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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
A NBU SPAPr.R FOR THE HOME
Founded lIU
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THE TELEGRAPH PRIXTUfG CO.,
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E.J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief
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SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11. i
r • i
U'Tten a man thinks of his work as
(rod-f/iven, when he wishes he had
more strength to work with, and more
hours in the day than twenty-four, j
when he dreams of heaven as a place!
where a man can work all the time at j
his best and never pet tired, work drops
its frown and begins to smile and he
and his work, pood friends, will trudge
on to the end and be sorry when the t
second mile is done.
—HARP.T E. FOSPICK. J
j
TEMPERANCE SENTIMENT
TIIE growth of temperance senti- j
ment in Pennsylvania is shown,
by the fact that in this State!
Ilrerc are seventy-six newspapers that;
do not publish alcoholic liquor adver
tisements. Pennsylvania newspapers
lead the "dry" list in the United
States, the next State being Illinois
with sixty-six. But more remarkable
even than this is that last year, dur
ing a period when the liquor forces in
the Pennsylvania legislature were
luisy smothering Governor Brum
baugh's local option bill, thirty-five
more newspapers were added to the
"dry" column, all of them voluntar
ily throwing out liquor advertising
that would have netted them thou- i
.samls of dollars.
In the United States as a whole a
iota! of 840 dally newspapers, pub
lished In the English language, de
cline liquor advertising, according to
an investigation just completed by the,
Temperance Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church (national), of To
peka, Kan. The Temperance Board,
sont Its query to all of the 2.133 daily j
newspapers listed In the American
Newspaper Directory. The exact'
question directed to these daily news-1
papers was: "Do you decline to ac
cept advertising of alcoholic liquors?"!
A similar inquiry in 1915 showed :
only 520 such "abstaining" newspa- j
pers.
The total circulation of the "ab
staining" newspapers reporting to the
society is 5,564,777.
It will be noted that the question i
sent out by* the Temperance Society j
uses the word "alcoholic" liquors, j
which, of course. Includes beer, wine 1
and any other beverage containing
any per cent of alcohol. It 1b under- I
stood that some papers decline whisky i
advertising, but they are not Included
in those counted except in those cases
where they directly answered the
question covering all alcoholic liquors.;
Quite a large number of papers
say that they are considering a
change of policy which will make their
advertising columns dry. Some of i
them assort that while they have no !
rule against it, they are never offered
liquor advertisements because they
advocate prohibition. A number are
only waiting until present contracts
expire, and some of them declare that
they will not even accept antl-prohi
tion ads. Another big gain for the
"drys" is indicated for 1916.
"THF. BATTLE CRY OF PKACE"
PERHAPS it's old-fashioned and
out of season to admit that the
playing of the "Star-Spangled
Banner" chases thrills up and down
one's spine; perhaps it's bad form in
this day to confess that one's heart
beats like a triphammer, that a lump
rises in one's throat when the Ameri
can flag waves across a screen and
picture* are shown that take one's
mind back over the years to the times
when men of our own blood fought
and died that we might bo free; per
haps It is de trop to admit that one's
hand trembles with eagerness and
one's eye grows bright with the fervor
of patriotism when Liberty flashes her
sword above her bespangled crown and
in imagination American troops as
semble before the Capitol at Washing
ton in defending phalanx to beat back
an invading foe. But choke 'em back
aa we will, the emotion will play tricks
on us when the eaigle spreads his wings,
and we don't know why anybody
should be ashamed to admit it.
Our patriotism is quiescent; that is
perhaps the answer to the effort to
conceal enthusiasms so apparent. In
any audience. We trust It will never
comn to the point where actual war
will he necessary to arouse .In us that
dormant spirit of sacrifice which many
SATURDAY EVENING,
years of peace has burled under a
lnyer of false security. We sit in smug
satisfaction, watching the dollars heap
themselves in huge piles, and we do
not stop to think that only the rivers
of blood of our brothers across the sea
have made this wealth possible. There
Is no c-all to bemoan the prosperity of
the country, but we do not want to
lose sight of the suffering and blood
shed that has made that prosperity
possible. We do not want to see our
own citizens, in the event of war, led
like lambs to the slaughter. Nor Is
that an exaggerated simile.
