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WEDNESDAY EVENING, IKB. »
O wan with the eager eyes,
Why do you hurry sof
In your haste to pain the prize
You miss much as you go;
You hear no song-birds sing,
Wor stray in flowery places;
You never stay to bring
Glad smiles to weary faces —
Why do you hurry sot
—S. E. KISEB.
THAT ARMOR PI,ANT BILL
THERE are two very distinct sides
to the armor plant bill now be
fore Congress.
While on the face of it the an
nouncement of the armor makers that
they will advance the price of armor
arbitrarily S2OO a ton if the govern
ment goes into the armor-making busi
ness sounds like a threat, it is really
nothing more than a plain business
proposition. If the government ap
propriates money for an armor plant,
most of the privately owned plants
must be junked, for the business is
of such a special nature that the mills
cannot l>e turned to other uses. The
owners do not propose to lose this
investment If they can help it, and so
they have told the government that if ;
it proposes to build its own factory,
then they will, between the present
nnd the time when the government
plant is ready for business, try to col
lect from the government the sum of
their Investment. Most men, faced
■with the possibility of being put out
of business by the government, would
do the same.
It is a question, also, whether the
government should wipe out existing
plants and concentrate In one of its
own. The time may come when we
will need every plant that can be
brought to the service of the nation.
THAT QUAKER CTTY SCRAP
WITHOUT bothering about the
alleged merits of the factional
Republican row in Philadel
phia. the leaders responsible for the
everlasting controversy over who's who
in the matter of party control may as
veil understand now as they are cer
tain to do hereafter that the great
body of Republicans who do not regis
ter from the City of Brotherly Love
•—heaven save the mark—will crush
the whole outfit, root and branch, be
neath the heel of a great party's dis
pleasure.
No more senseless effort to disrupt
a political organization has ever betn
put forth in this State. Just when the
national situation demands harmony
and cohesive and energetic labor in
support of the fundamental principles
upon which the party structure rests,
the Philadelphia condition grows more
exasperating and intolerable.
And why all this ruction? Solely
and only because one group of leaders
is determined to measure swords with
another group regardless of the im
portant and vital intersts of the party
in Philadelphia and Republican soli
darity throughout the State. Of course,
all outside the single big community
in the southeastern corner of the Com
monwealth are expected to stand on
the sidelines as in a football scrim
mage and cheer the rough-and-tumble
contestants. But the cheers ore not
forthcoming. Instead of enthusiastic
approval, maledictions arc already be
ing heaped upon the heads of all en
gaged in this inexcusable and abso
lutely indefensible struggle for power.
Republican leaders, the chairmen of
city and county committees and the
party newspapers should unite their
voices in a vigorous protest against
further bickering in the State's me
tropolis.
As innocent spectators of the in
ternecine conflict they should abso
lutely refuse to be drawn into it. If
the Philadelphians still insist on bat
tering each other and they derive any
real satisfaction from this form of ex
ercise, there is no law to prevent the
game going on, but it is most unrea
sonable to expect the rest of the family
to become Involved in the unseomly
wrangle.
Governor Brumbaugh has frequently
declared that he wants party harmony;
that the issues at stake in the Impend
ing national campaign arc so vital in
their character that the great Repub
lican party, as the best, instrumentality
for the expression of the sovereign
will of the people, must present a
solid and impregnable front. And
nobody dares question the sanity of
thnt statement. Yet rumors are flying
on every breeze that certain factional
interest* are urging the Governor to
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 9, 1916.
! enter upon a State-wide contest to
! wrest from Senator Penrose the lead
ership on the eve of the most momen
tous national campaign since the birth
j of the Republican party.
His real friends are just as earnestly
advising the Governor to refuse to em
broil his administration in a factional
I controversy that can only result in
j weakening the forces that are deeply
interested in working out his con
-1 struotive policies for the welfare of
the people.
Similar reports also persist that Sen
ator Penrose is likewise besieged by
belligerent lieutenants demanding a
war upon the State administration.
The Telegraph believes It correctly
interprets Repuubllcan sentiment In
this matter. Differences among leaders
j are unavoidable, but it does not follow
! that these should be permitted to dls
jturb the spirit and efficiency of the
| party as a whole.
