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THE NEW STAGE IN THE FAIR
THEHE can be no question tlint In signing
the fair resolution President Harding
was fully cognizant of the opportunist for
fitly signalizing a great historical anniver
sary. Congressional indersement is net usually
solicited for expositions limited in scope or
projected with timorous reservation. Tlie
Federal sanction, secured vesterday, car
ries with it. In a sense which should be in
spiring and imperative, a definite obliga
tion. Congress his approved the Sesqul-Cen-tenninl.
It is new the duty of its pro
moters who have solicited this recognition te
Justify the faith thin implied.
A new stage in the progress of the under
taking has been readied Congress and the
President have the right te expect that the
lair will be worthy of the meaning of the
epochal date which it is te celebiate
The period of initial formalities has been
rempleted The immediate requirement i
the co-erdlmtlon cf inergizlng forces and
the organization of larc-scal" enderuer de
signed te give leallty te premises and aspi
rations. , McSPARRAN'S PREDICAMENT
JOHN A MiSPAHKAX is manife-tlv
vexed becauc Clifferd Pinchot has ptom ptem
lsed "te clean up the mess nt Hanisburg.
The Democratic candid-itc for Joerner is
of the expressed opinion that his opponent
Is seerel criticizing the way in which the
'affairs of this Commonwealth have been ad
mlninercd. Somehow or ether it is difficult te escape
the conviction that Mr. McSpnrnn has ad
mirably interpreted his rhal's principles and
purposes Such generehity is rare in politi
cal campaigning.
Very possibly Mr. McSparran did net in
tend te be complimentary His obvious aim
was te accuse Mr. l'inehet of nverslen te
some of the practices of politicians within
his own party.
Mr. Pinchot can be imagined as grate
fully accepting the impeachment. lie has
never hesitated te proclaim his interest in
clean government and his resehc te bring
order out of chaos and maladministratien in
Tenn'-jlvania.
It is Mr McSparrnn'fl misfortune te have
his heaviest thunder stolen by his com
petitor for the highest office in the State.
The situation is enough te exasperate even
the most unterriikd of Democrat!".
THE VICE SQUAD SPEAKS
IF CHAKLHS I.nH. head of the Mce
squad, actually taid, after a miner ratd
the etl.T evenlns, that ".i bottle of done
couldn't be bought in Philadelphia for a
million dollars" lie has a Imhter-than-air
conception of his job and his responsibili
ties. The vice squad is the division of the de
teethe force which is supposed te knew all
about the underworld system of deliberate
crime. It has facilities for the acquirement
of a pretty thorough Unew ledge of the traffic
in habit-forming drugs. The revelation
wnde in Judge Menaglun's court, the frank
astonishment of City Councilmen confronted
for the first time with the farts of the situa
tion and the declarations of police officials
generally, which rtweal a real d"termlintlen
te continue a catipaign ngninst depe ped
dltrs, weu'd Indicate that the squad hns
been leaving some of its work undune
The fait is, of course, that the surfice
of the drug problem has only hem scratched.
The organizers of the abominable business
have taken temrernnlj te cover Mr Loe's
job is te help te dig them out and net te
be another Peiljannn at Citj Hill,
THIS FUNNY WORLD
ELSl'WIIEIlK In the eeuntrj and in the
world, for that muter the political
ecene is in confusion In Delaware alone it
approximates mniplete rliiti! m which the
Demectnts blithelv lend Thire the fne fne
tlenal spiiit tl it anlmaies pnliticinns te oh eh
cure alinet cer thiert and principle es
tablished erigmnllr fei the guidance of the
eeuntrj his run te an unrestrained riot
The leading Di hum nits, fur (xntnple, iiHed
, te be wet '1 he ,ire lainnd the i,ospe 0f
wetness te the world and ii pended en it te
'bring tin m majorities In the einltig de -tlens.
Then a strn liepubli nn candid ite
or two (ame nut fei revision 0f the VeNtiid
act At enee tic de ninint spirits of t lie
Delaware Dimecracj Imame preft.s.n'
dr i s !
COAL: A MYSTERY
STrDKVl'S uf the coal situation und
their nutiilier is increasing enormously as
the first fnlnt dulls of autumn come upon
the air will miturnlh be curious te knew
what has btceme uf nil the oft unl mined
uniler terrific pressure in non union areas
since tlie Ftrlke bean in the union fields
The non-union "perners wuit se far net
long age as te beast that If they were left
alone tliev ieuld supply tli country with
fuel. Yet from north, south, east nml west
conic reports of an aeute shortage of coal
In the centeis of industry.
