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WHY BLAME THE FAIR?
NO OTIIKIt pnrpo.ve will Le wrved by the
rcjierts mmlc te the City Counell en
the MiinH needed for public Improvements In
preparation for tlic fnir tlinn tlmt of ex
hibiting the extent of the Improvements
r which the heads of the various executive
"" departments would llhe te have made,
The total sum Involved Is $L' lil,!) 10,(115.
1S Ne one thinks for a moment that this will
a be spent within the next four years. It
,.1 cannot he spent bemuse that amount li net
available. Ne one experts that It will be
spent in anticipation of the fair or that, If
. there had been no fair plans, the Improve-
ments would have been miiiie before 101M.
, When we get down te preparation for
me great cxmoitien it win de necessary te
, tnke the matter up seriously and te decide
what is Imperative, net in preparation for
' the fair, but te keep the city In proper con
dition for its permanent Inhabitants.
1 The sums that mus-t be spent for the fair,
J exclusive of thee appropriated for work
en the grounds themselves, will be com-
paratlvely (,raall.
1 Ne one will believe that the relaying of
worn-out pavements, or the building of new
eewcrs, or the extension of the water-supply
j system, or the building of new police sta-
tlens and flreheuses can be charged up
j against the fair. All this sort of work will
j have te be done anyway.
I
t FORGETTING TROUBLE
t NE of the strangest of current phe-
," nemena is the apparent dispcltien of
I tlt.ceuntry te forget the outrageous eenfu-
aliVi of broken-down prohibition laws in
j tht presence of ether troubles that have
i crevded te the fnre In the last few weeks.
i Destite all that Ccrumlssiener Ilaynes In
J WashVngten and Director Davis in I'enn
j sylvan'a are doing and saylnj, the tacit
1 agreei?nts of an unofficial and seml
t official character under uhleh the liquor
j hubiness 1 being revived have a leek of
; ptrmaitMce.
I The D-ugg'.st-' AsO'-latlen met net long
age and gravely talked of the new eon
, plicatiens prented by the drug -store
apeakeany. The reprentatives of the
legltlma e dnig butin'-s talked and were
done. Am' many -mall drug .-hops con
tinue te earn their very bad repute.
Raids re.-intly organized in Atlantic City
i confirmed a pn-tty general suspicion and
showed that certain political leader' in
Atlantic County, though dry in theory, are
. " wet in practice. Shere hetelkeepers who
try te respect the dry laws are at a ter
1 rifle disadvantage. And it is beginning te
be appartnt that eme of the police in
Atlantic Clrr, like the police in ma,ny ether
places, arc quietly doing their bit te keep
Mr. Uarlcyceri alive, even when they
aren't er.giged directly in the liquor busi
ness.
REASON WINS
RAILWAY corporation. lieaied by the
Pennsylvania, in their first atta'k en
The Integrity of the Hnllrejd Laber Heard
Sbtalned in Federal District Courts an in
junction which actually prevented the beard
from exercising the right te publish the sort
of criticism upon which It must depend te
make its power felt through the medium of
public opinion.
Had the ruling of Judge Landis and Judge
Page been sustained, the beard would have
been leH than useless. Hut the rule has
i been reversed in the Circuit Court of
Appeals after it short but strenuous anion
instituted by the Government and dirtc'ed
by Solicitor General James M. Heck.
New the Railrend Laber Heard can "tell
it te the ceuntrj." Much of its lest pres
tige will be restored. And neither union
nor corporations will have the aMhu n,
keep the public in ignorance of aluss
charged against them.
IT PAYS TO BE DECENT
, XirHERE is there a philosopher who will
' VV demonstrate te a doubting age the
practical vnlue of Fimple decuicy? The task
shouldn't be a difficult one Nowadays the
, world is filled with writers who rover aerc,
. of paper every week In the effort te imply
i. or prove that lensjcsUblished heeial (en-
ventlens are outworn, irksome and gen-
erally a bore and that we should cast a
great many of them overboard if we wi-h
te be happy and secliill) progressive.
In Southern California there has been in
late years a sort of testing ground for such
theories. The movies brought a great dial
of money and no Inconsiderable number of
social free-thinkers te Les Angeles County.
Les Angeles Itself and the neighboring film
colenics became a sort of metropolis for
Bohemians. And In the courts of that
county ten women have been arraigned for
murder since the first of the war!
