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★ OCTOBER, 1914
24,426
Average for the year 1013—31,877
Average for the year 1912—21,175
Average for the year 1811—18,851
Average for the year 1910—17,403
THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 1®
A GREAT OLD STATE
ACCORDING to figures of the
Department of Agriculture at
Washington, this State ranks
first in the yield of corn per
acre and second in tobacco. It holds
the same first place among all corn
States for the ten-year period.
The average production of corn an
acre in Pennsylvania was 42 bushels
for 1914 and 38.4 bushels for the last
ten years. Wisconsin stands second
this year with a yield of 40.5 bushels
an acre. Ohio, which was third for
1914, with a yield of 39.1 bushels,
stands second for the last ten-year
average, with 3 8.1 bushels. The aver
age for the United States this year
was 25.8 bushels and for the last ten
years 26.7 bushels.
The quantity of corn produced In
Pennsylvania Is small compared with
that of some other States, yet It ranks
fourteenth among the great corn pro
ducing States at that, with a total
production this year of 61,446,000
bushels.
Those of us who love mush, pon
haus and scrapple and corn cake and
corn pone will study these figures with
special relish and interest. We live in
a good old corn State, the leader of
them all, and the fact of our position
In this respect ought to make every
Pennsylvanian just a little prouder
than ever of this Imperial Common
wealth.
Pennsylvania ranks second among
all the States in the quantity of to
bacco produced an acre both In 1914
and for the average of the last ten
years; Connecticut produces more to
bacco an acre than Pennsylvania, but
no other State does. The production
per acre in Pennsylvania for 1914 was
1.450 pounds, while the average of
the tobacco producing States was
853.8 pounds.
And second in tobacco! It's a fine
showing and these are only two of the
products. Nor must we forget the mil
lions of bushels of apples, and all the
other good thing* that are provided
for the comfort »nd happiness and
prosperity of our people.
City Commissioner Bowman is push
ing along the outdoor work of his de
partment, and unless the cold weather
swoops down upon I-larrisburg sud
denly it is certain that the more im
portant .undertakings will be finished.
There is considerable interest in the
tamping of the open trenches in the
paved streets owing to the fact that
there has been constant complaint
in the past regarding the careless pav
ing of cuts in the asphalt, resulting in
depressions and unsightly stretches of
the asphalt surface for years after.
"This Is" the last great war," says a
college professor. Nobody is disposed
to resent the prediction.
HELP SOW
THOSE who propose to contribute
to the Thanksgiving ship which
will sail away from Philadel
phia on Thanksgiving Day to
Nlieve the starving people of Belgium
must act quickly. Already one ship
Is on the way across the ocean and
this second ship should bear the gifts
of the people of Harrlsburg in as gen
erous measure as possible. This city
was well represented in the nrst ship
and It will also be well represented In
the Thanksgiving boat that will be at
Its dock and ready for Its cargo before
the close of this week.
Under date of October 6 the Manila
Times discusses the first anniversary of
the Philippines under Oovernor-General
Harrison, the first representative of the
Wilson administration, and it Is not im
pressed with the achievements of
Democracy in our far-East posses
sions Governor-General Harrison, in
the opinion of the Manila newspaper,
utterly failed In the early days of his
administration to understand the situa
tion and to-day a weak obstinacy is
likely to prevent iris application of such
experience as the past twelve months
has brought him. Those of experience
In the Philippines believe that Harrison
has been tried and found wanting; in
short, that he Is a failure.
DELICATE SITUATIONS
THAT American warship the
Tennessee—which has been rep
resenting the navy of the United
States in various capacities since
the outbreak ot the war in Europe is
having some more or less exciting ex
periences It barely escaped striking
a mine off the coast of France recently
and It is now reported to be the object
of Turkish resentment In Asia Minor,
where a party In a launch of the
cruiser, sent to confer'with the au
thorities at Smyrna, la said to have
THURSDAY EVENING,
been fired upon by the forts, com
pelling the launch to return to the
Tennessee.
