10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded rSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOL.E, Prei't and Editorin-CVf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. « Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl*>V Esstern gfflce, Has- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building, New- Brooks, ' People'# Gas BuMding. Cbl- Entered at the Post Office in Harrli° burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. Snom dally average rlrcnlntlon for the tbree months ending May 31, IDIU, "ST 22,189 These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. THI RSDAY EVENING, JUNK 8. Tomorrow is not, yesterday is not, Tomorrow is not, yesterday is not, Today alone is — and today (a thine. —lna Coolberth. WEST SHORE HIGH SCHOOL WORMLEYSBURG has set a good example for other West Shore school boards by voting in favor of a central high school for the towns of that district. It is to be hoped that Lemoyne, Camp Hill. Shirenianstown, West Fairview and East Pennsboro township will lose no time in joining hands with Wormleys bnrg for the creation of a joint fund tor this purpose. Nothing has held back the West Shore so much as lack of school facilities. So far as they go the schools of that vicinity are good, but the "Three R's" no longer suffice in the public schools and the parent hesitates to remove to suburbs that do not afford educational facilities for his boy or girl equal to those offered by the city. A Central High School, embracing the latest ideas in public education, would give an impetus to building on the West Shore that could not be brought about In any other way. In a few years it would pay for itself in taxes raised on newly built up land. There is no doubt of thie. Harrisburg has proved in dol lars and cents that any needed public improvement will more than carry any investment that may be entailed. Next week the West Shore Fire mer's Union—the one real, live or ganization embracing a membership that takes in all the towns—will meet to discuss the inauguration of a de partment to be known as the Public Forum, which will be something in the nature of a municipal league. One of the first moves of this organization ought to be the endorse ment of the central high school pro posal. Here is a fine opportunity for constructive work. It is rumored that several school | hoards—viewing the immediate effect) on the tax rate and letting the fu- ; ture take care of itself—will decline ' to go Into the central high school j plan. If those who are pledged to the movement are wise they will not urge the "hold-back" element, but; will go ahead and build, taking in as j many as will come. It will be cheaper! that way, for the law permits the: pupils of districts adjoining that in which such a high school is located to go to school there and the honje district must pay the bills. From j that standpoint alone it would appear ! economical for all the communities! to co-oporate for the erection of one j adequate school, as has been sug- j gested. TT WILL BE ATTENDED TO THERE ought to be some power or influence in a self-governing country by which the House of; Representatives could be brought to! its senses and made to serve the na- ' tional welfare. It is intolerable that i a Congress should be so blind and so j stupid, so soddenly indifferent to its grave responsibilities and duties." j This harsh language Is from the New i York World, one of the let-ding organs ! of the Democratic party and regarded I as an especial spokesman for the ad- ) ministration. The moving cause of the "World's heat and harshness is the re fusal of the House to accept the Sen- j ate's proposals for an enlargement of j the standing army and the general j attitude of the Democratic Represen- j tatives In opposition to reasonable j plans for national defense. However, we bid the World to cheer ! up. There is indeed in this country j exactly the "power and influence"! which it longs for and which will bring the House of Representatives to its senses and cause it to serve the ' national welfare. That power will soon be exercised and that influence will soon be Invoked at the polls, next election day. Then the present majority in Congress will he set aside In favor of a Republican majority. The Democrats In the present House, whom the World so justly regards as blind, stupid and soddenly indifferent, will give place to Republicans. In place of stupidity we shall then have alertness of mind. In place of blind ness we shall then have clearness of vision, in place of sodden Indifference wo shall then have a sympathetic re sponsiveness to the national needs. What the World Is calling for is THURSDAY EVENING, ro'. being