There 1 ground for i e iuplcieii that
yast quantities of nnthradte and bltiiniineu
arc being held l specuhiierH uml that
Ilenry I'enl wns net t ilking neisense when
he cnld that he 'euld get nil tha -'enl he
Bteded te keep his plants In oreratien if he
were willing te pn increases ranging from
' 100 te 1100 per cuit above neriniil rates.
Manufncturent who pa) two or three price
(or real will naturally and inevitably shift
nla burden of added producing costs te the
Vuyin public. This isn't a cheering pros-
pttt ler people who continue (e wait in n
Boeu berileiing en desperation for a drop
ij'ttkl U cost of essential commodities
VSIvl" TCkt, persistent rumors of rene
d apecu
, .ellTI
activity in the fuel market
ny hav
had something te de with the President s
abandonment of his pinna for a nntlenal
fuel commission te purchase and distribute
coal. It may have appeared at last that
nn extension of the power of the Interstate
Commerce Commission te maintain com
plete control ever n priority s)stem f dis
tribution may scivc ends which the '
dent's commission could net serve. Thus,
If the Commerce Commission must sanction
n priority order for coal before It is exe
cuted the Government would be enabled te
reach the prellteern in their very lairs.
If coal cannot be supplied in large quan
tities without n Gevcrnnitnt O. K. en cvety
order profiteering may net be se eas u.-. at
the present time It seems te be.
UNCLE SAM WILL NOT CO
INTO THE LIQUOR BUSINESS
But He Is Likely te Study the Gothen
burg and Other Systems of Regu
lating the Sale of Stimulants
THE defeat of prohibition in the plebiscite
in Sweden by n majority of 100.000
may be tnken as nn indersement of the
Gothenburg system which has been In force
nlnce 1855,
This was net the earliest attempt te de
crease the evils arisins from the sale of
alcoholic beverages. Itestrlctive laws were
passed in Knglnnd lnte in the fifteenth cen
trry. They were modified nnd made mere
stringent from time te time. Uut In the
first third of the eighteenth century the
consumption of beer nnd spirits wn se great
that stricter laws had te be enacted. There
was mere drunken dehauchcr.v in this period
than at any time before or since. In 17.TJ
there were 15,000 licensed places for the
sale of liquor in Londen. The cltv then
had a population of only three-quarters of
a million and contained only nbeut 00,000
houses. Liquor was thus sold nt one house
in every six
As Philadelphia had only 2000 licensed
places for the sale of liquor when the pro
hibitory nmendment weDt into effect, while
its population wns n million and three
quarters, it is net difficult te form an im
pression of the conditions that must have
prevailed In Londen In the early eighteenth
century
These conditions were much improved
by restrictive legislation Hut tbe sale of
liquor was freer In England before the war
than It was In the United States before
prohibition. The bars had te he closed
during the night, but thev weie allied te
be open during i-erinln hours en Sumhv
There was considerable curtailment of the
number of hours a dav during which the
bars might be open duung the war ind that
curtailment continues
But the Gothenburg p.an was really the
first which sought te prevent the exesslve
use of spirits by rigid regulation of their
sale. Under it the right te ell spirits at
retail was either sold at auction or given te
a company of reputable citizens. This com
pany had a moneroly of the business, and
It was obliged te turn ever te the State all
profits above 5 per cent en the Invested
capltnl.
Norway adopted this plan with some
modifications In 1871. The company get
ting the monopoly of sale had te conduct
the business In the public interest. It sold
only pure liquors and It gradually reduced
their strength. The defenders of the plan
have insisted that it reduced drunkenness,
rinr n the sale of beer and wine was per
mitted te persons holding a license, and as
the sale of beer in bottles wns allowed with
virtually no restrictions, there grew- up the
practice of docterins the wines and beer te
Increase their potency. Ne way hns yet
been found te break up this practice.
Ilussia went much farther than either
Sweden or Norway when Wltte took ever
the sale of vodka as a Government monop
oly In 1S05. His purpese wns te decrease
drunkenness and te increase the revenues of
the Government. He was doubtless mere
interested in increasing the revenues, how
ever, than In promoting teraperauce. Vedku
rrdr his plan wns sold only In aealcd
bottles nnd no one wns allowed te drtm it
in ire srep where It was neught. An ex ex
(cptien was made In fnvei i bigh-nass
-ertnumnts. where it could be sold bT t'ie
glass. Ordinary eating houses could sell
!t by the bottle nnd nllew their patrons te
drink It with their meals.
The edka monopoly was abolished af'r
the revolution, but reports come from
Russia every little while that tbe Bolshevik
Government Is about te restore it.
