raEFS3 rasn?2TOWTO insi v.wmv Ofsr; !''1 , "1 'WS!1 f 1 - iT "TV J2MK Wffi ? V'. Xj V . i t. ' Wl V 'I J " -' "JY -ifc M ,'tjr,TIt7"' J i "V(S i vm. 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922 WW e4 fr m lirtl w S' h3.V :v KBlti M m& U Bi. HP I'll! . '1 : ; n'iu Ife "VJtt inning public Wegec EpJPUHLIC LEDGER COMPANY S'l-- crnua if. k. cuiitis. Pnt.xtr.T m C. Mnrtln. Vlre Irililrnt and TnmMirer: tl A. Tiler, (VcriMftri r Cluvrlcii II. I.uillnij- Ptilllp 8. Cnlllna. Jehn n. Wllllm. Jehn J. WMltli n.nrff 1. flnl.Umlth. TVili1 II Hmltev. rl rectors. AVID B SMILEY ,. ...TMIter JOHN C. MAnTIN....Omral rtulniia Manicer Published daily nt Pediie I.tsnits Uulldlnij Imlctiendenca Satinr. I'lilla.dt.lnhlA. ATIANTIC ClTT PrrM-f'nlen Tl'illillnc T iKiw YenK HlU .teirtlen Ave Bctieit "01 ford lljIllltiK ,! '. Leuis C13 ainhf-Drmcxrnt Jltil.cllnir ? WMtCioe 1302 Tribune UulMlnn ' ntws iii;ri:ai'si K" WitlliNOTO.N Utntti, KM iL " ' -or i'ennlianla Av aim nth t srir rJ"nr Tonic nt'iucAC. .. The Him lHillillnu MUKAU tlHk i T- ... Ilia I 1,1 In ' HUJiaciUlTlu.N JblOlS . Th Ktikimi t l iii.ie I.ii-Jia is ere,1 te aw Mrlbtri In "hlte Jlphl. and urreund!nc town till rate of iwelvu (IK) centj pr week. ptjel carrier. ..Br, mall te points outside of Philadelphia In tnri United Htnten. Cum. la or I'tiltM sttutrK if if eaaleus, postatte free fifty (501 cents pr month. I (III) clellnr per veir tiaiulle .1 -ilnnoe Te all ferrtcn ineintrlen nit. (M) elnllir a ti nnth etick Pulicrllen Ishlrir acldrem cliinceil auit elv old as I im nr idilict BEU,, 1009 TTU.MT KnsTONF, MltN 1601 CAffifrr oil commiiMlen'ioin le rtflna 1'uWe Leaecr, Initevtttlnicr Ryuarr, I'ttllait'lphtii. Member of the Associated Press TiB ASSOCIATED ritUSS exelutlvi u rn tUied fe (lie iijc tar trpiiblirn(le u nil imi Upacir credited le (t or net efhrnuMe crrdllrd tnl yatr, and also the local utus ;)ti6l(l.ed tnrrein. All tla'iM e rrpiiIiKfrtiien e tprcln! dlirnfcifi jltrein ere nlin r r i n rd. rhiladilplilj. Thiiride. Jult 13. li: MOORE AND THE BELL IT Ol'CMT te lit- i.ij fin M.iMM- Mi urn te tlrclde wliPthi't or nut tin1 I.ilieilj I!'!1 N te be sliipiii'il le Cliii.itfe for caIiIMUep at sort of sluilllxl olil-lienu- M'i'k celi'lirn -tlen. The qiipstlen inrelved W whether the belt la te be teRiinleil ni an object 'if ureal na tional elgnllle:inee or nc it c unci te be toted round te mhertiSe eetnmiinii t-ttint s of one sort or another. Mr. Moete mlsht find n due te lead him from hla dllenuua If lie would trv te bor row some of the Knph.tels from the Metro politan Mn-eiim or een Mime of the most vnltmble of the Jehnsen pictures for u ttint exhibition. The Mayer h.is an enpmtunlt.v new te de mere than protect the I.lbeity Hell for the time beltiR. Ily tirinh and politely refu-ln the request from Clilcan lie can establish precedent th.it will assure the bell's s.ifetj la the future. THE FIZZLE AT THE HAGUE TIIK leperted bieakdewn of The ll.icue eenfeience is less sensational th.in the similar eellnpe nt Genea. ewinR te the comparative nbsenie of elrciiltiR and press. agcntinK in the later lenciess. At no time lime the fxpeetntient of this Tneetiiift been res It was called as a last resource in an effort te learn whether or net the Soviet Ge eminent would rece;nue the principle of private prepertj. At it.s obduracy en this question U unchanged, the aen-Ittissian nations tnturally Ime refused te consider the award of iredits without fuarantces. As befete, the problem could net be solved by debatinc the merits or demerits of the antagonistic hj stems of cemmuiii-m nnd capitalism. Faint hopes were entertained by the se-called western nations of n con cession from Moscow upon the subject of Bussian property formerly held by for eigners. The Soviets were net asked te renounce their political and tconemie philosophy as a whole, but te protect for eign cluiiiis in exchange for leans. The position of the Kussian delegates mav be characterized by the phrase "credits xlrst." Insistence en this position has in evitably produced a deadlock. 'Tills Is the external nspiet of The Hague convention. Its ether side Is the lhelj tiade in prhate concessions with uneflicial traf fickers acting en their own initiatives. It Is conceivable that the ebstinncj of tin Soviets is partly inspired by their success in this kind of commerce. Contracts with private corporations, how ever subversive of the Marxian spint, will perhaps be cjnicallj piesentcd in Moee as ubstitutes for the unprocurable govern mental ciedits. THE DOMINICAN EXIT PROI'nSSIONAI. alarmists who have made much capital of the miiltaiv occu pation of Snnte Dominge will be euilnr rassed en healing that a withdrawal pro gram has been formulated width will leave the Island repullj net enl.v lehabllltatcd but atlf-gevernlng. Details of the new arrangement ate some what complex, but the essential points are that the I'nited States will request of the Dominican people s mi tlen for the ret elver ship, especially in the pieteuUm of bend issues nnd customs tellu tlnus, in letuin - for which ninchliiery for liistnllliu a pie pio