overlooked by the people of the country. It is an Important mat ter —but It will be attended to at the first opportunity. ROTARY CLI lt AND CITY THAT was a ringing; call to service which President Howard C. Fry gave to members of the Harris i burg Rotary Club Tuesday night when he said in his inaugural address: Prom time to time in our city and vicinity there arise projects and occur events, the import of which Is sufficient to warrant organized and concerted effort in order to accom- Ellsh success for whatever it might e. Publicity is the most power ful force that acts to-day In the world of public affairs. The pub lic wants to know. The public wants to know just exactly what facts enter into every public af fair. Our Rotary Club should take an active part In these affairs. Our club Is not what we say It is—lt Is what we, who are membevs of it, make it. Our meetings should at all times be a forum in which to hear public affairs discussed, and with untiring vigor and zeal should we get behind such measures as are for the public good, and with equal force decry sinister schemes that should be made unable to stand the public limelight, at the same time taking advantage of the opportu nity to broaden the general public's concept of Rotary and our own local club. In a civic way, let's resolve to do something big for dear old Harrisburg next year. President Fry scored a bullseye In every sentence. Harrisburg is very badly In need at thie very moment of the efforts for civic betterment of Some such organization as the Rotary Club can be if It puts Us heart into the great work of arousing the people to the deficiencies and needs of their city. The spirit of municipal progress that has done so much for Harrisburg is not dead. But it is asleep. It has no leader among the people. The city is standing still for the lack of Indi vidual interest and activity. The Ro tary Club can do little of itself, per haps, but it at least can point the way. And it can get behind every plan for city betterment that arises and it can, with perfect propriety, suggest such things as are for the public welfare and take means to create public senti ment in their favor. "He profits most who serves best" is the motto of the club. This is no .mere high-sounding platitude. Every man who "served best" during the critical period when Harrisburg was in the process of being made over has profited thereby actually in dollars and cents. What is true of the past will be true of the future. The Rotary Club can play a big part in the further development of Harris burg along proper lines and it is to be hoped that the new president will waste no time in putting his service ideas into effect. CHINA AND VS FOR ways that are dark and tricks that are strange, the heathen Chinee is peculiar," but there is nothing peculiar about the fact that during the nine months ended March, 1916, China increased her hold on the American market "4 per cent., com pared with the similar period ended March 1915, beause we have a Demo cratic near-free-trade law on the statute books, and with a wage scale that wouldn't buy a package of smoking tobacco for an American laboring man, the Chinese find it an easy matter to unload on our market. We imported from China during the nine months ended March 1916. $47,- 790,000 worth of goods, compared with 27,500,000 worth for the nine mcnths ended March 1915. The Oregonians and Washingtonians got their share of these imports in eggs that were laid when the dodo was the barnyard fowl of old Cathay. As a Chinese restaurant keeper on the Pacific Coast was heard to say: "No can catchee flied can catchee sclambled." They wouldn't stand the strain. HILL AND HIS ESTATE JAMES J. HILL, wrested millions from the mountains and plains of the Great Northwest, and he keeps them, even in death. Hill's estate is to he administered by his family and he left no will—which means that not a single one of the many very worthy public enterprises in the district in which he made his fortune will receive from Hill directly one penny of his vast wealth. In this Hill is unlike almost every one of the very rich men of the period. It Is becoming more and more under stood that great wealth entails great responsibilities and that the possessor of the big fortune is merely Its steward and that he owes something to the community wherein his possessions were accumulated. Handing down immense sums to one's family is often anything but commendable. A father is to be ex cused for placing his daughters beyond want and in giving his sons a start in life, but the possession of unlimited, unearned wealth is more frequently a detriment than a help to the develop ment of character and the encourage