.
Doubtless there will be mere suggestions
of commensurate novelty as the fair
emerges from the domain of generalities into
the enlivening region of realistic details and
ubatantlal, acccuupUibauat, v
A CHEVALIER OF THE CROSS
A Circuit Rider Within Forty Mllea of
City Hall The Recerd' of Rev. Mr.
Lutz Twe 8ervlcee Missed
In Nineteen Years .-
By GEORGE NOX MeCAIN
ROUGH RIDERS, riders of the lonely
trail, riders of the long frontier, mean
ing, of course, the famous Texas Rangers,
and all the rest of that Interesting caval
cade of comrades of the saddle have been
immortalized in poetry and prose.
Zane Grey's "Riders of the Purple Sage"
is the latest contribution te this literature
in book nnd movie.
There is one class of riders, however, te
whom scant attention has been paid by fie fie
tienists and dabblers in vcrsp.
A few years nge a serial in the Saturday
Evening Pest worthily and appeallngly told
of one of these unsung heroes,
I refer te circuit riders.
Seme one somewhere In my hearing years
age referred te them ns "Christ's couriers
along the byways of civilization."
I still recall stories told ma In boyhood
of the strange adventures of a circuit-riding
great-grandfather, whose congregations
nmeng the mountains of Western Pcnnsl
vanla gathered in leg schoolhouses or in
some mountain home.
ARCHDEACON STUCK occasionally
comes down from Alaska te tell about
congregations hundreds of miles apart that
are reached by beat in summer and deg sled
in winter.
Dr. Grenfell breezes in from Labrador
every few years wUh thrilling stories of
church gatherings that are reached only by
fishing smacks or missionary launches.
All along the frontiers of the West and
the lines nre shortening every year there
arc hundreds of these soldiers of the Cress
who ride or drive from remete Tillage te
hamlet Sunday after Sunday, year after
year.
I heard a story the ether day of a circuit
rider within forty miles of. Philadelphia that
is ns unusual as Is the fact that there nre
circuit riders within that distance of the
metropolis. ,
It is a story of devotion te duty and self
sacrifice rnrcly equaled.
It only lacks the background of the wilder
ness, the mountain trail or far distances te
lift it from the prosaic te the romantic.
FROM these distant days, when the first
of the Palatinate Germans nnd these
from ether parts of Germany emigrated te
Eastern nnd Northeastern Pennsylvania they
were builders of churches.
In faith they were principally Lutheran
nnd German Reformed; nnd they were of
one tongue.
In their poverty the scattered communi
cants of each tet found It impossible te
erect separate church buildings, se they
combined te build one church te be used
jointly en alternate Sundays by each con
gregation. All through Berks County, upper Mont
gomery, portions of Bucks and wherever the
earliest German immigrants settled nre te
be" found these two-denomination edifices.
As n rule they nre of stone, beautiful
specimens of prc-Colenial architecture.
One of the finest is the fnmeus Old Gosh Gesh Gosh
enheppen Church thnt crowns n hillside
about a mile from Hendrlck's Station, in
upper Montgomery County.
FROM the beginning it has been the cus
tom for these scattered hamlets te com
bine their contributions for the support of
one minister.
Kncli community would name a sum which
it felt it, could pay annually, nnd with three
or four hamlets peeling their resources they
were enabled te secure a minister whose
time would he divided among the congre
gations. This system has prevailed for n hundred
nnd fifty jears.
Seme villages grown populous and rich
new have their own pastors. Others, satis
tied with 11 sermon twice or three times 11
month and communion at intervals, still
cling te the ancient plan.
There Is also combined with this the ele
ment of German thrift.
If n congregation gets the ministration of
n pastor only twice n month its members
contribute in proportion. It's a mighty small
proportion that some of them pay their
minister, tee.
Well-to-de men in some communities feel
they have fulfilled their duty te the cause
of the Lord when they contribute as much as
$12 a year te the Church, with $8 additional
for education, charity and missions.
Tlicy would spend that much in the up
keep of their automobile for n month, or for
a trip te the Reading or Allentown Fair.
Yet they expect te be eulogized for an hour
as philanthropic citizens and liberal' sup
porters of the cause of religion in n sermon
by their pastor preached akve their coffin
lid.