BANNING THE CLASSICS
JOHN SL'MNKK. of the New yr(
Society for the Suppression of Vice, bus
a stupendous task ahead of him if j,c K(1,
en as he has begun.
(j. The latest evidence of his activity is
found in an action which he has started te
suppress the sale of tl Satyrlcen" of
Petrenlus en the ground that It is net lit te
be read.
m" Petrenlus was a satirist of the time of
Nere with great literary gifts who de
'" scribed the life of his times with the frank
ncss of u Russian novelist. He has been
described us one of the first realists nnd as
the forerunner of long line of writers, in
9 eluding Lc Huge nnd Rabelais nnd Luurcnce
Bterue.
Jj If a student of literature Is net te be
permitted te buy Petrenlus, we may find the
,,ban put en Hemer and Herace and Field.
& Geerge Moere.
-ft?. Attmpta recently have been made te
V:ai "V s.
suppress the sale of the "Decameren," and
if the purists had their way no one would
be allowed te read the "Arabian Nights."
What is needed in the consideration of
this matter Is Just n little common sense re
enforced by n llttle faith In the essential
decency of men and women.
MR. HARDINQ HAS STARTED
TOWARD THE RIGHT SOLUTION
Hla Oeal Commission Would Prepare the
Way for a' Permanent Indus
trial Court
pURBIDENT HARDING'S reply te the
- urging of Governer Sprout for the np np
peintment of n commission te Inquire Inte
the situation lti the cenl Industry will
hearten nil thoe who have been hoping for
the setting up of some commission, tribunal
or what net, which would have authority te
lenrn nil the fncts nnd te point out ft wny
for the peaceable settlement of Inber dis
putes, ,
The President says that "the commission
will come In due tlme." It will net he
merely nil arbitration commission te effect
a compromise, but a commission appointed
In the Interest of the public nt large te de
nil within Its power te Insure n continuous
nnd udctpintc supply of cenl.
The announcement In the President's
reply thnt public authority is superior te
the authority of either the miners or the
opernters nnd that thf ense of the public
must be submitted te the commission Indi
cates that he has begun te think In the
right direction.
Hut why does he net appoint the com
mission nt once?
The mini for It Is Imperative. It cannot
begin Its Investigations a moment tee seen.
The sending of troops into the mining re
gions is a temporary expedient.
The soldiers cannot selve the problems in in
velved. All they can de is te maintain order
nnd protect the men who wish te work and
prevent the operators from Inviting disorder
by the employment of private armed guards
who always irritate the strikers. All par
ties arc expected te respect public authority
represented in the armed soldiers.
Hut the equities of the case cannot be
ascertained in this way. They cannot be
ascertained until the facts are known. The
operators have persistently resisted every
effort te get at the facts, acting as though
they were of no concern te any one but
themselves.
This is net n tenable position. It hns led
te most of the trouble in the coal regions.
It hns aroused the Indignation of the con
sumers of -enl when these consumers, de
spairing et anything better, have net looked
en it with cynical Indifference.
The only way the facts and all the facts
can be ascertained Is through a thorough
and impartial investigation by a commission
composed exclusively of representatives of
the public with authority, legal or mernl, te
compel the disclosure of the truth.
Such a commission could carry en Its
Inquiry while the country is waiting for the
settlement of the wage dispute. Its findings
would provide the datu en which the price
of cenl could be computed.
The wage question is the issue of least
importance.
The methods of marketing coal, the selling
agency corporations, the privileged buyers,
the priority orders, the royalties, the rela
tions of the operators te the railroads and
the relation of freight rates te prices are nil
tegther of much greater moment than the
wuses paid te the miners.
Hut tl.e eperatnis have devoted them-sehe-
fur wars te an effort te create the
Impression that the question of wages was
the vltul Issue. They have been saying that
if they paid the miners an inert use of five
cents un hour the price of coal would b"
se high as te become a burden te the public.
The time has come for destroying this fallacy
and for getting nt all the facts.
The President professes te desire te find
a way te avoid disputes between the miners
anil the operators in the future. He ci.n
de It if he will nppeint the right kind of a
commission composed of men in whom the
public hns confidence, men who cannot be
suspect! d of playing the same of either the
operators or the miners, the groups whose
joint Interests have always been antagonistic
te these of the public.
