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rhllsdtlphla, Friday, September . 1923
PINCHOT'S PROGRESS
AGAINST Mr. Pinchot the mnchlne
politicians of the Stnte arc raising a
typical cry. "He Is helping the Demo
crats," they wy. "This is net n prlmnry
contest. It is a contest e Republicans for
an election and a campaign ngalnst the
Democratic candidates. Pinchot is talking
as if it were a campaign of Republicans
against Republicans. He Is saying tee many
ugly things against members of his party
and against the organizations which must
help him te get elected!"
Oddly enough, Democratic leaders, includ
ing Mr. McSparran, take a similar view of
the matter. They gloat openly when the
truth, as Pinchot continues te tell It, seems
unfavorable te the Republicanism of the
State. The fact of the matter is. of course,
that there Is a conflict within the Repub
lican Party and It is a conflict between the
decent element In the party and these who
want te render Pinchot helpless after hi
lectien, and perpetuate vice and graft and
general political devilment through corrupt
control of the Legislature.
Pinchot Is net only carrying en a cam
paign for votes; he Is directing n cam
paign of education. His appeal Is frankly
Intended te stimulate the better element in
his party te action and te obtain the co
operation of the Inactive voters, who, if they
were te turn out te the polls, could clean
up the Republican organization and lengthen
it life in Pennsylvania.
This was apparent again yesterday in
Mr. Pinrhet's speech te farmers at Center
Hall, which may be sald te have formally
opened his campaign for election. He
knows that if the unorganized voter will
think and vote the organizations which
abuse power will hate te behave or go out
of business.
WHERE SHALL CHILDREN CO?
KEEP your children off the streets! This,
briefly, Is the recommendation for
parents embodied in a report relative te
street accidents written for Superintendent
Mills by Captain Hearn, head of the accident-prevention
division of the Police
Bureau.
Little boys and girls haven't wings. They
cannot get even te a playground, if a play
ground happens te be anywhere near, with
out using the streets. Xer can they go te
school or the grocery or the movies unless
they use the common highway. If all chil
dren were locked safely Indoors none would
be hurt by meters. That is certain. But
se long as cities are organized in their
present forms it would be better and wispr
te make the streets Mifc than te deny chil
dren fresh air and exercise.
There are streets and streets. Seme of
them are se heavily traveled that they are
unsafe for children. But most residential
streets might be made safe for children te
play In were It net for the occasional auto
mobile speed fiend. A larger force of traffic
policemen would make It unnecessary for
the police te suggest something like life
Imprisonment for children. But Captain
Hearn doubtless felt thet it would be use
leu te make se sensible u suggestion te
thr City Council.
STREET TUNNELS
WHILE the Council Is considering tjie
regulation of permits for private tunnels
under streets connecting buildings of busi
ness houses en two sides of the Bame street
and private bridges built for the same pur
pose it ought te lay down general rules.
The ideal plan would be the passage of a
general ordinance empowering the Director
of Public 'Works te issue permits and te
assess such charges as might be provided in
the ordinance.
Then anv hubincss man who wished te
make n physical connection ever or under
the street between two of his buildings
would huve only te present his case te an
executive officer. That officer would make
an examination of the property and if there
were no valid public reason for denying the
permit would issue it. This would simplify
matters both for the City Council and for
the business men, and It would safeguard
all public Interests.
THE SOURCE OF NARCOTICS
"TVR. CHARLES E. BRICKER, the pollce
' surgeon w-iie lias been observing all
drug victims taken In recent raids, ges
courageously and intelligently te the heart
rt me question presented by these nrresta
'In reminding the Courts and the officials of
the Police Bureau that the scourge of nar
cotics cannot be dealt with properly unless
. way is 'found te restrict or regulate the
manufacture and sale of the various chem
icals broadly classified as "dope."
If there were nothing in the prohibition
laws te precnt the distilleries from turn
ing out whisky in unlimited quantities the
Velstead net would seem even mere fnrclcal
than it is in operation. Yet the agencies
of law which arc moving te limit the
.Improper use of drugs nre confronted wita
system of unregulated production which
always will make their work mere or les-i
futile. What the Harrison Drug Act was
Intended te de for the country, State laws
will have te de in regions wbere the nar
cotic evil has taken the form of a grewtnj
menace tepubllc health and morals.
i Manufacturers of drugs hitherto charged
d.v Implication with the reckless distribu
tion of narcotics unswer that containers
bearing their trade-marks and found in the
possession of drug addicts have been
Imported into the United States from for
eign markets te which they were shipped.