We ore advised from Washington
that Captain Decker, who Is In com
mand of the Tennessee, Is regarded as
a careful and level-headed officer.
These are the times and the ruffled
seacoast of Europe and Asia are the
places calling for the exercise of the
very qualities with which the com
mander of this American cruiser Is
said to be endowed.
There Is more or less fear among
many people of this country that some
such incident as the blowing up of an
American ship by a careless mine or
the firing upon American sailors by
superheated foreigners may yet pre
cipitate this country Into the Infernal
tragedy of Europe. It ought to re
quire the greatest provocation to in
volve the United States In the trou
bles of the European nations. Our
people are not war-crazed, and, while
the dignity and the rights of this na
tion must be upheld at any cost, there
would appear to be occasion only for
the exercise of discretion and common
sense in dealing with the delicate
problems which are bound to arise
from time to time while hostilities
oontlnue on the other side of the At
lantic.
The Telegraph printed with great
pleasure yesterday a communication
from an old bandsman of Elizabethtown
commending the paved streets of this
city. Our correspondent marched over
the long route of the recent firemen's
parade and compared conditions with
those of thirty years ago to the ad
vantage of the Harrisburg of to-day.
Tfiese are the comments which give our
city its prestige elsewhere.
GET TOGETHER
GOVERNOR . ELECT BRUM.
BAUGH and the Republican
party are pledged to certain
definite proposals whlcji should
be enacted into law at the approach
ing session of the Legislature. These
include a proper compensation act for
worklngmen, measures regulating
child labor and one or two other simi
lar matters. It Is almost certain that
these bills will receive first considera
tion
Owing to the fact that there are two
sides to be considered, the supporters
of these proposals ought to promptly
get together with a view to bringing
about harmonious agreement upon the
form as well as substance of the bills.
Manufacturers and large employers of
labor are naturally concerned over the
provisions of a compensation law, and
while they are not opposed to a proper
measure, they will undoubtedly fight
such radical features as may be sub
mitted by those who regard the ques
tion as a one-sided proposition.
Conferences should be held between
now and the first of January with a
view to preparing these bills so that
the questions may not be thrown into
the Legislature and threshed out in
the usual manner of the debating so
ciety. It ought to be possible to pre
pare all these bills in such a way as to
assure their passage without serious
change after their presentation to the
Legislature; but unless there is a dis
position on both sides to compose
their differences, before the session
there is certain to be disagreement
arfd possible failure later.
The Governor-elect Is committed to
reasonable legislation along these lines
and will doubtless give his counsel In
the preparation of proper bills, but
any attempt at radical action should
be defeated at the very outset, to the
end that the measures which are de
manded may be put uppn the statute
books in proper shape.
Let us hope that Mr. McFarland'g il
luminating talk before the Cltv Council
this week will remove the last vestige
of hostility to the creation of the Shade
Tree Commission that is so much
needed. No act of the Legislature Is
perfect, and there may be features of
the shade-tree law that are objection
able in spots, but the main thing is to
protect the trees and the only way
this can be done is through a properly
constituted body with sufficient au
thority to supervise their planting and
care.
Lest some of our people get a wrong
Impression of the German spirit and
the humanity of the German people,
It ought not to be overlooked that the
Government at Berlin has officially
welcomed American assistance in the
work of caring for the Belgians It
declared its high pleasure In consenting
to share with our country the privilege
of ministering to this stricken and
sorely afflicted people.
It Is a hopeful sign when manufac
turers and representatives of labor
meet together as they have been doing
this week on Capitol Hill for the con
sideration of matters of vital Interest
to both. This co-operation means much
for the future peace of the Common
wealth, and John Price Jackson and
those associated with him merit the
commendation of all who favor a get
ting together of men Interested In the
success of the employer and the em
ploye.
Governor-elect Brumbaugh has
sought a quiet and perfectly safe re
treat where he cannot even hear the
Cabinet makers and the patronage
distributors at work. They arc having
the fun of an Interesting guessing
match while he Is enjoying a deserved
rest.