While such a commission will be able te
find a waj out for the coal Industry, it
cannot bring about peaie In ether Industries.
That i an mme nnlj through the creation of
nn industrial court. Such a court cannot
be established in time te bundle the present
emergency , but the framing of the nece.ss-.iry
legislation can begin.
Senater Rernh's decision as chairman te
report from the Committee en Lducctlim
and Laber the Ken.ieu Industrial Court Hill
comes oppei timely. The publli Is ready for
something of that kind, but It is doubtful
whether the Keiijen bill gees far enough.
It provides for a enrt without authority
te enforce its decrees. This is the fatal
defect in the law creuting the Railroad
Laber Heard.
Otherwise the bill Is meritorious. It does
net Interfere In nn wnv whntever with the
right of men te organize. It n-'sert.s their
right te bargain cellccthelj through their
representatives. It also asserts the right of
n man te work, whether he belongs te n
union or net. And it lays rlewn the rule
that labor, whether skilled or unskilled is
entitled te n living wnge.
The bill will net be passid. If it is pnsed
nt nil, without some Important amendments.
Hut Its lonsideratlen at all will bring the
day nearer when we shall haw an accepted
Industrial cede framed for the purpose of
the orderly settlement of disputes between
omple.wrs nnd cinplews and an Industrial
court with autheilly te compel obedience te
Its decrees.
Then the law of quit will prevull In the
llltcre-t of the whole public'. Then no
groups of werl.inginen or empliAjers will
have it la their power te tie up anj essen
tiiil industry, and the enormous sums wasted
annually in strikes will be saved te the
werkeis .uid peine and security will reign.
PAX AMERICANA
"XT') DIFFKRENCi: in Latin America Is
IN incapable of solution." This is Sec
rotary Hughes' expressed interpretation of
the brilliant victory for arbitration signal
ized by the ratification by the plenipo
tentiaries of Chile and Peru of the Tncna
Aricn agreement.
The protocol, which Is the form this
really memorable convention takes, names
the President of the I'nlti-d States as arbi
trator. Frem what has thus far been an
nounced cciiKernlng the details of the
arrangement, It is probable tbut the offices
of the American Chief Kxecutlve will net
be required unless the Chilean-Peruvian
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apparatus for handling the controversy
breaks down. The Government of the
United States will thus presumably rerve
as a safely valve In the event of threatened
deadlocks In working out the plan.
Mr. Hughes' optimistic summary of In
ternational relations In Seuth and Central
America Is net hyperbole! There has been
no major war between hny of the various
Latin-American States since the Treaty of
Ancen ended the physical strife between
Chile nnd Peru In 188.1. It is the variant
readings of thnt pact which have generated
war clouds for considerably mere than a
generation.
With their disappearance, new acclaimed
by the Heerctnry of State, who has been se
conspicuous In bringing about clear skies,
there In net, indeed, n single critically se
rious Ipstie menacing the Lntln-Amcrlcnn
pence.
The spirit et revolution In the tropical
republics Is unmistakably subsiding. Inter
national rivalries In the southern half of
the continent arc healthily kecn, but In no
sense ominously bellicose.
The Peru -Chile conflict nnd that rcmnrk rcmnrk
nble nnd devnstnltng war in which Paraguay
virtually committed national suicide in n
mad nttempt te overmaster Itrnall, Uruguay
and Argentina nre tragic but happily fading
memories in n portion of thn glebo, which,
for all Its missteps en the rend te true
democracy and orderly government under
hnndlcnps often misconceived abroad, hflB
been much less subject te worfnre en the
se-called "grand" scale thnn cither the
United States or the turbulent Continent of
Europe.
WILLIAM AND HENRY
IT WAS Inevitable that when the mind of
Kansas turned te the labor troubles of
the moment the cold rigidity of technical
dtscourse would be relieved by warmer and
mero diverting argument inspired net by
statistics but by uncommon sense. Doesn't
William Allen White still bide in Emperia
as the voice of the Stnte's own heart? And
isn't Henry Allen, William's friend, the
Governer? These who really knew their
America waP-sJ. long te bear from William
and Henry, knowing thnt when cither took
his pen In hand we should hear, through
the racket of standpatters nnd agitators,
the authentic Middle Westerner who pre
serves conceptions of Americanism that
haven't been degraded by any of the intel
lectual maladies new current In the East.