Tilt fact remains that the American, tier
MO, Japanese, British and French manu
facturers turn out mere narcotic drugs In
C-nt day ttan could be used legitimately In
year by the world's physician. It la of
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little use te regulate one group of manu
facturers if all the ethers are permitted te
operate unhindered,
' There was in the plan of the League of
Nations rt clause for an International ss
tern efchecks te restrict 'the manufacture
and sale of habit-forming drugs. But it
was called another of Mr. Wilsen's dan
gerous schemes and it vanished with the
wreck of the Covenant.
COAL PROFITEERING MUST BE
CHECKED BY OFFICIAL ACTION
And This, Toe, In Spite of Senater
Reed's Astounding Pretest Against
Government Regulation
A N INCREASE in the price of coal above
that of the current year would provoke
such n pretest that the Government would
hare te find some way te interfere and
check the profiteers.
There is no moral Justification for nn
increase in price. It will cost no mere te
produce coal than it cost before the 6trike
was settled. The men nre te receive the
old wages and the cost of supplies has net
been increased. Yet, if there were net
some regulatory action by the Government,
greedy operators and dealers would take
advantage of the panicky feeling of the
people and charge whatever they could get.
Ceal might go te $20 or $30 a ten. Under
the operation of the unmoral law of supply
and demand this is exactly what would
happen.
But the country Is confronted by an emer
gency se grave that It Is imperative that
agreement be made te suspend the opera
tion of this law for the time being. Its
operation cannot be permanently checked,
but it can be held up for a few months
through some sort of compulsion en the men
who control the distribution of coal, a com cem com
pulsien which will force them te respect
their obligations te the community nt large.
The operators who met with Secretary
Hoever, of the Department of the Interior,
and 'William D. B. Ainey, chairman of the
Pennsylvania Fuel Beard, and ethers yes
terday afternoon, were inclined te agree
te keep the current price of anthracite un
changed. If the truth were known It would
probably appear that they arc afraid te
demand n higher price.
They knew thet the public holds them
jointly responsible with the miners for the
shutdown in the mines and the shortage of
coal. And thjy knew that any course
entered upon by them which would give any
one an opportunity te charge them with
taking advantage of the necessities of the
people necessities which they have created
would lay them open te reprisals of a
kind which they hesitate te face.
If the operators in the anthracite regions
are te retain control of their property they
must exert themselves te the utmost te
make profiteering In anthracite Impossible.
And what is true in the anthracite field
is equally true in the bituminous field.
The price must be kept as low as it was
last year and adequate means for distrib
uting, possibly for rationing, coal must be
found.
The bill before the Senate te prevent the
exaction of unreasonable prices may net be
the best that can be drnftcd, but its pur
pose is right. The coal consumers of Penn
sylvania, however, will regret that Senater
Dnld A. Reed has seen fit te oppose it
without suggesting something better.
Senater Reed's home is in Pittsburgh, the
city of the men who control the soft-coal
industry. His professional affiliations are
with the corporations with which these
men are connected. In spite of his dis
claimers, he will be suspected of speaking
In defense of the coal barons.
He speaks In deprecation of the evils
that can arise "because of a momentary
stringency In coal," and insists thnt they
nre less than the evils that would fellow
the attempt of the Government te fix prices.
And he declares that the Government has
no mere power te regulate the distribution
of coal than te deprive the coal opernters
of "a part of the market value of their
property without making the shadow of
compensation for it."
This is by Implication a defense of the
right of the operators te charge for their
cool whatever they can get for It, a right
which under ordinary conditions no one
will deny. It is likewise nn assertion that
the Government is without power in a grave
emergency te protect the public in ncccss te
one of the necessities of life.
Academically Senater Reed may be rlgTit,
but practically he is se wrong that only
his lack of experience In the consideration
of the responsibilities of government can
explain his attitude.
Unless government has broken down in
"Washington a way will be found te check
the greed of operators and dealers. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has power
te give priority te coal shipments en the
railroads and it can give priority te the
coal from one mine ever the coal from
another. It can shut the profiteering mines
out of the market and compel them te go te
court te seek relief.
It may appear that this power of the
commission will be sufficient te prevent
profiteering. But if it is net sufficient there
certainly 13 wisdom enough in either the
executive or the legislative branch of the
Federal Government te find another and
mere effective way.
A RIOT OF BAD MANNERS
THE State of Minnesota and Its people,
und net Vice President Coelldge, worn
permanently humiliated yesterday by the
almost Incredibly bad manners of a multi
tude that hooted and booed when Mr. Cool Ceol Coel
ldge begnn te deliver an address at a fair
in Minneapolis and became se disorderly
that the address was left unfinished.