If you doubt it, go and see "The
Battle Cry of Peace," that wonderful
picture of what would happen to help
less America attacked by a powerful
foe. and if you are not stirred to the ,
depths of your soul and made certain !
beyond doubt that we must prepare to i
resist invasion, then you are a poor j
stick indeed. It Is a most convincing ;
argument and we come away feeling j
that it will not do to haggle over j
methods or price: that we must not j
fight the forest fire by sitting idle and j
hoping it will not touch our property, j
We see ourselves standing at the crater
of devastation and we are moved to ]
i demand that Congress cease bickering 1
and give us an army and navy that i
will wipe the smile of derision from :
the battle-scarred faces of our foreign
neighbors.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" is llud- j
son Maxim's vision of America facing
trained arniiep with hastily mustered
and inadequately equipped militia. It
was fllmatixcd through the efforts of'
Commodore J. Stuart Black!on. It is
sensational, morbid even, but it Is the
portrayal of actual scenes that have
occurred every day in Europe for
almost two years. We trust "The
Battle Cry of Peace" may return again
to Harrisburg so that those who
missed the opportunity of seeing how
we stand as a nation in comparison I
with other nations may have their!
eyes opened to the truth. Tlie picture j
ought to be shown at the national
capitol when the preparedness bills
come up for passage. Tt is worth ten
thousand orations and reams of news- j
paper arguments
AN ERA OF DEVELOPMENT
THERE is every indication that
Harrisburg Is on the eve of a
great industrial development. In 1
the past few months the I'ipe and
Pipe Bending Company has greatly
enlarged its plants and its business
is going ahead by leaps and bounds,
the Bethlehem Steel Company will
erect four new blast furnaces at j
Steelton and greatly increase capacity :
there, the Heading Railway is en-!
larglng its yards and shifting facilities, j
the Cumberland Valley is building a j
great new concrete bridge across the,
Susquehanna and double tracking its
line out of the city, and the Penn- j
sylvanla Railroad Company is about!
to take bids for the completion of
its freight station In ihis city. Other
industries liave been going forward
rapidly and It would surprise nobody
to hear of extensive developments at
the Central Iron and Steel Company's
plants in the near future. Contrac
tors are busy and the jnillding trades
are active. Harrisburg will grow
very rapidly in the next few years.
All this shows how wise were those
who pinned their faith to Harrisburg
some fifteen years ago, when "hold
backs" tried to defeat the big public
improvement plan th'en just in the
course of formation. Not only have j
those improvements paid for them- (
selves over and over, but they have'
made possible the future develop- !
ment of the city along right lines. In
stead of straggling up into a great, 1
overgrown country town, Harris
burg has been carefully and har
moniously building for the future. It
possesses the substantial foundations
upon which the beautiful structure of
the future may be erected. We are,
in short, ready for the Industrial
growth that those farsighted advocates
of public improvements were looking |
toward when they put the million dol
lar loan through away back in 1901.
THE SUNDAY WALK
THE Spring days are coming, when
merely to be in the open Is a
delight. Already a brave little
bluebird here and there is chirping out
his cheerful song and in sunny spots
I the grass Is beginning to shoot, While
the lilac buds are showing green, the
golden bell displays signs of life, the
sap is rising in the maples a.id the
I whole atmosphere is beginning to
1 breathe new life despite the abysmal
depths to which the mercury has been
dropping the past week. To walk
briskly forth when the birds are be
ginning their mating songs and the
plant world to shoot its leaves is a joy
in itself. Don't say to yourself, "Oh,
yes, all that is very well for the man
of leisure, but lam too busy." Chuck
the job and go when spring gets Into
j your blood.
At least you have Sunday to your
j self, and you remember that "a walk
1 with father" used to be one of the
events of the Sabbath when you were
j a boy. If you cherish no such recol
\ lection, you have missed something,
for there is no richer gem In the
casket of memory than that Sunday
afternoon's ramble into the open with
the one we in our youthful trust
| looked up to as the most wonderful
i man In all the world. He knew where
the flowers bloomed first, where the
; birds nested, when the berries ripened,
and all the trees and plants and in
jects and animals held no secrets
from him. The skies were bluer In
those days than they ever have been
since. The air was balmier and the
sun was brighter. You drank in health
and contentment and love and knowl
edge at even' step. It was a great
occasion, that Sunday afternoon walk
with father, and it lias been a helpful
| Influence in your life ever since, even
! though the guiding hand of that stal-
S wart companion of youthful rambles
i may long since have lain folded over
i the silent breast.
