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MONDAY EVENING, MAY 22.
' They never sought in vain that
sought the Lord aright. —Bubxs.
"PITILESS PUBLICITY"
HAVING been maligned beyond
ability to endure by Democratic
Congressmen who have been
busy manufacturing campaign thunder
at the expense of the business of the
country, the Bethlehem Stoel Com
pany has determined to give Presi
dent Wilson and his colleagues at
Washington a dose of their own
"pitiless publicity."
In a series of newspaper advertise
ments now appearing, the company
holds that it has made a mistake in
permitting to go unchallenged the
charges of Congressmen that it has
been "gouging" tho public and an
nounces that henceforth it intends to
take the people into its fullest confi
dence.
It. shows that the cost of armor
plat o, for instance, has been $503 per
ton In Knngland, $460 in France, $490
In Germany, $490 in Japan and j
$425 in the United States. Further- '
more it offers to "manufacture armor :
plate at any price which the Govern
ment shall name as fair."
What, we wonder, will be the
answer to this by Democrats who have
forced a bill through the Senate for
the erection of a government armor
ptate plant at a cost of $11,000,000 of
the people's nvoney? Or will they
simply disregard the businesslike offer
at Bethlehem and go plunging ahead
in their extravagance in this depart
ment of government as they have In
all others?
At all events, "pitiless publicity"
appears to be a sword with two edges.
"GOOD ROADS DAY"
THE Motor Club of Harrlsburg,
the Millersburg Automobile"
club and the Camp Hill motorists are
actively engaged in preparations for
"Good Roads Day," which, according
to the proclamation of Governor
Brumbaugh, falls on Thursday of this
week. Every apostle of
who can get away from business on
that day should take to the open with
pick and shovel.
The results of "Good Roads Day"
last year are almost beyond belief.
The State received free a full day's
work by 78,000 men and It Is esti
mated that 4,500 miles of roads
were worked, 11,000 teams, 378 trac
tion engines and road machines add
ing to the efficiency of the working
force.
But much more beneficial, even
than that, was the stimulation of pub
lic Interest in good roads and the
closer and more friendly relations es
tablished between the people and the
State Highway Department.
GONE, BUT VINDICATED
IT is ex-Secretary Garrison's turn to
smile. He resigned from the Wil
son cabinet because he could not
endorse the administration's plan to
scuttle the Philippines and Its absurd
notions of national defense. Now,
with Republican backing the inde
pendent Democrats In Congress have
killed the "scuttler" and have started
preparedness programs of some mag
nitude on their way toward passage.
Garrison is gone, but he is vindicated.
WII/SON AND KPOIIiS
THE scathing arraignment of tha
"spoils system" In James Albert
Woodburn's book on "Political
Parties and Party Problems," together
with Professor Woodburn's predlotion
that the merit system would not suffer
under President Wilson, must make
rather embarrassing reading among
Democrats, in view of the record of
this administration.
Woodburn is, and for years has been,
professor of American history in the
University of Indiana. He is the author
of a number of books on the Ameri
can government, which are classics of
their kind. One of the most illumi
nating works from his pen is the vol
ume mentioned above. The Introduc
tion to the revised edition was written
February 26, 1914, so the edition must
have made Its appearance about one
year after the present administration
came into power. The author was an
ardent admirer of President Wilson.
chapter 8 of this book deals with
tlio "spoils system" In American poll
tics and closes with these words: "The
( lass!fled service has been steadily ex
tended. the reform has come Into great
popular favor, and it Is safe to say it
I*lll suffer no defeat nor detriment
MONDAY EVENING,
; during the term of olflre of Presidant
Wilson, who has been one of the public
and most effective critics the spoils
system lias ever encountered."
What does the record show? be
tween March 4, 1913, the date on
which President Wilson took office,
and February 19, 1915, IS7 appointees
were put In office by Mr. Wilson by
executive orders waiving some require
ment of the civil service. Eighteen
cases were not submitted to the Civil
Service Commission for approval at all.