There is no precedent that we can call te
mind of similar discourtesy te an important
representative of the Government. If Mr.
Coelldge had been flippant, had he been dis
posed te flatter and amuse the crowd at the
fair or te Indulge in the light-headed jazz
with which stump orators fascinate the
average crowd of qualified electors in the
United States, he would doubtless have been
applauded and asked te go en. It was the
Vlce President's misfortune te feel and
talk seriously about serious issues. Se folk
who were fairly representative of the larger
class that holds the destiny of the Notion in
Its keeping appears te have been bored.
Te the Governer of the State and the
newspapers falls the difficult Jeb of apolo
gizing for the insult offered wantonly te
the vlce presidential office. It is a Jeb that
n let of people will have te sweat ever for
a long time te come. And it may be eren a
inneer time uetore a jrireucm or vice rrea.
ident of the United States consents te b
-v.
evening Public ledger
received in it community (hat seems te hav
forgotten net only the rules of reason, but
the rules of common courtesy te strangers
within its-fates.
Mr. Coelldge Is net n spellbinder, and
een as an after-dinner speaker he doesn't
shine. But lie was the guest of the State
and the representative of the President of
the United States. It was no crowd of
radicals thet interrupted him and bawled
for the horse races instead. It was a gath
ering of average voters, who In such seri
ous moments as they have, wonder why the
bosses and lenders of pe'ltleal partleH de
net take them seriously or wish te be guldsd
by their opinions nnd desires.
NEARING THE GOAL
ANNOUNCEMENT by Majer Moere te a
delegation of Frankfenl business men
that the new elevated line would be turned
ever te the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company for operation en Saturday,
November 4, and that arrangements can be
made for n celebration of the event, calls
attention te the nppreachlng completion and
equipment of the first of the new high-speed
l'nes planned years age.
The regular operation of trains from
Sixty-ninth strict te Frankford Is new lcs
than two months away. The long Impa
tience of the Frankford peple is at last te
be relieved.
We shall knew befere the middle of the
winter whether the preliminary estimates of
the amount of business te be done en the
new line hnvc been correct. Ne one need he
surprifed If the business exceeds the esti
mates. The line will be opened at the
season when everybody Is in town nnd when
travel from the out! Ing districts te the
center of tlu city is most active. It will
make It easier for people in the northeastern
rnrt of the city te de their Christmas shop
ping and te get te the theatres in tliy
evening.
As seen ns it is posslble te use the actual
business of this new line ns a basis for an
estimate of the amount of business that
ether new lines can be expected te de. the
city will be in a position te make deflnite
proposals te the P. R. T. for the construc
tion nnd operation of ether units in the pro pre
posed series of high-speed lines. If these
new lines nre rushed they can be completed
In time te accommodate the travel of the
Sesqtil-Centcnnlal summer.
POLITICAL MAY-BUGS
TITAY-BUGS belong te the ephemera,
J-'Awlth life for a day. Quite as transi
tory in nature seem te have been the
interests of what are called "ordinary citi
zens." ns distinguished from professional
politicians, In the primary contest last
spring. By September wings of the May
bugs have long since ceabed te whirr.
Registration places in many of the divi
sions throughout Philadelphia presented
yesterday scenes of the most uninspiring
nputhy. Political enthusiasm, zealous con
cern for the right of franchise, has net
lasted ever summer.
It Is virtually a foregone conclusion that
Gilferd Pinchot will be elected Governer of
Pennsylvania. Acceptance of this assump
tion is without doubt largely responsible for
the slim-registration en the first of three
days set aside for the work.
As an excuse for shirking the responsi
bilities of citizenship the contention is cbar
acteristlc. Politically speaking, it Is
Immoral and indefensible, implying, as it
does, regard for the privilege of franchise
only when a fight Is in progress.
Registration slackers this year seem te
have ignored the fact that State Senators
and Representatives will be elected this
autumn. It Is typical of the delinquents
te neglect the obligations of franchise nnd
Inter te complain bitterly ever the composi
tion of Congress.
There is no kicker like the man or
woman who has done nothing te prevent the
situation, which, when irremediable, is
viewed with nlnrm.
Twe mere registration days are in pros
pect. September 10 nnd October 7. This Is
n patient system of government, and what
ever Its defects, it cannot be said te treat
the indifferent elector with anything but
the men generous consideration. It may be
wondered bemctimes whether such a citizen
is really worth all the attention received.