Business men and firms throughout
the country, corporations and boards of
trade, are reporting a rising tide of
prosperity. Mills are running night and
day in some localities and the outlook
is said to be most satisfactory.
With enormous crops and fine pros
pects for the approaching year, plus
the revival of public confidence and the
disappearance of legislative hysteria,
there should be the dawn of a better
day near at hand.
Several of the amusement houses
have already given benefit perform
ances for th« Belgians. This Is the
proper spirit. All should have a hand
In this great work of relief.
We are now to have ostrich dinners.
These are much better than crow, and
as suggested by the New York Sun, "one
cannot but think that there will be
enough of it."
Only a few days more for those who
want to help in sending the Thanksgiv
ing ship to Belgium. Contributions
ought to be sent In promptly so that
there may be no delay In the departure
of this second ship.
EVENING CHATI
Among the notable .figures in the
manufacturing world—and also the
political world —who are in attendance
at the second annual Welfare and
Efficiency Conference is Joseph R.
Grundy, of Bristol and Philadelphia.
Mr. Gru idy has brought with him his
mother, Mrs. William 11. Grundy, his
sister, Miss Margaret R. Grundy, and a
party of friends including Colonel ana
Mrs. John P. Wood, of Wayne; Miss
Lsndreth, of Bristol; Mrs. E. H. Aus
tin, Miss Austin and Miss Abbie Moore
Austin, of Philadelphia, and H. W.
Moore, of Philadelphia. Being unable
to find hotel accommodations on such
short notice for so large a party, Mr.
Grundy took an apartment in the
Stanley. This is one way to solve the
hotel problem in Harrisburg. Singu
larly enough, none of the ladles of the
Grundy party, though most of them
have traveled all over the globe, had
ever seen the State Capitol. They
were most enthusiastic over it.
George C. Hetzel, Chester manufac
turer, is one of the men who have also
come to the city to attend the confer
ence and is taking a keen interest in
the problems presented, especially
workmen's compensation. He is a
member of the State Industrial Acci
dents Commission, which drafted the
compensation law. and is an authority
on industrial accidents and an ob
server of conditions.
A. B. Farquhar, the York manufac
turer, was going down a Capitol ele
vator yesterday and was offered a
cigar by a friend. He chose a five
center and remarked: "The natives
are fcood and at the same time eco
nomical. This is welfare and economy
week."
John Lindner, the big Carlisle shoe
manufacturer, was an Interested auditor
at the sectional and general meetings
yesterday and spent some time listen
ing to the suggestions which were pro.
sented at the afternoon meeting. He
attended last year's conference and
took part In the discussions.
H. V. White. Bloomsburg manufac
turer, Is attending the conference, but
Is not a storm center this year. Last
year Mr. White served on the com
mittee on resolutions, which was a live
body. It was largely through his good,
hard common sense that some ticklish
points were passed by and resolutions
adopted that reflected the Ideas of the
conference.
Governor Tener In the course of his
speech yesterday told why he had not
received any degrees from colleges or
inlversitles. His friends are well awart
of the reason and have been for some
time, but yesterday he made reference
to it in public for the first time. He
said that he had been tendered the
nonorary degrees, but did not believe
that a man should accept such marks
of distinction unless he had don«
something notable in the world of let
ters, science, invention or fiomethint;
that directly benefited mankind, and
not be taken ,lust because a man occu
pied high office.
William Frew Long, of Pittsburgh,
who precipitated the discussion on
regulation of hours of servant girls
yesterday at the Capitol, Is head of the
State Laundrymen's Association and
has taken a leading part in discussion
of labor legislation for years. He was
prominent in the days, prior to the
legislative session last year when all
sorts of bills for the amelioration of
mankind were talked of and was here
at numerous hearings. Now that
things have calmed down and welfare
is constant, but not rampant, in the
minds of many people, he is devoting
much time to the discussion of matters.