ment of those homely virtues that make for real success In life. The Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Thaws and a score of other families might be cited as instances. On the other hand, the public has a right to expect something at the hands of its wealthy citizens, and the man who in death fails to fulfill his duty in this respect may expect to go down in local history "unwept, un honored and unsung," a self-convicted money-grabber, with thoughts no higher than the pile of dollars he has accumulated. After watching the sturdy forms and the quick step of the veterans as they passed, we understand why the Grand Army Is opposed to abandoning the pa rade feature of their State encamp ments. If Enola doesn't watch out. Ruther ford Is going to take her railroad yard laurels away. Harrisburg is badly In need of a housing code. This long self-evident fact is emphasized by the inability of the Health Department to make certain property owners Improve unsanitary houses. Samuel Gompers says that a man who Is not ready to flght for a republic in no,t nt to live In It. which is a stinging rebuke to those labor unions that have been opposing preparedness. §LcUii(ftyJU 0)V 1 at Cfvlca<jo (B.v a Staff Correspondent.) Chicago, .lune S.—Pennsy Iranians are now fully mobilized In Chicago. The last of the contingents got In last night and the caucus last night show ed probably 300 from the Keystone State here. They are not as noisy as they were four years ago and the general feeling is that hostilities should be postponed until after the Ohio line is repassed. The State head quarters was so peaceful that when Jim Corbett, who is seeing the sights, peeked in he stepped back and looked at the sign "Pennsylvania" to make sure that he was in the right place. "You coal miners and steel workers are tame this year." was his comment. Next to the Governor and the senior Senator the man who attracts most attention among the Pennsylvanians Is John Wanamaker. He was busy shak ing hands with admirers from all over the country when he arrived and was thp center of quite a group. Chicago businessmen have been calling upon him. Alba R. Johnson Is another man who attracts attention and he is some mixer. • • v Senator W. C. Sproul. who got in on Monday, seems to have quite a few men who think that he would make a good candidate for governor two years hence. The Senator came over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad accom panied by Chief Clerk Thomas H. Gar vin and a number of Delaware men. Charles Johnson, former commis sioner and Mayor Armstrong, of Pitts burgh, were two men who did not take kindly to the suggestion of compli mentary votes for the Governor. "The issue was a clean-cut one in my coun ty. I went to it on the Brumbaugh question and you know the result," said Mr. Johnson. The Johnson district Is composed of Montgomery and Bucks counties. Senator Clarence J. Buck man, of Bucks, Is another man who Is not very keen about the compliment to the Governor. Harry K. Daugherty, former member from Mercer county and one of the delegates counted upon for Roosevelt, was late getting here, but he soon got Into the thick of things and appeared to be as much at home in the Penn sylvania pink tea room as in the Pro gressive headquarters. J. Denny O'Neil, the Western Penn sylvania leader of the local option forces, turned up in the crowds yes terday and things began to move. He was inclined to be a bit belligerent and some of the Brumbaugh people think that if he had arrived earlier there might have been more stir at the Monday night conference. Attorney General Brown and Com missioner Magee have been workipg as hard as newspaper reporters since they got here. Mr. Brown got an idea that he wanted to get down to bed rock and visited all of the headquarters, asking questions in his direct way and by noon yesterday had his mind made up. The Attorney General is being considerably sought by folks who have friends on Capitol Hill and who want to know what he Is going to start when he gets back home. Chances are that his office will be a busier place than it has been for the last three or four months. Private Secretary William H. Ball, he of Rood roads day work fame, re gretted to-day that he could hot show some of the Chicago street men how to operate their machines. After qualifying with road drags and tract ors in Perry county Mr. Ball became an expert. C. A. Barron, Republican delegate, and W. H. Unger, Progressive dele gate from the Shamokin district, fur nished some midnight entertainment. Unger was a Roosevelt delegate four years ago and is a dyed-in-the-wool follower of the Colonel. He and Bar ron are old political rivals and they