pie visienal government will be nuthnrlttd pre paratory In the Introduction of constitu tional refetms unci the ekctien of a tie jure president. When these various steps hive been taken the troops will be all shipped burnt . '1 e expedite matters, Sumim Well-, firmeilv chief of the I.atin-Aiutiitaii Iiureati of the State Depattment, will be tlispntc linl s American Commissioner te Sante Dominge, with the tank of Minister. As it will be some months hefete r, thee precesse of letenstmi lien mn be canted out, It is tee much te epeet that trltics et the Government's dilhnilt task In Snnte Dominge will be liiiiiiecliatelj silent sue h sensationalists also have persisitntlv nils. understood the tniug situations In Haiti and in Nicaragua. Interfetente of tin I'nited States n these countries anil in the Deminium Hi public was ill u sense fened upon Wmhliute i '.v financial te'.bipses of which femgu iretllters linquestlriuiibl.v would have been ta'ei te take iitlviiuiiige. It was te pnvent the institution of nnvthlng suggesting a iu relvershlp fiem abrentl that the n,u,: of military ottupatieu was adopted. The perils of nen-inteivc ntlen wen foul feul bly demonstrated some .ve.us age when s( . eral nuiepean nations, netabl.v I'mine nnd Germany, were Inclined te uupiess then bankrupt Veneiiebi with a naval tlNplu.v The mere remit lielle.v of the I'tiiteel Btatea in the ('ailbheiu has been, fust of nil, for the protection of the Menree Dee. trine, which In turn Is the saftgiinul of un- s-j-sgtable republics unable te cxtrltatc tin in Ives from crises, iinauclal anil political. 't ' ' - ff LUKUO UIU I KIML WCI8 frequently Uenienstiateil that liumer. $P X lata are, after nil, the only true prophets. Wken W. S. Gilbert In 'Ielnnthe', nre- t ' pewnded the startling idea of selecting peers J fcj competitive exnininatlen" he was sup- peftedly b'caitng cue iieiguts 01 utntasy. But the present Govern nt In Gicat f. Ttrl'taln 1h new eiideiiveriiig te compel nil jf memberH of the Heuse of Leuis, save these V of the bleed re-.nl, te stand for election, net " a .1.. ...! .ill.A.1 rMJ 1,1 1 1 til' f-ll.itt. I... ..!.... Pj me gvuviei vi.i-.wi'-, mi.v vj ti-. uieinti l''Jthe encroachment upon the tradltlenul wimlr11 p' '"''cJ1,nry ''lc,lt ,H net )(t ui- 9ftn. but it is neiiu iue ii'ch inurneti aim intly inuicative et potaiem future W. f. t resolutions airraay uijaer Usbt increase of power for is planned, previdvdVeri- I't: Slri denee of justifying the responsibility N fortliceinlng. Something slgnlllcnntly like a trial of the leids for ceniieteitce Is en the verge of being Instituted. The transition te wiltlen examinations mid the llinet test Is net extreme. IS THE DOPE GANG TOO STRONG FOR THE COURTS? The Ginsberg Case Seem3 te Indicate That Justice Can Be Frustrated by Political Influence TIMi; ineie that Is learned about the Gins- berg tiisc the' nieie sinister It nppears. Ginsberg was sentenced In April of last .venr te three j eats' imprisonment en his plea of gulltj te an Indictment t barging him with the Illegal sale nnd posspsilen of hahlt-ferinliig drugs. He was, In plain teinis, n dope peddler. The Assistant. DNtiltt Attorney piose piese fitting the t.'ise asked that the "entente be live vims and that he be (entlned In the Pastern Penitential v .ledge (Julgle), of Center Ceiintv, who was silting 111 the iiliainnl tetirt In the absence of .ledge Pat Pat teten, sent Ginsberg te the Heuse of Cor rection te be cured of the drug habit, and he later was transfened te the county jail under n three-year sentente. Three tlnjs after the bentence the As sistant Dlstrltt Attorney vviote te .fudge Quiglev announcing that he was convinced that desperate efforts would be made te secure the man's release, that l.e was closely allleil with one of the most powerful dope depe distilbutiiig intt rests in the tit.v and that these inteicsts would net hesitate te tills represent the facts in an application for a parole. The prosecuting officer asked the Judge te take no action In the case without per mitting the Commonwealth te be heard. Judge Qulgley agreed te notify the District Attorney's eihce If any application for parole were made Hut the man was released en parole by order of Judge Qulgley a few days age without the knowledge of the District At torney's office. And tliis mnn. according te the police nnd ncceidlng te the preset uting officers of the Commonwealth, is a dangerous criminal. Vew the question is. Hew was he re leased anil whj V The t)nil trails itiniylil le the Yare po pe htirat miuhinr. Jehn It K. Scott, a Varc leader nnd a few j ears age the Vare t undulate for the lieu tenant governer'hip and the chaiimanship of the State Parden Heard, is Ginsberg's lnvvjer. Mr. Scott's elliee defended him in court, and it is tintlifstoed that Mr. Scott's efiice was active in the patele pio pie leedlngs. Mr Sceit Is n criminal-law l.twjer and, of t nurse, lit has n perfect right te accept lis a client an criminal who has money enough te pa.v his fees, nnd he aKe has a right te make an t ffert le secure iclease en parole of anv ilient who