In 41 cases the Civil Service Commis
sion grudgingly consented to the sug
gestion and approved the waiver of
examination, and in 78 cases submitted
by the President to the commission
they reported that the exceptions
ought not to be made, but they were,
nevertheless. The entire force of em
ployes taken on to make income tax
collections were blanketed into the
civil services without examination. All
deputy marshals were blanketed In. A
large force of former temporary em
-1 ployes of the Industrial Commission
received the same favor and were
placed on an equality with men and
women who had taken the competitive
examination. Employes of the Fed
eral Reserve System and of the Federal
Trade Commission were likewise re
lieved of the competitive test for em
j ployment, but will have the protection
I of the civil service law for retention
In their government jobs. The diplo
matic and consular services have been
looted for places for political favorites.
All this has been under the Wilson
administration.
The classified service was "steadily
extended" under Republican control.
It would be Interesting to have Dr.
Woodburn's estimate of Dr. Woodrow
Wilson to-day. Has his Idol turned
to clay?
NOT THAT KIND.
SAYS the Saturday Evening Post,
commenting on the numerous
Carnegie libraries scattered
throughout the length and breadth of
the land:
It is too bad that Mr. Carnegie
stopped where he did with the li
brai v business —that is, with the
shell. He has sprinkled our fair
land with nice little buildings, well
constructed, llghtfd, ventilated and
arranged, each with a tablet over
the door announcing that it is a
public library, and a tablet within
commemorating the donor. Nothing
is lacking in these buildings except
books and people reading them.
"When he was chiefly concerned with
bestowing tho blessings of Iron
mongery on the people of the
I'nited States his methods were
more comprehensive. A handsome
building, with nothing on its
shelves but a dog-eared set of Mary
J. Holmes' novels and some State
horticultural reports, is no more a
library than a like building con
taining a heterogeneous collection
of second-hand tin pans Is a hard
• ware shop.
This is unquestionably beyond the
facts, as most generalities are. Doubt
less there are dozens of Carnegie li
braries performing their full function
In the communities they were designed
to serve. At nny rate a building is
one of the essentials of a publlo li
brary and if, having been presented
with a library home, the town in which
it is located does not support it prop
erly, that scarcely can lie charged up
to the beneficent Mr. Carnegie, whose
library projects, to use his own lan
guage, were intended to "help com
munities to help themselves."
However, Ilarrisburg has no Car
negie library. It might, have had one,
but it did not like the terms on which
It was offered. It. does have a pub
lic library and it is no such institu
tion as described by the Post. There
Is one point of similarity, though, to
which attention should be drawn, and
that is the inadequacy of the financial
aid given it. by the people of the city.
Our library Is even now doing a
$15,000 business on an Income of
about SB,OOO, and Its patronage Is con
stantly and rapidly increasing. With
the school board financially embar
rassed, It will be Impossible to look for
a larger appropriation there the com
ing year, so the library trustees must
turn to the public to meet the ur
gent needs of the Institution.
MOTHERS BY PROXY
MOTHERS by proxy appears to
be the motto of the $15,000,000
co-operative hotel soon to be
built In the Times Square district of
New York. This hotel will not only
absolutely relieve the mother of three
of the primitive Industries of women—
care of the house, care of clothes and
care of food —but will care for her
children. It will take the usual duties
of a mother and "functlonize" them.
Special barbers will bob the children's
hair. A hospital has wards where they
will be sent post haste when they
sufter from baby aliments. Even the
dentals chairs will have small Inner
seats for children. Laundresses will
do up the small garments. Seam
stresses will mend them. Maids will
pick up the litter and do the tidying.
The food, under the supervision of a
dietitian, will be prepared in a chil
dren's kitchen and served In a chil
dren's dining room. And even the
most extreme demands of the femin
ists will be met by it. Nurseries,
Montessorl schoolrooms, personally
conducted tours and story tellers for
the children's hour are all to be pro
vided.
Now if the management were only
able to find a chemist sufficiently far
enough advanced In scientific research
to produce life by the test-tube method,
the babies might be able to get along
entirely without mothers and fathers
could go there and pick out a hand
some heir without the expense of mip
porting such parasites as women who
prefer lolling at ease to loving, cud
dling and looking after the welfaro of
their own offspring.
BAOK-HANDED ASSISTANCE
UNWITTINGLY, the Democrats
have aided the "America First"
movement. When they showed
their uncompromising opposition to
the development of an American dye
industry that would make our factor
ies independent of Europe, they con
vinced the American people that the
only hope for a real America First
policy Is through the Republican
party.