met up on the sidewalk. And what they said about each other and the issues was worth listening to. Unfor tunately a Swede cop with no sense of humor chased us all away. Alexander P. Moore, who is a dele gate, a Roosevelt man and the hus band of Lillian Russell, is the humor ist of the Pennsylvania crowd. Moore used to be a legislative correspondent at Harrisburg. He is passing out Roosevelt cards, one of which reads: "No wise man ever buys a bell until he hears it ring." Hughes men tore up the cards. He also put out a card for "Roosevelt, the man who dares and does." Emerson Collins' nominating speech is being awaited with eagerness. He has been working hard on It and the storied Blue Ridge and . the wide branching Susquehanna are going to get a show along side of the pillar of smoke by day from Pittsburgh and the pillar of Are by night from Bethlehem. The deputy attorney general is a noted talker and his friends predict laurels. The "old home county" of Hunting- ! don is represented here by Samuel 1. Spyker, associate counsel of the Com pensation Board, and Captain G. Chal Port. • • • R. L O'Donnell. general manager of the Pennsylvania lines, was among the spectators of the Pennsylvania meet ing. He and a number of railroad officials came by private cars to see the sights. • * • Senator Charles H. Kline, late presi dent pro tem of the Senate, Is here with the latest attire. The Senator entered the lists for honors with Senator Sny der ahd Senator-to-be Eyre. • • • Andrew Hourigan, former assistant United States district attorney, George Llewellyn, William P. Gallagher, D. R. Reese and Frank P. Lenahan are here from Luzerne. John R. Halsey, one of the Luzerne delegates, is one of the younger men who is attracting notice. He Is a son of former Judge Halsey and a comer in State affairs. • • * George J. Brennan, of the Philadel phia Inquirer, displayed a Knox 1908 button on his coat lapel. "I brought it alon£ because I thought It would look well," said he. • • • Walter Darlington, of the North American, Is the official Pennsylvania badge collector. His gatherings ex tend over years and are a famous collection. He has assembled all sides, including woman suffrage here. • • • Harry P. Shoino, of the Auditor Gen eral's Department, is here as an alter nate from the Berks-Lehigh district. He was formally admitted to the "Al ternates Club" which was formed to watch proceedings. • • • Among the arrivals yesterday was Representative R. P. Habgood, of Bradford. • • • Ex-Senator John S. Fisher, of In diana, met a number of Western Pennsylvania friends in the crowds here. The Senator has been picked for committee honors. Charles K. Uandls, one of the Pro gressive delegates. Is On hand and helping State Chairman Ueuich run HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS ✓ f AH&, You " x / r~7 * 5t y , wi the Pennsylvania headquarters. A. B. H. • • • Frank Connell, one of the Erie dele gates, was a colonel on the Tener staff. TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE "| —President Wilson may be a Chris tian man, but we bet we know how ! he feels about peace and harmony at Chicago. —The recent sea flght seems to dem onstrate that the German fleet is good, but not quite good enough. —A friend of Justice Brandeis pre- ■ diets he will become the main- 1 spring of the Supreme Court—with the rest of the members as balance wheels, , we suppose. —The "decadent French" appear to be putting up a good bluff of being a i strenuous pepple. —The season approaches when the 1 average man has the choice of run- J ning off to the trenches or taking the family to the annual Sunday school picnic—and we look for a rapid in crease of American enlistments in Eu rope. British Shipping Survives [Providence Journal] The latest report of Lloyd's register of shipping shows that the net British 106.1 due to the war, for the year 1915, was even smaller than might have been expected, only 39,912 tons. This tonnage is the equivalent of two or 1 three moderate sized liners or six or seven ordinary freight steamers. The shipping list is reduced in fact by thirteen vessels, regardless of size or i class. Thus, British shipbuilding is almost keeping pace with the destruction caused by submarines and mines, serious as the gross loss is—4sl ves sels, large and srriall, of an aggregate tonnage of 814,233, last year. New construction put afloat 438 vessels, and 778,321 tons. And, undoubtedly, many of the destroyed vessels had seen their best service. The hideous submarine campaign har never promised military results worth the cost and risk to the Ger man admiralty. And if, as has been suggested, the promoters of the insen sate policy expected that the British