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REVITALIZING BROAD STREET
TO AI,I. the in-epli' wlie llc muth "(
Maiket st I pi r inirl p-pprmll.v le tlnie
he rt'MiIe in hums mljiiri-nt le Urmul
tri'0t, the di'tiii'lc iipwx "f hum inc pl.nis fur
it north -mid -south sulnwij eiisht te he
tinitilatinj; Fer Hrenil strent piilivpnetl
r it hns been In recent yenrs li the meter
lndtihtry, Mill hns mi fnUl nbpivt of iirrestcil
dpvclepment All it has ever needed was
(leme sort of transit .system Itiisse would
have been almost enough te make It bloom
w-lth light and stir with the movement of
th oert of life that is ilraun te hotels,
theatres, restnuiants and pretentious shops.
Aiayer Heyburn once said fondly that the
greatest street in Philadelphia should be
kept "clear for parades." Hut parades con
tribute little te the jev of life or te the Gen
eral welfare of the enj Because of the dis
position at City Hall te presem. ISre.nl
street for them n ijrea' deal of business de
velopment tint imniralb would luue tended
northward from the center of the i ity
meed outward toward the Si huylklll and
beyond.
The experiences of Plilliiiilplii:i!is with
modern systems of rapid Iran-it have been
e fortunate that it is a wonder that the
hesitated te prewdc financial encouragement
ler the extension of subways. West Phila
'delpliia was totally chanced by the elevated.
The Northeast will be sliutlarly changed
'with the opening of the Frankford line
The Kread street area, already built up nnd
waiting only for the lifting of the barrier
'of space that new shuts it off from the
'center of activity, will hardly be recegnisable
'te the Philadelphia!! who might return .!
year after the newest subway is opened.
BENEFACTION'S CLOSE CALL
THE decision te prolong the recreation
privileges of the League Island Hathlng
iBeach through the remainder of the siim
ISier provides a providential escape fiem
sjchat barely missed becoming a foolish cx
'klblt of red tape and mismanagement
A few weeks age the resort, the comple
tion of which had been seriously delayed by
wrangles between the city nnd the l'ark
.Commission concerning jurisdiction, was
'threatened by the announcement that, owing
ite the neglect of Council, no menev was
available for the pajment of guaids and
caretakers at the beach
That lamentable situation has new been
relieved by the eleslng of seernl public
bathhouses" for repairs Director Wnrburten
has assigned their city empleyes, prevision
for whose wages already exists, te League
Island. The closing rule, which was te h.ne
'keen enforced yesterday, has been rescinded.
The precarious conditions from which this
bathing beach suffered wer chlefl the con cen
eequenee of technical tangles and bundling,
hert -sighted methods Perlinps in another
year Council may be brought te understand
that this public improvement cannot be
operated without some financial back.ng.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL SUCCESS
THE public summer school program cur
rlefl out tins year was designed pri
marily for the general improvement of edu
cation in this city As se often the case
with enterprises ldealisfleallv cenielved, di
rect material interests are also served.
Net only have a huge number of pupils
xpres'-ed sntisfuctien with the summer svs
tern, which has repaired deficiencies in thur
achoel records and expedited their education,
but the beard Itself is a financial gainer by
the undertaking
Jeseph W Catharine, of the Heard of Ed
ucation, estimates the cost of maintaining
th schools during part of the ordinary va
cation period ut $li.".00(l This epense,
however. Is mere thuu counterbalanced bv
the SlfiO.OOO whlel. will be sined because
8000 students who hine attended Hummer
school will be enabled te skip a grade and
s a lesult will be graduated six months
ahead of the regularlv scheduled time
Naturally, the marked success of this de.
parture in the educational system fore
shadows expansion of tlm enterpilse It is
premised that there will be increased facili
ties next season, and it Is almost Inevitable
that advantage of these will be taken by in
creased numbers of scholars
WHY MARRIAGES ARE FEWER
THE picturesque but futile campaign of a
marriage-promotion organization ut
Hamtnonten, N J fellows upon cries of
alarm raised in ether Seuth Jersey towns
about the decline In the marriage rate.
nut Jersey is net the only State in which
weddings have grown fewer during the lust
two jear In this ut there has been a
constant downward movement of statistics
at the Marriage License Itureuu In lOSiO
21,587 marriage licenses were !sued. In
13U1 the iiuinber dropped te 17,h0). Ap Ap
p'Jcatlens made in the present jear at the
Marriage IJureiiu show plainlv tliat there
will be a further falling off for lid'
It U foolish te try te reud any sermon en
aecial eynlclsm into these tiguies. The de
cline of marriage statistics fellows new, as
tt always does, upon industrial or economic
depression. In every period of uncertainty
er scarce employment or abnormally high
prices weddings are delayed or, what Is
worse, postponed indefinitely. It Is in geed
times that the wedding bells ring loudest
ad most persistently.