Prominent among the labor leaders
here are James H. Maurer, president
of the State Federation of Labor and
the Reading member of the Legis
lature, and Francis Feehan. leader of
Western Pennsylvania miners for many
years. Both were active in Informal
discussicns.
James S. Hiatt. Governor-elect Brum
baugh's secretary, got into the lime
light yesterday without knowing it and
stayed in for five minutes. He came
along to see the conference and was
sitting quietly when he was asked to
give his views on continuation schools.
"It's the one subject I do know about,"
he remarked when he sat down after a
short talk.
Hughey Jennings, manager of the
Detroit American League Tigers team,
familiarly known to thousands of
America's baseball fans and formerly
a player here, was a caller at the State
Highway Department yesterday. Jen
nings, who is a lawyer in Scranton,
accompanied a delegation of Lacka
wanna county lawyers to Harrlsburg
to appear before the Board of Par
dons. While here, in company with
David Reedy, John R. Edwards and
Clarence Hallfntine, he dropped In to
the State Highway Department to pav
his respects to E. A. Jones, Second
Deputy State Highway Commissioner,
who halls from Lackawanna county.
One of the unique features of the
reception of Governor-elect pJfcn
baugh at his old home town ofwaLrjfc
klesburg last week was the flrlnalSF ft
military salute of seventeen guns®Mj
the absence of artillery the ingenrnfl
miners of that section fired the saiirfl
by use of dynamite on a nearby hif9l
the charges being set off at regular
intervals in fine imitation of a real
salute.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "]
—Edward E. Donahoe, of Greens
burg, is home from New Brunswick
with a bull moose.
—C. G.~ Llewellyn* the Western
Pennsylvania collector of internal
revenue, estimates that 30,000 will pay
war taxes In his district.
—Percy A. Rose, the Johnstown
lawyer, is spending some time at his
plantation in Virginia.
—Colonel G. C. Rlckards, of Oil City,
is on a tour of the State's new armories.
—Colonel T. S. Crago, congressmati
at-large elect, is taking a vacation
after the strenuous campaign.
—Captain J. Franklin McFadden
presided at the one hundred and for
tieth annual dinner of the First Phila
delphia City Troop.
I DO YQUKnonA/ —^
That Harrlsburg has had a com
pany of militia continuously from
the time the city was founded.?
1
[From the Telegraph of Nov. 19, 1884 1
Hl« ninuer For Soldier*
Washington, Nov. 19. Extensive
plans are being made here for a blr
Thanksgiving Day dinner for Grant's
men.
Rebeln Want 75,000
Washington, Nov. 19. Rebel papers
received here contain a call for 76000
new recruits to help crush Sheniian
and Sheridan.
Union Army Defeated
Louisville. Nov 19 An unconfirm
ed report says that the XTnlon army at
Bull's Gap, was defeated and 400 men
lost.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
Fight ever on; this earthly stuff
If used God's way will be enough.
—Edwin Mark ham.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
ALLEGHENY HOLDS !
UP OFFICIAL COUNT
Kg Western County Has Not Filed
Its Returns Although All of
the Others Are In
M'NAIR IS IN THE LIMELIGHT
Pittsburgh Paper Says Former Mid
dle town Man May Be Se
lected as Postmaster
Allegheny county Is again holding
up the computation of the returns of
the State election. Efforts have been
made by officials of the State Depart
ment to get Information on the way
the county voted, but It has been im
possible except on Pittsburgh, McKees
port and the boroughs. The count of
the vote in the townships has not beet,
completed.
Every other county in the state has
filed its returns, even Philadelphia,
which Is generally late, having entered
them last week. The State officials
are being asked almost hourly for the
official totals, but cannot give them.
It is not unlikely that some effort to
obtain faster counts will be made by
the Allegheny authorities next year.
According to the usually well in
formed Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,
there is something nice possibly In
store for a former resident of Middle
town, William N. McNalr. The Pitts
burgh paper says: "William N. Mc-
Nalr, who was defeated on the Demo
cratic ticket for Secretary of Internal
Affairs, is a candidate for postmaster
of Pittsburgh. Joseph F. Guffey is
supposed to be the dispenser of fed
eral patronage here and is credited
with the intention of recommending
his brother for the postmastership.