Well—you who have a hoy of your
own —are you colng to be less a father
to him than your father was to you?
If you are too busy to think of your
own welfare, think of his.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—There is one thing about a mule
that cannot be said of a man —he
cares no more for flattery than he does
for hard work.
—"We can remember," says an ex
change," when a silver dollar looked
as big as a cart wheel." Right, oh,
but why put it in the past tense?
—No, Maude, dear, the bucketshop
raids will not be followed by any bar
gain sales of buckets.
—lt will be a good thing to rid
Mexico of Villa: also to let Carranza
in for a hint as to what might hap
pen in his own case under similar
circumstances.
"Figs are again becoming a deli
cacy," says the Philadelphia Bulletin,
which precedes, we suppose, a Spring
fashion bulletin to the effect that fig
leaves are also coming back Into style.
John Baptist Meets Jesus
And John bare record, saying. I saw
the Spirit descending from Heaven like
a dove, and It abode upon Him. And I
knew Him not: (rut he that sent me to
baptize with water, the same said unto
me. Upon wlion® thou shalt see the
Spirit descending, and remaining on
Him. the same is He which baptizeth
with the Holy Ghost. And I saw. and
bare record that this Is the Son of God.
—John 1. 32 to 34.
JUJUBE AND OTHER FOODS
[From the Kansas City Times.]
"Our forefathers, who hail to got
along without grapefruit for breakfast,
certainly missed a good deal, remarked
a business man at table thefother
morning.
Maybe this man's children or grand
children, at breakfast a few years
hence will say: "How do you suppose
da«l tor grandad) got along without
jujube for breakfast?"
Grapefruit, unheard of in this coun
try a few years ago. is now a food
staple. And so, jujube, unknown now
in this country, may be unversally
eaten within a decade. A traveling
agent of the Department of Agricul
ture has just discovered the jujube far
In the interior of China.
in sending cuttings of the fruit tree
for prdpagation in America, he writes
that It is a brownish fruit, about the
size of an apple, of most delicious
flavor, and that the tree bears a heavy
crop.
We often wonder how our ancestors i
got along without potatoes, which have 1
been a food staple only about 150 |
years: and the tomato, which was un- '
known as food a century n>ro; and i
many other food staples that have been
recently introduced.
Nearly all vegetable and cereal j
foods used most extensively in America
are immigrants. K we depended on
plants native to this country we would
be living
kins and potatoes. And new foods are
coining all the time. The Government
has men traveling over all the world, I
going to the most inaccessible places j
in quest of food plants new to us. One j
of those agents has just returned from I
a journey of 1.500 miles on foot in :
China with the following new plants: !
Walnuts with shells as thin and soft
as peanuts, seedless persimmons, white
cabbages that weigh forty nounds, are
odorless and will keep all winter: wheat I
tiiat thrives at an altitude of 5.000 feet,
upland rice that grows on dry soil as
far north as Kansas City; peaches that
Weigh a pound and grow in alkali soil,
seedless dates, a hazel tree 100 feev i
hierh. and several varieties of vege
tables that grow best in swampy land.
If all these promises come true, it !
will hasten the'time when the waste
places of the earth shall blossom as I
the rose.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
THANKS FIREMEN*
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
On behalf of the congregation and
trustees of Bethel At M. E. church,
I want to express through your col
umns our appreciation of the heroic
work performed by the Ilarrisburg
Fire Department in fighting the very
stubborn fire which partially destroy
ed our beautiful new church last
Wednesday night. Without this as-,
sistance on the part of the firemen, j
the church, and perhaps other build
ings, would have been a total loss.
We also wish to thank our friends
for the many kind expressions of
sympathy.
Very truly yours,
C. SYLVESTER JACKSON,
Secretary, Board of Trustees,
Bethel A. M E. Church.