PLAYING THE BABY IN ART
THE esthetic common sense of Germany se
admirably sustained throughout the wnr
' annarentlr breaking down under the
B'i i.V'S'B"nf tests of peace. Pretests agnlnst
siw A AM) production in Weimar of ISlzet's "Car
M. mF. ZL m-A nehuaav'a 'Pelleas et Mellsande"
'SMT'Wtlttd in tha withdrawal of these
tae repwwry e tee rsattenai
L?lKiatM m.wtmman
French art as subversive of Teutonic cul
ture. Just what Is the connection between
a "Ilnlianern" nnd a moratorium Is some
thing net yet clearly defined.
The French hnve restored Wagner fe the
stnge of the opera. Even In the I'nlted
Sillies, where the prejudices against the
monumental achievements of the great com
poser were most prolonged, the quarantine
has been lifted.
In the height of the world conflict the
lti'lllsli consistently refused te blind them them
sehes te the pieud position deservedly wen
bj Germany. In the domain of music. "Tris
tan" was sung In Londen while battles
ruged en FhindctH Fields.
It Is hardly conceivable that the Inherent
Internationalism of great art will be long
shadowed by the foolish action of the
"regisseur" of a theatre In a historic town,
forever associated with the generous genius
of Goethe,
What Is particularly absurd In the pres
ent Instance is the animosity te one com
poser who drew his inspiration fiem Spain
and te another whose chief concern was with
mi Impalpable world of his own, his dreams,
Illasct. moreover, was a confessed admirer
of Tin hard Wagner in the days when the
Inner linked full International recognition.
The banishment of "Carmen" Is among
ether things an indirect reflection upon a
Teutonic pioneer te whom modern French
nuislc ewes much of Its inspiration.
ARE RIDDLING QUIZ-MASTERS
UNEARTHING TRUE GENIUS?
Serre Reflections Upen the Fates of
"Smart" Students and the Present
Craze for Intelligence Tests
CROSSING the Llffey lllier en one of its
Dublin blidges mi a certain day in
14 1 a war which should be. but some
how is net, epochal Sir William Ilewan
Hamilton discovered quaterniens Flashed
out of a cloudless brain, just like that '
The quaternion is net te be confused with
the apterj and we shall net Imply that
these increasing numbers of adult Americans
nddlcted te the pepulnr sport of making
rupld-lire Inquisition of modern education
would hesitate for a moment te dtaw the
necessarv distinctions.
I'ntll otherwise proved, the enntempernrv
qul7-master Is an Intellectual giant. His
vnflins summoned te qualify ns psycholog
ically fit are less fortunate. Answer or
peilsh: i. in effect, the dlspnssienate man
date Heluctiince or Inability te replv en
the ball is promptly rated as evidence of
ilficient intelligence
Individuals of a doleful cast are, there
fore, profoundly troubled by the wldly cir
culated announcement that the average in
telligence of citizens of this Republic Is about
equal te that of a fourteen -year-old child.
The estimate is based upon the results of
mental tets in the army during the war
period.
Themas A Edlen has recently thickened
the gloom with his variegated broadside of
quizzes. Colleges are bombarding students
ami candidates for admission with queries
violently puncturing the legend that school
ilnjs ere the happiest. Psychology is Im
patient of skeptics and will prove jeu. adult
though jeu be, a semi -moron if jeu ques
tion its fiats it beams, en the ether hand,
upon Charles Weisberg. of the Cnlverslty of
Pennsylvania, with nil average of 01.1- In
grueling tests.
There Is nothing new in this aur.'ince of
science, especially In any branch that hap
pens te be of ncent origin Ner can the
mania for inquisitions, which is sweeping
the land, paralyze the eccentric spirit of
pregiess habitually contemptuous of rules
A pest-mortem psychoanalysis of Na Na
eoleon "ill net prove thnt he failed at
Austerhtz nor Is the well-known tact tint
Julius Cnesnr was nil epileptic with "the
fulling sickness" sufficiently powerful te
oust him permanently from his p'ace In his his
terr The past is uncontrollable and Columbus'
incapacity te recegnise n quaternion, had
the Santa Maria am hered dliectH m if lee,
I" net held seriously against him. Intelll
g"n e test devotees are looking forward
'n one i an ilghtfully deny th-m n valid
right, te Inquire diligently nnd painstakingly
.nte that most elusive of still undis" evered
regions, the innermost recessrs of the human
mind.
Tt Is allowable, none th" less, te note the
iiirvent enthusiasm for this formidable pas
time and te reflect upon the conceivable
fnts of the "wunderklnder" end their tern
peramuitnl oppesltes for whom se dirk a
future Is scientifically predicted
With no disposition te deprecate the per
formances of "smart" boys and girls nt
. hrnil, ii is permissible te wonder whether
enr'y piemle is Invariably borne out by
subsequent events.