If they had made some concessions
to American interests they might
have deceived the people Into thinking
that perhaps they had at last become
converts to the America First Idea. In
the end. their outspoken opposition to
the protective duty on dyes will prove
a help ralher thnn a hindrance to the
general movement for a true "Made
in-Amerlca" policy. We are thankful
for the enemies American industry
has.
TELEtiRAPH PERISCOPE
—The Women's Clubs of New York
are planning a "noiseless convention."
The contract for chloroform appar
ently has not yet been let.
—To the Colonel a hyphen looks
bigger than any letter In the alphabet,
jand we're not sure but that he's right.
—Possibly the commander who
sank the Sussex has been punished
by having an Iron cross crucified to
him.
—By the way, if we are to" have a
Fourth of July celebration Isn't It
about time to start?
—America's ' "splendid Isolation"
has received an awful Jar down along
the Mexican border.
—lf Bryan is really sincere In his
peace chatter, why Is he not out for
Henry Ford as President?
Earlier Fords
[From Collier's Weekly.]
Ii you feel humiliated or provoked
by the thought that Henry Ford Is a
candidate for the presidency, remem
ber that there have been others. For
example, Belva Lock wood, Dr. Mary
Walker and George Francis Train. The
Ford vote cast in the Michigan pri
maries was not surprising. There are
only two real candiates for the Re
publican nomination—Colonel Roose
velt and Justice Huglies. William Al
den Smith's aspirations are fully as
dreamy as Henry's. In April, Repub
licans had no opportunity to indicate
their choice between the two actual
candidates. Most of them refused to
knocked off work long enough to de
clare which mistake-—Henry or Wil
liam Alden—they liked best. Ford
employes, pacifists and nonresisters,
Germans who believe the honest fel
low is doing the work of the Father
land, voters who regard Smith as more
of a public Jest than Ford, newspaper
readers influenced by his advertising
campaign, and probably a number of
merry fellows, wags whose levity pre
vents them from taking a serious view
even of the solemnities of a presiden
tial campaign—all these united to
make a small majority for the angsl of
the Oscar 11. Nor is this a matter of
lamentation. Think of the thousands
of worthies who have received vote 3 in
national conventions, some of whom
are but dimly recalled by their con
temporaries, others totally eclipsed by
the passing of a few years. Not c.en
the shadow of their names remains.
The same State of Michigan that has
added to the gayety of the world by
producing Henry Ford presented a re
spectable and affluent manufacturer of
two-by-fours and shingles to the con
vention of 1888, and he got 116 votes.
Who of this generation can Identify E.
H, Fltler. Asa Packer, Joel Parker, or
Simon Wing? Who can account for
the sublime self-confidence that sent to
the post Claude Williams, John R.
McLean. Sylvester Pennoyer, Matt
Quay. William Allen, Chauncey Depew
and Ben Tillman? Though some of
these names stand for men of sub
stance and ability, any Judicious list
of presidential Impossibilities would
surely include them.
• Self-Blinded!
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
One of tlie side Issues of the great
preparedness parade in New York was
the fierce and fanatical refusal of the
pacifists to sea that it meant anything.
They not only decried it, but, in the
face of all its obvious patriotic willing
ness to sacrifice personal comforts for
the sake of a common country, all that
the various breed of little-army theor
ists could see in It, as the pamphlets
they circulated showed, was that it was
a parade of "slaves of Wall Street" or
some similar piece of tomfoolery. This
refusal to see anything more than tho
end of the their own noses is character
istic of the extremists who would have
the country lie prone before the mean
est invaders, and is a case of unparal
leled self-blindness that has nothing to
recommend it. The smug and virtu
ous way in which facts are misstated
recalls President Hadley's mot that
In certain phases of life the ex
cesses of virtue may be more danger
ous than those of vice because they
have none of the usual restraints of
conscience to control them. So the
pacifists, overconsclous of their own
super-rectitude, refuse to face things
as they are and even misinterpret the
solemn meaning of the New York pa
rade and would have the country ac
cept their "do-nothing" dictum as Its
only rule of safety, while they reveal
the mental processes of the nursery
and the philosophy of the A, B, C class
by screaming out against "Morgan's pa
raders."