THERE is-a circuit of three churches of
. the German Reformed denomination in
Northern Montgomery County thnt has been
ridden for nearly twenty years by one de
voted mlsslener.
They are leented nt Pennsburg, Sassa
manbville and Nlantlc.
The Rev. Geerge W. Lutz is the circuit
rider who for nineteen yenrs has ministered
te theHO congregations.
In the early days he rode horseback. Later
he employed a team. In tTie Inst few years
he Ikih used an automobile.
His circuit covers a distance of nineteen
miles ever all sorts of reads,
I
N FACT, the circuit is mero nearly
tvvent.v-five miles, for when nreaehtner at
Nlnntic or Sassamunsville. accerdine te im
memorial custom, the pastor takes dinner
with n member of the congregation, who fre
quently lives three or four miles from the
cbuich.
When preaching nt Nlantle Mr. Lutz
hns dinner with 11 parishioner, then drives
te Sassamansvllle, where services are held
in the afternoon, nnd then the return
Journey is made te the parsennge in Penns
burg in the evening or at night.
Where two services a day arc held at
Nlantlc and Sassamansvllle no services are
held In Pennsburg.
The following Sunday morning and eve
ning services are held in the church at
Pennsburg.
THE remurkable feature of this circuit
rider's history is that in nineteen years
only two services have been missed by him.
Then it wab because of blizzards or snows,
which tied up the reads and blocked traffic.
Fer the rest of this period, through cold
and storm, ever reads often well-nigh im
passable, the Rev. Geerge W. Lutz has
maintained his missien: held the banner of
his Master high nbove the inconsequential
things of this world.
He has been subject te instant call any
where through thu region contiguous te his
three charges, in sickness, necldeut and dls
tress. Fer this work, at n salary possibly less
than any clergyman of the weakest congrer cengrer congrer
gatlen in Philadelphia receives, Mr. Lutz
prepared himself for years nt college and
divinity school, with such success that he
wears the .coveted key of the Phi Beta
Kappa.
During the war period he worked in a
shipyard te contribute his mite and con
tinued ids circuit-riding work without in
termission. FOR years he has been associate editor and
principal editorial writer en Town and
Country, one of the most prosperous and
ably edited newspapers In the region.
He has been a member of the faculty of
Pcrkiemen Selioel, that unusually excellent
preparatory Institution at Pennsburg.
Ite has been called upon te substitute for
teachers in the higher brunches In the public
scIioeIh. He Is 011c of the lending figures in
every public movement for the advancement
of his community. ,
Above all oIfe, though, the things that
are parnmeunt in his life are the well-known
reads, the trim farm houses and the recur
rent church services en his circuit among his
own people.
He is.tne ieeai circuit riaer or e twea.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talksy With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
FREDERICK P. GRUENBERG
On the Bureau of. Municipal Research
PUBLIC opinion is regarded as the
highest legislative authority and us the
court of last resort In n democracy. As
one means of securing n public opinion
based en facts instead of en guesses, various
bureaus of municipal research were founded
in a number of American nnd Canadian
cities, according te Frederick P. Grucnbcrg,
director of the Philadelphia Bureau of
Municipal Research.
"In the first place. It is a citizens'
ngency," said Mr. Grucnbcrg, "net a
branch of the official government. It is a
civic organization founded en the principle
that under our institutions the citizen is
ultimately responsible for the results of
government. In Philadelphia the Bureau
of Municipal Research was founded" in 1008,
incorporated in 1000, and Is governed by 11
beard of twenty-five trustees, consisting of
men nnd women representative of diverse
business nnd professional elements. This
beard employs a technical staff of specialists
in various fields te analyze and interpret
technical problems of government.
"Its work is done en a fact basis, in
co-operation with officials and citizens.
While a large part of its energies is directed
toward the solution of specific problems, the
importance of disseminating information te
citizens and of turning the spotlight of
publicity en public questions is never over
looked. At the same time the bureau has
kept absolutely free from participation of
any kind in partisan politics.
"Thcre are research bureaus of this kind
In some thirty cities, including New Yerk,
Chicago, Detroit, Clcvclnnd. Terente, San
Francisce, Rochester and ethers, and while
their programs vary in certain details, their
fundamental policies and principles are
virtually uniform.
What the Bureau Has Accomplished
"The Philadelphia bureau has been
steadily at work en various kinds of prob
lems for fourteen years, and se quiet are
its methods that its contribution te the
civic life of the community is often net
realized by even well-informed citizens.