has been convicted. Hut Mi, .s"cef iie I- (i politician. .Jehn M. Patterson, who until the end of June was the picsidmg Judge in one of the Common Pleas leuits, also is a Van leader. He was the Van candidate for the maor maer alt.v two and n half eus age According te Judge i.Miigley, it was Judge Patterson who askttl him last month, while he still was en the bench, te sign the elder releasing Ginsberg en pinele, and Mr. Pat terson ntlmits it. The petition for n lease was t-jgucdt bv Ginsberg's bretlitr. who kiuil that the man bail been sullicientl.v punished, that he hid been cured of the drug habit, as though it was as a ding addict that he had been sen teneed, and that lit ought te have mi oppor tunity te leluilnlltnte himself It w is en this petition, sent te him with Judge Pntteisen's request that he giant it. that the pnrelt; order was signed b.v Judge Quigle.v. After he had signed the elder he askttl Judge Pattusen te take the matter up with the District Attntnev's ellit e. Hut tin thing lintl bun done irml the Dutuct At iarniy'i efliie had licin I'lneieil. Judge Patterson s.ivs tbit be made an investigation and discovered that Ginshris was meuly a drug addict anil no' a diug dealci. Hut the police insi? that he was a dealer. Tin man himself pit mini guilty te an in dictment thirging him with selling thugs. And the Distriu Atternev'.s eihce hail warned Judge Qulgley that the men back of (linsbeig would net hesitate te misrepre sent the facts in ticking a parole! Xe cine will suspect Mi Patterson of tie hberait Iv mWicpicsiMiting the fads He deubtl'ss was dtceived ami lie iinwittinglv tie c i ivnl Judge (Jingle y. Hut when a Vine law. v or and a Vare Judge ni Usui te serine the teltasc of a man whom the point eli'suibe as a most dan dan gfietis luminal, what is an honest man te think nbtnii the iclatiens of the Van po litical machine te the pioteetieu of the VIC'lulls'' The fatts tkarly laKe the question whither theit K an umlt rgreiind tonnectlen between the dope dealers and the political llllee bine It is ibis connection which the Mnver has hi en seeking te brt.lk. He nltijil) tas siiiinl an iiiquirj into tin inlltienee vvhit.li Ineighl about the rtle.isc (,f Ginsberg, with i'ic tl i i munitien of In ding wii it eennet lien t'.tt is bttwten the dope gang and Iho p 'lie He knows that the dope gang can iii t work without the ceimivam e of dis honest policemen, just ns he knows that booth ggc rs tuiinet weik without n similar winking at their Illegal business. I. very one who believes In decency in government will hope that the Mnver may have nerve tneiigh te push the pieliu te the bottom of this nisty ulcer antl te ntlmlu isii'i the nicts-ai.v diastic nifditlni te heal the sere. It Is said theie aie sevtial untried in tllttnients against Glnsbeig Wh.v cannot the Hlltcess of the plot te ktep the man lit large be fiustrated li proseiutlen mi one or mine of tilt si iliiiges". ThU ought te be n geed way te dlsieuinge trimiuals who seek te obtain Immunity through the use of a combination of money and political in fluence. FUTURE OF MOTORTRUCKS OPKUATUHS of moterttuiks will he In teiestttl te knew that tliu llianageis of the rullleads nit beginning te ttuisitlei their vehltles as a useful adjunct in hniidllii" freight l.lisha I.ee, vitt piesident of hi I'enn. svlvunln Hiiilreiid, Ins cnllid attention In n letent stntfiiient te the mlvantiigis of the motertruck in handling lean than carload lets en slant hauls. He beenis te think thut it Is within the bounds of the possible that the time will come when the ateain rail roads will cpnflnevtnjJhw.Tre te what he calls the w heleaaleNjelght handling; that Is, handling of carload lets en long haul"; and that the retail freight handling will be t nken en te of by the mere flexible meter vehicles. He calls nt tout ion te the fact that In some of the Middle Western cities the tiucks nre used In hauling freight from one railroad terminal te another Instead of having the fi eight ears switched ever connecting tracks. The plan snves time ami expense and reduces the piessure of the terminal facilities. He even suggests that t nicks be built with detachable bodies which can be leaded with freight for u single destination, nnd that thtse bodies be leaded en freight cars ami curried en the long haul. The truck bodies would be transferred te the meter chassis nt the destination and the freight delivered nt the deer of the consignee. Whatever the outcome mny be, there are the beginnings of a plan of co-operation between the stentn railroads nnd the motor metor moter ti ticks te facilitate the handling of freight. It mny happen that the railroads themselves will begin te operate n fleet of trucks ns fee tiers. In such an event the pilwite operators would be deptlved of a pioJltuble pint of their business. HARDING'S STRIKE METHODS MH. HAHDI.XG has preserved lliieilgh nil the succeeding crises of his term In the llhlte Heuse a faith In the simple decency of people nnd n trust in the better sldc'ef their collective character and their geed In tentions that is nt once steadfast