The Seuth Carolina dispensary evstem In
force from 1803 te 1007 wns a modification
of '.he Swedish Gothenburg system Under
It the State controlled the sale of all stimu
lants Everything was bottled Ne ens
i euld buv less than half n pint of spirits
or less than a pint of beer Ner could any
one drink It en the premises where it wus
bought
Ihe plan did net work satisfactorily, for
In the larger towns liquor was sold illicitly
with considerable freedom And then there
wns a feeling among many persons that it
was net right for the State te be engagid
in the liquor business Se in 1007 the dis
pensary law was repealed nnd the regulation
of the liquor business turned ever te the
counties Of course, the adoption of tl e
federal prohibitory amendment superseded
ull the State laws.
Before many months It is Ifke'y that
Ceiigrcm will lave te rrrmder all thee
fSdj in connection with a revision of the
Velstend law The poll of the Lltenry
Digest indicates that a very large majority
0f the 70(1,000 tltiens who hnve expressed
their opinions are difs-ulsned with the lnvv
n It stinds Wl t e nn "verwhelmlng im im
;erity favor the pmhll"ery amendment, a
majority of this majority ask that the Vol Vel
stead act be amended se ns te permit the
sale of light wines nnd beer.
It Is unsafe te predict what Congress will
de, but as It nlwujs rcfluts public sentl
me'ut it Is nieriillj tritaln that It will net be
long before a serious effort will be made te
relax th" strictness of the prohibitions in
.i... luiinp law. But It is reTsenablv snfe
te predict that nothing resembling the Seuth
Carolina dispensary system will meet with
approval.
The Congressman who should seek te have
the United States Government go Inte the
liquor business lnljit just ns well write his
political ebltunry and retire te private life.
RECKLESS WALKERS
IN BROOKLYN the driver of nn automo autemo autome
" bile fell dead from shock after he had
wretked hi" maclilne in i successful effort
te avoid running down a girl who stepped
carelessly Inte hU path without giving him
time te step. A Norristown girl went blind
with fright after arertwx a collision be
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
tween n machine she wns driving and an
other car.
A great many such Instances are reported
In the newspapers te prove that the people
who run motorcars arc quite ns sensitive te
danger nnd fnr mere skillful in nveldlng It
than most of the reckless pedestrians who
are wholly or in part responsible for at
least half of the accidents recklessly at
tributed by the police te "reckless driving."
The Pcnnsjlvnnla Railroad's contribution
te the current discussion of the question of
meter casualties is about ns Interesting and
significant ns the ordinary week-end police
repeits of highway nccldents. It cites thir
teen clauses of a report made "by observ
ers stationed nt lailvvny grade Crossings" te
Indicate that lrtun11y all drivers of motor
cars drive carelessly ever railroad tracks.
The simple fact Is that nil grade crossings
ought te be protected by safetj gatCB.
Se long ns railroad corporations refuse
te provide safeguards of the sort that are
compulsory in almost every ether civilized
country the railroads may properly be
charged with contributory negligence In
ever) accident thnt occurs nt the intersec
tion of open hlghwn.vs nnd their lines.
SHRINKING INCOME RETURNS
NO SPEECH thnt nny silver-tongued
politician could have made in the Sen
ate or in the Heuse could have matched the
bore figures of current income tex reports
ns n commentary en bonus legislation new
pending.
Mere than n billion dollars wns cut auto
matically from the cnleubited sum of Fed
eral resources in the fiscal jeir that ended
in June. And this means Mint the Incomes
of the moderately well te de nnd the peo
ple whose wages arc far enough above the
danger line te be called Fnhrles, like the
incemcp of the owners of small businesses,
hnve been slowly but stendlly deflated. With
the results of this deflation apparent en
one linnd, and n period of fiesh econemie
stress threatened ns a result of the rail
nnd coal strikes, it Is prctlv hard te sec
where Washington can get the three or
four billions which the Scnnte proposes te
distribute among fetmcr service men.
"Let the rich pav It!" cry the most
insistent prepignndlsts in Commander Mac
Nlder's group. But there is net enough
loose riches in the country te pay the sol
dier bonus if it were nil contributed te that
end. And even if we departed from the
just rule of equality In taxation and el
tempted te mulct the rich te provide n
bonus fund, the people se mulcted would
m the end, nnd nlmest of necessity, shift
the buiden te the vist maierltv. which is
net eignnlzed te pretest or te defend Itself
ai'tiinst the t-rannv of aggrcssve minorities.