William spoke out and Henry spoke out,
and as n consequence Henry has authorized
a warrant for Willinm's arrest 1 Were
there ever stranger times than these?
It was Governer Henry Allen who estab
lished or caused te be established the In
dustrial Court of Knnsus. William, editor
of the Emperia Gazette, thought Henry's
notion rather geed. Outside of Kansas,
Henry has net ulwnys been able te make
himself plain. His Industrial Court was
Intended primarily te de Justice te workers.
It is already advocating a minimum wage
higher than is paid in most of the unorgan
ized industries of the State. It is opposed
te strikes.
Wllllnra looked en admiringly until the
Attorney General of Kansas, acting, as he
believed, with the authority of the law upon
which Henry established the Industrial
Court, declared that any one who expressed
sympathy for the railway shepmen during
the present strike was violating a statute.
It was then that William defied Henry nnd
the Attorney General nnd the world, nnd
put a sign in his window te declare his
belief that the shepmen were nt least fiO
per cent light in their contentions nnd thnt
they were justified in fighting for a living
wage.
New, you would suppose that Kansas
would thrill and jubilate. Here was n
fight with right upon both sides. Hut
Kansas didn't applaud. It was shocked.
Henry and William fighting! Yet we, for
ourselves, would like nothing better than
te fen and hear William and Henry fight
ever the Issues involved in the present eco
nomic tumult. Fer, between them, they
would shed mere real light en the moral
factors of the case than n hundred lawyers
talking in unison for a year.
"This," said William of the order issued,
by the Attorney General, "Is an infamous'
lnlatien of the principle of free speech. I
for one would be ashamed net te ignore it!"
"If William wants te go feeling," said
Governer Henry, "we shall have te de
something about it. Arrest him!"
Meanwhile, of course, both Henry nnd
William are right in their essential claims.
They are righter than nny ether two men
who haw yet taken part in the general
uproar of the strike debate. Henry is con
vinced in his soul that strikes nre wasteful
and harmful te everybody, and most in
jurious in the final analysis te peeple who
work for wages. He believes that, in the
Interest of all America, the industrial war
ought te end new and forever. He wants
te seu living wages paid in Industry nnd he Is
willing te compel employers te pay thorn If
he cnn. "Se far." says William, "se geed.
Hut free speech Is the one indispensable
thing in the United Suites. I'll say and
print what I believe though the heavens
fall." Having said thnt, William closed
with one of the wisest utterances ever heard,
even in Kansas. "Free speech is most
valuable and nin-t necessary," he concluded,
"when It is the sort that Is in danger of
suppression !''
William, we believe, is even n little wiser
than Henry. Fer, while Henry has been
lighting en the side of pure reason, Wil
liam is conseeiuted passionately te a moral
principle that Is at the very foundation of
the American philosophy of government.
Representatives of the Industrial Court
sny that William and Henry nre both wieng
and that there is nothing in the lnw te
limit free Fpecch or te, authorize any one's
nrrest for the free expression of any opin
ion. Hut William nnd Henry ere net
wrong. The wrong one proves te be the
Attorney General of Kansas, who happens
te be a politician about te run for another
otfice and, therefore, In search of campaign
stuff.
EXIT AT THE HAGUE
THL warning with which The Hague con
ference finally and officially closed Its
futile sessions constitutes in itself nn ex
planation of the failure. The non-Russian
Commission adopted a resolution pledging
ewry participating Power te use Its In
fluence in prevent Its nationals from accept
ing Russian concessions involving property
fermerlj owned by foreigners.
This Injunction clearly rei'tignl.es the ap
petite of foreign concession hunters for the
employment of their capital in Russia.
Wlille the conference produced nothing but
deadlock, side eleals conducted by during ex ex ex
plottatlenlsts covetous of oil or mining
rights or manufacturing privileges were
breezily numerous.
Individuals nnd corporations with n tnste
for gambling have accepted the risks ln ln
elvi'il In n possible dash of their interests
with the principles of communism cherished
In Moscow;
Ah the trading thrived, the necessity for
the renunciation by the Soviets of the Marx
ian repudlatlon-ef-prlvate-propcrty doc
trine perceptibly diminished.