and somehow- wistful. ii0 i,nM UC(!n nillll. ,( pny ,lnt he has no Intimate knowledge of the com plicated fatteis Involved In the two big Mrlltes new carried nt last te his doers. lie piefers te believe. If we may judge bv his methods, that an intuitive sense of the approaches te the national conscience and te the tellective minds of extlted gieups can be at least as valuable at n time like this and as useful t0 th0 peacemaker ns all the technical knowledge nt the disposal of en gineers. Se, In the presence of economic disturb ances that become uglier nlmest every day, the President continues In the attitude of a patient conciliator. Mr. Itoesevelt would In all probability have had the army in prepa ration before new te protect impertnnt trains and te Insure a continuing produc tion of coal. Mr. Wilsen would have been te the Capitel weeks age witli a mcssige of challenge te Congress, the people and the unions. Mr. Harding still addresses him self te the parties in the railway and coal strikes nnd te the general public as If he hail no doubt about their common th'sice te de lL'lit and te settle their difficulties qiiickh. nnd without permitting matters te get wer-i than they art. We miv find in the end that the President's instinct lias led him in the right wav. The proclamation Issued fiem the White Heuse n a cull for pence en the railroads mav be piellininary te sterner measures and a less restrained announcement of the Gov ernment's purposes. Hut it s, ns it stands, an appeal ever the heads of nrginlr.it Ien nnd executives, t orperutlons and cliques, te the geed sense and the instinct of decency that is suppled te be semcwheie In every average man. Mail trains and tialtis en gaged in interstate commerce must net be interfered with Men have a right te weik as well as a lijht te strike. And the Gov ernment, speaking thieugh the Piesident, asks meielv ih.it tli!"i simple niles be geu erallv ebstivcel nnd lespeited. Meanwhile It Is significant that the cor poral Inns and the stilkeis nrt alike Indicted by Inft rente for their tefiisal te abide by the decisions of the Uallieatl Laber Heard the reiils bv "farnilnj out" shop work, with an appaient intention te weaken the unions, and the men by n fusing te accent a wage cut ordered by the beard. What Mr. Hard ing is tr.vlng te tin Is te fix in the minds of all people these involved In the stilke and thee v.die feel its effects eulv Indlieetlv thai the Italliead La hoi Ite.nd must be ac tepted as the finnl autheiity in thN dispute: that the sttlkers anil the toipertttloiis must go hack te it: that as the agenej of govern ment designed te ket p economic peace anil relieve the Government of the distasteful dutv of npplvliig nillitar.v force In the ecu ecu netnlt field its piestlgc and authority must be sustained new and for all time. If this Is net done we slinll slide back In a day te contusions of twcnt.v vears age. The Piesident is wise In his com It tlen tint there can be at piesent no tolerable substitute for an agent like the Italliead Laber Heard. The aimy en the one hand or futther gevernnnntal adventures in eto ete nnmle tontrel en the ether would premise little prtmnncnt geed If In this crisis of the Imirtl's expeileme its piestlge Is mnln taiii4l. the count i. will have something te be thinkful for. The need for some suth agent v Is imperative. What happen-, when the benid's facilities rie dispensed with l tlear new in all the news fiem the rnllreids, It was said in these columns whin the stiike was i ailed that the effects of the shepmen's walkout we ild net be felt for a wtek or ten tlavs. New tialns are being withdrawn. The Governer of New Jersey is about te investi Cile elmiges thrt Incompetent car Inspctteis are te blame for n letent mil wieek. Ami the ttiitniiit n's biotheiheotls are holding si. nit nit etiiiRS and objecting stienuniislj te work in co-operation with militiamen nnd oriiniatiens of special guards formed te fight the stt iking union. GERMANY OUT FOR BUSINESS AML'UICAX bu.veis are invited te visit the r -established Lelp.lg Sample Pair, which is te be held this jenr fiem August 2" te September 'J Tin- iisnl te be one of the met Impeitnnt aiinu il exhibitions in Luiepe, visited bv buviis from all count lies who wished te see what flit German mnnufni tutors wen pio pie tlutlrig. During the win n simllii fair was held bv the Pieiith In I. oils and the Plinth iimuilfactuicis get some of the busi ness which used te go te Germaiiv. On the same tla.v that the atlvei tlsement of the Leipzig fair was printed in the Amer it an nevvspnpeis a table tllspatih from Her Un announced tlmt the June Inde number for the cost of living in Geimiinv had ilsen te .'177(1. The normal index number Is 100. Visitors te Germany will have te ten-elder the lelntleiis of the test of living, which Is lelluteil In the prices of eeminnditles for silo, te the ixt'hange value of the Gciman marl.. As the cost of living has iniieastd a little iiieu than thlrt.v -seven times nnd it the lunik Is worth iu Amerlt.iu money es than one-hundredth of its face value, time is