Way to Help Shipping
[From the Nautical Gazette.]
The shipping bill probably may be
passed, but It is not altogether as de
sirable as It should be in so far that
the Government would be a competi
tor in bidding for tonnage and forcing
prices still higher, while the tonnage
now available is such that in the next
five years it will practically be only fit
for the scrap heap.
The general opinion is that If the
Government should become interested
in shipping and desires to aid in plac
ing the country's maritime merchant
fleet on a basis equal to that of any for
eign power, the surest and speediest
method is to give assurance to private
Interests that on putting their capital
Into new tonnage the Government will
make It certain that restrictions and
conditions, except such as are absolute
ly practical and essential for the safe
guarding of human lives at sea, will
not be imposed on such interests to
their detriment in competing with the
tonnage of other countries; and that
politics and labor union interest be
eliminated, and to that end the Govern
ment will undertake on such tonnage
being built along certain lines and of
certain speed to use auch vessels for
whatever uses it may require, such as
mail carriers or transports, and pay an
annual subsidy to such Interests for
such uses; such tonnage so subsidized
to be available for the country's uses at
any moment during the period of sub
sidy, which would cease in every case
where vessels did not come up to the
reoulred standard.
Falling subsidization on the foregoing
lines, if the Government would under
take temporarily nt reasonable Interest,
on satisfactory evidence being given as
to integrity of shipowners, to finance
their contracts on new tonnage, there
would be sufficient Interest shown to
the Government to indicate that, the
long-felt want of ships would be ful
filled.
A Washington View
Feeling certain that Republican har
mony will result from the convention
to be held in Chicago in June, the lead
era of tha party In Washington are
preparing for an aggressive campaign
for the recovery not merely of the
Presidency, but of the Senate and
House.—Washington Dispatch.
Turned Not to the Lord
I smote you with blasting and with
mildew and with hall In all the labors
of your hands: yet ye turned not to
me, salth the Lord.—Haggal 11, 17.
A Sure Exit
I From the Louisville Courier-Journal. 1
Life has a thousand exits, but none
is swifter nor surer than changing
seats In a canoe when you cannot swim
the distance to shore.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
politico. IK
lh« Ex-Committeeman
Brumbaugh campaign managers
have not only declined to accept the
declaration of Senator Boies Penrose
that the uninstructed delegates will be
in the majority in the Pennsylvania
delegation to Chicago, but have issued
a declaration of war against the Sen
ator as a candidate for national com
mitteeman or chairman of the dele
gation. It is their intention to present
cither the Governor or Congressman
Griest as a candidate for chairman, if
it is worth while to make the fight
when the showdown comes at Chicago,
and to put up someone for national
committeeman in the event that the
national committeeman selection can
be thrown into the delegation.
As the Republican convention of
1912 did not adopt rules for election
of national committeeman, according
to the Philadelphia North American,
the Republican State committee must
elect the national committeeman. This
It will proceed to do when it meets
here on May SI, and Senator Penrose,
it is claimed, has enough committee
men to elect him despite the cl&imu to
the contrary.
The Hcheme of the auti-Penrose men
is to demand that the Pennsylvania
delegation bo given authority to re
view the election of a national com
mitteeman, or in other words, to use
the mischief-making plan of Henry G.
O asson and declare that no national
committeeman can be a legal choice
without the approval of the delegation.
Tho State law says that the State com
mittee shall elect when the rules of
the party do not provide otherwise.
There are no rules and no reference to
delegates. Wasson is said by Penrose
men to be basing his contention on
nothing more substantial than tra
dition.
■ —Attorney General Krancis Shunk
Brown on Saturday night in Philadel
phia declared with considerable em
phasis that the Penrose people did not
have control of the Pennsylvania dele
gation by any means and that the
Governor's name was going before the
convention. Mr. Brown's statement
was as follows:
"After a careful review of the re
turns for delegates to the national Re
publican convention, meager as they
are in many instances and making due
allowances for many close contests
where less than 100 votes will deter
mine the result, I am more than ever
satisfied that a majority of the dele
gates from Pennsylvania will stand
with Governor Brumbaugh in the
effort, he has made, and will continue
to make, to effect a reunited party.