; It may be properly maintained that
in a primary contest there is no ground
for criticism as between the various
I entries. But admitting this conten
, tion, the nature of the contest and the
! party interests involved do not justify
I such factional activities without regard
' to the principals as may disturb the
j party alignment far beyond the sector
immediately affected.
In short, the Philadelphia rivalries
must not be allowed to project them
selves beyond the limits of the me
' tropolts at the risk of party harmony.
We again submit that the differences
between the Vares and the McXlehols
j and their aiders and abettors should
Ibe decently composed; but if they
] can't be truly happy without a rough
; and-tumble fight, the party In the
| other sixty-six counties of the Cbm
monwealth should declare a perfect
neutrality and remain well outside the
I arena until one, or both, of the com- i
batants yells "enough."
"SAFETY FIRST"
TIIE astounding statement of John
Price Jackson that the industries
of Pennsylvania, at the present !
rate, will malm or kill 300,000 work- j
men during the coming year ought to (
| give every employer, and employe, too.
I cause for thought. This Is a great
manufacturing State and some of our
occupations are unusually hazardous,
but. such figures as the Commissioner 1
of Labor forecasts are out of all pro- :
: portion to the number of men at work,
, even under the circumstances named, j
"Safety First" should be the slogan
in every line of work. Doubtless the
operations of the new workmen's com
pensation law will have the effect of
making for the protection of workers j
nnd it ought also to apply to the degree !
that .employers dismiss careless or!
reckless workmen.
Three hundred thousand men in
jured or killed in a year! Why, the |
figures sound like the casualty returns j
from a European battle front.
SINCERITY AND PATRIOTISM
THE sincere and patriotic desire
of Republicans and Progressives
is to rid the country of what
George W. Perkins calls "the incubus
at Washington."
This desire Is not based so much \
1 upon a craving for power or for the
I loaves and fishes of otfice. It Is a
genuine belief, well fortified with spe
cific proof, that the present Demo
cratic administration has been harm-j
1 ful to the nation's honor and prestige,:
disastrous to the nation's real pros- 1
perity, and that its continuance will j
: ensure humiliation for the flag such j
as Old Glory has never experienced
and such as no one ever thought to
have it experience. This is the pre
vailing opinion of Republicans and
Progressives. It is a real "America
first" movement which has been start-:
! t:d in the proposed union of Repubii-'
' cans and Progressives upon a single
candidate to oppose President Wil-!
' son.
: That the movement will be success- j
ful cannot be doubted. In fact, it is j
successful already. The disposition;
among men in both parties who have
risen to leadership is to meet the prob
lem in a straightforward, man-fashion !
spirit—not of compromise, nor of ar- (
rangement, but of union for the bene
fit of the nation for which the men ofj
both parties, Republican and Progres- i
sive, have done so much.
So far as the Republican convention
is concerned, these recent develop
ments do not materially alter the sit
uation. That convention will be an'
open and honorable contest for a great j
prize—the Presidency of the United i
States, no less. Any man, contending
in such an arena, who is competent l
to bear away the victory will be en-;
tirely worthy of the Progressive party's J
endorsement; and he will receive it. j
Then the anti-Democratic majority in
this country will again stand together j
and the result will be a predetermined j
victory.
FREEING THE HIGHWAYS
STATE HIGHWAY COMMIS
SIONER CUNNINGHAM must
have slept well last night, if a
good day's work counts anything to- j
ward a night's rest. Not since the an- \
nouncement that he has found a way!
to procure for the State a proper road j
through the Narrows below Millers-1
burg has any news so pleasing to Har- i
j risburgers come out of the State High- (
j way Commisioner's office as that of |
yesterday to the effect that ncgotia- j
tions are tinder way looking toward
the purchase of five pieces of toll road
j leading into Philadelphia.
In particular, Harrisburgers are in-!
tercstod in the announcement that the
; old Lancaster turnpike between Paoli
! and the Philadelphia city line at Over-
I brook is to be freed. This is one of
■the main arteries into Philadelphia
and is traversed by hundreds of Har
risburgr automobilists yearly. The
| other highway to be taken over, from
i Philadelphia to Allentown. the old
i Bethlehem pike, is almost as Impor
tant.
This freeing of toll roads is "one of
; the most beneficial and popular duties
of the Highway Department and Mr.