Nationals, who in advance hnve dis
countenanced the official warning of the
conferees, are, of course, taking a long
chance. Se are the Soviets. Honors, if
the term be permissible in this connection,
are about even.
sfflBtH
SHORT CVTS
Senater Ledge Joins Republican revolt
and helps defeat 119 per cent duty en cetten
glevesi
Dritcii Itf tht ttrift ifren
Frem ih pathi a fentte,
Leiae i th the neMtrnui,
litre a houdv-det
Justice, happily. Is net yet a snowbird,
The Federal mailed fist still holds aa
wire branch.
Mella Is as geed a sport we eace
thought Susanna,
p)d Fesr-ef-Hepriials Is a great booster
of high tariff schedules.
. "Net the biggest, but the best," sheuhJ
he the motto et the Fair;
Lltvlneff, the Allies have discovered, Is
a Maxim that needs teaching.
Agreement in the rati strike may be In
sight, but se is the North Star.
Senater Ransdcll varied the procedure
by twisting the Hrltlsh lien's sail.
Cavalry and machine gun troops are
new In a sense sappers and miners.
We'll all be interested in the coal atrlke
when we go te buy our winter's coal.
What the Society for the Suppression
of Vice appears te need is a geed dictionary.
Old King Ceal may be shy hla pipe and
glass, but there's n let of fiddling going en.
. It is asserted that a re-
Incidental cent ruling of the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals
has put teeth Inte future decisions of the
Railroad Lnber Heard, but as rumor says
It will be ignored by the parties concerned,
it may be that a little gum-strcngthenlug is
the net result.
It wasn't a hand Sennte Republicans
gave the Finance Committee glove tariff,
but a fist.
Seven golf 'balls were found in the
stomach of n California ostrich.' The nine
teenth hole.
In the drama of "The Forty Bootleg
gers" "Open Scsnmc" is equivalent te
"Open Barley."
Debs appears te be doing considerable
te queer the chences of political prisoners
seeking amnesty.
Hopewell, N. J., has Btarted in te
purify its bungalow colony. Putting the
bung In bungalow as it were.
There seems te be growing belief thnt
one who suggests blanket amnesty nt this
tlme Is three sheets in the wind.
Is insistence that William R. Nichelson
is the missing link In the dope Inquiry due
te intention te make a monkey of him?
Germnny hns accepted financial control
by the Allies during the moratorium. It Is
amazing what one can de wiicn one must.
Senater Geeding, of Idaho, would like
te see a tariff wall "clear around the
country." Regular hermit crab, Isn't he?
When Mrs. .Tulln Callahan, of Chicago,
decided te be n French dressmaker and
changed her nnme te Fill, her husband, a
bricklayer, sued for divorce.
t Oh, Miitreaa Julia Callahan,
Yeu grieve ut. Yet you de,
O, Jule, hew can a icerkingman
Stand such a thing from jeuf
He'd let you stitch, if you'd a mind,
Ana never, never grumble.
With gratitude he'd catch your mood.
II a t Fifi.' Fir! Jlc'd fumble !
The killing of nn umpire in Missouri
draws attention te the fact thnt what the
baseball fan most needs is a little self-control.
Though it hns Rent a consignment of
troe-ripened apricots te the President, Cali
fornia continues te keep its peaches en the
beaches.
If Southern farmers plant peanuts In
stead of cotton we may leek for u delegation
of 'bell weevils in Washington pleading for
protection.
...- .vuiii.- i America are net in n
mood te be driven or coerced, says Mr
Gempcrs. The trouble Is he knows It with
out realizing it.
Correspondent Insists thnt Lenine haB
fcecn poisoned. Hut one who se assiduously
swallowed his own nostrums should have
been poison-proof.
It seems foolish te prolong n strike
where eventual compromise Is Inevitable and
where a semblance of victory may be mere
costly than defeat.
Blessed be the man, said
hnnche Pnnza, who first
invented sleep, nnd the
Bern Night
Watchmen
i . n,l'"'s tllrns "C two in
dersements. After the polle-e of Biddeford,
Me., had searched feir hours for n young man
whose clothes were found en the beach, word
came that he had been found by a fisher
man five miles out nt sea asleep in his canoe.
When nn Atlantic City train, which
had traveled through the darkness at seventy
miles nn hour, urrlved nt Bread Street Sta
tion n seventeen-yenr-eld boy was found
fast asleep en the cow catcher.