The 'claim all' of the opposition Is not
to be taken seriously. The Governor
has won a signal victory, and it will be
so understood the country over."
Commenting on this, the Philadel
phia ledger says: "Discussing Mr.
Brown's Penrose leaders de
clared that the Senator and his friends
would control the largest single solid
vote in the convention, and that there
fore Pennsylvania would have a pow
erful voice in the selection of the can
didate for President. Delegations from
other large States, it is said, are so
split as to give this State the largest
solid representation."
—The Attorney General, who was
the mainspring of the Brumbaugh
campaign, is the man who forced the
fighting, and if the Governor had
fallen in line with his plans there
might have been some additional sur
prises, is the comment in Philadelphia.
—Lebanon county's Republican com
paign committee re-elected Chairman
W. J. Noll and Treasurer J. Harper
Reinohl on Saturday and selected
ex-Representative G. H. Moyer as sec
retary.
—Five Philadelphia judges are to be
elected next year, which accounts for
the struggle being made in that city.
—Congressman J. J. Casey, who was
renominated in the Wtlkes-Barre dis
trict by a whopping big majority, won
the selection of his brother to'bo post
master of that city against a big field.
—Will wonders never cease? Con
gressman W. W. Bailey, the Bryan
peace at any price congressman, voted
for the army defense bill on Saturday.
—Representative "Bill" Adams, who
led the roll of the House in the last
session, was defeated for renomination
in the First Luzerne district.
Luzerne county has advanced as
sessments just $25,000,000.
Last reports are to the effect that
Crispin and Barron, the unlnstructed
candidates for Republican delegate,
won in the Sixteenth district. fhc
election of pledged men had been
claimed by the Brumbaugh forces. The
Brumbaugh men claim the election of
pledged men in the Seventeenth.
—According lo Philadelphia news
papers, court tests are to be made of
the way civil service is being adminis
tered by Mayor Smith. It is charged
that it. has not been conducted fairly.
—Pittsburgh reports are that Gov
ernor Brumbaugh will drop out of the
presidential race and swing in for
Theodore Roosevelt.
—William Flinn Is said to be plan
ning a visit to eastern counties to get
first-hand information about the sit
uation.
—Joseph R. Grundy got "44 votes,
or a dozen more than Governor Rruni
baugh, in the Bucks presidential pre
ference primaries.
—The Citizens Republican League,
of Philadelphia, which has been pretty
busy assailing the city administration
of Philadelphia, announces that, it in
tends to continue in business and to
organize Republicans all over the
country.
—Philadelphia papers are com
mencing to devote considerable atten
tion to the defects of the primary law
and the prolonged count. Reference
is made to the growing sentiment for
return to the convention system.
—Congressman Butler and Senator
Sproul. just, renominated, are twenty
years In service.
—The interesting thing about, the
Republican delegate-at-large race is
who is going to be last man. Mayor
Smith seems to be In and out of it once
a day.
—Representative H. H. Brosius, of
Jefferson county, failed to get renomi
nated. He was chairman of the game
committee In the last House.
—Dr. F. A. Rupp, who ran on
Democratic tickets In Mifflin county
from time to time. Is now on the Wash
ington party ticket.
—According to. the early winds.
James F. Woodward, renominated for
the House in the McKeesport district.
Irs a candidate for Speaker. He was
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee in the last House.
Why Lloyd-George Is Unpopular
[From the Indianapolis News.]
David Lloyd-George, the British min
ister of munition*, was the idol of the
trade union classes before the war, and
he will probably be their Idol again
after the war, but Just now on account
of his advocacy of conscription he Is
under a cloud.
Henry Taylor, the British consul to
I Diiluth. snid of Mr. Lloyd-George the
other flay. "If lie's unpopular now. It's
because he was so very popular before.
Ills case Is like that of the young wo
man. ,
"'What makes Marie so disliked?'
one girl asked another.
" 'Why, don't you know,' the other
answered. 'She got the most votes at
th« bazar for being popular," "
f THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
HOW FAR WILL THE ROPE REACH?