Cunningham deserves the commenda
tion of the public for the energetic
i manner in which ho Is prosecuting the
I work with the slender means at his
1 command. <
[~TEUORAPH'S PERISCOPE I
—Those two m«n who went down
the street grinning this morning while
you were trying to warm your ears
and keep your nose from freezing were
the coal dealer and the Ice merchant.
—Tell a woman she's dull and she'll
cut you In a second.
—A burglar is not necessarily a
gambler, but he always plays his best
game with a full house.
—Cupid, the candy dealers and the
florists are playing it low down on
mere man these days. And to think
that a good old chap like Saint Val
entine should be mixed up in It.
—"Her toes beneath her petticoat
like little mice stole In and out," says
the author. In these days he would
have written it knees.
—Even if at night you haven't done
as well as you thought you would In
the morning, you're still all right if
you feel you can do better the day
following.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
If the Filipinos have studied the case
of Belgium they will show little enthu
siasm over Senator Stone's proposal to
neutralize the islands.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
A Berlin professor is quoted as saying
Germany loves the other nations, and
Is punishing them for their own good.
We suppose it hurts her as much as it
does them.—Wall Street Journal.
No longer can there be any doubt about
the horrors of war. Garet Garrett, cor
respondent of Th® Times, wrltea that
the cost of living in Berlin is rs high
as It Is New York.—New York Morning
Telegraph.
DOSE OF THEIR OWN
[Pittsburgh Times.]
We shall be treated to a fine dis
! play of proper indignation by the
i Pennsylvania liquor interests because
Judge Corbet of Jefferson county has
rejected all applications for licenses.
His action will be denounced as arbi
trary, as an abuse of judicial dis
cretion and as generally offensive to
i the principles of fair dealing. The
fact is that the learned court pro
ceeded within the letter of the law
and the powers conferred upon it by
the Brooks act as interpreted by the
Supreme Court. Is it any worse for
a court to disregard the spirit of the
law, as Judge Corbet may have done
in this case by refusing all applica
tions. than for other judges, in coun
ties that might be specified, to grant
all applications, or nearly all, regard
' less of conditions and tinder the pres
sure of brewery and whisky influences
and that of importunate counsel?
Judge Corbet has given the liquor
! people a uose of their own medicine. I
(They go down to Harrisburg and pre- !
,vent the General Assembly from lcgis
i latlng on the question of license so
that the people of an indicated terri- j
! tory may determine for themselves!
whether intoxicating beverages shall j
1 be sold within their civil jurisdiction, i
! They halt every effort at better regu- j
lation and closer restriction. They j
■j threaten and defeat temperance can- i
didates for the Legislature and coun-!
Ity offices. At all points and In every j
j possible way they seek to deny to the
! public an effective voice in the mat- 1
ter of this grave moral and economic
j issue. What is more natural, there
j fore, than that people in counties 1
should undertake to secure relief i
Ithrough the election of judges who!
! have the moral courage to do what i
the Legislature has not dared to do
I because, forsooth, that would be de-!
structive of personal liberty and of a j
j legalized business long recognized;
among the institutions of the world?
In such sweeping decisions as that i
,of Judge Corbet the liquor men arc i
getting precisely what is coming to j
t them, what they have invited, and l
i what they must continue to expect
until they change their tactics.
TWO DREAMERS
[Kansas City Star.]
In the mountains of Colorado some '
thirty years ago a freight train |
waited on a siding for another train
jto come and pass. and. as it waited
| the locomotive engineer leaned out of
his cab window gazing at the far-off
1 mountain tops and dreaming. The j
fireman sat upon the tender, gazing]
info the purple haze and he, too, was
I dreaming.
i "What are you dreaming: about,
John?" asked the fireman.
"I'm dreaming that I'm going to
have a million dollars some day; and
what's your dream, Cy?"
"That I'll write a real book some
day and have it printed," answered
i the fireman.
Cy Warman. the fireman of the loco- i
motive, became a poet and author, a
writer of many books and a singer of
songs that touched the hearts of a 1
i whole continent. He died two years
I ago.
I His love for pure, sweet and beauti- 1
| ful things was shown in the last lines
of his song. "Sweet Marie." v.-liich he
wrote as a marriage proposal to the
woman he loved, and which the whole !
( world sang for a time.