'ihe nicessarv levies would be made as
usinl upon the small business man, the
purchasers of necessary goods and the earn
ers of what arc known as "comfertable''
salaries
Te nil people who have been enduring
deflation of income without crjing out ,n
pain and rage Samuel Gompers' triumphant
nderess te the representatives of ergnni, rd
labor will have tin odd sound We have
it new upon the weid of the veteran presi
dent of the federation of Laber that union
wages have decreased only ,1 per cent from
the wartime peak, it would be prcttv safe
te wager that the proprietors of the in
numerable small businesses tint, in the
aggregate represent perhaps the most im im
peuant clement in the industrial organiza
tion of the country, could net sny as much
for their own incomes
In nnnwer te such comment en Mr. Gom
pers' figures labor would saj thnt its pre
war earnings were inndequatb te American
rtandards and nspirntlens. Laber wants
mere than n living wage and it isn't
ashamed te say se and that Is what the
strikes are nbeut. It wants opportunities
te share mere largely in the comforts nnd
pleasures of life. But Bheuld net labor
share also in the social responsibilities of
the hour?
We ate new confronted by the spectacle
of a minority of labor miking direct war
en the mnjerlty of ergnnized and unergnnized
workers by the systemntic obstruction of
transportation nnd the withholding of essen
tial Industrial fuel. Such tactics, whatever
results they may have upon the future of
wage-earners, certainly aren't of a sort
te encourage these who want te pay bll bll
l.ens In bonus"s. Ter, unless there is some
thing like n miracle e f strike settlements and
industrial reorganisatien, nlmest every mnn,
woman nnd child in the United States will
be j-oerer this winter because of the two
big strikes new in progress.
A Syennte which, after rending the In
come tax tiguies nnd looking around at the
present nnd prospective consequences of th"
coal and rail strikes, attempts te wring
three billion dollars of additional war costs
out of the Government's flattened pocket
book wouldn't heltate te nttempt te legis
late bleed out of a stone
MORE LIGHT ON THE MESS
RESUMPTION of hearings n the man
agement of the Stnte's finnncial nffalrs
is marked bv the disclosure of most unbusi
nesslike methods.
It has been dlseevcred that the State has
let mere than S7O.U0O In Interest en active
depuslt in bunks because no one seemed te
think it worth while te see te it thnt the
Interest was properly credited Of this sum
$10,0(10 can be collected, but the remainder
Is gene bevend recall
Then, tee, it Ins been disclosed that Mr.
Kepluirt, when State Treasurer, was In the
Inbtt of putting men en the payroll who
were ient te him by the late Senater Crew.
One mnn who was a deputy hheriff In Pitts
huigh drew pry from the State under an
ass tmed nume. He described himself ns
"traveling companion" of Mr. Kephnrt,
and ns the man who answered the telephone
nnd went for the innil He could give no
satr-fucte-y rensen for drawing his pay
un'er nn assumed nnme.
He and ether men were put en the pay
roll, anl some of them were assigned te
work nnd ethers did nothing. They evi
dently weie men who "hnd te be taken
rare of," and the funds of the State were
us"d for the purpose
It is becoming evident that the Republi
can voters knew what the.v were about when
the turnej down the machine candidate for
Governer and selcrted Mr Pinchot.
PINCHOTS TERRIBLE THREAT
TTARRISBl RG Is one of the great, un
"1 advertised vaatien resorts of the Stnte.
It is the chtrlshed sent of the only leisure
class that Pcnnsvlvanin can bnnst, Mr.
Pinchot, threatening te compel this ornn ernn
menial minority te tell as ordinary human
beings de, is in a vvny te become known ns
a disturber of the peace nnd n dnngereus
breaker-down of sacied precedents.
Seme of the folk at Hnrrlsburg are
already calling the Republlcnn cnndldate a
Bolshevist But that is hardly fair. Unl
shcvlsts rtlck together, nnd Mr. Pinchot
displays no svinputhj for the theory of com
munism which politicians have practiced at
the State capital for years and years.
At Hnrrlsburg under each succeeding ad
ministration jeu will find the enlj true bel.
Micvistic group In the United States a
rather large assemblage of men and women
who appear te feel that they should he sup
ported In ense and relative luxury by the
State, and that they should net be asked te
expend physical or nervous encrjy In return
for the right te live, a
PHILADELPHIA'. WEpNESDAT, 'AUGUST'
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The World Had Surprleet for Pepper
and Reed A Tariff en 8llk Is
a Thing That We Need.
But Pipe the Green
Turtleil
T AS driving today along a read where
blue gentinn nnd red bunch berries made
the stretch of gr.-eii en either side of the
mountain .end r Jey te exclaim ever ns we
went tip and up Inte the hill country through
Inrch nnd bnlsnm forests. Something In the
patlenied leaves of the bunch berrv nnd Ihe
prnvs nnd browns of the messes e'lt of which
they grew made tnc suddenly think of the
last time I hnd seen just thnt combination.
And counting hack ) found that It was Just
one venr age te the day Mint I hnd gene ever
with the Geerge Peppers te their camp
hejend (he Northeast Harber ane1 spent the
night In that remote n-' miming spot under
the grent leg nfter of tlu.t 'dg enbln of
theirs that can stretch te "sleep" twenty
live guests nnd jet is ce7y for four.