Fer be It from me te criticize our law
makers, said Mrs. Arabella Mixing, but
whatever the duty en cotton underwear, t
Is bound te shrink.
i. JI" ul;. N' ,TV Cbnn'bfr of Commerce
tTihiJ ;T u " "'YK"n oeost the town,
It will be the booster's task te nreve Pnnl'j
te prove Paul's
ourre is no donkey.
i , ,Sunb"yi p-. wen nfter two or three
drinks of home brew stirred the stuff nnel
(brought up n dead cat. Mete kick there
than In wblte mule.
Chicago hns two secretary vultures who
will eat nothing but snakes. Strange? con cen
sl.lerlng that they could never have been
brought up en the bottle. n
The Brooklyn candidate for Congress
who sued his liindlndy cbecnuse she removed
his doorbell perhaps thought it would men
extra work for the knocker.
Cumberland, Mel., Is this year's first
elnimnnt te the story of the soused rooster
The; dear old yarn Is brought up te dute
with the police hunting for stills.
t
At the Zoe
A duck-billed platypus U leafing f the
Drenx:
Like a puns she p'ramulatcs and like a noose
she honks;
Dines en angle worms and shrimps; catchci
'cm tcith skill;
Fere and after every meal presents her little
bill;
lays an cog and hatches it in line with
(indent plans;
Feeds the babe en vwthcr'i milk that never
comes in cans;
Cemes from far Australia te startle all our
eyes.
Who arc we that ice AemW o'er monopolize
surpriset
Ten te one the platypus with mien sedate
serene,
Thinks we are the queerest thingt that sht
hoi ever seen. G. A.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
L. C. VANNAN
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On the Government and the Disabled
Veteran
THE extent te which the Government of
the United States is assisting the dis
abled veterans of the late war is net gen
erally known te the citizens of the country,
says L. C. Vnnnnn, manager of the United
States Veterans' Bureau of District Ne. .'I,
which Includes Pennsylvania and Delaware.
"The bureau in this district,"' said Mr.
Vnnnnn, "is spending every month the sum
of ?.'1,000,000, and we have new en the list
about 77,000 cases which are active nnd
many ethers have b;en closed; that is, nil
the service which can be rendered has been
given te the men, who have been rehabili
tated either physically or economically and
placed in positions where their especial tal
ents or abilities will prove of the most value
te themselves and te their employers.
"The Third District (Pennsylvania nnel
Delaware) Is carrying nbeut one-tenth of
the entire governmental service te the dis
abled soldiers, and It Is the third largest
district In the country in point of expendi
ture nnd in the number of ex-seldlcrs under
care. The Government clenrly realizes its
responsibilities toward these who suffcreel
In any manner by reason of war service, and
it Is e'lelng its utmost for them.
The District Lecal Offices
"Perhaps the most important of the ac
tivities of the bureau are these of rehabili
tation und the meillcul service which Is
rendered te the former soldiers. Ihe first
of these deals with the nctuel training of
the men nnel the putting of them Inte per
manent employment ufter the period of
training bus been finished. Our office here
is a district office, although the office of thu
Philadelphia branch, which Includes Phila
delphia, Chester, Delaware. Bucks and
Montgomery Counties, is located in our
building. . , ,. . . .
"The ether lecnl offices in our district nre
located' at Wilmington, which covers the
State of Delaware, nnd nt Pittsburgh, Lrie,
Johnstown. Wllllnmspert. Seranten, Allen
town und Hnrrlsburg, In Pennsylvania. The
actual work of treatment Is done ut these
offices, ours, ns I hnve said, being the su
pervising office for both States.
"When this work was first thought of
nnel in the early stages of its development,
the men at Washington who had It In mind
remembered the pension system which wns
the outcome of the Civil War und the fail
ures and disadvantages of that system.
These men began te work out a plan by
which these disadvantages might be avoided
nnd by which the Government might make
ns full and adequate return te the ex-sel-dlcrs
ns possible for what they had done for
their ceuptry In its hour of need. It was
then decided that the best mnnner in which
this ceuhl be done was te fit them for some
congenial permanent employment in which
their natural capacities and experiences
might be taken advantage of te the fullest
extent. The result was this plan of rehabili
tation, both physical and economic.
The Scheme of Compensation
"This schemn of compensation, It wiir felt,
hns net the evIIr of the old pension system.