: Not the sunlight in your hair, sweet
Marie,
. Not because your face is fair, love,
to see:
I But your soul so pure and sweet 1
! Makes my happiness complete,
: Makes me falter at your feet, sweet.
Marie.
i
John A. Hill, the engineer, made
his million as founder and publisher
of the trade papers: Power, the Am
erican Machinist, Locomotive En-1
i gineer. Engineering and Mining
! Journal, Engineering News and the
; Coal Age. He put up a great build
j Ing in New York and was one of Am
j erica's captains of industry. He died
! last week.
The dreams of both came true,
j Each saw the fulfillment of his wish.
| Each served in his own way the needs
of his age.
HOW TO LIVE LONGER
Alß—Utile I—Open all windows wide
before you use the room in which you
i live or work. Let fresh air in all the
| time. The best temperature is between
GS degrees and TO degrees Fahrenheit.
Open one window at the top and one
at the bottom. The good air comes In
' one window and the bad air goes out
, ! the other. If you feel the air blowing
. on you. place a board in front of the
open window to send the air up. Such
.ja "window board" should always be
used in winter.
' I People who are used to fresh air al
! I most never have colds.
| Try to keep the air in your house as
I I pure as the air outdoors. Do not let
i j dust and smoke stay in the house.
I Let in all the sunshine you --an. Sun
shine and fresh air kill srerms and
| thereby help to keep out slclcness.
PILLAR OF CLOUD
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies
' forsookest them not In the wilderness:
the pillar of the cloud departed not
• from them by day, to lead them in
. the way: neither th<* pillar of fire by
i night, to sbovi them light, and the
' I way wherein they should go.—Nehe
imiah ix. 19.
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*~PeKK6i{ttfCDua
By the Ex-Oommltteenuui
i issawsaag—at
Senator Cummins' name will be
placed upon the primary ballots In
Pennsylvania, as a candidate for the
Republican Presidential nomination.
This was decided upon at a meet
ing of the lowa delegation in Con
gress and some of the Senator's politi
cal managers held last night. All the
Republican members of the lowa dele
gation except Senator Cummins were
present.
..The only limitation imposed upon
the activities of the Cummins advo
cates is the insistence of Senator
t.ummlns that no attempt, will be
made to elect delegates for him in
States presenting favorite son candi
dates, says the North American, com
menting on this, and Pennsylvania Is
not regarded as one of the States, for
while the westerners have heard that
an effort may be made to pledge the
delegation to Governor Brumbaugh,
the Governor is not regarded as an
active candidate or as one who will
figure In whatever contest may occur
In the convention. Senator Cummins
was born at Carmichaels, In Greene
county. Pa., and has many friends In
the State. Some of them have asked
him to let them present his name in
the primaries and have promised him
that some Cummins delegates will be
chosen."
—Sas's the Philadelphia Record of
to-day, commenting on the Republican
situation in Philadelphia: "The re
cently-organized Citizens' Republican
League, formed for the purpose of
aiding United States Senator Penrose
plans to gain a place In the councils
of the Organization by electing inde
pendent Republicans as representa
tives to the Republican City Commit
tee from independent wards. This
plan of action was determined on
yesterday at a secret meeting of the
League's executive committee."
—Senator William E. Crow, Repub
lican State chairman, yesterday sent
out notices to all the thirty-two con
gressional districts in the State con
cerning the election of delegates to the
national convention, which will take
place at the primary on May 16. Penn
sylvania will eteot seventy-six dele
gates and seventy-six alternates to the
Republican national convention, which
1 convenes in Chicago, June 7. Of these
j twelve will be delegates-at-large and
twelve alternates-at-large, to be elected
by all Republican electors.
The petitions of candidates for dele
; gates-at-large must be signed by at
I least 100 qualified electors in each of
| at least five counties in the State, and
, the petitions of candidates for district
I delegates must be signed by at least
| 200 qualified voters in the district. All
petitions of candidates, under the law,
must be filed with the Secretary of the
I Commonwealth on or before April 18.
; Petition blanks are now on hand in
I the office of the Secretary of State.