mercantile marine would be seriously crippled as a competitor when peace comes, their hopes in that respect have evidently miscarried, too. A Doubtful Policy One can trace much of the Mexi can trouble back to Tampico, where a little insult to some Atnerican sol diers, which was promptly disavowed and apologized for, was made the oc casion for demanding the most exact ing reparation In the form of a salute to the flag. Actually that sort of reparation was beneath the dignity of a great nation, which could not easily have been contented with the acknowl edgment of the wrong that had been committed and the generous apology that was made therefor. Out of that has grown much of the 111 feeling be tween the two countries. Tills gen erous-hearted nation, grand In Its good will to all men, might have omitted a demand that could have no other effect that wounding the pride of another. The noble sense of this great republic doesn't carry a chip on its shoulder In a spirit of vanity and defiance. The Integrity of Its high purpose ought to be stronger than a mere resentment that takes form In the ordeal of self effacement. We would not have exact ed that of Great Britain, Germany or France, and we should have been too magnanimous to require It of a weak er power.—Ohio State Journal. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] What was the cost of the Paxton Creek Interceptor and Its purpose? Cost, J 180,000.00. Constructed for the purpose of relieving the Paxton Creek of sewerage. WAR AND THE WIRES By Frederic J. Haskin THE Navy Department recently played its second "war game," this time for the purpose of testing the efficiency of the telephone and telegraph systems of the country in case of war. Tne demonstration lasted for two days in which the United States was supposed to be on the eve of mobilization. Word was received that an imaginary enemy had been sighted off the Atlantic coast, and Secretary Daniels ordered the U. S. Battleship New Hampshire on scouting by wireless telephone. The naval officials communicated with the various navy yards by long distance telephone, and the telegraph wires were kept busy sending and receiv ing war messages. Among other things, word was re ceived from the Brooklyn Navy Yard that the Brooklyn Bridge had been blown up by the enemy, several new ships had been damaged, and they were waiting for orders. This par ticular message was so much in keep ing with anonymous threats recently addressed to the Navy Department that it came near being accepted at face value. As a result of these threats, Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the other bridges. Is patrolled by a detective force which looks askance at every pedestrian with bulging pock ets or packages. After the first startled moment, the Navy Yard got Its orders right back over the tele phone. Since the officials were compelled to give up their Sunday holiday to the war game, they determined to get as much fun out of it as possible. They EDITORIAL COMMENT Not Without Its l'opulnr Appeal [From the Houston Post.] The physician of Amos Eno, a mil lionaire who died recently in New York, testified before the surrogate that his patient had an extremely bitter hatred of the income tax. The truth of the matter Is, the Income tax has very few friends except among the 98,000,000 people who pay none. First Time He Ever Mentioned It [From the New York World.] I was In the Spanish-American War. —Colonel Roosevelt at Kansas City. It was only innate modesty that kept the Colonel from referring to this matter before. I'niinunlly Gratifying Record [From the Indianapolis News.] Everything considered, we did pretty well between February 15 and March 15. Food prices increased only 1 per cent. Editor Hns n Taller [From the Philadelphia Inquirer.] If a bore had the Intelligence to know that he is he wouldn't be. OUR DAILY LAUGH NO CAtTSB FOR WORRY. I hear your son /O who Is In the war ' I ** woun<l «<l. /<!■# I fc*. Tee. but ha ■ iiJf' ißi WTlt * s now t^iat he Is out of dan- B I encour- Yes Indeed! He he's back In he fl r ■ n • trenches again. PLEASE REMIT. j ■ | i> Baby arrived jj His dad, as Jok- Got off this joke. ]}l about hta M(J I He named the IJe L *aby BUI. Up* 1 JUNE 8, 1916. asked the hardest questions of the navy yards, and the navy yards re taliated by doing the same thing. This was ail very good for the cause, since if for any reason a man was un able to answer a fair question dealing with his special line of work, it was referred to a sort of umpire who made it his business to find out why. Any apparent lack of efficiency was imme diately investigated, for under actual war conditions the work of each man is tremendously important and the