Who remembers T II Snffenl. who once
computed the number of Imney corns in lnIO
reds and could extract tlie cube roots of
numbers nt nine anil ten figures''
Who recalls Zerah Colburn. who nt the
age of nine determined cm recti v in twenty
seconds the number of hours in lsll jesrs''
It wus Ce'burn, by the way, who be. ted
Hamilton, aged ten, before lie found these
quaterniens In n mental agility contest
Hamilton became n distinguished scientist
and ntninemer n fnt which emphasizes
the fi.llv of rl,;ld dogmatism In nnv direc
tion but ceniernlng his rtranrdlnarv ion ien ion
querer blsterv Is mute. The youthful phe
nomenon is net. of course, infallibly a de
ceptive rocket Jehn Stunrt Mill read Greek
at three, had finished Gibben by the com
pletion of his eighth year and nt twelve was
absorbing Aristotle's "Logic" in the eng
mill Mill made a considerable mark in the
world.
Se, it must be confessed, did Herbert
Spencer, a prodigy and a sdielar, almost
from baby heed
I'nqueetlennblv the formula for success
Is flexible It may he that the victors of
the Edisenlun quiz aie startling Menlo Park
with their effective brilliancy. It may be
tint the i leven-jear-eld boy who entered
Harvard (incidentally, what was his nameV)
will eventually carve his own niche In the
temple of fame. Weisberg himself, modest
and unassuming, under n volley of in
terrogations, may bear out the psychological
indersement.
It would be a magnificent thing if nil the
budding genius in the count rv, rare though
it be, could be charted, ticketed and other
wise Identified at once The Natien wnu'd
be spared much uncertainty lencernlng Its
future and funds for memorial arches for
coming heroes could be started at once.
The test craze Is obviously entertaining.
Bnt whether tha feat of rememberinr all the
eblects flubaftlaiia ecrccn or drawing'
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
geometrical figures with the dubious aid of a
mirror Is education Is something else again.
The looking glnss inevitably suggests
Alice. "What," queried the inquisitorial
Tied Queen, "is the French for Fiddle-de-dee?"
"Flddle-de-dee's net English," responded
the child.
"Who ever said It was?" retorted the
Tied Queen,
It Is beginning te leek ns If Alice might
be rejected nt some modern universities in
favor of Zerah Colburn. '
ENTER SENATOR REED
DEMOCRATIC cnmpalgn malingers put
what old-fashioned stump orators used
te call "the brand of the corporations" en
Majer Tleed before he was appointed te the
United Stntes Senate as the successor te
the late Mr. Crew. Mr. Heed actually was
and is a member of the most Influential firm
of corporation lawyers in Pittsburgh. Pre
sumably his philosophy of polities has ad
vanced with the times. He cannot be
blamed upon any ground for recognizing the
corporations as institutions necessary te the
well-being of Ihe Slate and the strength of
the country, nnd even the comfort of many
of the people who siiy the bitterest things
about them. llut the new Senater is n
young man and modern enough In mind te
hnve realized by this time that there are
degiees of power te which no corporation
prlvnlely controlled may aspire.
Thus It is felly for any cnptnln of Indus
try or any group of captains te suppose, as
some of them hnve in the past, that they
have any right te dictate political courses
or social stnndaids in the areas where they
dominate. Corpeiatlons must always re
main the servants of society and net Its
iiinters. It Is when thev have presumed te
feudal powers and te rival the Government
itself in influence that they come into con
flict with public opinion.
It is possible te recognize fully the great
potentiality of the modern Industrial cor
poration for geed without losing sight of
the fact that it should net be permitted te
exercise, even In n limited area, the powers
of local or general government. It would
be uncomplimentary te Majer Reed te as
sume that he Is net aware of this. He hns
seen a great deal of life within a few years,
nnd we venture te believe thnt his soclel
vision is net limited by the smokestacks and
the dust clouds of Pittsburgh.
A ROAD WAR LOOMS
WILL it be necessnry te appoint a com cem com
inissen te negotiate peace between the
highway authorities in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania and establish It grnndly at
The Hague, with orders te find n way by
which two adjoining American States may
seem less like eneniv countries?
The prupns.il fei initiated by the Free
holders In Jersey te tax "foreign" meter
owners SI ." a month for the use of the
State's rends has a peculiarly European
sound It would appear nt firt glance like
a return te the exclusion cedes of Colonial
days. Vet it is net without some basis In
reason.