—From the ICfle Dinpntrh,
I
THE MAN AND THE JOB
By Frederic J. Haskin
j
UNTIL a short time ago, the pret- ■
ty town of Glenwood Springs, |
Col., suffered from a veritable |
plague of tramps. located upon |
branches of two transcontinental lines,
and just about half way between Den
ver and Salt Lake City, it had become j
a Bummer Mecca for all varieties of
the great fraternity that travels with- j
out funds. They gathered about its;
water tanks and coal chutes, which 1
were carved and marked with the i
strange symbols of their fraternity;
they committed petty crimes, and
frightened women and children, and
above all, they begged. Glenwood I
Springs was famous among them for
its generosity. The housewives of the j
town fed almost all comers, and ever j
their numbers grew. At last the nui
sance and burden became Intolerable.
Two powerful organizations of Glen
wood Springs, the hoard of Aldermen
and the Business Men's League, con
centrated their combined Intellects and j
talents on the problem, and this is j
the way they solved It.
When the next hobo hit Glenwood
Springs he found posted on the water
tank a great placard informing him
that if he would apply to the city
clerk or the chief of police, he would !
be given work to do for the city, and
that for two hours' work he could
have either a 25-cent meal or a lodg
ing for the night. IVow when the
typical and professional knight errant j
of the boxcar saw this legend. Me]
snorted and boarded another freight. |
Or perhaps he went about his usual j
solicitation of refreshments. If so, I
he found on the back fences of homes
that had long been famous for gen
erous handouts other big placards
which stated that the inmates were
prohibited by the city authorities
from feeding vagrants, and repeating
that suggestion about working for the
city.
It was a painful experience for the
professional wearies, especially since
Glenwood Springs Is the onlv stop
worth while between Denver and Salt!
Lake. But not all of the drifters who
pass through Glenwood Springs (or
any other town) are of that class
which makes idleness a religion and
work a crime. There are also num
ei-ous men who want work, and are
hoboing across the country In search j
of It. When these saw the Glen
wood signs, they hailed with joy the i
chance to earn a square meal. Often
they applied for permanent employ- !
ment, and places have been found for j
many of them on ranches in the vi- I
jc'nity of the town. The city clerk!
has become an employment bureau
and the tramp nuisance is no more.
! Thus Glenwood Springs solved its
j unemployed problem, and in so doing,
it unconsciously applied three princi
ples which students or the question say
are absolutely necessary to success.
In the first place, the men who want
ed to work were separated from those
who either couldn't or wouldn't work.
In the second place, a bureau was es
tablished to bring the applicants for
work together and find them iobs. In |
the third place, city work was pro- !
vided for those who could not be oth- i
erwise employed.
The experience of the winter of
1914-15 has shown all thoughtful 1
The Angel at the Gate
In a vision of the sunset. In Its glorious,
golden tide.
Once I saw a wall of jasper; saw the
fates were open wide.
And my soul rejoiced with sinking, for
o'er earthly bolts and bars
Sped my spirit's lonely yearning- to the
welcome of the stars.
And I saw the long procession winding
home o'er hill and plain;
They the loved, the lost, the loving,
welcoming their own again.
Heard the music and the feasting when
our Father's house Is filled;
When the Master heads the table and
the fatted calf Is killed.
Then I clasped the Book of Promise to
my heart as treasure rare.
Well I knew the gems within it, yet I
traced! again with care.
Tea, the gates are always open, twelve,
and set on every side;
Open eastward, northward, southward;
to the westward welcome wide.
But He knows the way is weary, and
His friends are fain to fear;
So He set the fairest angels at each
pearly gateway near.
Just to welcome you, beloved, take tills
word where'er you roam;
Just to welcome In His loved ones, as
we. one by one, come home.
—Alice J. Whlttier, hi The Christian
Herald.
Sounds Like a Troop
[New York Sun.]
General Jone Inez Salazar sounds!
like a cavalry troop at a riot. It is
therefore disappointing to read of the
general's stealing a few bags of flour
with his army consisting of a one-eyed
man, a cripple and a deaf mute. And
it was only the other day that the
general started a revolution on his
own account.
Looking Ahead
tFrom the Baltimore American.]
The weather is as mixed as ever, but
if we have a cool summer all will be
lortfven.
MAY 22, 1016.