Colonel Thomas J. Keenan and Dr. R.
C. Clarke are probable aspirants for
the place. The term of Postmaster
William H. Davis will expire next Au
gust."
The Pittsburgh paper also says.
"The defeat of Vance p. McCormlck
for governor is said to have removed
Alderman John A. Martin as a candi
date for county commissioner. His
plan was to try to win the commis
slonership and then have Governor
McCorinick appoint a younger Martin
to the aldermanship. The failure of
McCormick to defeat Martin G. Brum
baugh upset the plana of the Martin
family."
The vacancy in the office of clerk of
the United States District Court re
mains unfilled because Judge Charles
P. Orr and W. H. S. Thomson have
been unable to agree on a man to suc
ceed William T. Lindsey, who died
about a month ago. Judge Orr is a
Republican and Judge Thomson is
a Democrat. It was said yesterday
that they have decided the appointee
must be a lawyer. Many of the Dem
ocrats are working for Arthur McKean
of Beaver, ex-secretary of the Demo
cratic State committee, a former legis
lator and well-known In Harrisburg.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
visited Washington yesterday for the
first time since the election and let it
be known that there was nothing
whatever to the story that he intended
to retire from the leadership of the
Democracy in this State. Palmer said
he expected to serve out his term and
scouted stories that he was to be
named to some place. This bears out
the views expressed at Democratic
state headquarters from time to time.
Senator William E. Crow was given
a dinner by Fayette county Repub
licans in honor of his re-election and
a boom for him for United States sen
ator. was launched by enthusiastic
Uniontown friends.
James H. Maurer, the Socialist mem
ber of the House, is outlining his labor
legislation campaign.
The Democrats have gotten the
scalp of E. W. Minster, the Repub
lican postmaster of Bristol. They have
asked for his resignation so that some
reorganize! - can he cared for.
The Vares will, call their inaugu
ration club the Martin G. Brumbaugh
Marching Club and come to Harris
burg 700 strong. Congressman Vare
will lead it. The club will have head
quarters at the Bolton and also have
sleeping cars.
WELFARE CONFERENCE
[Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Much information is expected from
the Pennsylvania AVelfare and Effi
ciency Conference, which is holding a
three days' session in the Capitol at
Harrisburg. In a few weeks the Legis
lature will be In session and a flood of
Kbills will be offered looking to every
[sort of regulation of employment and
[the welfare of the employed. Many of
■hese measures will be hopelessly
"topian, some will be so radical as to
fall of their own weight and some will
be much more reasonable. This is the
situation which confronts every Legis
lature. Much has been accomplished
In the last twenty years, most of it
beneficial and some of It open to criti
cism in that it has failed to accomplish
the good expected.
State Commissioner of Labor Jack
son made an address which contains
much food for reflection. An investi
gation made by him involving thou
sands of employes in various industries
In all parts of the State resulted in
the surprising fact that one-fourth of
these had changed their employment
within a year. Some of this is due to
the depression of late and much must
be set down to adventitlbus circum
stances, but In »ny event It Is not a
good showing. Workmen who are con
stantly changing employment cannot
be expected to have the high efficiency
of those who work steadily at the same
tasks for years. Employers cannot ex
pect to get the best results with a
shifting body of employes.
Commissioner Jackson is of the
opinion that tho Legislature should
establish a bureau of employment with
offices In the chief cities so as to bring
employer and employed together. The
system has worked fairly successfully
abroad and might do good here, but
too much cannot be expected from
such a system, because the man out of
employment In this city, for instance,
might find it Impossible to take a job
In Pittsburgh; but at least the plan is
worth trying. If we are to have a
revival of industry, as some believe so
confidently, the problem of unemploy
ment will settle itself. If not, a lot
of scientific work will be necessary to
adjust conditions.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY 1
YEARS AGO TO-DAY I
[From the Telegraph of Nov. 19, 1864.]