Clearly the clieme represents a mood of
Irritation and growing resentment of the
Freeholders net against passenger-carrying
motorcars especially, but against these truck
users who persistently abuse the privileges
of their mud licenses bv disregarding laws
made for the conservation of new highway
systems.
The plan is unscientific. It will be. if it
is carried into piactice, a icgrettable re
versal from the principle of meter recipioc recipiec
ity new firmlv established between vir
tually all the States. llut such schemes will
be heard of again nnd again until there is
a better organized nnd mere broadly applied
cede for the protection of the read sytcniH
new being constructed at enormous et all
through the East.
What Jersey seems te seek is a means'
for the better regulation of high-speed
heavy weight trucks of the sort whnli. when
they are overloaded nnd recklessly driven,
de enormous damage te rnstlv read surfaces.
There is a mlneilty of shippers who have
net yt perceived that they defeat their own
ends bv failure or refusal te observe rules
established for lead and speed regulation for
1 1 neks of the heavier types. Disregard of
established limits tends te make continuing
elhcicnt use of the motertruck difficult and
cently through damage te hlghvveys devised
for quick and easy transportation of nor
mal lead"
When the strikes are ever and talk of
war has ee-ised, and we nre able at least te
think rationally about rational things, it
might he worth while te call a National
Reads Congress te deal constructively, in
the merest of taxpayers nnd meter own
ers alike, with the looming problem of high
way conservation. Every meter owner
knows that geed rends reduce the costs of
transportation. Thev make passage easier
and they enormeuly reduce the wear and
tear en' valuable equipment. The few un
thinking truck owners who overload their
vehicles nnd 'end drivers out te pound geed
rends te Hinders de hnrm for which the
vast majority of shippers and property own ewn
eis have te pay They retnnj the develop develep
ment of the meter Industry itself.
If te protect their ndmiiable system of
reads from unnecissarv damage, the Free
holders tn New Jersey lire willing te Impose
a tax en all drivers nnd e turn nwny multitude-
of tourists nnd millions of money, thnt
I- their own a fair. Their noses nre their
own nnd they h-ive a right te cut them off
if thev cheese out of spite for their fnces.
A hundred tariff changes hare been
thrown Inte the Senate at the last minute.
Jeb lets Remnants Take 'em or leave
'em Curry 'cm "T Sages could net avoid
mistakes. Senators are net sages. Ne
nrgument. Ne debate. Ne deliveries. Ne
returns Ne hope November!
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 H' rw mnny times has Arlstlds Brland
been Premier of France-"
; Who wern the twelve Cftesurs''
3 Hew does the melon get Its iinme?
4 Wb.it is mennt hy 'ships of thn line 7
r, What Is a sobriquet ,.,.,,
fi In what ci-v Is the Taj Mahal lecate'l"
7 What Is another name for n water-color?
5 Who Is Oeerge Jimmies?
'i What Is Cassiopeia s Chuir?
M. Why Is foolscap be called''
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Queen Anne of England, by royal edict,
liiehlbited the use of the theatre, passes
I PuMius Svrlu a Latin author of maxims,
niiijtnalecl the expression, whlrli, being
translated, menus 'Familiarity breeds
contempt '
3 The Fortunate Islands are the Canary
Islands in the Atlantic Oemn off the.
Coast of Africa They form a Spanish
possession
4 II v the overlapping of thn wine-covers,
the. modified wlng-rnembranes of the
katydid can be made te rub njralnst
one another, and In this way the Insect
pio'iuces its characteristic nolse
6. Clie vvaa the Muse of History in Greek
mythology
C A clinker-built ship Is one In which thn
hull Is made of overlapping and riveted
planks or plates as opposed te carvel
built In a carvel. built ship the planke
or plates are Mush In the vessels side
7. A liaK-man In Knglish i f'liuuerclal pai-
lance Is a traveling salesman
8 "EfTendl ' a common form of address In
Turkey, U equivalent te Mr or Mon
sieur ,
0 The middle name of Themas A Edisen is
Alva.
10, A quadrldga was a two-wheeled chariot
te which four horses were harnessed
abreast. The name Is new alven te
wnrlu of sculDtutt represents auc.h
IWWUHWi
PHIKABEIaPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17,
SHORT CVTS
Sesqul conferees today appear te be all
Maine guys.
Clerment -Fe 'rand may yet glide Inte
something of scientific mpertnnce.
Reed bird succeeds Crew In senatorial
aviary. Anether feather in his cap.
Seme of us nre unregenerate enough te
hope that by and by the President will lese
his temper,
"I could net love thee, France, se
much," says Jehn Hull, "loved I net com
merce mere."
Just ns seen ns the Senate drops the
1 at Iff It Is te take up the Uenus. Mere
ceurnge than wisdom.
Livermere, Pa., Is bragging about a
peach ten nnd a half Inches In circum
ference. Waist or ankle?