AN INTERCHANGE OF COURTESY
AN INSTINCTIVE sense of courtesy
Inherited perhaps from ene of the
courtliest of nations the mother country
of Spain seems te have been Irresistibly
operative nbeard a little Mexican gunboat
when the great battleship Maryland carry
ing Secretary Hughes and the American
commission te the Brazilian Centennial
steamed into the majestic hnrber of Rie de
Janeiro eh Tuesday morning. t
In nn Instant geed manners took refresh
ing precedence ever Mexican-American con
troversies nnd reduced at least te temporary
Insignificance the fact thnt the United
States has net yet formally recognized the
Government of its Southern neighbor.
The diminutive unit of the Mexican
Navy saluted lustily. The Maryland boomed
nn answering compliment. Mr. Hughes, It
Is said, urged Admiral .Tenes te walve tech
nical considerations of diplomacy. Beth
vessels, explained the Secretary of State,
were in a friendly harbor. It was clear
that the Mexican commander hnd acted upon
en Impulse of unaffected geed will.
It Is clear nlse that Mexican-American
relations are net going te suffer by reason
of reciprocal civilities. Mexico and, indeed,
ether Lntin -American nations have often
been Inmentnbly misunderstood In northern
latitudes. Mr. Hughes supplied a needed
change. His sympathy with and under
standing of nn ingenuous act is precisely
the sort of thing te expedite and establish
the long-delayed accord. It was the kind
of tiifle which counts for much in Lntin
America, where sensibilities are keen nnd
pride is intense,
The occasion was particularly happy as
an untldete for some recent extravagantly
absurd misrepresentations of Mexico, nota
bly by Bruce Blelaskl, who reported the
capital of that republic as a hotbed of bol bel
bhevlMn. On investigation it hns been shown that
it in the cubtem of meat-shop and pulque
saloon proprietors In Mexico City te ndver ndver
tlse their wares by red lings. Seme Amer
icans who have beheld the display have been
startled quite ns much ns are perhaps nema
lereigners passing ey mictien salesrooms in
our own country.
Better than most of his countrymen, Mr.
Hughes renllzes the nnture of the Mexican
problem. It is therefore net surprising te
note thnt he returns amenity for amenity.
It is at least worthy of note that when
the mate of a schooner wrecked in the Seuth
. .4. m - n Sca Islands- where the
And It May Be women are geed te leek
True at That upon und outnumber the
men fourteen te one,
told the San Francisce ship reporters that
he preferred his own wlfe te any fourteen
grass-skirted maidens en the coral strands
the wlfe of his besom steed by his side and
smiled approval.
.... t Iu"'n pert author!
Battle Line -Up ties at Batum have
seized British ships. It
Is understood that if they are net immedi
ately released a British fleet of destroyers
will arrive te take them forcibly. Jehn Bull,
it would annear. is due either tn knnMr 'm
- l for a goal or bat 'em for a home run. v
PHILADEIiPHA. FRIDAY;
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
' Net Only Are Ceal Mines Dangerous,
but They Are Dirty, Damp and
Dark Assuredly Enough D's
te Damn Them
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
Jf
T SAW ome photographs yesterday of co
mines. Inside and out. in n magazine.
There was also the statistical account wlth
them, output, wages, etc., etc. But te any
one who Is unfamiliar with the leek of the
real thing, the pictures de net convey much.
I de net knew one thing about the leek
of a mine inside, becnuse I have never been
allowed by my relatives nnd friends and nc
qunlntnnccs the mine Owners te go in
side. It Is tee dangerous, they sny for visi
tors. Se that though I have spent n great
deal of my life en top of anthracite mines,
I ve never gene down into the pit. But you
can get a geed deal of the atmosphere and
feel the conditions from the outside, even If
you de net knew nny miners personally and
have never seen them nt work, and even If
.veu have te hear everything from the em
ployer side, nnd, in n sense, have always
profited by the employers' dividends.
Common sense and your cyeB will tell jett
three things besides the fact thnt mines are
dangerous. They nre dirty, they are damp
nnd they arc dark. In spite of machinery
that can cut in n day what it used te take
twenty-fife men te cut, much of the cutting
still has te be done by men in cramped
positions nnd dnmp conditions, nnd all of It
has te be done under dirty conditions nnd
cempnrcd te most ether occupations, outside
powder nnd chemical factories dangerous
conditions.
Once down the shaft, you work In a place
where no sun can penetrate, no light ether
than artificial, and you work with u sub
stance that turns your body nnd clothes Inte
sooty, grimy blnck in a few minutes. Yeu
remain thnt way nnd you breathe thnt air
until you get back home at dusk. ' Whether
you mine the coal, or pick ever the cenl te
extract the slate, or run the mine cars, or
are employed In the tipple, you nre working
with blackness in blackness and turn black
yourself.