slightest mistake may cause the great est blunder. Communication was established by long distance telephone over thou sands of miles of wire with naval sta tions at New York, Chicago, Norfolk, Pensacola, San Diego and Puget Sound. Secretary Daniels sat at his desk and called up the U. S. Battle ship New Hampshire which was sta tioned at Hampton Roads. The tele phone operator at the Navy Depart ment transmitted the communication to the Arlington wireless stations, where the Secretary's voice was pro jected into the ether by wireless and carried to the battleship where the wireless operator received it and trans mitted it through the telephone to the captain. Thus the voice of Secretary Daniels in Washington was clearly heard by Captain Chandler on board the New Hampshire lying off Hampton Roads. The secretary of the navy told Cap tain Chandler that the enemy had been righted off the coast and that he was [Continued on Page 2] 1 THE STATE FROM m TO PftT "Two intoxicated Sayerites were ar rested while jag-slceping In a gutter during a heavy rainfall and It was feared that they might meet death by drowning:," quoth the .North American, and added, "Water is dangerous." The North is consistent throughout. Severn P. Ker, president of the Sharon Chamber of Commerce, is much in demand as a speaker. Mr. Ker addressed the Butler trade or ganization at a "get together" dinner last evening and delivered some real ideas. A Warren man's carpenter flirted too freely with John Barleycorn and consequently the owner's house Is not going up with dispatch. In describing the situation the newspaper tells how the owner "scours th« town for a car penter and then after the man has worked a few days he gets Into the 'pogey' on a charge of intoxication." Every day we learn something! • • • The graduating class of Muhlenberg College, in AUentown, has two mar ried men and tradition prevents the planting of the ivy when such a de plorable condition exists. So the class donated the entrance gate to the new athletic field instead. • • * Love of music (?) certainly proved too much for John Stewart, who was filled with ecstatic joy when he was returned to the pen from Middletown for stealing a suit, of clothes. His return meant that he could again sound his faithful trombone with the penitentiary band, and he is very happy. • • • Judge Garman, of Wilkes-Barre, has refused to serve as a delegate to the Democratic national convention to fill up a vacancy because he is opposed to the renominatlon of Wilson. What a pleasure to find the judicial mind so sanely appreciative of the fitness of things. » • • "Mr: Blank called on his trade here Monday," says a small town dally. The question is, did It come when he called, as Hotspur so pointedly remarked when Glendower was boasting how he could call up vasty splrtta from the L deep? lEimtittg CCljat Boy Scoutß in Harrisburg and sur rounding: towns are putting in a few very busy days this week. The fiftieth encampment of the Pennsylvania De partment of the Q. A. R„ the thirty first convention of the Ladies of the G A. R,, and the twenty - seventh gathering of the Women's Relief Corps of the Department of Pennsyl vania Auxiliary of the G. A. R. being held here, the Scouts volunteered to guide the visitors about the city and niuke themselves useful generally. Tliey met delegates at the railroad stations and piloted them about, in addition to carrying grips, suit oases and traveling bags for the visitors. The appearance of the youngsters alongside of the gray-haired veterans recalls the reunion of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg In 1913 when the Scouts worked so faithfully in the in terests of the veterans from the North and So^th. * * • 1 he hundreds of Civil War veterans from all parts of Pennsylvania who are here attending the fiftieth annual encampment appear to be enjoying themselves every minute of their spare time. They are taking trips through the parks and many of theni are visiting the towns surrounding Harrisburg. Each day this week scores of the warriors of fifty years ago could be seen In Capitol Park. It did no> take them long to learn that the squirrels there are tame and now the little fur animals are getting so many peanuts that they appear to be al ready getting their stores ready for next winter. The veterans are tak ing- a great interest in them and it is certain that the squirrels will not be hungry as long as the veterans are here. The visitors are strolling through the big building too and not a few of them are asking permission to sit in the Governor's chair. • • « Not all sermons are preached from pulpits, take it from the stroller on the Market street bridge the other day. Halfway