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
February 29, 1916.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
T>ear Sir:—
We have received through the Luce
Clipping Bureau a cutting from your
issue of February 15, according to
which you were good enough to use
an item from one of our recent press
sheets anrtit the trailer protest this
company is making against censor
ship.
We wish to thank you for the
courtesy of putting our position before
your readers. But at the same time,
we would enter a mild protest against
the comment which you have tacked
lon.
It is not the policy of the opponents
of Censorship to do their best to con
vince the people that everybody, chil
dren included, ought to be allowed to
; see crime, seduction, murder, without
the least check being placed on their
production —as you infer.
That is not the milk in the cocoa-
I nut. Censorship is wrong and un-
American. You would hardly approve
jof newspaper censorship, no matter
I how "yellow" and offensive and cor
i rupting to the morals of the young
some of your competitors are. This
matter of children and the films is en
tirely one of parental control. Care
ful parents exercise some supervision
! over what their young read. Certain
i ly, you wouldn't condemn the Bible
simply because some parts of the
: book are too mature for children. Or
| would you "censor" it too?
I enclose another and fuller discus
sion of this issue, which you may find
interesting. Really, Air. Editor, you
I have :;s much concern in this fight for
freedom of expression as picture pro
ducers. Let the principle of ccnsor
j ship once become legalized In our
| country and it will not stop at the
film. Ultimately the publisher will
! feci It.
Cordially yours,
ITIIE BALBOA AMUSEMENT PRO
DUCING CO.
»E\» 'EH W
By Wliik Dinger
If you haven't sent your dime In
For the battleship fund, bo.
It Is time you're gettin' busy.
Just cut out a smolce or so.
Walk the next time, 'stead of riding,
Or In some such other way
Just deny yourself some pleasure
And the savings throw this way.
! It's a stunt that everybody
Who has stickin' in his hide
] The least spark of patriotism.
Should take part in. with much pride.
: So get busy, send some coin in.
Do your part nnd help to buy
, The "America" —come on, now,
i We can do it if we try.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
fdOUt-i*.
By OM Ei-Commltt lMW»»
Bouses of the disorganised reorgan
ized wing of the Pennsylvania State
Democracy will have a meeting In
Philadelphia within the next week or
ten days to perfect the slate for dele
gates at large which is to be offered
to the Democrats of Pennsylvania as
that favored by President Wilson.
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer, who has been sounding senti
ment, extending olive branches and
shaking hands. Is also expected to al
low it to be Known at that time
whether he will be a candidate for re
election.
The general plan for a "flfty-flfty"
arrangement on the delegates at large
appears to be working out. certain
"grouches" having been gotten out of
the way for tile present. The hitch,
however, seems to be over any out and
out Old Guardsmen to have a place
on the slate.
No Democrats have yet been found
who are willing to be shot full of holes
as candidates for auditor general or
State treasurer. Efforts have been
made by State Chairman Morris to
And some aspirant, one with money
preferred, have not been successful.
The branch siding headquarters here
is also using a searchlight.
—Gossip is that W. H. Allen, former I
counsel to the State Railroad Commis
sion. may be a candidate for Congress i
from the Warren district.
—Governor Brumbaugh to-day an
nounced the appointment of Atkinson
Costello, Philadelphia, to be magis
trate of Court No. 15, Philadelphia,
to succeed D. S. Scott, resigned. The
appointment is effective at once.
—Senator Penrose has been unable !
to go to Pittsburgh to-day, but. will
visit that city on March 18 to attend
the laying of the cornerstone of the
new city-county building. He Willi
meet the Western Pennsylvania lead- |
ers at that time, having arranged for
headquarters in the new William
Penn hotel instead of the Fort Pitt, |
long his western headquarters.
—Speaker Ambler's Montgomery!
county neighbors are getting very
busy in his behalf and a committee
announcement of his candidacy has
been made to the rest of the State.
Boomers are busy for him in a num
ber of counties.
—J. B. Esser, former Hamburg
publisher, died yesterday at his home,
lie was prominent in Democratic poli
tics and was a delegate to the last
State convention in 1912, when he
was taken ill.