It prepnrcs a man thoroughly for the work
which he is able te de nnd then finds thnt
work for him. The former system gave him
n sum of money ever se often and then paid
no further attention te him, and it cnn
scarcely be argued that the new plan hns
net mnny advantages ever the old one.
"The new scheme endenvers te compen
sate it man for the degree of physical injury
which he hns suffered, or nny disability
which hns been aggravated by reason of his
mllltnry service, nnd this compensation is
bused en thu average num. This fcuture Is
Important, for It explains why a mini may
Imvn lest his earning capacity by reason
of mllltnry service nnd yet net get as much
money from the Government ns he might
have been nble te earn were his earning
capacity unimpaired.
"With this In mind, the scheme of voca
tional rehabilitation wns brought about. A
commission went te Canada te study the
English plan of rohnbllltntlen, nnd before
long the Smith -Seurs act wns punned by
Congress authorizing vocational rehabillta-
Training the Fermer Soldier
"By .vlrtue of this act we are enabled te
give tne men vocntlenul training along wma
line in which their physical disability will
Interfere aa little as possible with their
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.WHAT THE EYE SEES NOT
enrning capacity. In most of the cases I
might sny that it does net Interfere at nil,
se carefully is thnt disability estimated and
taken into consideration for the work for
which they nre being fitted.
"I might nlse say that the general public
has n mistaken Idea ns te what rehabilita
tion means. The general impression is that
It is te raise the educational standard of
the country. This is net the case. Rehabili
tation simply menus thnt we nre trying te
restore the earning capacity of the individ
ual ex-soldier which he lest totally or In
some degree through his military service. If
we can improve the enrning capacity of the
man nt the same tlme we de se und nre
very glad that this is possible, but the end
for which we strive is te return the mnn te
his former stntus. As n mutter of fact, the
cases of nn improved enrning capacity arc
numerous.
Disability Percentages
"The physical disabilities of the men nre
reckoned In percentages which are de
termined by competent nnd conscientious
physicians. Thus n mnn who hns suffered n
10 per cent disability or less will receive $8
n month, nnd a man who has u W) per cent
disability will receive $r.0 n month. The
tempernry disability that is. something
which we nre ccrtitiu cnn be cured or re re
eovedis based en payments of ?S0 a
month, nnel permanent disability is based
upon !100 n month.
"The men are paid while thay arc taking
the vocational training, nnd we new have
about 11,000 of these In the training schools
nnd henee en the payroll, The average
amount which these men receive Is about
$!-" u month. In the country sections of
the district the compensation while In train
ing is based upon $80 a month, und In the
cities where the cost of living Is higher it
.'.I,.,?.?0 n "th. There nre new about
.'2,000 men in the district who nre receiving
from $8 te $100 n month outside of the ve-
TM'um1 t,r'li',lnf- .J" i-Hee f permanent
disability it is possible for the man te re
eclve as high us $lu7..ri0 n month if he has
his Insurance.
Insurance and Compensation
"There is n difference Iwtween compensa
tion nnd insurance. The Insurance has been
bought and paid for by the man himself
there. Is nothing giver, here and In this ense
the holder of the policy does net get nnv
thing unless he is totally disabled or until
he dies, just aB in the case of any ether
Insurnnce policy.
"Hut the compensation is given by the
Government. The man receiving it d,i et
pay anything for it. nnd It Is Intendee
simply te compensate ,m for injuries re
ceiveei or aggravated while In the seni'ee of
the Government.
"If u man bus suffered n 20 per cent ells,
ability, he Is compensated for that 20 ner
cent less in his enrning cnpncltv On ti.l
ether hand, if he hud n disability net suffl
clent te bar him from the nr n wl,en ft
entered the service, say 10 per cen , and
thnt 10 per cent wns increased te ''6 ner
cent through service, he is ceninensari.ri V,
the 10 per cent increase. Thi h ffi !?1
Government Is doing the utmost for te men
the Interests of the taxpayers are nlse nre '
tcctcd. In nil cases th, prontest pessP bfe
euro is used in order thnt absolute fair, ess
bhnll be shown. "iss
"We- hnve Indlvlelunl contracts with the
various hospitals and with the schools" he
raining Is given. Our object Is thoroughly
te prepnre every man for the job whIM. i,
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HOPING
TT SEEMS desire and wishes
-Grew se fast
There is no power
Cnn grant them nil nt lust.
