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lUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
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llshers' Assocla-
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lation and Penn
sylvania Assoctat-
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MONDAY EVENING, SETT. 18
I must please Christ and deny myself,
or please myself and deny Him.
—ANDREW MURRAY.
MAINE POINTS THE WAY
WITH much wriggling and four
flushing th Democratic lead
ers are striving to overcome the
awful slam of the Maine election. They
are figuring percentages and otherwise
striving in every conceivable way to
conceal tho painful fact that the re
sult In the Pine Treo State is a body
blow to their hopes and a certain
augury of the downfall of the watch
ful waiting regime at Washington.
Nothing that can be said or written
will lessen the widespread belief that
the voters of Maine last Tuesday gave
expression In a bellow as stentorian as
that of the returned Bull Moose to the
protest of a nation. Our friends the
enemy do not like it, but the unmis
takable logic of' the situation is in
favor of the Republican party and the
great issues which it represents In this
campaign.
At least 85 per cent, of the Progres
sive vote has returned to the Repub
lican party and It Is the opinion of
Colonel Roosevelt and other potential
factors In the third party movement
that November will witness a complete
reunion of the two forces behind Mr.
Hughes.
What makes the Maine result so im
pressive is the fact that the Repub
lican fight and the Democratic defense,
waged exclusively on national Issues,
Joined the Issue, making It clearly
a contest between Wilsonism and
Hughesism. Far-seeing Republican
leaders like Governor McCall.of Massa
chusetts, declare the Maine result indi
cates a strong, nation-wide trend
toward the Republican presidential
candidate.
RIVER FRONT PROTECTION
PERHAPS the Importance of giv
ing immediate attention to the
permanent treatment of the
River Front will dawn upon those re
sponsible after we shall have a, few
more torrential downpours and an
other Susquehanna flood or two.
Commissioner Gross, as the chosen
head of the Department of Parks, has
been thinking about what ought to be
done long enough to reach a con
clusion and further procrastination
will only Increase the cost of what Is
manifestly the only remedy.
Riprapplng under certain speci
fications has been long ago approved
by the State Water Supply Commission
as the proper treatment and when the
city is likely to be subjected to further
expense through flood damage next
winter the obvious course is the find
ing of a way to protect In a substantial
manner the dirt embankment.
If the balance of some thousands of
dollars In the last park loan authorized
by the people Is not available, a fact
City Solicitor Seltz would ha'e deter
mined promptly on request, then It
should not be a gigantic mental or
physical undertaking to finance the
Improvement as an emergency measure.
PALMER AND BRUMBAUGH
It is & poor compliment to the
farmers of Pennsylvania to be of
fered instructions from a man who
knows no more about farminsr than
he does about running the Gover
nor's offlce. Why. the amount of
instruction the people of the State
will get won't pay for "busted"
♦ ires of the automobiles which the
Treasury will have to pav for some
how.—A. Mitchell Palmer.
Eastern office,
fiary, Brooks A
Flnley, Fifth Ave
nue Building. New
York City; West
ern offlce. Story,
Brooks & Fln
ley, People's Gas
Building, Chi
cago, 111.
This Is the sort of demagogic appeal
which might be expected from such a
source. It is a sample of the diatribe
for which the custodian of the Wilson
policies and patronage in Pennsylvania
was responsible at the round-up In this
city the other day of Democratic chair
men.
Governor Brumbaugh need not ex
plain to the farmers of this State that
he was born and reared on a farm,
that ho came from the hardy stock
that has made Pennsylvania one of the
most Important agricultural common
wealths and that he has alwayß mani
fested an Interest In the welfare of the
rural communities.
The Palmers and the Wilsons and
others of the self-promoting group
that have exploited the Democracy of
the State for their own purposes and
to gratify their personal ambitions may
deceive their deluded partisan follow
ers, perhaps, but In assailing the Gov
ernor for his failure to under
stand the farmer's needs these partisan
critics only draw the fire upon them
selves.
Developing the agricultural Interests
of this wonderful State Is a work
which should appeal to all Pennsyl
vanlans, and If, through the scries of
tours arranged by Governor Brum
baugh this autumn, increased attention
shall be drawn to this all-important In
dustry—lnvolving the welfare and
srosperlty of the people—he will have
MONDAY EVENING, JEUUUSBURG 7TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 18, 1916.
done an admirable public service. He
can afford to Ignore the cheap fling of
one who even now, with his partisan
associates, must feel the ground slip
ping: from under his political feet.
A WOMAN'S OPINION
NO cltlaen of Harrlsburg, however
humble. In his own mind should
fail to subscribe for at least one
share ($5O) In the stock of the new
hotel enterprise. As one prominent
and public-spirited woman observed
to-day: "With all our splendid public
Improvements and the civic activities
along other lines, we were ashamed
always of the woeful lack of adequate
and modern hotel facilities. All should
have a hand In' helping to build this
fine structure so greatly needed."