Believing a coal famine
is Inevitable, plans are
being made in New
War Times
Returning
xera mate te perimi.
municipalities te buv coal In lump ntneunts
for their citizens, te close the schools for a
period deemed necessarv nnd te suspend the
operation of electrlc-llght signs. Wnr times
ever again, nnd then some.
If the rail strike continues It may be
that 00,000 working union miners may find
difficulty In hiring n haul.
Greensburg, 'i'n., has n stalk of corn
eleven and n half feet tall and still growing.
Rival te Jack's beanstalk.
The State plan te cut blighted chestnuts
te ameliorate fuel conditions may be taken
ns a joke en Old King Cen,.
Judge Mennghnn Is demonstrating what
one earnest man may de te stamp out vice
when he puts bis mind te it.
Lecal mother of nine children bns
added three te her family, two girls and a
boy. Roosevelt joy nnd Sanger wee.
Cucumber growing through the center
of a tomato en a Bearer County farm.
Probably fertilized with salad dressing.
Senater Berah
TaUIng One Thine urges a referendum en
nnd Anether the Ship-Subsidy Bill
by arranging for every
candidate for Congress te state his position
en the subject. But Berah must knew that
that wouldn't be n referendum nt nil. A
Congressman's stand en the liquor or some
ether question mleht overshadow his views
en the subsidy and might determine bis J
election or dcteat,
I)cal wlfc-beater takes pledge In court
net te touch Intexlcntlng liquor for ten
years. Hew Is his peer bootlegger going te
live?
Chestnut street merchants nre willing te
hury their differences with the Western
Union se long ns interment Is net en Chest
nut street.
Irish Free State troops are fighting en
nn eighty -mile front nnd driving the rebels
back te the hills. Frent or back, the result
Is lamentable.
The Italian Senate having unanimously
voted confidence In the Government of Stgner
de Facta will indubitably new proceed te
make trouble for it.
Vermont farmer, crippled for thirtv
nine years, has just token his first walk,
"life " he sii . gleefully, "is jus em
nftcr another."
I.1MPIN LIMERICK
orertlfiih with let of ambition
On n hrnm frcitrer tewjht a position
(The beam trawler's name was the
Kills 11 running Inte New Yeik. The posi
tion sought by the swerdflsh was, apparently,
In the hull, for that's where It hit.)
lint at the first poke
'I hr hioeminq jtreid broke
(And if you doubt It. you may see the
thine still sticking in the hull cf the trawler
aforesaid )
.4nd tin' $iardfish icon filled iclth contri
tion. (This is pure deduction en our part.
We haven't interviewed the fish, but well,
tlgute It out for i,rself)
New Yeiker wants te pell his parents'
tomb in order te have money te defend n
charge of grand laictnv. Se easily may
one move from bad te worse
It Is perhaps net surprising that con
templation of the Fiankferd elevated brings
visions of high-speed transit By the same
token It means high-grade tirnslt.
The nveiage citizen is
Belew the Belt inclined te expect hard
knocks in industrial
warfare and he I pntlent even when he,
an innocent outsider, gets a brick intended
for one of the combatants, but he Insists
upon fair fighting; rnd he feels dead sure
that the marooning of passengers en the
Santa Fe is far from being en the level.
Ex-Premier Arlstlde Hriind of France
went fishing without his identification
paper-, and wns arrested by a gendarme, who
thought him a chicken thief Seme men
cannot avoid being featured by Managing
Editor Fft'e.
Though literary censorship may be a
menace as well as a pest, what the Vice
Seeietv is doing is mere'v what any private
citizen may de invoke the law as it is en
the statute books. Why the bother?
It Is net the crtvviirdiee and brutality of
the rallieiiders who marooned pussengers en
the Santa Fe that appalls William Allen
White, but their stupidltv te hear him tell
It Whli h gees te show hew strong feeling
will sometimes cause a man te libel himself.
OLnrCESTER
"Thr verld is se full of n number of things"
Thnt fret and annoy and eppiris us,
M'e hud better sail of from their bites and
ther stings
Tn n clime that telll bltsi and caress us.
Though thr Ends of the Enrth send a call
te our Ship
On th sheie ichere a grim Fate has
totted her
11 e misf titfrf be content with a compro
mise trip -Se
tt'ji ever the riier te GleuceUerl
Iliithily tee skip
Frem the feirybeat slip
And it's eier the riier te Oleuceitert
Seme nabobs may travel te England and
ttnnce;
And iemc quizzical cusses may mosey
Through Caribbean icatrrs of boundless ex'
pause
In Slitppiw Heard bar pailers cozy;
Hut ue may Keep tab fiem a bread upper
duk
On a State' agricultural roster
On a icoudieui collection of farm trucks,
by hetk,'--Ceming
ever the river from Qloueestert
"I aters and beets
And all kinds of "eats
Commit ever the river from Gloucester!