There were biilsam trees the'e nnd the
ground wns covered with Ihe red berrv and
pointed lenves of the hunch .'rry. It only
pics te show hew qulcklj we ttrn corners
In life, fcr nothing could hnve lecti mere
remote from "ie the-.ghts either of my
hosts thnn that n jenr from thnt dav Mr.
Pepper would be hard nt it down In Wash
ington ever the TnrlfT Bill. t. e s .ilnr Sen Sen
n'et " IViinsvlviinli '. 1 snld remethlng of
this kind te the woman with whom 1 wns
metering, nnd nfter a meditative pause she
exclaimed:
"Wh.v. dear re! This time last rummer
I wns rdlng horseback out In tl." Northwest
oleng the Teton lnnge with Mr. nnd Mrs.
Reed and I de .let think he hae nnv nmre
Idea than I had that he was te be the junior
bennier of Pen-.s.vlvani, within the year."
I reibing back for clues in eui memories nn
te the then interests of either mnn. nothing
political wlutever line" turned up la talk of
Reed, while as for Geerge Pepper, the
nearest that any of us four of the pnrty
came te nuttennl or Slate nffairs was te
wonder brleil wluit t' voters would de
with the proposed Stnte-ce ', -.n Idea
In the fall election. Being very much en his
holiday, hevve-cr. even that was touched en
llghtlv bv our lest, and the only rcnllv seri
ous discussion that we -ad was about what
trees should come down se ns te give a wider
view of the long urm of the bny across
which tine ceuM see the faint blue hills and
the dark line of forest miles nvvav. Jt ended
In favor of Mrs. Pepper's iden, viz., thnt ns
mnnj trees ns her husband could cut before
the next dn.v's luncheon guests nrrlved were
te come down. And I left hlra next morning
swinging n very big ex very effectively en
wheie rows of jeung spruces.
IP ONLY polities were as mentally simple!
That is. if en! the "te be or net te be"
et the tarifi schedules could be denlt with
with no meie of a cress-examination than
that (Olieeining the view versus the trees,
nnd the fire weed ver-us the mosquitoes, the
sun and nil versus the shade and warm snp
perfunie from the trees
But the tnnff nnd nil thnt It involves Is
net n simple preposition in theory, nnd in
pructice it has scores ()f perplexing ramifi
cations. 1 sat nTt te n silk mnn at dinner this
week, and he began himself te expound the
silk side of the schedule te me without a
qut stien en mv part.
He said that without protection In this
country the manufacture of .-ilk would cease
in less than n year, the Japanese nre put
ting en the market se large and se com cem com
paretltelv cheap nn assortment of silk
goods. Their cheap labor nnd their silk
worm industry make it possible for them
nearly te undersell the protected industry as
it Is. Seeing something I funey in my face
thnt wns the hint of what I iherght, he
answered my unspoken question with:
"Yeu might sav, Wh.v protect your silks
or env ether Americnn ones? Why net let
the Japanese i.ell ns cheaply ns they can?
"Yeu might snj, What have American
manufacturers done for silk after all?"
ft"
1ELL, then, suppose I did say thatl"
"I answered.
"I 11 tell you one thing. In the last
seventy -five years America has brought down
the price of silk nil ever the world, from
Prance te the interior of China," was his
very prompt rejeindei.
It appears that twenty years age or less
a man in the silk works at Manchester,
Conn., made a very simple invcntleij that
hns revolutionized the winding of the silk
skein.
When we used te held yarn for our grand
mothers the end wus difficult te find and
efd n wound In nnd out of the skein In a
manner still mere difficult te untangle. Thnt
was because tly winders for silk or wool or
cotton or an ether material that was used
for weaving wns wound round and round,
instead of, as new. criss-cress. The thread
newndns Is alwa.vs uppermost. The inven
tion of tills particular spindle was made by
one of the foremen of the mills nt Manches
ter, und wns taken straight te the senior
partner of the firm, and by him was np np
pieved and installed in these mills and a
patent procured for the inventor, who made
perhipH a quarter of a million from his in
vention before his death.
Mnce then the cnKS-cresa spindle has been
adopted wherever silk is manufactured en a
huge scale, because it simplifies both the
winding nnd the weaving processes nnd
gieatl lessens the labor cost.