se wide a ninigln that the German liiani. un Hirers appaiently tl Ink that Ameri can bu.vers will see nn oppeitunitv for pieht. Hut whether there is nn.v pieht will de pend largely en v lint Mirt of a Tailff Hill Congress passes n.itl whether the American valuation or the fe'elgn valuation is used as the basis en which te lempiite the dutj. Astronomers at the Lewell Ohseivntery, I'lngstiift. A:lz... decluie that thev have found u Grrat Whit" Way en Mars and that It is at least IIOO.OOO iiilles sqium, Jt may be that thej have wins en Mais, tee, a nil that the pielitceis wen out the ether tve uiug with all tli ir diamonds It Is whispered In Washington that Senater Ledge has just given n wet dinner. Peihaps the Senater wished le he mie that these invited wouldn't full te attend, The Government, President Harding announces, is spending mucKmere than it Is taking lp, Wli. the Qevirnmcnt hay te csWen icHmi jvfrnn ue iu style, V OUR OLD IRONMASTERS They Were Exporting Pig Iren te England Twe Hundred Years Age. The Sprouts as Irenmakers. What Researches of Richard , Peters, Jr., 8hew Ily GKOKGi; NOX McCAIN RICHA11D PHTKHS, .IK., of the Pulaski Iren Works, whose offices arc In this city. Is nn authority en the iron industry In Pennsjlvnnln. Te his Intelligent research Is clue a vast ntneunt of Information that will prove In valuable when the intimnte history of iron making and the story of steel is told in coming j ears. Very tetently nn effort has been made te give the credit te Xevv Jersey for the first manufacture of Iren. At Hlghhridge, X. J., t.'.e Taylors started n little Iren foundry 180 years age. It was In 1742 tlmt Allen and Turner set up n foundry there and employed Ilebcrt Ta.vler te manage It. Subsequently the business passed into Tnjler's bauds and it is conducted by his dcci'tidniits of the fifth generation teduy. TT MAY tnetit wn be claimed that this establish- as n foundry. The Tayler biographers describe hew "iron ere was discovered in the rugged hills of Western New Jersey early in the eighteenth century. There wns nbundnnt timber in neighboring feicsts for charcoal. Water power wus close et hand." That Is a description of the requisites for smelting iron. If it Is intended te prove tlmt New Jersey took the fiist steps iu its manufacture, the ennlentlnii cannot be sustained according te Mr. Peters' Investigations, Prier te the beginning of the eighteenth centtiiy iron needed by the American col onies wns Imported largely from Shrepshire, England. Hefere the first quarter of the century had passed, Pcnnsjlvanln was exporting pig iien te Knglund. It wns transported te Philadelphia in wagons, where it was leaded en ships. The completion of two centuries of iron smelting in Pennsylvania has been Mr. Peters' inspiration for nssemellng n mass of historical datn en the subject. TIIH first iien works in Pennsylvania were established In the year 171C en Manntavvney Creek, near what Is new Potts town. Themis Itutter and Themas Potts in that J ear built the Peel Hloemery Ferge. The fit st blast funiate te reduce ores by tlmt method was completed by these men In 1720. They called the plant Coalbreoktlale, in honor of nu Hngllsh Qunkcr Irenmaster named Adam Darby, whose establishment bejend the seas was known by thnt name. An nddltiennl reason, perhaps, was that both Potts and Itutter were themselves Quakers, "lyrR. PHTnnS sa.vs that while this old x'-'- furnace linn long disappeared, a direct descendant of Themas nutter, the first Iron Iren master, new holds a iepensible position with n Inrge furnace plant within a few miles of vvhete his ancestor founded Penn sjlvanla's iien Indiistiy. A fact tint geneiallv known, sive perhaps te expei ts like Mr. Peleis, is tlmt William Penn himself was lnteicstet In lien inanti faetuve In Kngland nnd did net utider-csti-niate the value of lien ute deposits en Ills pieperty here. Heiijamiu Pranklln, in tne course of Ills vailed Investigations and philosophical re searches, looked Inte the making of iron. He Invented the stove bearing his name vvhiih, with modifications, is used te this tiny. GOVnitXOIt WILLIAM C. SPUOHL, Mr. Peteis points out, comes of a race of Irenmasters. The Governer himself Is engaged in that indiistrv as president of the Lebanon lien Cempnnv. His son, Captain Jack Sproul, has recently added tin fifth geneintlen by entering the mills of this cnnipanv. Governer Spietil's grent-grnnclfnther, Chirles Sproul. wns a feigew right. He sub sequent! v owned a forge himself en one of the smaller vvnter pevvets in the Schuvlklll Valley. His son James, up te his death In IS 17, conducted large feiges mul bloemerles nleng Oclornre Creek, as well as u charcoal furnace In Lancaster Ceiintv. He was one of the largest land nvvneis in Lancaster anil Chester Counties. Much of his piepetty wns feiest fiem which he made charcoal. William II. Sproul. the Governer's father, wits an official of the Chester Hulling Mill, which operated n blast furnace nt Chester. CIIHSTCn COl'XTV pieduccd the first holler plate made iu the I'nited States iu PM0. Sixty -four years before