! —Ex-Mavor William A. Masree, now
| Public Service Commissioner, was in
terrogated last night on the political
i situation. He said:
"I might be able to tell you what the
outcome will be between the Penrose
I and Brumbaugh factions if I knew
: who the presidential candidates would
be. T firmly believe that, if Mr. Brum
j bough would openly announce himself
j as a candidate for the presidency it
! would settle the light for control of
I the State and would clear up the sit
| uation in the national delegate fight.
"The Governor has not made any
! definite statement along the line of his
j aspirations to be chief magistrate. I
I have not seen hint for six weeks, but I
|am not out of touch with the po
| litical situation. Let Mr. Brumbaugh
i announce himself for President and
the fight against Penroseism is won."
1 —The Pittsburgh Leader, whose
i editor-in-chief, Alexander P. Moore, is
| backed by ex-Senator William Flinn,
i the Progressive chief, and which has
been advocating Theodore Roosevelt I
i for President for several years, in a I
| front-page editorial yesterday sharply
I attacked Governor Brumbaugh.
j —W. Harry Baker, secretary of the
, State Republican committee, is in Chi
i eago procuring quarters for the Penn
, sylvania delegation to the national
i convention.
PARTY UNPREPAREDNESS
[Pittsburgh (gazette Times.]
| Nothing could better illustrate the
' complete demoralization of the Demo
, cratic party in Congress than Speaker 1
! Clark's descent from the chair yes
terday practically to open the debate i
lon naval preparedness. The adminis
; tration—the President himself—had
|no spokesman upon whom it could;
i rely, or of sufficient caliber. Hence
■ Mr. Clark, betrayed at Baltimore and
more or less on the side track since,
| had to come forward, out of the good
ness of his heart and the spur of his
! patriotism, and say what he thought
1 ought to be said because the Executive
land his party were helpless in the
face of hostile elements from their
I own ranks.
| If anybody wonders what's the mat-
I ter with Congress, or why the halting
and hesitating foreign and domestic
policy of tlie White House, or how it
i happens that, after a year and a half,
so little has been done for national
j defense, the answer is found in yes-
J tcrday's scene in the House. The
situation, save as to purely partisan
1 matters, is out of hand. The Presi
dent's ultimate dependence for what
i he hopes or plans to do in prepared
' ness is on the Republicans of the
i House and Senate. If he looks only
to the Democrats he cannot pass a
i bill. Speaker Clark realizes this and
!he is enough of a party man and!
j enough of a strategist—some may say j
| opportunist, perhaps —to appreciate
the psychology of the occasion and
make the most of it. Where, in the
meantime, are the thiek-and-tliin Wil
son men of other days?
1
HUMBUG ECONOMY
[Kansas City Star.]
I To provide the United States with
' an adequate army and navy is going
|to "cost a lot of money." It is going
to be "wrung from the people" in
the form of taxes such as the people
iof Europe are now "staggering un
| der."
This language of statesmanship will
i be recognized as that now being used
,by Congressmen who are opposing
the Presiddht's preparedness pro
gram. They are the same statesmen
who are proposing to pay blackmail
to Colombia and to provide a pork
I barrel fund to be distributed among
the States under the pretense that it
[ is to encourage the building of roads.
The tribute to Colombia, the main
j purpose of which is to write into a
- treaty a political indictment of Tlieo
' dore Roosevelt for building the
| Panama Canal, will cost the taxpay
ers 15 million dollars, but presumably
it is to be extracted from them by
some other process than "wringing."
The largest to be tossed to local State
politicians under the Shackleford pork
! bill is 25 million. The scramble for
it doubtless will raise considerable
dust in the States, but it will not be
1 from the roads.
Forty million dollars expended for
political spite and State patronage is
statesmanship. The same amount ex-
II pended for defensive preparations as
an insurance against war is cxtrava
. gance. The people must be "pro
i tected" against it. and when it comes
(to this kind of "protection" congres
sional politicians differ in nowise from
•the city hall politicians in Kansas
i City.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
THE BILL BRYAN DUCK
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1 —From the Columbua Dlapatch.
Getting the World's Fur Trade
By Frederic J. Haskin
AMERICA Is out for the world's
fur business. New York just
closed a successful fur auction;
St. Louts held her big sale a few weeks
ago. Both these sales were unique In
American history. New York will
have another and bigger auction in
March. Apparently the United States
is at last to take her rightful place as
a world fur market.