Ay, Ufa's lull e' ginger that's het ' rAe
meutA
And fine are our tens and our datigh
tirs The course we are steering is seu' -east
by Seuth
On the Itelaunrr't oiliest iraters.
Sing hn, ye binvc fellows t Eat, drink and
be meriy!
Lady Luck mricly thinks you have lest
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
CHARLES LYON CHANDLER
On Philadelphia's Foreign Banking and
Trade
PHILADELPHIA Is new as well equipped
as any city in the country te handle the
foreign trade which rightfully belongs te
the city, in its three essential elements, the
bnnklng, shipping and merchandise, savs
Charles Lyen Chandler, manager of the
foreign trade department of the Cern Ex
change National Bank.
"Philadelphia, " said Mr. Chandler, "is
new the second pert of the United States.
But an equally Important thing is that the
city, In addition te its pert facilities, is
the most important single manufacturing
place In the country, net merely ns regards
Its diversity of production, but nlse what
Is mere unusual, the age and stnblllty of the
firms in the 'business of making articles
which are used all ever the world. There
are In Philadelphia n large number of firms
which have been in business for nnywhere
from fifty te 100 years, nnd the qunlity of
their goods has been maintained all flireugli
thnt period.
Necessity for Foreign Outlet
"This fact has given a certain stability
te the products of Philadelphia manufac
turers, especially these engaged in the ex ex
eort trade, which no ether city of the
country possesses te se great a degree.
"A geed foreign trnde Is one of the great
est safety valves which any country can
possibly have. In the first place, It pro
vides nn outlet for manufiicttners, which
has often proved te be u very present help
in time or tieuble. At the piesent time
It is estlninted that 'JO per cent or one ene
lifth of the goods manufactured in the
I'nlted States find their way abroad in one
form or another, and In some lines of busl
ness the percentage is even higher.
"But foreign trade does net inenn simply
exporting; it means Importing ns well.
Philadelphia has always been n gieat im
porting renter, for, ns far back as 17SI0
Philadelphia was importing coffee from the
Dutch East Indies, There is net a single
automobile in Philadelphia which docs net
contain rubber which has lu sonic cases
been brought as far as 12,000 miles te the,
city. Foreign trade, In its full meaning is,
therefeie. vital te the welfare of any great
nuinufuctuilng city from two angles,
Gives Werk te Mnny
"Net merely does the shipping of the
Pert of Philadelphia bring every year from
$,'10,000,000 te ."s.ld.OOO.OOO worth of goods
into the city, but our importing anil ex
porting gives employment te a very Inrge
number of persons here nnd elsewhere In
the country.
"Fer instnnce, of the $87,000,000 worth
of goat skins Imported into the I'nlted
States last yenr, It is estimated that $00,
000,000 worth came In through this pert.
Just imagine te hew many persons engnged
in the leather and tanning Industries this
gave employment; and this takes no cogni
zance of the very laige amount of ether
hides and skins which weie Imported
"Philadelphia Is today the eighth pert in
the world nnd the third en the American
continent. We are becoming mere and mere
a great International trading center espe
cially en nceeunt of our admirable deck,
harbor anu ranreuu ineiimes. this city
Is today the gateway te one of the greatest
markets, both domestic and foreign, in the
I'nlted States.
Banking for Foreign Trade
"The Philadelphia banks are most ex
cellently equipped te hnndle the financial
transactions te which a well-developed for
eign trade gives rise They have cei re
spondents In all the principal banking cen
ters of the world, thus connecting them with
strong foreign banks In every part of the
glebe.
"The growth of foreign trnde is naturally
of considerable Importance te hankers, since
it net merely provides them with a source
of levenue, but also keeps them abreast of
the times and In touch with the current
of the werld'a events.
"Our foreign trade Is made up of three
Important factors hanking, shipping and
merchandise. Wn hnve at last American
shipping, as we liava American banks
abroad, no that we can take care of all
the trade our manufacturers can get,
"Anether healthy factor in Philadelphia
Is the increase In the purchase of legitimate
foreign Investmenls In this city. This is
one of the best ways in which permanent!!
te advance foreign trade, since It is enl'v
natural that the country which supplies tin
money almost always supplies the machinery
nnd the ether materials for which this money
is spent by the borrowing country.
Matter of Fere I rn rVA.ni.
S '"TharA-fa nft&r nn innn ..!. nt.,i-,..
Ilia .manufacturers or dealer harina -bank-
k. '.' 1. , I Js-
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ing transactions in foreign countries should
go te New Yerk te have this bnnklng done,
ns a large numher of the Philadelphia banks
enn perfectly well nttend te till foreign
trade requirements.