—Dr. W. F. Eshelman is out for
Republican legislative honors in Car
bon.
—The Dauphin county Washington
party organization had another meet
ing last night.
—Mayor Smith has signed the sal
ary increase measure for Philadelphia
and there is mingled rejoicing and in
dignation. The mayor does not seem
to mind it.
—Lehighton will have a special
election shortly to vote on a municipal
water plant.
—Congressman S. H. Miller, of
Mercer, who is not a candidate for re
election has announced that he is
going out of politics because his doc
tor says he must do so.
—The Philadelphia transit plans
which have created so much stir are
being revised.
—Speaker Clark is to deliver a lec
ture in Lower Merlon. Montgomery
Democrats will give him a reception.
I —W. E. Sankey, burgess of Carrick,
'is out as a candidate for Senator in
one of the Allegheny districts.
—As the result of the election of
Representative M. B. Kitts, of Erie,
as mayor of that city, a general shake
up of the Democratic organization is
planned.
—W. I. Stineman. who is a candi
date for Senator in Cambria county, is
a son of the former Senator. Senator
11. A. Tompkins will likely oppose him
as Democratic candidate.
—More than 100 witnesses, includ
ing Judge John M. Garman, Post
-1 master Thomas F. Hefferman, the
chairmen of all political parties, edi
tors of several Wilkes- Barre papers,
i Chief James E. Roderick, of .the
Bureau of Mines, and others of promi
i nence were subpenaed yesterday by
the Luzerne grand jury for a probe
into election methods in Luzerne
county. District Attorney Frank Slat
tery will conduct the investigation at
1 a special session of the grand jury,
beginning on Monday, and he Is under
instruction from the courts to uncover
; alleged crookedness in elections for
1 four vears. Among those who will
> be questioned is Millionaire-For-a-Day
"Butch" McDevitt, who will be asked
I to name the men who, he says, paid
him $1,500, in 1911, to retire from the
Democratic county ticket, the act that
preceded his visit to New York city.
FREIGHT CONGESTION
[New York World.]
There is little doubt that the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
approve ultimately of the embargo
which has been placed by Eastern
railroads upon various commodities
enteririsf into export traffic.
Kail road representatives at the
hearings which have just concluded
offered a resolution for the consid
eration of the commission which pro
poses that free storage time allowed
on freight in terminals be reduced
and demurrage charges be increased
on cars not unloaded after a fixed
period allowed for this purpose.
While the commission may work
out some new suggestions, the con
gestion at the Eastern terminal is
due to a number of fundamental
conditions which can be corrected in
no other way, so far as immediate
purposes are concerned, than by pen
alizing shippers who keep their
freight too long on the cars.
In the dull periods which preceded
the present prosperity of the coun
try the railroads did not have enough
revenue to enlarge their terminal fa
cilities or provide the cars necessary
for the bauling of the maximum
amount of business. Development
ha<l almost ceased entirely. If the
railroads had been allowed to pro
vide a surplus for themselves, they
would have been able to purchase
additional equipment and carry on
developments, even in the dull
periods.
ALL CLIMATES AT ONCE
[Christian Herald.]
The supply department of the Pana
ma Canal Organization lias been en
deavoring to develop a supply of fresh
vegetables that would not have to be
shipped In cold storage, as is necessary
with those sent from the United
States. A colony of Spanish Ameri
cans has recently taken up the cultiva
-1 tion of vegetables ou the slopes of the
I volcano Irazu. The gardens begin at an
1 elevation of 5,000 feet, where tropl
| cal fruits arc raised and end at an
elevation of about 7,000 feet, where
! the more delicate fruits of the temper
ate zone are raised. The soil is a
I porous loan of volcanic ash, 13 feet
in depth and very rich. Shipments
have already been begun by a. week
-Ily steamer, and if more .satisfactory
transportation can be arranged, these
gardens will be able to supply the
I Canal Zone with a large quantity of
I fresh vegetables and fruits.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY |
ALL FOR ONE—ONE FOR ALL
NOTE—THE BOUSE VOTES TO I IMIOI.D THE PRESIDENT'S POI.ICY IN THE
SIHMAMINE CONTROVEnSY.