The latest completed study of magnitude is
nn inclusive survey of the government of
Lewer Merlen Township, which is an im
portant unit in the natural mctrbpelitun
district of our city. The study was under
taken nt the request of the governlng body
of 'the township, nnd the final report was
an exhaustive picture af the administra
tion, finances, etc., of the township gov
ernment. "This document enebles the Commis
sioners te see their problem objectively nnd
as a whole. Wasting no, time en mere ad
verse criticisms, the report makes con
structive recommendations te aid the Com
missioners te improve their service, nnd
commendation for things well done is just
as freelv given as is condemnation for prac
tices which ought tn be changed.
"Going back a year or two, citizens will
recall the efforts te substitute municipal
street cleaning for the contract method new
everywhere discarded. The new City Chnrter
of 1010 had made it possible te, substitute
the better municipal method for the con
tract method, but the Charter was net
automatic. With characteristic American
faith in legislation, there wus a perceptible
let-down in civic effort once the new Char
ter was achieved, and se, the bureau found
it necessary te keep citizens stirred up en
the street-cleaning issue in order te pre
vent it dying because of public inertia. A
vigorous series et pamphlets, articles, public
addresses all predicated en careful engi
neering study was largely instrumental in
the final adoption of municipal cleaning and
waste disposal throughout the city.
"The large amount of work contributed!
by the bureau te the drafting of the newi
Charter, the preparation for the State Con
stitutional Revision Commission of its basis
for a State budget system new beginning
te bear fruit are lllustrntlve of nn impor
tant though undrumatic side of the bureau's
work. Specialized studies in pliOBes of law,
engineering, finance and personnel admin
istration, either in Ce-operation with public
officials or in the interest of citizens und
taxpayers, are always going en. And the
end sought is net primarily lower taxes or
mere money economies, but fuller, better,
mete effective public service.
By-Products
u "It Is also Important net te overlook
one or two of the incidental actlvltle nf h
bureau, One of the' roost Important' of
feUT IT WOJW STICK
tlen service, by means of which public offi
cials nnd empleyes, teachers, students, citi
zens and taxpayers secure in ever-growing
numbers dependable information en govern
mental nnd community matters. Anether
is the weekly pamphlet, 'Citizens' Busi
ness,' which has been published uninter
ruptedly each week for mere than clsjit
years.
"These pamphlets are subscribed for ty
libraries, universities and public bodies all
ever the country nnd in foreign countries
as well but their mnin function is te serve
as a civic educational force in Philadelphia.
"The question is often asked of bureau
workers, What of the bureau's future? As
a rule these men nnd women have been tee
busy doing the worth-while tasks at hand
te speculate very much In the realm of the
unknowable but In order thnt their work
may be guided by n sense of direction they
often step te think of hew their pregrnm
fits the tendencies and the needs of the
times.
"Conscious of the growing complexity of
government, they nre aware" of the increas
ing difficulty af renlizlng the great ideal of
a form of government that shall be demo
cratic nnd humnn and which shnll yet be
effective, serviceable, flexible, responsive.
Te contribute toward the realization of se
splendid an ideal is the constant inspiration)
of the bureau's staff and the central thought
of its trustees and members."
., ., , We cannot believe that
ise Alarm In the bootleggers nre 1111
Evidcnce duly agitated ever the
,. , ... , declaration of Attorney
General Alter that if he is elected Governer
he will put an end te their illegal activities.
l we m8y ill(l'lre in passing, nre the
official acts of a bootlegger that may be
classed ns ether than lllegul?
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Who was Prima Minister of England
. -during the American Revolution?
8. What la tha largest city In Southern
wiiiriii 1
8. Who was Thomlsteclos7
. What Is the literal meaning of the word
treussenu?
li. What Is a, taher?
0. When did the United States have the
ti'.Boe oeo?y t0 buy Sant0 DemlnKO for
J. -Wl'a't 'a' a granije? '
B. he la the patron saint of Spain?
. .I"'0 ,hr,' lilriUB of whales.
10, Who was Edward Whymper?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
' T1,1?ie.,!m,t?1;, n Seuln Carolinian of
Mritln Ian birth, was the ast surviving
wneral elflcer of the American lie volu velu volu
tlen In the Continental Army. H Waa
born In 1734 and died in 1832.