"An essential and ever-present foreign
trade problem Is the question of uncertain
lng the credit ratings of the buying linns
in foreign countries. This can easily be
done in Philadelphia, ns a number of the
banks here nre fully equipped with this
information, as well ns manv ether things
which it is of importance for Ihe foreign
seller of goods te knew. The Philadelphia
Commercial Museum is nlse n storehouse
of foreign-trade information, ns well ns foreign-credit
information, and it should be
mere generally used by these manufacturers
and merchants who are thinking of entering
the field of foreign trade.
"The present outlook for foreign trade
Is unusually favorable, especially in the
Seuth American countries, which hnve
liearlv all recovered from the icmimeicinl
depression of the last few years, and new
ere resuming their former purchasing. This
will prove a fertile field for trade outside
of our own country and II should be care
fully and assiduously cultivated by our
manufacturers and merchants.
Europe's Eyes Opened
"The demand created by the war and the
unusual amounts of American goods of nil
kinds which were sent abroad and which
were eagerly purchased by the Euiepenn
countries opened the eyes of these countries
te many of the American products, of which
before they hud been In al least compara
tive ignorance. These facts open n new
avenue for the foreign trade of this coun
try and it new nutlet for manv materials
which it was supposed formerly that Europe
had no use or would net purchase,
"But this foreign trade, desimblc as it
Is, Is net simply te be hnd for the asking.
It lequlres quite ns mudi hard work, if
net mere thnn does domestic trade, but
it is going le be a wonderful opportunity
for persons with sulliclent capital, knowl
edge of affairs and, above all, persistency.
Because, lifter foreign trade is acquired.
It must be relulned against n very active
and resourceful competition.
"Every nation of the world which mnkes
mere goods than it can use within its own
borders is actively en the outlook for for
eign trade te take the surplus, uml the
leading Tuitiens of the world in this Tine
will net give up their leadeinhlp, which was
(icqulied after u hard fight, without n still
harder struggle te retain it. Here is where
the persistency Is demanded if we nre te
make an impression en the foreign trade of
the weild.
All Nations Competitors
"England, Belgium, Fiance and Japan
nre nt present the lenders In the world's
foreign untie, and Germany Is going tn ftc
before very long. AH thn lending nations
of the world, with Ihe exception of Russia,
aie engaged in this bnttle for trade, am
the competition is new quite ns keen os it
ever was in the hading competitive markets
el i lie world. In fact, It is new as keen
as It was define the war, if net n Hide
mere be, induced, doubtless, by the tuccssjtv
of all teuiililes for selling their piciducls
wherever possible
"There, is enlv one rule for obtaining
foreign trade and that Is te give the buv.
lng peoples, just what they want and are
willing te buy. They must be given favor
able liniiiidal terms and must be met at
least half wav by the American manufac
turer or merchant who hopes te be able
te sell te them in uny considerable quan
tities." Today's Anniversaries
17." Jonathan Tiiimhull, Connecticut
statesman nnd misted adviser of Geiieial
Washington, died nt Lebanon, Conn Mern
theie, October 12, 1710.
171H5 The Dutch fleet under Admiral
Lucas Miriendered le the British nt the Cape
of Geed Hepe. '
lKJ-!('0,Kf',s "f German sevcielgns met
nt 1 rnnkfert te rtceiistiuct the Germanic
Confederation.
ISM) Jehn C, Brown, Confederate com
mander mid Governer of Tennessee, died at
'i'e.'i'1""8 SPrl,,Ks' ''"" P'tii January
u, IH.i i
11115 Lee M Frank, convicted of n,P
murder of Mnry Phngnii in Atlanta, hncheil
by a mob near Marietta, Ga.
11117 Jehn W. Kern. ('. S. Senater from
Indiana and Democratic nominee for Vice
l'lesldenl, died at Aslievllle, ,N C nrl1 .
Unwind County. Ind . December 'M IS 111
llUbJaceb II. I'nlllnai'i', of New Hump,
shire, eldest member .' tint I lilted Slates
Sena c, died at rinnklin, X. H. Hern ttt
Cornwall, Ontario, March 8. 1K:17. "
11110 Fermer Emperor William b6ughl
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A MAN OF VARIED INTERESTS
The Late Celeman Sellers, Jr., bought
Relief Frem Big Business In All
Phases of the Arts and Sciences
THE death of Celeman Sellers, Jr., miei
a great deal mere te Phlladelphlnni thin
merely the less of the head of a big lndui
trial tllant. His business nlillltr nml hit In.
dustrlni power were things that could t
taken for granted; the things that really
made him nn outstanding figure nmeng theM
who knew him best were the varied scien
tific aiid nrtistlc Interests in which his actlrt
mind found its tecreatien.