—From the Baltimore Amrrlrng
■ >
PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS
The Biggest One of All
By Frederic J. Haskin
I: : ;
eyes in the Philippines are
turned on the United States to
day. The fate of the islands rests
with the American people. That we
have come to a crisis in our dealings
with them is obvious to everyone.
What do the people most eoneerned
think of It—those to whom It is the
biggest question on earth, and not
merely a matter to be tklmmed on the
way to the office?
There are three principal political
parties in the Philippines. All of
them are in favor of legislation In
which the United States shall go on
record as subscribing to the principle
of the ultimate Independence of the
islands.
The Nacionalista party is the strong
est and most numerous. This party
expressed itself as in favor of the
passage of the Jones bill, preferably
amended in certain particulars, but
passed in its ordinal form rather than
not at all. (They referred to that
Jones bill which states in its preamble
that the United States has never had
any idea of conquest or territorial
aggrandizement. As passed by the
Senate, the preamble was considerably
modified.) The Progresista party also
favors such a measure, but the Pro
greslstas want a bill which will estab
lish a government responsible in local
affairs to the people of the islands
rather than to the War Department
or to the Governor-General of the
Philippines. The third party wa"htcd
the preamble of the Jones bill
amended so as to set a fixed date for
the independence of the archipelago.
This third party is an off-shoot of
the Nacionallstas. and apparently rep
resents that section of public opinion
which is calling for quick independ
ence. There are also a few Filipinos
who oppose any bill which has for its
object the separation of the islands
from the United States. The Nacional
ista and Progresista parties inplude
the great bulk of the people who are
interested in politics at all.
These two parties want a definite
affirmation from the TTnited States to
the effect that they will be Indepen
dent some day. Such independence is
their national ideal, and It has been
promised them so often by Individual
Americans that they feel some definite
and authoritative statement of our
position to be their due. Every Fili
pino looks forward to the day when
the islands will be governed by Fili
pinos. But as nearly as the sentiment
of eight million such people can be
estimated, it may be stated as a fact
that no considerable section of the
Filipinos desire separation at this
time. The more serious thinkers
among the natives will not even ex
press an opinion as to when such
separation will be desirable.
Thus the attitude of the Filipinos
may be summed up; a small party de
siring a fixed date for independence, a
few unorganized individuals opposed
to all talk of separation, a great ma
jority of the people calling for a rec
ognition of the principle of ultimate
independence, but setting the time in
j the indefinite future.
Americans in the islands were ap
parently opposed to the preamble of
the Jones bill, but so far as the ad
ministrative features of the measure
THE STATE FROM DAf TODOT
Fifty-fifty Is the motto which the
men of the Montgomery Fire Company
have adopted with regard to Evan
gelist Biederwolf, at present In Norrls
town. A short time ago he denounced
a banquet and vaudeville show which
they gave and now they in turn refuse
to hear him speak. Dr. Biederwolf,
by the way, Is engaged in telling the
Norrlstown mothers how to take care
of their babies.
• • •
A new menace, that of smothering
babies, has risen its head. Within two
da*s three babies have been smothered
to death, one In Its mother's arms at
Ephrata while the mother slept and
two in Brldesburg whose heads were
too well covered by the bed clothing
which their mother tucked about them
at bedtime.
• • •
Measles, measles, who's got the
measles, is a new game they have in
vented at Allentown. Many schools
in that vicinity, have been closed and
the epidemic is having a big run.
More than a dozen respectable resi
dents of Bethlehem have been arrested
for not cleaning the snow off their
pavements. The crusade which coun
cil started has resulted In the arrest
of a Lehigh University professor, an
attorney, a merchant and an official of
the Lehigli Valley Railroad.
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The Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
Company, operating over one hundred
miles of trolley roads in Schuylkill
and Carbon counties, have erected a
fine new club building for employes.
Bedrooms, bathrooms and reading
rooms arc features of the new club.
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The unique wrecking of a MR dellv-
I ery truclc at Chester londed the driver
MARCH 11, 1916.
are concerned, they agree with the !