UP ON the spurs of mountainsides, where
most of the mines begin, the mining is
comparatively near the surface, but as the
vein runs deeper the galleries go down,
down, until they nre far below the surface.
Fer convenience seke, the homes of the min
ers nre most of them near the mouth of the
mine, in some cases the mlnp cempnny owns
the surface immediately round the shaft for
n great many acres, and has built the houses
for its empleyes within easy walking dis
tance of the works.
The dust of the mines, end of the great
refuse heaps, that rise like mountains, of
cenl nnd sing and slate, sifts ever these
houses se that they tee nre black, and ever
the ground se thnt It is unfertile, nnd into
the streams se that they are polluted.
A geed deal of the refuse that is discarded
when the coal is picked out is inflammable
and it often happens thnt the great moun
tains of waste about the mine villages ere
en fire, n dull gaseous heap of smoldering
curth, which burns for weeks nnd months,
potbeninc; the air of the houses clustered
about its edges.
Sometimes an abandoned mine catches fire
inside. The wooden preps nnd what is left
of coal dust and the cenl here and there In
the veins burn for months. This hns hap
pened lately te a mine nt the feet of Wilkes
Barrc Mountain, nnd the gases from this
pent-in fire have mode the houses en the
top of the mountain uninhabitable for the
early part of the summer.
BUT a miner nowadays does net hnve te
live in the company houses or buy In
stores cither owned or regulated by the com
pany. He hns stores and hanks nnd schools
nnd rcntnblc or buynblc houses te cheese
from under perfectly geed trade conditions.
The reason that he has tliit, freedom is that
his predecessors struck and refused te work
hampered by employer-owned heuse nnd
store, becnuse he never had savings under
the old conditions, where from the liquor
that he get drunk en te the shoes his chil
dren were his employer reaped the profits.
The mines nre safe new, compared te the
old days, because the employers' liability
insurnncc has made safeguards n paying
preposition te the employers, nnd because
the unions struck for mere machinery safe
guards te take the place of the old system
of espionage of the empleyes by watchmen,
whose duty It wns te Fee that carelessness
about uncovered lnmps und pipes nnd
matches should be reported and punished
with dismissal.
The power of n watchman with n grudge,
und the danger of n watchman with n mind
te shirk, were two very ugly facts under the
old system new wrapped. The lighting nnd
the ventilation and the shelters and the
machinery and the regime of even the least
progressively run mine nre far in advance
of the most paternally run mine of twenty
five yenrs age, owing te the pressure of pub
lic opinion and Legislature and competition.
INDEED, their Blewness te tnkc away the
unnecessary hardships of coal mining lest
them first the native-born American miners,
who began when the mines began sixty or
seventy yenrs age. Until then, that region
nbeut Wilkes-Bnrre was n summer resort,
noted for its geed nir and lovely forest and
farming scenery. Wilkes-Bnrre itFelf was
a county sent nnd noted for its fine old
hotel en the rlverbnnk, where it wns cus
tomary for the wives of the Judges during
the yenrly sessions of court te enjev their
summer holiday as much ns though It were
Bedford Springs or Saratoga itself.
The forests are gene, and the country
side is scarred with coal brakes and slag
heaps. The city is a beautiful ene for sit
uation and for Its hnlf-dezen principal
streets, but it is net n summer resort, nor
arc the towns that make up Its environs for
the most part cheerful places te drive
through. The present populations of these
mining towns may be prosperous compared
te their status In Central European coun
tries, from which they were imported, but
they are cither content or possive under very
sordid surroundings.
FDR when the native American miners
bow wlint minlnc was. thev censed te be
miners. And when the Welsh miners that
came ever te take their plnces snw what
opportunities the country had for ether
work. they. tee. dropped out of the ranks.
It wns n strike just as plainly ngninst con
ditions as any organized one, but it wns ac
complished by desertions of n family nt n
time. It became necessary te import lober
that would net desert for a better job, and
the most Jgnerant populntlens of Europe
were drafted for the purpose. In many
cases the new let spoke dlnlects thnt even
the local priests could net understand, nnd,
for n time, they could net be organized into
any concerted nctlen for better conditions,
even in the mines where conditions were
netnblv bad, because they could net be told
their rights or thus come .te comprehend
their wrongs.
When they were finally reached, through
the younger generation mostly, who learned
English In the schools, they were reached
by agitators rnther than by mere stable
forces for Americanization.
Meanwhile, the cenl mines had passed out
of the hands of individuals nnd families into
the hands of corporations, nnd the corpora
tions were further organized Inte great in-tcr-allled
directorates.