The importance of the world's fur
trade is not generally realized. Furs
are one of the most valuable of all
commodities, and the demand for
them is steadily increasing. The fur
trade has its branches in every corner
of the globe. Wars have been fought
between nations for its sake. It has
opened up new continents. It is as old
as the human race, and its products
have their recognized value, as real
as the value of food-stuffs, in every
society from savagery to the highest
civilization.
London is Jo-day the world's fur
market. Before the war broke out
she held that position unchallenged.
The pelts from Canada, the Western
United States, Mexico, South America,
Siberia, China —practically the whole
world's supply went to a few London
brokers. These brokers graded the
furs into convenient lots and sent
catalogs to the world's fur-buyers and
manufacturers. On this basis the
furs were bid on. and sold. Small
auctions wero held regularly in Rus
sia and Germany, but they were a
drop compared to London's bucket.
Even now, with the fur markets dis
organized by war. London holds the
bulk of what business is being done.
Her auction is running now.
With the entrance of the United
States into the game, affairs take on
a new complexion. There are ten
big fur companies In North America
alone. If only the business of the
western hemisphere can be done in
the United States, it. should assure
the building up of a profitable in
dustry. Moreover, shipments to the
New York auction show that Aus
tralian furs will be sold here if sales
in the United States become an es
tablished institution.
One great advantage in breaking
up the present centralization of the
business would consist in the protec
tion afforded to American trappers
and fur-growers. When the war
broke out, the fur market was badly
disorganized. Prices dropped like
lead. This was because the manu
factories were almost all located in
the belligerent countries. London sells
the furs, but Germany and France are
two of the biggest manufacturers.
England's factories in this line de
pend to a great extent, on German
labor, for the German is pre-eminent
in cutting and stitching furs, as the
Frenchman leads in arranging them to
best effect.
Germany's excellent workmanship
has won her a powerful position In
the fur business. Her dying of furs
is recognized as the standard, and
dying l« one of the most important
operations in the manufacture. Great
quantities of American furs were an
nually shipped to Germany, where
they were dyed and made up, to be
returned and sold here under a Ger
man trademark.
THE STATE FROM W TO DAY
The man who is by many conceded
to have been the first to buy an Ameri
can-built, gasoline propelled automo
bile has died in Pottsville. His name
was Robert Allison, his age 89 years,
the date when he bought the first car
was April 1, 1898, the price he paid
SI,OOO, and the machine a single
cylinder Winton. A very antique car
it must, be, if still in existence.
Back in the Spring of 1914, A. D.
Hey wood, of Wilkinsburg, won a box
of cigars at a church raffle. While
attempting to enjoy one of them after
dinner on that memorable occasion the
cigar was exploded by a copper shell
said to have been imbedded in the
cigar. Heywood is now seeking dam
ages from the Koliler-Snyder Co., of
York, who, it is alleged, made the
cigars.
The throwing process was reversed
at York yesterday when C. B. Kline, a
dairyman, living near Wrightsville,
was attacked by a vicious bull and
tossed over a gate with the result that
a certain number of his ribs were frac
tured.
A kindlv old couple of Norristown,
celebrating their silver wedding anni
versary, were the other day surprised
to hear the minister, who was present,
announce that their daughter was to
be married. Whereupon, to the tune
of the wedding march, the young
couple marched down the stairs and
were united In marriage, making a
fitting climax to the evening's festivi
ties. Elizabeth Rees and T. T. Highley
were the principals.
• • •
The late S. C. Livingston, of Green
ville. left in his will a bequest of
$50,000. the money to be expended
either on a recitation building or a
dormitory for Thiel College.
John O'Boyle, of Wilkes-Barre. was
considerably embarrassed in court the
other day when he was confronted by
both of his wives. What could he do
under the circumstances but admit his
guilt? lie received one year.
Three thousand dollars in cash was
Greece is another point where
lower priced furs are made up. The
effect of the war on all these coun
tries was of course temporarily to
paralyze the business.
Hence the American trapper often
found himself in a position where it
did not pay him to kill fur on account
of the expense for traps and bait, or
for rifle cartridges. Many trappers
laid off entirely, and the fur-bearing
animals, which are also the carnivora.
increased until in some sections they
made serious inroads into tho game
animals, such as the deer. Other
trappers sold their furs to local mer
chants for the flat bounty money;—
that is, if a pelt carried S2O State
bounty they would sell for S2O, as
though the fur itself were valueless.