Filipinos in desiring to have them en
acted into law. Opinion is practically
unanimous that the Philippines have
outgrown their present form of gov
ernment. As it stands to-day, there is :
an appointive commission for the up
per House and an elective Assembly ;
for the lower House. The upper
House has exclusive legislative author
ity over a third of the archipelago
(Mindanao-Sulu). Yet the lower House
must pass all appropriation hills, even
where the money is to be expended
outside its jurisdiction.
The bad features of this system
were shown when the Legislature
failed to agree on a budget for three
successive years. New things seem
to be running smoothly, since the ap
propriation hill for the year has been
passed and the two Houses are co
operating, but as a matter of fact the
situation is unchanged. Only, the
people of the islands realize that fun
damental changes arc about to be
made in the organization of their gov
ernment, so they put all other issues
aside until they see what these
changes will be.
Local government is not only ham
pered by the fact that an arm of the
Legislature must appropriate where it
cannot, legislate, but also because the
Philippine Legislature has little con
trol over the sources of revenue in the
islands. Customs receipts and inter
nal revenues are the two sources
whence the administration draws
funds to keep it running. Tet the
legislature under the present organic
act cannot pass any effectual laws
concerning either of these forms of
taxation: that power is vested in the
United States Congress.
The insular government cannot bor
row money without express permission
from Congress. One effect of this has
been to keep Philippine finances in
excellent condition—the total indebt
edness is only twelve million dollars
—but the people of the islands believe
that a point has now been reached
where the system is a serious check
on progress. It is suggested that if
approval from Washington is desired,
a sufficient precaution would be for
the President to approve each loan
before it is made. Such a system
would be much less cumbrous than
the present one. which calls for af
firmative legislation from Congress.
Finally, the local government wants
power to enact laws which will bring
about the development of the nat
ural resources of the archipelago. The
public lands are the great wealth of
the Islands, after which come timber
resources and mines. The commis
sion pleaded vainly for thirteen years
for a revision of the public land laws
to a form which would stimulate ag
riculture. It seems certain that an
increase in the power of the local gov
ernment in this respect will be fol
ment faster Progress and develop
,vA.mirlcal' and Filipinos are agreed
that the plan of insular administra
tion needs reorganizing. That such
reorganization is provided for in a
bill whose preamble brings up the
question of Philippine independence
has given rise to dispute which the
body of the bill would never have
awakened.
head first in a snowbank, where he
chewed snow in an inverted position
for a period of half an hour before
some kind pedestrian liberated the un
fortunate. somewhat shaken up, but
uninjured.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
fTHE BRIDE'S
LAMENT.
My husband is
perfectly heart-
How so?
He refused to
buy an ermine
necklace for my
dog.
BAD FORM. VP-l x
Do hufry, Kit
ty; the train f *
leaves In *wenty fi [ Mb
minutes. Jf IQ
Oh, be quiet! 1 I
Tou know it's I lUHffl
bad form to be"
Mrs. Popson—l was reading where
Mr. KdUon says that four hours' sleep
Is enough for on.v man.
Popson—That seems to be the liahy's
idea, too.—Boston Transcript.
Abetting (Eljat
Hundreds of ring-necked pheasants,
bought In a dozen or more States, are
being distributed by wardens ami
game protectors of the State Game
Commission through the southern tier
of counties as part of the game prop
agation work this Spring. These birds
are being experimented with as they
are being placed In districts the grouse
and quail have abandoned or where
they have been exterminated and
they are being placed in surrounding*
as near as possible to their nai|vo
haunts. They will be observed
some tests made in hatching the egg*
and the pheasants. A number of the
birds have been placed In the counties
at the foothills t>f the Alleghenies .in
cluding Somerset, Bedford, Dauphin,
Franklin, Cumberland and others,
while some will be tried in agricul
tural counties. In addition the Stato
Game Commission has put out. a num
ber of wild turkeys from Southern
State highlands and they have been
reported as doing very well. Several
shipments of deer from Northern
States are expected to be made within
a few days and they will be distri
buted to State game preserves and to
counties closed to hunting for periods
of years. The State commission men
are being assisted by sportsmen's as
sociations.