tlmt. though, in 17-lft, there wns a small rolling mill in operation in Thornbury Township, new n p.nt of Delawaie Ceiintv. In Center County teela.v me two stone stacks conducted ns were the earlier ones of a quntter of a tentury nge. The llecln Furnace nt Mllesbuig, which was built as late as lSll-l, continues te mnke chaiceal Iren with its blast engine operated b.v a water wheel. Governer Curtln's father. Ilnlnnd Curtin, built n blast fin line t in 1M7 which is new mnnnged by n great -grandson of the eilglnal builder. STL'AMnOATS en the Yuken today step nt weed ynnls nt tegular intervals in their progress up nnd down the great river for fuel. The primitive furnaces of two hundred .veins age hud also te cease weik nt times te renew their supplv of weed used ns fuel. They were operated for about nine months of the j ear. After that they wen put out of blast, ustinllv In the autumn, se the work men could cut weed ter fiiarcnnl-buining timing the winter and emly spilng. During this pound of idleness n new health was UMinlly put In place, generally hewed from solid sandstone, wThls method of epeiatlng iron furnaces centlnunl with but slight vnilatiens un til P:. Thnt venr witnessed the Intt educl Inn of the steam blowing engine as supplied for smelting purposes, Tim same mui nlse Initiated the peiled of anthracite nun making. ArAMOT'S te ist wns bem nbeut Hint If was proposed bv William bis I. v. man, an iroiinmter of I'ettsvllle, en the ofe'ispm of it blunting the successful mik ing of pig Iren with anthracite. It was: "Old Penni-vlviinla. Her sons like her soil, leugh inii'lde but selhl stuff within; plentv of coal te win in her fi lends, plenty of lien te cool her enemies. ' A tour thieugh the lien and steel dlstilctn of Allegheny Ceiintv tlisneses the curious fact that the grpiit blast furnnces of ledav nie Invnrlnbly known by names instead of numbers. The snme is true of mines and bnnks of coke evens iu the Connellsvllle region. If is a custom that dates back te the ver.v beginning of the industry. Most stacks In the middle of the Inst cent in v tarried such names as Cerdelia, Mellntla and Sail Ann, while statesmen viie honeifd like Heiuy Clay, Jiffersen, Van Hurtn, etc. IT WAS the slew-moving canal hint svsteiu of the Stnte that gave the Iren Industry Its first, pronounced Impetus. Meantime the piotluctlen of pig mn had Inci eased marvelously. While in 1730 there were but four fur paces In the State with an annual output of 1072 net tens,nt the close of the cen tury there were sixteen, furnaces with an output oivieuv tens., NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best J. PRENTICE MURPHY On Superficial Child-Caring Werk MUCH of the cliild-cnring work new being done In the United Rtntes is super ficial In chatneter. says J. Prentice Murphy, executive secretary of the Children's Hureeu. "We linve in the I'nited Stntes," said Mr. Murphy, "approximately 7000 organi zations engaged in some form of chlld-cariiig or ehild-pietecting work, including institu tions, shelters, maternity homes nnd child placing or child-protective societies. Xe one knows hew great are the total expendi tures of these organisatiens, but based upon the returns from some of :he larger States, it is conservative te s.iv that it inns into hundieds of millions of dellais a jenr. "Thev have iu care nt nil times an nvernge of nbeut 'ieO.OOO children who have been removed from their homes for a great vnnetv of causes, with ill health nnd poverty ns the predominating ones. They also care for a number tensldernbly in excess of the average of 2."(l.000 In care throughout the wh1'1; vear; the total number is certainly 100,000 'and It may go even ns high as TiOO.OOO. Geed or i:ll Quickly Dene "The length of time which these children are in care varies from da.vs te years, but the essential thing te keep in mind is that just ns much geed or evil may often be done in short periods as in long ones. Hew far, then, de these 7000 agencies, cining for this vast annual nrm of iOO.OOO chlldien, con cen tiibuie le the total of human happiness nnd te the advancement of fa mil nnd civil hap piness in their own communities? "A vvcnlthv and public-spirited citizen reeentlv gave the Inrgest S. P. C. C in the eeuntiv a detention home costing, with its endowment. $4,000,000 te $.-.,000,000. jet at the lisk of seeming Impertinence and in in tiuslen I venture the opinion thnt the sum total of nccemplishinent of the gift will be slight, for it substitutes brick and mortar equipment for a service which can be pro vided only bv unlimited living human beings of gieat intelligence. "Whv spend tfl.'iOO n year en each of l.'OO half-orphan boys and ignore the health of 200.000 school children in the public schools, Including 2000 chlldien with Incipient heart diseases, many of which will bet tune chronic? Fer these same chlldien as adults aie going te eiphiin their children. Why give S10,(,00 te found an Industiial tialnlng school in a smnll city ami neglect the ma ternal death late iu a whole State? Taking Children Frem Heme "We me told that family life Is