Corporal I.nno Dim
Corporal John C. Lane, Company G,
Flfty-flfth Volunteers, of this city, died
at Annapolis from wounds received in
a recent skirmish.
Train Kills Attorney
U. J. Jones, attorney, was Instantly
killed by a railroad train coming Into
the city.
Fowl# Plentiful
A Urge supply of fowls of all kinds
.were on sale at the markets yesterday.
( OUR DAILY LAUGH )
Our boss is a Court
crank on efflet- If Jver I catch
ency. your goat atln'
What's he up me washin' again,
to now? . . I'll sue ye fer
Trying to teach damages,
the stenographer There's no nade
to chew her gum of suin'. Coom
in two movements over here an' I'll
less per minute to give ye all the
damage ye want.
Silence of UUcre
tlon A Kick Coming
Your cook sits Actress—l shall
on your front pi- no t see that Inter
azza every even- viewer again.
ln ?- ~ Press Agent
Well, we like Why not?
the back porch Actress He
Just as well, and kept talking about
of course we never art and never a
say anything to word concerning
hurt the cook's my dog, m" dla
feellngs In the hot monds or my
weather. previous husband.
TIIOSK CHRISTMAS WANTS
By Wing Dinger
Already In the atmosphere
You'll find some Christmas spirit.
And every day for five weeks now
Each day you'll no doubt hear It:
'T want a watch, I want a horse,
I want a brand new auto;
I want a nice electric train,
I want a fume of Lott-."
And scores of other wants vou'll hear,
And worst of ajl, you know It,
That older as they each day grow
They never will outgrow It.
While all these wants I can sidetrack
There's one I can't dodge, durn it,
It's when the house-head says, "I want
some Christmas money, earn It."
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT!
New York Sun—lt is a gratifying
proof of Mr. Bryan's possession of nub
11c confidence that in ticklish times,
rich in potentialities of International
misunderstandings and difficulties, his
absence from the State Department is
welcomed and not regretted.
New York Sun,—The Impartial ob- '
server of official densities must award
the greatest specific density to tlie
British censors of the news and
chokers of the truth. There could be
no graver errol- of judgment, no falser
position, no worse libel on the British
people than these deliberate and vain
attempts to keep them in the dark and
to let the tidings of disaster come to ■
them slowly as If they were Incapable
of bearing Its full wcigtit at once. I
Philadelphia Public Ledger, When '
the British announce that they will
have 2,000,000 men in the field before
the beginning of April the Germans
send out a report that they have 12,-
000,000 men available for military ser
vice. It is now Russia's turn to call
attention to the fact that she has 20,-
000,000 men of military age.
Philadelphia Inquirer.—' The annual
report of Colonel George W. Goethals,
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone,
which has just been submitted to the
Secretary of War, Is much more than a
compilation of dry figures. It is in real
ity a thrilling story of American pluck
and perseverance and Is something of
which every citizen has a right to be
proud.
HEALTH I,AW CONFLICTS
[From the New York Press.]
The disease which is ravaging cattle
riarht and left at a time when meat Is
more needed than It ever was needed
before is a gross scandal. Wherein
lies the s.andal is that, with all the
national laws and all tne State laws,
such a thing can be possible.
It is possible for the very reason that
there are all sorts of laws In all sorts
of places, few or none of them working
in harmony, some of them in direct con
flict, and the statutes of the national
Government out of business within the
boundaries of a State.
NO JIM CHOW GOVERNMENT
[From the New York World (Dem.).]
No President ever suffered more from
the foolish Indiscretions of members of
his Cabinet than has Mr. Wilson. He
had a further illustration of it
In his unfortunate interview with
a delegation of negroes who called at
the White' House to protest against the
segregation of races in Government
departments.
The bad manners of the chairman of
the delegation, however deplorable, are
no Justification of the policy of Jim
Crow government which ceftain mem
bers of the Cabinet have established in
their departments; and, as the Presi
dent well knows, Insolent conduct Is not
confined to the members of any particu
lar race.