Mr. Sellers was almost n perfect einmpll
of the man who was a factor in Big Bull
ness, but whose instincts weie anything but
these et n mere money-making machine,
milOL'SANDS of earnest veune Philadel-
-I- phlnns knew Mr. Sellers without really
knowing him. Thnt is te say, his face vym
familiar one te nil who attended the rafc'tlnrl
of the Franklin Institute, nnd no young en
thusiast, seeking knowledge from a seat In
tne ampiiunentre, listened vviin mere atten
tion te thn Rnenker.s tlum did be
Mr. Sellers hnd many interests outside el
his business, but none of them was quite M
Keen ns nis inteiest in tlie t ranmia in
stitute. It might almost be said he In
herited his imsltlnn with thn scientific Of-
ganintien, or rnther, that he inherited his
love for the sciences which it represents.
QINCE 1S02 there hns been at least eM
- Sellers actively Identified with tne man;
nr-nmnnt nt tit.. Institute r-nlemntl Slpllerl
father wus a manager fiein 1M!-' tn 18C0, and
in two or these yenrs, trem irstii te iote
William Sellers was president of the
Incltiitii
Kmm'iSOT te 18GD the eldrr Cnlemu
Spllpre was vice provident, from leiu w
1C7 1 )m ii-iia tifn.lilnnr mill frnm 1 C'l tO tbfl
a s tl !!-' jJatftWiik nun a waia - --
time of his death in 1005, he was again
'""""h' ' . ..
Celeman Sellers, Jr., became one of let
malingers in 1110(1 nnd continued in ie
position until he nssumed the vice preel
dency in 1UPJ. This latter position he tiU
until the time of his death. .
But It wus net merely in these eOdil
capacities thai he did his most active wert
for the Institute. He was ehnirman oft"
Endowment Committee nnd was en inmnn
.i..i 1 ..e .1... It.. ....I 1.c, nrnli ClIb
Will IHVIIMMT Ol IIIC 1,1111"! ..,-,M.H -
mittee, hnving in charge the gient pnyUti
icsearcli laboratory which the institute
te nuiiu.
TT IK net. nn exaggeration te say that ert
A these who knew Mr. Sellers bet
constantly surprised nt some new ejiut"
e ,i, i,, n.,, i,i, ,.r 1,1.1 intercut in d fiereni
,, ,. IM IKIlll ... ,..' --- ,
phases of life. One of his keenest lnter"
was tlie Pennsylvania Miutlcnl nriwui -in
the training which its ships have gl.v"
... i ..ii ,.t ,.,..,.Miiit ninrlDt.
iu luieic uiiu-i-i n i'i um ntuv - --- .
Indeed, he had a keen knowledge of nm
and ship construction, nnd till pnnes c
foreign trade, though, oddly enough, lie"
net n man who had traveled very eiien
slvely ahread. . ,vin
Walten Clark, president of the 'FrflnW
Institute and one of Mr. Sellers' closest s
seciates, vesterday pilid Mm 1 HI "lul"V.
"Tlie thing that astonished me most aMJ
nun as i ioek uatK upon my ii's - .,,
mice witli him whs thnt, no matter li i
. t. . .,. .A.tl. nf rOQ-
company no wn.s or vvnat inu i"i"V .w.
....:.. i.' .!i.. ... i. .,,,.wi m he tlwr
eughly informed upon it. and I never n
known n ense In which he had net rew
book which happened te coine up i "'"
slen."
TT IS net genernlly known thnt Mr. Sdli
- had an unusual knowledge '.n"" n
connoisseur's appreciation of P'mVn.,,.
a mntter of fact, he camn by his '""'
estH through family connections, for -.
brandt Peale was a relative, and "fj;,),
lers house today contains many fine ciarai"
of Penle's art. , ...
This appreciation wns all the mere r
maikable In n man whose education "a'
of nn engineer nnd whose early trsieiji
.. .. .1..,, ,,c unA.tr in bis fathers '"
chine shops.
luurty e u ;" .
Sir Edgar Revvrlng. high commissioner i
Newfoundland in Londen, born in p
Jehns, Newfoundland, sixty-four years '
,..,, ,,... i i.. i- ii siniliernl, ""
.lllllll .um nine i. .lie. ... ... .,,, nrlMl
et the leading actresses of the A"0"",
singe, nern in i.ugiiiiiu iiu,.-."- .- - ,,,,
Ut Rev Samuel A, W'v-HS I
Bishop of Teledo, O.. horn nt NaUivi'"'
Tenii., tlilii.v -live years age. 1
Net a Jeke
rrnm tha Columbia. 8. C Hecore.
We might feel mere Jocose ereri"-- M
meat that "Congress' is a Jeke". if
Vtrs net entirely a iiM. 7 ' ,M
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