the highest anil finest predui t of civilization, vet, (lav by dav , in the opeiatlens of public iind prlvnte elhclals dealing with children, this principle Is Ignored; chlldien me it it inevttl because of peveity. We seem net le realize as we might that even an ignorant piuent can bring rare and special abilities te the problem of his own children and that mothers nnd fatheis lit e the basic feues thieugh which the protective and cultural things of civilization seek their expression. "Society always has been pi one te seek substitutes for things which never could be made te equal the original article. The values of parenthood aie things which we need te explore. If the millions nnd mil lions new Invested Iu plant and equipment mid the millions spent in iiiiuuul imiintt. nance inuld be expended In training parents for antl kt eping tiieiii at their jobs as par ents, the lestilts achieved would he vast In toinparlsen with the icelly pueilln aiiain. nients which held for tlnve agencies tetlav. Thieugh failuru te study thu needs antl possibilities of the children t timing te them, the children's agencies lu tin private field are earing for many chlldien who, thieugh mental or phjslcal handicaps, will never vlild a letiirn teiniiiensuintu with vvliut It costs te keep them. Therefore selection is u process essential te the weik of any ef fective agency. Xe euganizulien can re ceive nnd keep all the chlldien lefeued te them for enre; nnd, If icseuices lire te be used te the best advantage, If quality of service is te count ngnlnst quantity , we must knew something nbeut these vvu help. The Fester Family "These ninny uls of stniitlnitls tell of the advantages Unit tome te flu child thieugh fester faiulliis iu contrast with institutions but these who uige the value of fester-family can constantly igueie Its application In terms of even avernge standards. 'p. deubtedly a great ileal of what is chnwit terisced as fester-family Jf0 ja peer, in different or bad. Child-placing agencies, by Jhe quality of the work which they have 'leir-, !'aye J",t,'r 1C"C11 the qucatfeulng,, tkeT'Jeubts, the Indecisions, as te whether "WHY PICK ON ME!" "s ., d r)-'-. A-r families versus institutions is really n settled question. "We have preached and taught an un truth in our statements that all through the land theie are Innumerable families of high standards leatly te leceive innumerable chil dren. Nothing could be fnrther from the titith. Onlv In se far as child-caring work is preceded bv thoughtful nnd understanding leceptien and of constant reiteration that no child Is te be taken unless there is ab solute necessity for its remevnl. can we sce adequate family fester-home resources ex isting in the community, ready for their needs. "The social standards, the physical standards and caliber of social work done, the type of person usually engaged for the job, ere below the standards which we set for geed, wholesome and neininl fnmllv life. We constantly fail te see the Inherent strength thnt lies in the family. If educa tion and health ate the foundations of family life, their lack increases the army of neglect cd ehlldien. Checking Destructive Tendencies "At n comparatively modest cost, the de structive tendencies can be checked through health and education. The child-welfare ngencles as a whole de net realize this tiutli. The work is superficial In thnt thousands of children nie taken who could be better cared for Iu their own homes. "The enormous interests concerned with the pieblem of child-caring work, en the whole. Igneic the factors of health, educa tion, lecieatlnn, of adequate vocational preparation, of mental and social hygiene nnd of the principles of true lellgien. We seek ever te find pniuiccas through the ma chinery of organization institutions, foster fester faintly homes, the Juvenile Court. All lire of little avail In the absence of a title under standing of the fncteis Involved; the fuiida mciital value of pinenthoetl, the Importance of trained parenthood, the significance of the unselfish relationship Inheient with most parental contacts, aie lest sight of com pletely by gieat gieups interested in the cure of chlldien. "The work of Juvenile Courts, Industrial schools, chililien's institutions, of child pint lug societies, touches enlv the shell of their pieblems. The quickest way te help the chlldien of a community, te pi event children becoming dependent or neglected or delinquent, is te touch these forces which hi oak down family life. The great bulk of chllil-cinlng agencies has an Infinitesimal effect upon these forces. These agencies have few communal contacts; they de net affect stnndaids of health or education, be cause they fteqiiently ignore these eleiuentul things themselves. Keep Child Willi Mether "It is better te keep a child with Its mother, even if the cnic Is less than average, than te ptovlde geed cine under fester auspices. It is better that 1000 chil dren receive geed health supervision anil tlmt their ently difficulties nie anticipated thieugh setiul weik in the public schools than that 100 be given superlatively line cine under fester auspices. The id'ea of picvontlen plays but little part In children's social weik. "Theie Is much that is net fundamental Iu lestei -family work, and thi-re is much that Is net fundamental about foster-iu-.stitutIeti.il weik. If geed social weik is dtine en tin family basis, nhii-es will be toiicetetl; If geed social work is done en t,. institutional basis, the timisiii,,,, ,,1,, faiuil cine is inevitable. We must iciill "the alluioinents te lay nnd piofcsslenal of feiiu mid figuie en Hie Institutional side Its piigeauiiv and the danger vve are Iu fr taking these as evidences of ,, solidify of bervlec which may or may net exist.