I ASKED if there were ether inventions of
the sort te America's credit nnd If there
were, what there were. He named some
etheis nnd give ns his reason for the lin
pi ied mi'theelb which Americnn manufac
ture r thought out and Europe nnd Asia
nduptid. the iie'cesitv the American men
were under te 'i ssen their cost of production
bv nuidiiner or b fniter.v imtheds; since
thev were forced te pav theli workmen such
high wages ns ngninst the low wages of
Japan nnd China and even of Prance, thnt,
unless the.v cut down in some respect, even
with a protective tariff, they could net make
enough en their capital te justify their
business.
TT WAS evident thnt te his thinking the
i- Americnn people In the end hnd profited
tiv the tariff en silk because of the better
business methods the American silk ninnu
f i Mirers hnd given te the world, quite apait
fiem the wages I he e silk manufacturers had
been able te give Atnerienn weSwnen. I
tl Ink what chiefiv Interested me, however,
ab ut the whole ceiiveisntlnn was his own
cm (ful mnrslnling of riasetis en the side of
whv t'ie Americnn Guernment should pro pre
tict his business, as though in a sense he
dlslll'd the Idea or the necessltj.
Where it is net a personal business, but
the plant of a coipeintion with bondholders
find shareholders senttered all ever the earth,
it would be nn affair for law vers and expert
accountants te work out and enri through,
with n such probing nnd conning of mich
human nnd personal reasons.
I rutin r wonder, tee, whether In a rorpe.
ration of the big general sort, such ns most
of eir railroads and cenl companies nnd oil
pi i, ii lug eenip inles hnve new become,
the human eh mc nt could enter In se simply
and graphically ; whether, In fnet, a fore
man would work ever an invention te snve
his einplever's waste labor neceiuit, or
having iiiaile such nn invention, whether lie
could ever get n nian-te-mnn hearing with
the head of the company.
THE families who used te own the coal
mines sold mere than the control of them
when thev sold the lauds nnd their firm
name. They netunllv sold for dollars and
cents their respenililllt) . And one wonders
sometimes If that can be parted with thus
arbitrarily for n mene consideration. Queer
things happen te names Mint nre sold! But
en tne whole, nothing se queer hns happened
te a name in in recollection n wns perpo perpe
tmted this summer en n green turtle.
The gnrdener gnvn one of the children
nearby two green turtles nbeut two inches
long. The gnrdener wan Jilsh, the turtles
were green, nnd the child very appreciative.
He named both turtles after Irishmen, there
fore. One was Mike O'Brien and tbe ether
Mike U'Angeiei
AT LAST! "i
fiflJs',j j a1"aaB " mi0t rta S lV" AtwK Fm f
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. HUBLEY R. OWEN
On Medical Werk With Police and
Firemen
THE City of Philadelphia takes better
care of Its policemen and its firemen
thnn nny ether munclpnllty In the country,
according te Dr. Hubley It. Owen, chief
surgeon of the Bureaus of Police and I ire.
Everv possible measure Is taken te keep tlie
members of tl ese two bureaus In such phys
ical condition thnt they nre nlwnvs able te
give their best efforts te the city which
emp!es them.
"I consider the members of the Police
and Flre Bureaus." sniel Dr. Owen, in
the Bamc relnilen te the cltv as the empleyes
of n great industrial plant nre te their
employers. The medical supervision alms
te give te the city Ihe greatest number of
working davs per man. and te make the
working and living conditions et these men
as safe and healthy as is pesslb e. Our
work, therefore, entails the medical super
vision nnd the treatment of these who are
sick or injured, and also the prevention or
nccldents and the prevention of sickness.
Ne Safety First ITere
"It Is Impossible te take 'safety first' as
a text with the work of the policemen and
firemen, becnuse these men nre the protec
tors nnd guardians of public life ami prop
erty. They cannot think first of their own
safety.
"Their duties oblige them te take chances
which the empleyes of industrial establish
ments nre sldem called upon te take
riots the nrrest of daring biyidits. raids,
conflagrations nre nil part of the dny s
work. Neither the pelicemnn nor the fire
man can think of his own safety, but must
remember first his duty te the public. These
men represent the first line of a city s de
fense, and held n position uiiallar te that of
an ami "which guards It.
"The safetv of the city, therefore, must
depend in great measure upon the physical
condition of these men who nre cnlled upon
te protect It. Even possible precaution Is
taken te prevent illness und injur , nnd
when lncnpacltated because of either of these
conditions we btnve te glve them every
nssistnnce toward nn early recovery
"We guard against nccldents as far as
posblble from the beginning of their trnin
Inr Lectures given at the training schools
of the two bureaus .ndudc thorough first
old training, explaining the characteristics
nnd dangeis of the mere common wounds
and Injuries te which they will be sub
jected, nnd the prevention of diseases, such
as tuberculosis, opheid, etc. Maintaining
geed phjsleal condition of the members of
the two bureaus is by no means an easy
work There arc few malingerers In cither
bureau. They are seen discovered enu
weeded out.