• • •
The appeal from award of Compen
! sation Referee E K. Saylor in the
Maulfair case taken yesterday will be
of State-wide Importance when de
cided. The question raised is whether
a man can be considered as serving
his employer when making a delivery
after store or regular hours, it was
I held that Maulfair, who was fatally
injured in this city In January while
j delivering butter, was furthering tho
j interests of this employer. In rebut
tal it Is contended that his work was
I ended before he was struck and that
the delivery was being made as an
accommodation.
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Calling out the National Guard of
Pennsylvania appears to be a popular
amusement every place throughout,
the State, except at the Capitol just
j now. Every time things get to an in
teresting point In foreign relations de
jmands pour into this city aSkinsr
' whether the Guard has been called
: out and when the troops will start, for
j Mexico. More "straigrht tips" about
this or that organization are given
than could be packed in a bushel
I basket. This or that regiment, has or
! ders to hold itself in readiness for
service and local pride occasionally
| creates some amusing incidents. As a
! matter of fact when State troops aro
needed there is plenty of notice given
and such a thing as a regiment belnjc
started right off for the border is un
! likely. Mobilization would bo first.
« * *
The placing of the squirrel Guard
on the cable leading to the State Mus
eum to fend off the squirrels has at
tracted wide attention. The appli
ance has been likened to the contriv
ances put on ship cables to keep rats
away and there are some guessing
games on whether the squirrels will
beat it out as they have done every
thing else.
*• . *
The recent snowfall Put an end to
building operations which had been
carried on in some sections of the city
in spite of the cold. Men who will
work in the cold winds and who do
not seem to mind outdoor work when
the mercury is down around ten or
fifteen will not work when snow falls
even though the mercury may be at
a more endurable height than In clear
cold weather. Snow seems to be tho
great blocker of outuoor work.
dees not do it.
One of our friends who likes to
ramble In the fields .and to go into
the woods is of the opinion ftiat spring
will not be much further delayed and
that before lons the frogs may be
heard calling and the wild flowers will
commence to appear. He says that
in taking some walks over in the
Wildwood Park district ho saw some
agitation in the mtid along the banks
of the creek and in the bottom of
ponds which had been lieated by the
sun and which he knows arc homes
of frogs. It is his opinion that the
frogs will soon be stirring. The other
evidence of the approach of Spring
is that skunk cabbage has been seen
sticking its ear-like leaves above the
ground. Several specimens were
found near the State Hospital.
♦ • •
Richard E. Cochran, prominent
lawyer of York and former deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth, was
at the Capitol yesterday on business
with the Public Service Commission.
Mr. Cochran has for years been a fre
quent visitor to this city and has many
friends in Harrisburg.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"]
Horace Gelger, who is out for the
Legislature from Philadelphia, Is one
of the leaders of the local option
movement.
—Edward T. Stuart, of Philadel
phia, is on a southern hunting trip.
—Mayor James Ilarvey, of Hazle
ton. has hit upon a plan of making
tramps arrested in his city work on
the streets. _ ,
H. E. Lewis, one of the Bethle
hem vice-presidents, is in Luzerne
county looking over plants which may
be acquired. .
E> r n V. Mattison has been chos
en as head of the Upper Dublin Li
brary at Ambler.
| DO YOU KHOV 1
That Harrisburg railroad yards
are among the biggest In the
State and yet are crowded?
HISTORIC HARRISBL'RG
The present executive mansion was
occupied soon after the Civil war.
HARDLY RECOGNIZABLE
[Philadelphia Press]
Senator La Follette has thrown his
hat into the presidential ring, but it
is a pretty badly damaged hat, and
the party tag Is not recognizable.
—a—
Give the Manufac
turer the Facts
Mr. Dealer, when a manufac
turer enthuses about his adver
tising plans to you. give him the
facts.
Say to him —
"I don't know all about adver
tising. but I do know that the
roods on my shelves that are ad
vertised in the local newspapers
are the goods that make new cus
tomers for me.
"And, by the way. these news
paper advertised goods are not on
the shelves.
"They are out In the show win
dow and over there on the count
er."
Tell him he could have clinch
ed the market at. the start If he
had promised you a newspaper
campaign. He could have lined
I up New Distribution. Your Sup
port and Consumer Demand—the
three real factors in merchandis-
I insr.
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