The American fur manufacturer
and retailer also felt the pinch, as his
European source of supplies was cut
off. As the world got used to the idea
of war, and started going about its
business again, matters eased up,
until to-day they are coming back to
ward normal; but much of the em
barrassment in America could have
been avoided if we had had our own
regular markets established in our
own country. Taking this together
with the stimulus that an American
world-market would give to the whole
industry in the United States, the new
development is clearly of first import
ance.
Of course, London is very firmly es
tablished in her position. The biggest
New York fur dealers are slow to ad
mit the probability of dislodging her
to any great extent for some time—
but they opened their New York mar
ket with an organ playing "America."
The auction was even more success
ful than the men who planned it had
anticipated. They had more orders
than they could fill, and big shipments
of Australian skins are still en route
that will arrive too late for the sale.
Tf tho second auction to be held in
March, comes up to expectations, a
building will be put up for the spe
cial purpose of holding these sales —
a feature with a satisfying assump
tion of permanence.
London does not view the proceed
ings over here with any great degree
of equanimity. Tier own auction is
going on, and she does not see why
one auction is not enough. Tier trade
journals hint at German influence be
hind the American sales, but New
York and St. Louis continue apparent
ly undisturbed.
On the other hand, the present
trend of affairs chimes in well with
the wishes of German fur dealers,
and they are among the heaviest buy
ers in the world. Under normal con
ditions, Germany buys eight times as
much at the annual London sales as
New York and St. Louis together sold
this year. Neither American city
passed the million dollar mark very
far in its auction, and German pur
chases alone used to run around sev
enteen millions in London. It must
be remembered however, that condi
tions are still far from normal in all
the markets, and that it is quite im
possible to ship furs to Germany even
if the empire were in a position to
manufacture them.
found under the rafters and beneath
carpets in the house of TT. C. Markley,
who died a short time ago near I'leas
ureville.
POPULAR SELECTION
[From the Halifax Gazette.]
When the County Commissioners ap
pointed Harry M. Fairchilds a member
of the Prison Board, they made a selec
tion so good that they could not have
made a better. From liis earliest boy
hood he has been true, trustworthy and
efficient. Whatsoever he has under
taken has been well done and success
has followed earnest and well directed
endeavor. He is a good example of
what a boy can do if he sets his mind
and neart to do it. Without influential
friends he has reached a place of honor
among those who have known him since
early manhood. A prominent and suc
cessful business man in Millersburg,
standing high in the opinion of its citi
zens and honored for character, probity
and devotion to best Interest of the
municipality, he deserves this recogni
tion. Mr. Fairchilds Is a Republican,
true and tried, wielding a great power
over the thinking men in the Upper
End.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
tpl HIS METHOD.
Say,. Scrubby,
how do you *pell
"Love" ?
Me—? I don't
' never write nuth-
In' to compromis*
me, I Jes' whil
per® it!
JUST THAT. ///-^_
That fellow
certainly j
That so? Then
why doesn't he?
Stoning (Eljat
One of the interesting things abou»
the coming contest over (he RepubU
can nomination for auditor gcnerr>—
which appears to be generally ex
pected throughout Pennsylvania, la
that both of the men now in the lime
light are almost as well known to
many residents of this city as they aro
at home. Both Senator Charles A.
Snyder, of Schuylkill, and Speaker
Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery
have long been familiar (igures on
Capitol Hill, although neither one is
yet llfty years of age. The Senator
has a year to go to reach the hair
century uiark and the speaker was
forty-one the day he was elected to
preside over the last House of Rep
resentatives. Both came to the legis
lature In the same session, that of
1903 and both have served six ses
sions. including the extra one. al
though Mr. Snyder was promoted to
the upper house In 1909. \for a
couple of sessions they sat near each
other in the House and were on the
same committees and they have al
ways been warm friends. Senator
Snyder was born at Pillow in this
county but he has long been Identified
with Schuylkill county where ho was
reared and educated. Mr. Ambler was
born in Montgomery county where ho
has always resided and was one of
the youngest postmasters ever named
in that county, having been selected
to handle the mail at Abington soon
after he was of voting age.