If changes for the better were te be
brought about, they hed te be with the
consent of many nnd at the demand of many.
Concessions of nn individual te an individual
were no longer possible.
Whether it pnys. te own and te work n
mine under existing conditions is for the
owners te decide. Whether It pays under
uny but the best conditions and highest
wages te work in a mine Is for the workers
te decide. They hnve apparently come te
a temporary decision nbeut it, workers and
owners. But the rent point nt issue Is, Will
men who have te mine ever be satisfied with
wages or with conditions? Isn't it work
contrary te human nature work, dangerous,
dirty, damp-and darkV
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SEPTEMBER,, 8,
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NOW W IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia eji Subjects They
Knew Best ,
ROBERT J. FULLER
On the Economic Value of Veteran
Rehabilitation
LEAVING aside entirely the humanitarian
side of the question, the economic value
of the rehabilitation of the veterans of the
late war will ndd te the lndustrinl nnd eco
nomic resources of the United States a sum
vastly in excess of what this rehabilitation
has cost, according te Rebert J. Fuller,
chief of the rehabilitation division of the
Veterans' Bureau of the Third District,
comprising Pennsylvania and Delaware.
"In Pennslvnnia alone." sold Mr. Fuller,
"we have put into training mere thnn
lfi.000 men. nnd there nre en the training
rolls nt the present time ubeut 11.500. There
is practically no limit te the kinds of train
ing which they receive, and probably in
round figures the men are new learning 2-.j
different trades and occupations. Thousands
of them have been rehabilitated net only
economically, but nlse socially.
"As may be guessed from the number of
various occupations which the men have se
lected In which they prefer training, the
occupations run all the way from an acety
lene welder te a pest-graduate medical stu
dent. What Rehabilitation Means
"The fundamental idea of rehabilitation
is te return the disabled veteran te civil life
with an occupaten wheh he may pursue
gnlnfully nnd without any economic less in
spite of his vocational handicap. In ether
words, it enables the rehabilitated man te
compete successfully with the normal man
In thnt field of work in which the former
hns been trained.
"The economic gain te the industrial and
productive resources of the United States
from plnclng these veterans in n position
where they arc producers in n great many
ii.. ...ill I,, e vnfv ulinrt ennrn of time.
fur outbalance the cost of se fitting them.
One of the chief aims of the Government iu
doing this work is te avoid some of the evils
which followed the Civil War. An important
lessen from this experience has been learned
hnd a bad economic feature has been elimi
nated. .,
Cheesing the Occupations
"Through this work there has come nbeut
the most serious consideration of vocational
guidance and direction, or the cheesing of
the occupation for which the men are best
adapted. .This selection Is based upon the
previous educational background of the man
In question, his previous occupational ex
periences, his nge, his personal history and
the extent nnd character of his disability,
coupled with his desire end his personal
preferences.
"It would naturally be unwise from every
standpoint te try te make n physician of n
mnn who had net the previous educational
background for such a profession, when
there might be nnd usually is one of the
mechanical arts In which he would be suc
cessful. All these things have te be care
full v considered In the cheesing of an occu
pation for the men, but they nre generally
amenable te reason in this matter, which is
of the first Impertance both te them and te
the Government which is supplying the edu edu
cntlenal facilities.
"The counsel given te the men is naturally
mere in the nature of advisement. We point
out te the man himself the spheres in which
he is most likely te be nuecessful and in
which he can make n choice, having in mind
the above considerations.
Choice Net Compulsory
"Frem our experiences In this line It Is
believed that in the question of vocational
guidance the adult Indlvldunl should net be
directed peremptorily or told that he must
de this or that, but thnt he should be led
te make the proper choice 6t vocation him
self. This 1b, we think, n contribution which
rehabilitation can make and is making te
the educatlenul world In quest of mere ma
terial te guide young men n the correct
selection of their life occupations.
"When the hclcctlen or occupation has
been finally made a definite effort Is then
made toward the setting up of the training
program, with rather different bteps nnd cer
tain tlme limitations. The training itself
has been carried en both In institutions and
in Industrial establishments, with approxi
mately 25 per cent of the men training lu
the latter.
"The training program then may be either
intensified courses of study prearranged bo be
twecn the Veterans' Burenu and the insti
tution giving the training, or it may be a
series of steps carried en in industrial es
tablishments under competent counselors,
which will cnuble the men receiving the
ceurse te pursue successfully the given trnde
or occupation,
'In both cabes our experiences have shown
that there is much subject matter commonly
thought te be necessary In the educutlennl
niiuviu ,.' v . , coeu.muij i-uininateu
from the training program and thus save
f
Inch time ler te man receiving 'the train-
!Wm.,.U'kAHWAlWll
-' ' - v -,"" vie'w1
1922 . ' . . .