The President should have foreseen
this unfortunate issue when Mr. Mc-
Adoo and Mr. Burleson were carrying
their color line theories into democratic
government. Mr. Wilson told the com
mittee that there had been Ao discrimi
nation In the comforts and surround
ings of the negro clerk, but explained
that "he had been Informed by officials
that the segregation had been started
to avoid friction between the races,
and not with the object of injuring the
negroes." The President failed to ex
plain, nevertheless, why such rule had
been considered necessary until Mr.
Rurleson and Mr. McAdoo got into the
Cabinet.
For nearly half a century white
clerks and negro clerks have worked
side by side- In the departments of
Washington undpr Republican and
Democratic Presidents. The World
keeps itself fairly well Informed about
Washington affairs, but the first It ever
heard of this alleged friction to which
Mr. Wilson refers was when Mr. Mc-
Adoo began his Jim Crow proceedings
In tho Treasury Department.
The President thinks that this it not
a political question, but he is wrong.
Anything that is unjust, discriminating
and unAmerlcan In government is cer
tain to be a political question. Ser
vants of the United States Government
I are servants of the United States Gov-
I ernment, regardless of race or color.
I For several years a negro has been Col-
I lector of Internal Revenue In New York,
I He never found It necessary to segre
gate the white employes of his depart-
I ment to prevent "friction," yet he
would have had quite as much right to
| do so as Mr. McAdoo had t" segregate
the negro employes of the Treasury In
I Washington.
While the Democrats of the country
havp been trying to solve certain great
problems of government, a few South
ern members of the Cabinet have been
allowerl to exploit their petty local
prejudices Rt the expense of the party's
reputation for exact justice.
Whether the President thinks so or
not. the segregation rule wn« promul
gated as a deliberate discrimination
against negro employes.
Worse still. It is a small, mean, petty
discrimination, and Mr. Wilson ought
to have set his heel upon the presump
tuous Jim Crow government the mo
ment it wss established. He ought to
set his heel upon It now. It Is a re
nroach to his Admlnlstrstlon and to
the great political principles which he
represents.
M.lW—New Yoqlt nnil Itctnni—|n.oo
Next Sunday. Pennsylvania Rail
road. Snecial train leaves Harrlsburg
5:48 A. M. A long day in the greatest
American city.—Advertisement.
NOVEMBER 19,1914.
"THE QUALITY STORE"
EXTRA VALUES
FOR FRIDAY ONLY
EXCEPTIONAL
We wish to announce a continuance of oar sensational OUTS
HALF PRICE SUIT SALE. Any Ijullos' or Misses' Suit In the
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brown and green are here for your choosing. They are real bar- .
gains. 4l
Ladies' heavy all-wool winter 7-4 unbleached Sheeting, medium
skirts In beautiful plaid effects, weight and tine even thread, easily
Special for. Friday.; washed and bleached; worth S2O.
$5.00 values at •••$2»49 Special for Friday at, per yard,
$3.60 values at . .. $1.*98 15^
A broken lot of Middy Blouse*- „ a wu
some with blue and red collars and f bleached sheets
culls, others pure white. Regularly *?*J™™}* Eft ,
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size 72x80 at 670
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eale and blue and grav chamhray
worth s»c, Special for Friday at, „ _ , ...
ea cli |,» _, t Feather Pillows filled with guar-
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Ladles' medium weight ribbed
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of good design*—worth 1214 c and A regular SI.OO value. Special for
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yard 1001
I Ladles' Crepe Night Gowns, nicely
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new and up-to-date designs—all embroidery—a very good value at
perfect—S yards long. Special Tor SI.OO. Special for Friday at
Friday at, per pair . ••••$1.49j ' '
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ull good patterns—reversible. Spc- °' H ' r Friday at 2ii6
clal for Friday at ONE-HALF
PRICE.