I Americana that in unemployment they
have a big problem, and that it is
I primarily a problem of the cities, little
and big. Most of tlie monetary loss
I falls on the cities. in the winter of
[1914-15 there were at times two mil
lion men out of work. Figure the
'loss in wages for yourself. Next to
[the unemployed men, tho burden of
jlhis fell most heavily on the city mor-
I chants in the form of decreased buy
ling power, and many bankruptcies re-
I suited. Another direct result of un-
I employment is an increase in petty
I crime, and here again the cities suf
fered. Their police had to contend
with the offenders, their jails support
them, just as their charitable institu
tions had to support thousands of pau
pers. Every unemployed man is a
burden and a menace to some Ameri
can city. If you are a tnxpayer in
that city you may picture him as hav
ing his hand in your pocket as long
as he is out of a job. So waiving (he
| philanthropic aspect of the matter, you
can see that as a business proposition
it is necessary for the American cities
to solve the problem of unemploy
ment.
The time to solve this problem is
now. The experience of one hard
I winter has demonstrated that it can
not. be handled successfully if no
! preparations are made until it has be
come acute. Many of the larger
cities in the United Stales have come
| to realize this, and are in some degree
! putting into practice the necessary
| methods.
| Few of them, however, are taking
I the lirst necessary step, which is to
separate the unemployed from the un
employable. It Is a waste of time
and money to find Jobs for men who
either cannot or will not work. Be
fore an employment bureau can be
really effective, it must have some
means of separating these unfit ones,
| and some way of caring for them.
I Moth Chicago and New York now have
trained men to investigate the inmates
of the municipal lodging houses and
determine what they can do, or what
can be done for them. This system
I may ultimately grow into a sort of hu
| man repair shop, where derelicts will
be made right and whole if possible,
jand assigned to the proper institution
|if not. So far, however, the idea has
| not spread beyond our two largest
| cities.
In the matter of employment bu-
I reaus, which are the second essential
in meeting the problem, more prog
ress has been made. A large num
ber of cities have some sort of em
ployment bureaus. Many of these
consist in a roll top desk and a cheap
politician, but many others are reallv
efficient organizations. Often thev
have been strengthened by the co-op
eration of the bureaus which the fed
eral government is now establishing in
all parts of the country. in Cleve-
If.lu a er> ' efflcle nt bureau has been
bu It up by the combination of munici
pal .state and federal agencies. This
bureau filled 15.000 positions in six
i months. In Chicago also these three
agencies are working together to good
i purpose. Everywhere the live citv
j executives have come to realize that
lan employment bureau requires train
ltvLt W !V S a " d « df »iuate funds, and
Ithat it pays to have a good one.
[WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
jbfWsKupiKß? s«aa
What is the Park area of the city?
Approximately i.052 acres.
An Unconvincing Bill
TFrom the New York Times.]
It may be that shipping ean be con
ducted under laws like those now op
erating and those proposed, but it will
require more than five hours' debate
to convince those best informed on the
subject, and without whose active co
/J 1 "* can »>« no important
growth of the American merchant ma
rine. The way to get American ship
ping is to allow It to make a profit.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
A man wrap
ped up in himself
Is apt to be In a yffxW
small package.
There's room at
t top ' or somo "
! £ one is always fall
"m ,n * °®*
Ebetttng &t|at
Trout fishermen say that has
been a "spotty" season for them and
that while some have been able to se
cure Rood catches the sport has beeni
disappointing because of the weather
conditions. Trout have been found,
however, in streams which have not
known them for many years, thanks
to the work of the State Fishery
authorities and there are hopes that
some of the creeks In Dauphtn, Leb
anon. Cumberland, York and Perry
which have not had any trout for
years, will regain their old-time reputa
tion as the Susquehanna is recovering
its fame for salmon fishing. Fisher
men say that the chief trouble was
that rains muddied the streams anil
this coupled with the cold weather
which has prevailed nearly all Spring
made fishing anything but pleasant.
The fish when caught proved to be as ~
full of ginger as ever and afforded
plenty of work. Neither were bites
hard to get on fair fishing days. But
as a rule the season has not been en
joyable. Often streams were swollen
by heavy rains and took days to be
come normal. Probably there will be
some fishing the remainder of this
month lo make up for the poor sport
of April. Fishermen have been mak
ing some observation about the brown
trout in this part of the State. These
trout are found to thrive In streams
which have been cleared of brush
along their banks and which have
water at a temperature which Is too
warm for the brook trout.