over Ho the Cumberland shore he noticed a bit of paper wedg ed between the plates on top of the girder railing. It was so fastened as to be readily extracted, safe from va grant winds, and easily noticeable ta the passerby. And the stroller, like those who had passed before, picked up the bit of penned note paper, read the message, smiled thoughtfully— and tucked It back into place. And thio is what he read: God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever (that means you) believeth In Him shall not perish but have everlasting Life. You are of the world. "Who soever" means you. • » • While many Harrisburg residences, business places, hotels, etc., are gay these days with bunting and flags of the American colors in honor of the city's veteran guests of the Grand Army, some of the mercantile and other establishments have gone in for decoration in other ways. At least I one hotel, the Commonwealth, has ar ranged for adornment In a way that defies wind and rain and darkness. Thir hotel by the way is one of the Market street stopping places for many of the higher officers of the State encampment organization, j Around the portico a string of red, white and blue electric lights hav® I been strung and over the doorway in ! a blaze of twinkling red. white and blue electric flashes, "Old Glory" waves through the night. * • • How would you like to travel 8, 114.4 miles every year—just a part of your daily work? Quite some trip you say? Yes, you could come from Hong Kong to Honolulu and then on to San Francisco, wjth a little side trip from, the Pacific coast town down to sunny Panam , and you would cover but a few more miles. Tet "Benny" Brady, chief figure of this yarn, doesn't move a foot—lf his corns don't bother him—to accom plish this fact. And "Benny" yearly tells some thousands of passengers the last inning's score, who's ahead in the las hour of the war, just how Kitchener went down, and oh, a thousand-and-one other Interesting bits of information as he runs his car up and down. "Benny" is the elevator man in the Ttlegraph building. * • « The Morrell Apartments, In the Franklin building, have worked out a clever scheme to prevent the theft of a refuse can. In big black letters the management has had painted the words: "Stolen From the Morrell Apartments." It would take a good bit of nerve to use that garbage can in your back yard, whatdaye think? Living Expenses While the cost of living is getting higher all the time, it doesn't seem to reduce the amount of money spent for fun, fashion and amusement. Here is the great anomaly of modern life—pay ing more to live on and having more money to spend for them. The cost of the common necessities of life are 25 per cent, higher than they were two or three years ago, when we had a hard time getting along, and yet people spend 2li per cent, more now for things they don't need. Where does the money come from? From nowhere else but economy and wages. There are two Important helps In tl\e domestic economy. People don't drink as much red liquor as they used to and they don't pay for as much bottled medicine as they did formerly. Both of which omissions save money and health, too. But these explanations don't fully explain why people have so much money to spend for follies these days. And there are the women—they cost a heap more than they used to, God bless 'em, and what they want is more necessary than bread and meat for the larder. And so It goes, the expense of liv ing going higher and higher and the expense of fun, folly and fashion go ing higher and higher, too, so that It Is getting quite impossible to tell any difference between the essential andi the ephemeral, what Is real and what is volatile. —Ohio State Journal. f War and Free Trade "War is Hell," but job-destroying, home-wrecking, happiness-demolish ing, comfort-killing is Free Trade. Free-Trade taxes home industry to make up for the present it hands to foreign industry. Why not. reverse such an un-American scheme? The South has some able statesmen, but they hamper their usefulness to the nation by hanging to the old, rot ten hulk of Free-Trade. How much better It is to support the government on Protection wages than be compelled to keep the pot boil ing from the savings out of past wages? An empty Treasury is a Banquo's ghost 'hat rises up and confronts th® present Free-Trade administration. The Free-Trade Tariff has proven a dismal failure as a revenue pro ducer. It permits 71 per cent, of our Imports to come In free and thus makes our shores the dumping ground of the products of foreign cheap labor, which gives a bllck ey« to our own workmen. —The American Economist,
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