FARMER AND THE STRIKE '. "
as the farmer is rejoicing in a bumper crop
I 4luM a "SCAB. Mr?'. " A sMll Tmmdm
GOOD i& l- f flMnD' tnrfSNTefc m.tam uiau.
- X0UR BUMPER. V THiNff! . , THW?, T , 6 .
Dai i jfrflS. AKefHCK'
comes the gloomy possibility that he cdnnet market it
ing nnd expense te the Government which
supplies It In the carrying en of the train
ing program.
Something Entirely New
"Rehabilitation work is something en
tirely new nnd is the direct result of recent
wars, especially the one through which we,
together with most of the rest of the civi
lized nations, have just passed. It was seen
early in the war that the less in personnel
wns going te be n very important factor eco ece eco
nemlcally net only te this Government, but
te that of every country involved In the
conflict, nnd that there would be need te
capltnlize nil the functions remaining te the
disabled men.
"It wns. In ether words, nn effort te avoid
the se-called 'scrap heap' which had been
the result of most previous wars. It is n
well-known fact that, following the Civil
ar, thousands of men who had taken part
In thnt great conflict traveled the country
ns tramps, with no goal and with no ambi
tion except te becure n living in the easiest
way. As has often been said, and with some
degree of truth, the American tramp was a
product of the Civil War, and once firmly
grounded, his Indolent, roving ways have had
many imitators, until today he may be said
te have become te borne extent a fixture in
our civilization.
"Many of these men become mendicants
ami a burden upon society. It was te avoid
these consequences and te eliminate these
conditions ns well as te assist the men In
gaming economic independence, bccatibe we
ourselves were ready and willing te,nssume
our welfare responsibilities, that Congress
passed the act which made possible the work
of rehabilitation.
These Who Are Trained
"Only these veterans nre given the train
ing who hnve been injured te such an extent
tiiat it amounts te a vocational handienp.
Jt he cannot compete with the normal worker
in his particular line by reason of what he
has buffered during or ns n result of the
war, he can secure training.
Ji'.T.!!.P ?vcrn8 length of the vocational
training is about two years. The courses
?n.rinJ .' .ry '? lensth- nn,nK from six
months in the shortest ones te four years
in the longest, nltheugh, as I said, the aver aver
age is about two years.
.'Zrse m1n ?.re ln '"'"InR in about 230
the i n-SYt1! ln!Ltltutin In the State, and
the Institutions nre chosen with the sole
K!.nPn8 i0 fcc.t;urlJJK tLe best results for the
E2Linnd r. tl.le 90V,crnmcnt In the shortest
possible period of time. We hnve, utilized
wherever possible these organized ' Instltu-
I "n S,,l,c". ."re wiIIInff nml caPab'e of ns
smilntlng the men receiving training into
the regular courses or which are willing e
modify the entrance requirements und the
courts te meet the needs of the men.
ft, ,ie" T fill' ,that ,he training will mere
than repay the Government economically I
'ZarT''f ,from f,KUrC3 et from
theory. It is based en the enrning capacity
of these men who hnve received tralXg :m
ngalnst these who hne net. Three fun!
dred cases which we have investigated show
that the Increased earning capacity of the
rvenVVrJr" trail runsfem $100
we'll werthS;- yCflr' Qnd BUre th'8 ls
What De Yeu Knew?
Quiz
1. By whom Is the President of th TTnif-
4. Wlint Is the significance of the exnres.
'n. "Barnum wm right"? MMM
6. Who was the last Secretary nf r .
Whth? ,W1Iaen, Aam,n,'l? Stat of
0. What Is conchelogy?
7 WtatpeVuPc'nMnn,nE f th0 word 1"1
8" WCubanfln C'rS and JesE" of the
. ViVi : " " ""' e in macninery? y
10' WeaftEucrnVh0 fUr rlvcrs of 'c Garden
What Is a sheae In machinery?
What U'rirn tln f.. i..."'"ri..'
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1
Th!!t?Jt ai!lve vlcane of the United
htatcs or Its neskfHBinn. i. ;..'. yniica
, n the Island of llawail. "'""". in
2. Pajamas originated In Inuia.
3. An cyna is rt yeuiu; hawk taken from h
nest for training in falconry b?m ?