Injuries te Firemen
"Mere firemen nre injured in nnswering
nlnrms of fire or in returning from fires
thnn are actually injured during a confla
gration. They are injured while using the
sliding pole or while bearding the fire ap
paratus as it leaves the engine heuse.
"The esprit de corps In hetli bureaus Is
excellent. It hns been thought that it Is
perhaps better In the Fire B'ireau thnn In
the Police Bureau. This is ci.sily explained.
In the Eire Bureau the men nre housed te
..ether, often for a long perlec' of fine, urn
become well acquainted, while in the Pellc
nd
lice
ii -,,,, the men are net housed
together,
,,,wi ,ie net often have occasion
te work
together.
"There nre mnny acts of here hm per
formed bv the men of both bureaus. The
nubile is 'apt te linrii nt the heroism of the
firemen because of tlie attention which it
attracts; whereas ft police officer may have
n lone battle with a desperate bandit of
which few will ever knew. Again, It is
easier te de heroic deeds while working In
company than working alone.
"The men nre of n high type; they are
modest nnd the) nre faithful city empleyes.
They deserve every consideration from the
public. They nre most npprecintlve.
Growth of the Werli
"The growth of the medical work In con
nection with the two bureaus hns Incrcnscd
with rapid strides. When I first became
associated with Mc department In 11)07
nbeut 1000 pntrelmcn nnd firemen were
islted because of sickness nnd injur during
the enr. In January this jenr 1001 visits
were made, and In Feb run ry, 1072 were
called upon or visited my office.
"The two bureaus have nnturnlly in
creased in numbers, The chief reason for
30, 1922
the incrente In the medical work Is thnt the
men new relv upon the surgeon's office for
their medical nnd surgical advice nnd treat
ment. This Is grntifvlng. ns we feel thnt
we hnve gained the confidence nnd the sup
port of the men of the (we bureaus. They
ere net compelled te be trcnted bv nny phvst
clnn in the emplev of the cltv. but are per
mitted te hove their own choice of physician,
surgeon or hospital, and we co-operate In
every way.
"I have visited and inspected the police
nnd fire depnrtments of everv large city in
the East, and believe thnt Philadelphia is
doing mere for the welfare of the policemen
and firemen thnn nny ether city.
"Grent improvements have been mnde In
the medical branch of the Deportment of
Public Snfety during the last two cars.
We new have n modern surgical dispensary,
nose and threat dlspensnr.v. ee dispensary,
neurological dispensary and medical dispen
sary. There Is also maintained nt the
Philadelphia General Hospital a surgical
ward exclusively for the treatment of the
members of the two bureaus. We hnve our
own X-rny apparatus, complete sterilizing
facilities and our own phnrmncy. We make
nnd dispense medicines free of rhargc te the
policemen nnd firemen. By purchasing these
supplies In large qunntltles and by making
medicines the city is saved a considerable
sum each year.
Everything Possible Is Dene
"We try te mnke the men feel thnt we
nre working for their best interest, nnd thnt
we will de everthlng possible for them If
they will glve their best efforts te the city.
We believe that this is being accomplished.
"In addition te this work with the police
men and firemen, we also have under super
vision tlie medical enre of all prisoners; the
examination of chauffeurs recused of in
toxication, mcdtce-legal cases and cases of
lnsanlt. These cases are ably cared for by
the forty-four district surgeons in tlie cm cm
ple of the city. These district surgeons
attend fires throughout the city.
"It is net generally known Mint a district
surgeon attends every ene-alnrm fire in the
mercantile district, and two or mere district
surgeons attend every large fire throughout
the city. All nmbulnncc calls for fires or for
serious accidents, such ns the collapse of
buildings, ere made directly through this
office.
"My office nt City nnll In open dny and
night throughout the ear, nnd it is my be
lief thnt, with the menns nvnllnhle for com
munication with the district surgeons, this
corps can supervise tlie medical work of any
large conflagration or nny such catabtrephe
which might occur in this city."
Wliat De Yeu Knetc?
QUIZ
1. Who were the cemmanclerB-in-chlaf of
the Italian Army during the World
War?
t. What are the asteroids?
8. Who wib uputctl te be the richest man
of the ancient world?
4. Who was Margaret KullerT
6 Who whs l" A Mcsmer?
6. What is the southernmost city en the
American continent?
7 What Is meant by Draconian legislation?
8 Whnt Is the origin of the expression,
The eternal fitness of things'?
9. What is fex-flre?
10. Who Is Governer of the State of New
lone? i
' Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
Lteutenant Drnkpipa, fl)lnff In an nlr nlr
plane near Tm in, Italv, en August 27.
of 'He miles nn hour.