Success but brings desire
Fer mero success,
Geed fortune culls for mere
And happiness. '
Is ever juBt ahead
Upen the way.
Shrined ill the glory
Of a coming day.
This thought our shield
Against rebuff and sorrow,
Ne matter what today,
We have tomorrow,
-Abigail W. Cressen, In N. Y. Herald,
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What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. What tropic line is crossed In patting
from Key West te Havana?
2. Name two long narrative poems by
Shakespeare. ,
3. What Is an endemic disease? ,'
4. Who waa Hyperion in classical mythel. ,
egy?
6. Hew Is the name Ceekburn pronounced
In England?
C. Hew old was Cleopatra at the time et
her affair with Marc Antony?
7. Name three commanders en the British
slde In the American Revolution?
8. when was ceffee Introduced Inte Europe?
8. Te whlcn American State Is allotted the
greatest number of presidential elec
toral votes?
10. What Is feldspar?
Answers te Yesterday's Qulr
1. Halcyen days were the fourteen dsyi
nbcut the winter solstice. The halcyon
wns (i bird fabled by the ancients te
breed in a floating nest en the sta
and te charm winds and waves at thu
winter solstice. In modern zoology,
the Australasian kingfisher Is a hal
cyon. 2. Hubert Werk is the present Postmaster
General of the United States.
3. Mexico and Brazil nre two American
countries which have been empires, th
former under Iturblde and Maximilian
and the latter under the Portuguese
''no e' Emperors which ended In Dera
Pedre II.
4. A harbinger Is one who announces aa-
ether s approach j a forerunner.
5. Ment Blanc Is between 16,000 and 16.00ft
feet above sea level.
0. Brand Whitlock was United States Min
ister te Belgium during the World
nr.
7. An "ex llbris" is a book plate, se cal!4
rrem the custom of printing or en
graving upon It the Iatln words, "
Ibrls' (from the books) of , fol
io well by the ewner's name.
8. Gresgraln Is a corded silk of light luster.
9. Impasto In painting Is the application of
thick nnd opaque oil color te a canvss
te give rollef, force and solidity te the
ebjects represented and strength te ths
luminous parts.
10. "The paths of glory lead but te ths
Kraye" Is a line from Gray's "Elegy,
written In a Country Churchyard."
A Rondeau Romantic
AT NOON beneath the greenwood tree
. , p',n, PlnPl n wondrous melody,
And I.che, lingering In the shade,
Repeated it. Acress the glade
lhcre came a golden-coated bee
(A Prince he was, 'twixt you and me,
In some old Persian dynasty)
Enchanted by the tune Pan played
At neon.
He found a rose beneath the tree,
where sun wove golden filigree,
And ns In ages past a maid
Had wen hlB heart, se new he stayed,
hnchnlncd by love's sweet ecstasy. '
At neon.
Whltelnw Saunders In the N. Y. TJinM.
Today's Anniversaries
1?? Jehn Gibsen, secretary te Governer
uillinm Henry Harrison, arrived at Vlo Vle
cenncs nnd proceeded te set up a government
for Indiana Territory.
1837The first vessel sailed from Detroit
direct for Liverpool. .
1804 General .Tnmes B. McPhcrsen died
from wounds received In the fighting netr
Atlanta. Bern nt Sandusky, O., Nevinb
I860 Albany, N. Y., celebrated the 200th
anniversary of the granting of its charter.
100.'! General Cusslus M. Clay, famous
feldier and diplomatist, died at Whitehall,
Ky. Hern lit Madisen Ceuuty, Kentucky,
October 10, 1810.
t 1010 James Whltcemb Riley, the
"Hoesler Peot," dled at Indianapolis. Hern
at Greenfield, Ind In 1853.
1010 British .Heuso of Commens ratified
the German Treaty and the Angle-French
pact.
Today's Birthdays
Duke of Somerset, one of the wealthiest
members of the British peerage, born seventy-six
years age,
Themas E. Wilsen, who rese from a
clerkship te he one of the great leaders In
the Chicago packing Industry, born ut Lon Len Lon
eon, Out,, fifty-four yours age.
Bishop Jehn C. Kllge, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Seuth, born nt Laurens,
S. (' slxty-one yenrii age, j
Jeseph L. Bristow, former United St-J
fiennter from Kansns.bern In Wo'.fe County.
Kentucky, sixty-one yeurs age. '
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