J vet completely trained ut net
Thfi chief colonial posHesslens of Pem.
ysxxr, iMf nn'
6. Andrew D. Mellen B the nresent .
taryesOf the Treasury0 JW &5
death, ana Lcthe In classlrni !ifnir
nr nrnr...in -.!v.H. or her trade
10. The Jury-mast of Jhi'T.."VE. ?.
Thajury-ma of a .'hin"S,,Ar. !!!
mast
?Mmtm
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SHORT GUTS
V:
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The Weather Man at last tried te prenl-
ue ubu u ncari. v i
It is hard te cure an addict. Wlsces
sin has the La Follette habit.
Doubtless the Sesqul Finance Commit 1
ice iuunu comierr, in me nna JjyDerry. ,
Rumania new proceeds te demonstrates
innr iinnnnv linn rna nentt , tn, n..
crown. -
A man wen the fancy-work prize at uV
jyDerry iair. j use rancy, Bald tne fur
ones. " ,
Greece is the latest te realize that tiis
fortunes of war are tee frenuentlv mifnr.f-
tunes. ,, 'I
Neptune Maxim never would dare tefj
...-ifcui. me wuiiiu iruc mac ecauty is oil)
cam uuci'.
t
Judged by his delight in getting whteMif
off his chest, nn asthmatic ought te be a d
parngrapher. ,'
J( .
It Is a safe bet that the Greeks Jut)
new would be willing te swap CenstantiM,
for Vcnlzeles.
Atlfintlf Pftv tinni.tln. M....4- L ltJ '-i :
changing clothes. Just hew tired tomorrow,
wuj UCUiUIiaiXUlU
VtfWA DMntJ.Hi D.JIlJ J A 11.1.
a ??n I2,wrry unduly ever the reception be '
A man may have a fairly high percent- j
age, but he can't be 100 per cent Amerlcut1
unless he registers and votes.
' - ' i
The Curtles glider is having no men!
success than the Lnngley plane, but it, b '
uc,u5 ncwcu wun mere cnarity.
We begin te foresee the possibility thtt.i
------ .... -.. Bu, t uni ui cuui he wa-
answer a questionnaire and get a prwcrlf
tien.
The average cost of a meal ln
Sing is six cents. But we'netiee that it U
the warden nnd net a prisoner that is brai ;
cine about it. -
. 1 1 Dayton min has discovered means of
taking the knock out of an automobile meter.
New device should be affixed nt once te tht
car of progress.
Government experts In planes flytef leir
are gassing bell weevils ln Mississippi cot
ton fields. This may work till the putt
things get gas masks. i
... r .
11 ..i .ery lrem Stroudsburg, Pa., telli et
"suunng wealing several links of a cnais i
nt a boatheusc. Vulcan new busy wl ;
...i uiui-aauutning JODS.
Small boys getting ready for school mi
advantageously take note of the fact that ,
oysters are new being taken from their beds
imnu u wera et complaint.
A beaten pugilist, ventured the Cost
scleneelcss One, ought net te have aai
trouble about transportation. He should bH
able te travel en his surface scars.
following an engagement in Ce
Nationals nre said te be "scouring tM ;
neighborhood." With se much het wa'er
they ought te be able te meke e geed je ,
of It,
Easlen man (according te a dispatcl)
fell sixty feet from a smokestack and w
unhurt, l'crhaps he fell en soft coal
(Shucks! We don't care. We baveu't a
conscience.)
... I'rlvnte secretary of the Secretary J ,j
" i in wearing a Jl suit Ol awr .
made In Panama out of four flour rti.
""!- "u ii mat ne utuuieu me i,"-' ,
ail fculd, "Eventually. Why net new? ',
Though hardly a day piibses ,w,"B0"j '
some Incident exposing the absurdities, w ,
the existing Immigration law. the f
should net be ullewcd te obscure its virtue.
All it appears te need Is n little ceww
senbe.
, Clergyman of Norwich, England, dj
tllnrnu Ida f,mt !...- nl.lK .nlnn 111 1HSHJ
.w.vu v..u .1,11, mat vmm ipimi...-v --, b
cabes is held in bnr parlors of public neuwji
(back rooms of saloons) and that refrew. .
incuts nre served from the bar, I',(luw i
notes, as it were.
i i r - - -
The stnrtllng news is flashed, frog
i ii, i.. .i.. .i. " i. .. i., i, irk. aniii
..iminhu mut uiu ui( in l-uilllllh " ' 'iy'
"Coming Through the Hye," with vria
tlens, is te be the season's favorite ,u5
The principal vurlutlen, we burmlse. TO
lm n limine .!..... ,1,.. MM.- til halt " 'ii
t in Place of a broken or lest one.
per cent,
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