" iihjciuu iur ii time nt tha ratu
This la said te
liu n worms record
I. A brochure is a pamphlet a,
slight
I. A narghile la a form of tobacco plne bv
which the smeke in drawn through
wutur.
i Tha siege of Verelun In the World War
began In 191C
B Alabaster Is n, white or delicately tinted
nne-grnlneil gypsum, n mineral '
e. Nepenthe wns the mythical el rue of tha
ancients which was reputed te banish
pain and Berrow uin
7. Praxiteles wns the most famous of Oreek
My, Te '" th" four""-
I. A quagga Is nn Inlermedlata animal be be
iween the ass nnd the zebra It Is a
native of Seuth Africa, it , Mneat
10. Twe operas composed, by JuleY.
2Ht:ii;ii
re iimis- ana "MJnnii."
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SHORT CUTS
Open season for snow birds.
If one could burn conferences tbi coal
famine would have no terrors.
We trust the chickens nre having i geed
time at tue Chester County Fair.
Let no man Jeer at Herrln until the
Urand Jury gets through Its deliberation!.
And perhaps net even then.
Ganna McCnrmtek la dletlnr In Purlt
We presume the news is worth paragraphic
mention since it wns worth entile tens.
Necessity for putting mere money awii
for a rainy day grows urgent. New lerl
raincoat makers are striking for higher pi;,
Evldenca nt Ktatn emnln-M In ill
Treasury Department audit hearing weflld
Beein te demonstrate that the easy boil
lives In Hnrrlsburg.
William Jennines Bryan' nranenaH
ment en the cenl strike nrecn that ha hu
lest nothing of his old-time ability te plttl-il
luuinize impressively.
Mayer Durken, of Scranton, lays til
coal strike will be nil ever in a week. wi
trust he Is abiding bv the rules of prophecy
set uevvn ey .xiarK Twain.
Millions, we are informed, change hendi
with every deal in Moscow gambling casino.
Rubles, of course. A man may consequent!;
see a -dollar fade away in less than no
time.
It Is net true that Mustapha Kemal in!
r.amen tie vaiera will nttend the deilDenv
tlens of the Disarmament Commission of til
League of Notions when its meet! I
Geneva.
New that the nnrtlea te the rail cel
tTevcrsy have arrived at n point where thtf
numit me case is Hopeless, we may conn cenn
dently leek forward te a working coo-
premise.
Germnny plans te restrict importatlei
or luxuries and exportntien of feed m-
ce.ssities nendlnir a ninieiiiniit tn sten IDCCI)-
lotion in exchange. Pluin living and c!l
iiunhing.
"There will come n time," rays Senater
Wndswerth, "when the Americnn peepll
cannot stnnd any mere taxation." But
Commander McNldcr simply refuses te bi
Hove it.
Drinking cups with the names of can-
einau-s are te he distributed at county iam
by political campaigners. 1 dare tn "
uistritiute iiasus,
challenges
Dcmeatheart
McGlnnls.
The mental and moral cnllber of 3nt$
Lynch Is shown In the case of a wlcnila
Palls Tex., mob, which, unable te t
Negro from jail, attempted te burn a Mf10
uapiisi church.
Jrt Iia-Ua.,1.1 . l-i.l V.aai f H-t Hit
rents keep planes in the nlr, ray professlenijl
gliders, ancl the seashore) ought te be a eJ
place for trials. Yes, or the nclghborneMI
of legislative hulls.
Returns from income nnd profit taiM
fnr he finpn1 pnr fimlert .Tnnp .1(1 SUOff M
decrense of $1,1 10, 101, -120.1)0, which netrtl
would hove happened if the bootlegger Wl
net also n liar.
Even though the State Treasury awM
lind net tPMiItnil In tlin nenierv of eneUJl
tnnm in llliv f-lm nnat- it tlin 1 n VPStlCfltlODf
It could net be considered n complete l
It has had value us an ediicntlenul feature.
veiw.1, n.mrv Tnrd it'
A Pas the nlrs there lu any short
Heardcrsl age of coal and that ''
fuel is being bonrdce J
profiteers he voices a suspicion held by p0"!
sand). But there is no need for ilmiut.
Fuel Distribution Commission should j0'
be able te find the facts, make them rn(l"
and provide u remedy. Ne one would grit"
te find the gouger heist by his own l,t,r
On September 1 the C '
JustnDaj'aTrlp will stert fren. I."f
Field, Ve., en the '
transcontinental airship flight ever w
tr.mnl.il In lli.. l'lllfnl MtllflK. 'J lie MI"
nre scheduled, und the trip will be lien
worthy In man hiijh, But I'emIWU
little while we may be making a neinWJl
flight from New Yerk te pan Frniicitce J J
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