2. .Matthew Stanley Quay was a Tcnnsyl-
yanla politician and ownnliatlen
IVer. Hp was chairman of the Re"
publican National Hxecutlve Campaign
iTnWrilttS? .,n 1E88' a wemher of he
United States Senate from 1887 Vn
1800 and again from 1001 te l"e" n
1SJ he was brought te trial en the
chan-e of misappropriating State funds
mi . nltlieugh he was acquitted. th
eellng nmenc the icferm element of
is own party was se bitter a Jainst
him that the U'Rislature of PeHnsyl
yanla vvbb deadlocked und his reXe!
tlen postponed for two years A ste tun
nl?n,V'r,el..4fekr.!", ? State of the
8.
flght-yea-M.
two terms of Jeffersen i JQ. Adams
tinder the two terms of Menree? and
Seward, under Lincoln ami Andrew
Jehnsen. The next best reecerd vul
achieved by Hamilton Fish' who eervwl
for nearly nil of the eight years of
Grant, from 18C9 te 1877. r
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around the Bahama Islands. eS,,eclallr
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SHORT CUTS
Well, at least, no airplane has yet ma I
uuivn a iieucaiTiuu.
May a bootlegger's conscience beipetcil
01 us u eiiii, email voice 1
Life for Detective Ellis Parker li jnttl
one rageay niter anetner.
May dollars spent en straw hats Nl
ri "e eirniv ucrriesr
We presume Family Night at Oak Lml
Innl.i.l.J 11 .1.. It.ill
ui.uuiu mi ilia iiiuc acorns.
Demosthenes McGlnnis speaks of kill
u " he u raining goea car.
Germany, considering herself a ilenl
...., nun ucrscu vviiu mint sauce.
The breath of suspicion in Hanlibutil
nnnnei.a tn tin... i. n t ., n..
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rninMe.ther'8 Day in the penltentiarlei Is!
Hlkfnra C0Dy 10r "' Kl
n Pi,0,aindu ,s Plannl"B' te fortify her coast.
Pnm-d h?Ped the materials would hm
come from Genea.
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nme,w" '&" the hope that!
bv i,,r;nn"' :.T"Buy nan JU3 wi
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A'1,'5 FPW Yerk Tlmes "" te the ttnrl
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nnnf worst thntls alleged of the Gtseil
?S f-ncVs t,mt the conferees are trndml
-w wu uueut n resumption 01 trade.
nA ii.the, Dcmecrats hove te de in Stml
n.niiMi ,i'e ucs nowadays le te let lit
-.,. ..v.iu w meir ngnung rer teem.
1,. Flerjr ,t,me Gnea's ark seems about
rf.-.i'a ".LCK.?.WW eerga does 1
.. u,uu,. wuu a uipiemntic DoatneoE.
1 The right depe en the solution of tk
nroelem of the crime wave Is doubtless tiitl
me cnuie wave carries a solution of dope
The denial by Peggy Joyce that she M
n-.-n """ij uui;ii uumpsey gjvw ira
ej "u n a lime mere unneeaea pu
liclly.
iS'nJR? n BC,entist announces that tiejl
me uu.eim noirs en 11 man's head ana 7i,wi
en a woman's. And yet people talk of ml
' uuui;
Werd hns been received that n fermerl
uerman naval nttaehe in Washington
cc epretlng Bey-Ed week in Hamburg ts I
Mt0'0 UUUKUIUI.
''Prnflnntlnn M MMKaMl t ava !n. I
United .States Geological Survey. "rennWl
virtually at zero." Which would P "I
niigcuy in sere weutner.
Beverldge says nil he wants is PV
hnrmnnv PlmiDiKtA nnnl, .vun theUIB
he plays in a key all his own.
hornblewer among strings.
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Borah-Berls.nnhkmetoff nnntreversv. SH"
Demosthenes McGlnnis, Is the pleasing P'
ness of the Insistent first syllables.
We refuse te bclleve that Americ
troops will remain en the Rhine because wj
Germans want them, preferring te think WW
arc, there te finish the Jeb they etarUQ.
The man who "carried the rneswi
Cure" is nbklng from the Government
medal 4n recognition of the famous expw;
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ah it is inconceivable mat in", "vr
would glve away nny property lr!i
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