* * *
The weekly talks on health and
hygiene which are given by Dr.
Samuel G. Dixon, State Commissioner
of health, and appear in the Telegraph
on Mondays have about reached the
125 th series and their publication is
not by any means confined to Penn
sylvania newspapers. Dr. Dixon con
ceived the idea ol 'hese talks to con
vey information in plain terms on
dangers to be avoided in every day
life and they have probably been more
widely printed than anything which
comes frpm Capitol Hill, Delng given
space in the Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh newspapers as well as in coun
try weeklies, so called, while news
papers In adjoining States and in some
of New England and the West print
them regularly. They have the happy
faculty of telling things worth know
ing in a way that does not sound like
the family doctor giving advice or the
sanitary engineer expressing an opin
ion. The topics touch everyone and
the language can be understood by
everyone.
• • •
The Susquehanna river fleet ap
pears to be mobilized for business be
tween the tipper city line and the
Rockvllle bridge and If the activities
and number of the dredges and ac
companying steamers and flats aro _
anything to go by there must be :i"
large amount of coal and sand await
ing removal. The river conditions
were riot satisfactory for early work
this year and the rivermen had to spot,
the places where coal and sand gath-
I ered as the wide branching stream
j has many currents which are liable
ito pile up SIOO worth of sand or
$.".00 worth of coal in less than a week.
The steamers appear to be selecting
spots on the eastern channel between
McCormlek's Island and Lucknow as
those which offer the best fields.
* 4 •
The success of the illustrated lec
ture given to the children of the city
at the Harrisburg Public Library on
Saturday afternoon by William S.
Essick calls attention to work which
the institution is doing in a quiet
way for the youngsters. Every Satur
j day except during the warm weather
[there are story telling hours at the
I Library which have been attended by
Hundreds, of school children. Satur
day's lecture was on the birds of this
part of Pennsylvania and was in re
sponse to many requests from the
youngsters which Mr. Essick very
kindly answered. It was an extra
ture and 178 children crowded lntcw
the auditorium which seats 150.
Fortunately there was plenty of room
In the rear and the youngsters showed
they were Interested by standing
throughout the lecture. A lecture on
wild flowers will be the next given.
• • •
If half the people In this com
munity who have promised to go out
land work on the highways on Thurs
day, which is State-wide good roads
day, there will be a flying of dirt
which will come close to breaking rec
ords. Thanks to the co-operation of
the State authorities and the motor
club people the spots which offer the
best opportunities to get rid of
nuisances have been marked out and
will be attacked bright and early.
There ought to be fine chances to get
rid of some bad places on township
roads in (his county and, Cumberland
and the spirit of taking a day off work
j appears to appeal to a good many
J folks.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Dr. H. M. Goehring. elected head
of the State Osteopaths, is a well
known Pittsburgher who has fre
quently visited here.
Mitchell, elected by the Methodists
last week, were former pastors in
I Pittsburgh.
| John H. Weaver, of Wllliamsport,
I who is prominent in the launching of
the new State home for women, is
| active in the coal mining of the
I State. . . , ~
j. W. B. Bausman, Jiead of the
State Bankers this year, is a Lan
caster banker and for years Identified
with the State organization of bank
er —Frank A. Vanderllp, the New
York banker. Is Inspecting Pennsyl
vania industrial plants.
—Dr. Isaac Sharpless, president or
Haverford. is one of the authorities on
William Penn and may write a book
about him.
| DO YOU KNOW
That HarrislwirK payrolls qrc
far greater lhaii tliey were a year
ago?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city has been active in the
milling Industry for over 120 years.
Who's Who in
Business ?
Success in business comes
through the application of good
ideas and the tenacious pursuit
of high ideals.
The basic Idea and the highest *
Ideal of any truly successful
business Is service.
Newspaper advertising oeou-
Plhs the piacs it does to-day be
cause it has demonstrated Its
great capacity for service.
It is a convenient method by
which business may express its 1
ideas and its ideals to the public.
It is respected because it Is re
spectable.
It is of profit to the advertis-
I ers to the extent that they make
their offerings of profit to the
public.
Glance over the advertising In
to-day's newspaper and see
what Is going on In ths business
world.
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