-'!. Today's Anniversaries Stephen Hepkins, n Hhode Island signer of the Declaiatlen of Independence, died In Providence. Hern In Seltunte, n i March 7, 1707. ' 1702 Jean Paul Jliiiat, n louder of the I rineji revolution, iisniuMniiteil, Hein Muy " lS21-'Gene.el Niithnn H. Feriest. , de mand I tuiletleiiite toiilliieiulei, burn In Httlferil County, Tennessee. Died lu M, phis. O. teber 2!l, 1S77. ""' Ih22 The Greeks dt fouled the Tuikn.ut Till I IllOpy llle, "inn, Hi 1S7S-Clese of the Keilln Congress for the nettleineiit of the Kastein Question 1887-Meie than COOU American inihers met in Chicago te cecbrate the centennial anniversary of the' Ordinance of 1787. 104 Patrick K. 1'nniliimnu.4,.. l . WSSF ferlhet7'dw iffeTSffil SHORT CUTS A request for a moratorium by General Humidity would be granted without argu ment. About this time of year It is Impossible te extract nn ounce of pity for polar ex plorers. It is always Interesting te wonder hew anxious Germuny would be te pay, if she could pay. Are you in jail for anything less than murder.' Don't weiry. Just get enng head quarters en the wire. ,, Xe wonder the Hussiens arc reckj. 1 hey aren't bothered by strikes. Why? J-hey den t permit them. It is net se much passing resolutions n it Is keeping in step with them which Is needed In the fair crisis. The Hague conference In time of peace seems te have been about ns successful is ihe Hague tribunal In time of vvur. It is greatly te be regretted that the weather man cannot snve some of his heit an1 u "r" II Ieo,(!' "S lf we Bllbt , .'V life guards at Ocean City struck ter higher wages anil returned te work after twenty -four hours without having had their demands granted. And one of them Mid that they didn't linve (lie heart te eee girl!1. who weie leadv te take their places, drown in the cruel ocean. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 Who were the belligerents In the JlattUi or the Beyne, und when was It feucht? 1!. What nre the six largest lakes cf the American Continent? 3. Name three commanders-in-chief of the trench Army during the World War. In whnt year did President Roosevelt erect Federal machinery which put an end te a great coal strike? !. Who was Herace Walpelc? C Whcie Is the Island of Mlquclen? 7. Te what part of the vvcrld is the peanut native.' 8. What is the meaning of the abbrevia tien Mln Tien ? 0. Where Is the Merrlmac River? 10. Why nre lyotinalse potatoes be called! Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The snlnry of the Chief Justlce of the United States Is $15,000 a year. 2. The snpeilllln Is a large evergreen Seuth Anierlenn tiee. Its fruit, also called snpedllla, has a sub-ncld pulp, highly esteemed for desseit 111 the West In dies 3. The doublet was n cIee-flttlng outer body garment (fifteenth te seventeenth centiiiv) with or without sleeves and bhert sUlits. 4. The strake et a ship Is a continuous Ilea of plate or plunking en the hull fr"1' stem te stern. fi. Strnbe w in n celebrated Greek geogra pher and historian of classical tlm lie Is supposed te lune tiled abem 24 A. D. fi. Sulifiislc mm ns dusky or dull In l'u' of a tl.nk, but unproueunred eeler 7. I'mueln Parkman i a noted America lilsterlhii, (.sin-clKl1" ,clbiaieU fur W acieijiits of the !"r-n.ii nnd I no as iind tndlnn and nnslisli colonial n" In America. 5. Oolong means black tli.igen. from tlij Chines. "de, black, nnd 'lung, dragon. 9, Tiie Orkney Islands are a group nj!J of Scotland, with a total area of ' square miles nnd n pe nidatien of ' 000. The capital In Kirkwall. 10 The word epnl Is deilved from. J?: Greek "op eye. The opal his ""I considered unlucky for the aanie i re son that peacocks' eyes In a neu' vveic said te be unlucky. A peaccK feather, being full of eyes, waa "' raided as prying Inte ene's priv.w Similarly It was unluckv te Intieduet t(ie eyi-bteue or opal Inte a house The Upa and Downs Frem lliv AikiiiiHHS 'I'h iiii.'ik rat Stunt! pcuplu seeui te imagine that the "P' iind downs of life iue.ui talking yeuizm "P 4iid miming ether people down. Se It Was Called Off ; I-etia friar C'nrriHPenclent In Iho Lawrence (K,1J'? Wednesday wnH regular meeting "l''28j jthp .'FarinwsLlUiilqn,,, but pp jrtwlliif W hM beCiilwe-iSq tsnc'ciwue. ' Ja Jniirnftl.Wfirlil - Si. nfi si?M,:&Atvfv.l.Vlu r V TJ i" i .. V)"nl -liVi'A?! t, .W.'!.t, .v4 ssa: M ii iiTLMfc I. Til m
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