Lot of Ladies' neckwear In flat
Grdy woolen blankets, double and roll collars In white with col
bed size, made of good clean yarns orcd embroidery; regular 25c and
and heavy weight—attractive bor- 50c value. Special for Friday at,
ders; sell regularly for $3.00. Spe- each !( ) /'«
cial for Friday at, per pair,
$2.49
* Ladles' block cotton hose, a good
Large size heavy weight Turkish 'TtTper'palr?^
towels, fuU bleached, hemmed ready * lal lor 1 lUlU> ' 170 per I)a|p ' J
for use: worth 25c. Special for pair for 'Aa
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extra fine weave and beautiful pat- Special for Friday at 250
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Large double bed size , Comfort- Regular SI.OO size Teddy Bears,
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and covered both sides with pretty ' r
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white with neat figures and stripes
18x54-inch Buffet and Dresser detached; sizes 14, 16,
Scarfs, hemstitched and embroid- Special for Friday at, each 390
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value. Special for Friday at, each, _ „, . . « , .. ,
Small lot of Men's 50c Jap Silk
•5 « v initial handkerchiefs—hemstitched
■ ■ initials, A, T, N, K, P only. Special
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L. W. COOK
BUSINESS RECOVERY
[From tho New York Press.]
Only the blind man falls to see that
the clouds are clearing In the financial
and business sky. The Department of
Agriculture has told some of the sun
shine tale in Its report that the farmers
of the United States will receive s!">,-
068.742,000 for the crops grown In 1914.
This Is $104,000,000 more than the value
of the crops raised last year.
These figures are all the more Im
pressive In that they Include the value
of the cotton crop which, based on cur
rent prices, is $418,000,000 less than It
was at this time a year ago.
The appended table shows the pres
ent value of the more Important crops
compared with the return from the
same crops a year ago:
Corn 11,885,867,000 $1,730,021,000
Wheat 858,056,000 587,8611,000
Oats 484.390,000 425,150,000
Barley 100,839,000 97,469,000
Ry„ * 34,387,000 20,153,000
Buckwheat . 13,297,000 10,444,000
Potatoes .... 219,396,000 230,741,000
Bw. potatoes. 42,751,000 44,706,000
Hay 803,353,000 786,062.000
Cotton 462,483.000 880,360,000
Flaxseed 18,960,000 21,192,000
Apples 144,963,000 124,471,000
The European war depressed and held
down the value of cotton; but with the
resumption of Cotton Exchange busi
ness there will be a different story to
tell Immediately.
The world is now calling upon the
United States for cotton as all other
supplies in larger and larger quantities,
and it is onlv a question of weeks now
until the wheels of industry will be in
full motion and the cry of hard times
will become only a distant echo. (
"KIND WORDS CAN NEVER DIE"
[From the New York Sun.]
To the Editor of The Sun—Sir: The
kind words from the Administration to
the business Interests of the country
remind me of the thrilling melodrama
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entitled "Nelllo the Beautiful Cloak
Model."
In the early part of the play the vil
lain pushed Nellie oft the Brooklyn
Bridge. he threw her overboard
from an Atlantic liner. Later still he
thrust her under a descending eleva
tor. The next time they met he said:
"Nellie, why do you fear me?"
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Dr. John J. Mullowney, who is con
nected with the State Health Depart
ment, has recently published a book of
his experiences In China under the
title "A Revelation of a Chinese Revo
lution." The volume has met with
such success that the author has been
approaches by a representative, of a
German publishing house in Berlin
asking permission to translate and
publish the work In German.
i
Business Egotists
A business egotist Is one who
believes his business is so good It
Is not possible for anything to
make It better.
Business egotists have no use
for advertising—but eventually
they keep the sheriff's auctioneer
from having a sinecure.
There Is a vast difference be
tween an egotist and a man with
"self confidence."
The self confident man be
lieves In his goods and his ser
vice.
He believes business Is Just aB
good as he makes It—and he
uses newspaper advertising day
In and day out to bring pros
perity to his doorstep.