• • •
The Philadelphia city administra
tion appears to be finding much tim
ber in the legislature. In addition to
Representatives William H. Wilson
and F. W. Willard being named to im
portant places Representatives X. G.
Gordon Forster and Frederick Beyer
have been selected as assistant city
solicitors. Several other members of
the Philadelphia delegation last year
have also been named to places.
• • •
A good bit of the talk about spying
out the lay of the mills in a number
of industrial plants from aeroplanes
has been discounted because of re
ports of similar observations from the
blue in other cities, but the fact re
mains that if there is any one place
on the map which affords through
nature opportunities for looking over
the whole transportation and indus
trial system it Is Harrisburg. All one
needs to do is to go to the highlands
behind Steelton or the York county
hills to get an idea of South Harris
burg and Steelton, while Reservoir
Park is an ideal place for Harrisburg
to say nothing of the First Mountains
for getting an idea of Enola and Har
risburg yards. And then the Capitol
dome is always open. The probabil
ities are that if any one wanted to
spot the mills and railroads around
here he would have taken a stroll to
the hills in summer time and that
some years ago and not wait until
midwinter in an uncomfortable aero
plane. Anyhow, If anyone has data
about this city it is a pretty safe bet
it was obtained long ago.
* • •
All this takes one back to just be
for the declaration of war with Spain.
At that time powder mills were being
pushed to the limit and were blowing
up with regularity and havoc. The
country expected to go to war and
there was talk of Spanish spies. One
day a story flew into town that a
Spaniard was trying to get into the
State Arsenal where the National
Guard equipment was stored read*
for instant service. A policeman
hustled out in a livery buggy and
found that an Italian who had been
selling peanuts about town for ten
years had gone to the Arsenal to sell
a few quarts and had mysteriously
disappeared. The disappearance con
sisted of retirement to shade for a
nap. What that policeman said would
not look well, in war records. He
never found out who "reported the
spy." They would not allow him for
fear of the consequences.
* * *
The number of "double-headers" to
be seen on the railroads these days
is rather indicative of the effort to
get things rushed to the seaboard and
is taken to mean here that the em
bargo against freight has been lifted.
Both the Pennsylvania and the Read
ing systems arc hauling immense
amounts of coal through this city to
the coast and while the trains are
shorter than during the recent mild
weather there does not seem to be
any hesitancy about using two en
gines if needed to keep up time.
» * *
Residents of Allison Hill came
nearly getting a special officer into
trouble the other day. Joseph Cole
man, a former patrolman, is now do
ing special duty in the Eastern sec
tion of the city. He is required to
try doors and gates, visit backyards
and peep into cellar windows.
On Saturday someone called up the
police station and said a man had
been prowling around backyards in
the neighborhood of Thirteenth and
Derry streets during the night and a
man had been seen crawling through
a cellar window at one house. The
patrolman was ordered to keep a
close watch on all houses. He noticed
a man moving mysteriously out
llaehnlen street. On investigation
he found Officer Coleman in a back
yard and was about to pull his re
volver and call a halt, when Cole
man called the patrolman by name.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—Prof. C. N. McCune, of Union
town, has been put at the head of the
High School athletic union in Fayette
county cities.
—A. R. Hamilton, Pittsburglier,
well-known here, has been rc-ele<Heu
president of the Pittsburgh Athletic
Association.
—Francis Feelian, one of the State
factory inspectors, has been carrying
on inspections in western counties to
determine safety of school buildings.
—The Rev. Dr. John Mockridge,
prominent Philadelphia clergyman,
will edit the Episcopal Church News.
—Robert C. Wright, formerly of
this city, was elected a member of
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce committee on foreign trade.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg made iron
nails over 100 yewrs ago?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Tliis city was headquarters for
a big lumber trade for many
years.
f S
Costs Little to Find
Out
No need to spend a huge sum
to lind out "if there is anything
in newspaper advertising."
The manufacturer does not
have to make an outlay to eover
the whole country.
He can take one section at a
time—a few cities—check re
sults and prove for himself the
quick response of dealer and con
sumer.
He can predicate his advertis
ing appropriation on assured
profits, not on guess work.
Manufacturers seeking sugges
tions along this line are invited
to write to the Bureau of Adver
tising. American Newspaper Pub
lishers Association, World Build
j Ing, New York.