AMERICANIZING OUR WORKERS
SO much good has been ac
complished through the State
Industrial Welfare and Efficiency
conferences inaugurated under the
Tener administration and amplified
under the Brumbaugh term that
everyone will be glad to note that tfte
officials of the State Department of
Labor and Industry, who are planning
the November meetings, are arranging
for an Interchange of views on Amer
icanization of our alien workers. The
tentative program will include some
addresses by men who have given
this subject attention and Invitations
will be extended to people to give
practical plans whereby the Common
wealth can co-operate or lead the
way.
Never before tn the period following
the Civil War has a more Important
matter or question, because that Is
what It Is, confronted those whose
duty It Is to conduct government. The
history of the last two years has
demonstrated what unprincipled per
sons can undertake with those whose
residence in this country baa not been
long enough for them to Imbibe Its
ideas and the time may come when It
will be even more serious. The Amer
lcan-born find It hard to realize any
thing but a single allegiance. There
are some who can not forget even
when they vote that their native land
across the sea faces an emergency. For
them to help, regardless of American
neutrality, to further the cause of
their blrthland or to hurt that of Its
enemies Is too often the first Impulse.
Inculcation of American Ideals,
education in the everlasting prlnelples
of Republican institutions, Instruction
in what Pennsylvania stands for and
what our laws give and demand is in
deed a task fit for the best thought
of which we are capable.
THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
AFTER about twenty-five .years of
discussion of manual training,
vocational schools and practical
instruction the schoolroom where a
boy is taught to be his own carpenter
and a girl to be her own dressmaker
or cook Is a part of the system devoted
to development of the youth of Penn
sylvania. Other States may have
been a little earlier In putting such
schools into operation, but we have
raised them to a high plane of effi
ciency and thousands of dollars are
being added annually to the school
taxes for such training, which, after
all, no one begrudges.
Thus far, It must be confessed, the
urban communities have gotten the
best of it. With more population,
more resources and more activity they
have brought about the creation of
some schools which are models, doing
a practical work of wonderful value
and adding to the productive capacity
of the youth. There are industrial
schools whose graduates are snapped
up and the demand for such establish
ments is naturally increasing.
In the country the vocational school
is finding its home in the township
high school, but the funds in the rural
school districts are not adequate and
it is going to be up to the next Legis
lature to find some way to provide
more cash for such education. The
farmer boy has just as much right to
be taught how to mend his own wagon
and to build a silo as the city boy to
construct a window frame or to make
iron fence.
Those who toured the northern
counties with Governor Brumbaugh
last week were struck with the interest
being shown in the vocational school
Idea In the country and came home
with the viewpoint of the dweller In
the fields more than they ever had
before.
THE HARRISBURG WAY
HOW thoroughly Harrisburg's pro
gressive merchants and business
men can do that which they set
out to do when they adopt the true
"Harrisburg way" of doing it, will be
demonstrated Wednesday evening as
the curtain, figuratively and literally,
rises on the Uniform Fall Opening
Display.
Generally speaking, this broad coun
try of ours knows something of the
"Harricburg way" of making public
improvements; with the "Harrisburg
way" of celebrating any special event,
for example, the Kipona; with the
"Harrisburg way" of starling a new
hotel movement; in fact, a big portion
of the country has heard and heard
well of the "Harrisburg way" of doing
any number of big things. At that,
it is a perfectly simple way; merely
a matter of getting together in a
spirit of friendliness and co-operation,
each man with his neighbor, until the
big result is accomplished. How well
the department store firms, the shoe
dealers, the grocers, the clothiers, the
bakers and other mercantile estab
lishments, backed by the Chamber of
Commerce, will demonstrate that idea
is to be exemplified Wednesday even
ing. And he or she who walks or
rides In the downdown, uptown or Hill
business districts may see.
Three evenings, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, have been set aside
for the Fail opening, although the
Chamber of Commerce and a wide
awake committee have planned to
start things Wodnesday with a win
dow dressing contest. Prizes will be
awarded for the best-dressed windows
by a board of out-of-town Judges.
These Judges will base their views on
accumulation of points, so many for
selling; power, ao many tor display.
That means the smallest storekeeper
will have Just as much chance to land
one of the $lO or $5 cash awards as
his "big brother."
At 7:SO o'clock It Is due to begin:
so, If you would witness another dem
onstration of the good old "Harris
burg way" of doing things, you had
better be In an advantageous place
to see when the curtain rises.
LK \
By the Ex-Committeeman
■N There will be no conflict between
the meetings of the State League of
Republican Clubs at York and the Re
publican Statocommittee for the simple
reason that the date and place of the
committee session have not been de
termined. State Chairman William E.
Crow yesterday announced that he
would not tlx a date for some days
and that he did not plan to have the
State committee meeting in Pitts
burgh on September 27, when Candi
date Hughes will visit that city and
on which date the State League -will
also be in session at York.
State Chairman Crow will be in
Philadelphia to-morrow and will prob
ably flx a date for early in October
with a possibility that the committee
may meet in Harrisburg.
The State League, which is headed
by Fred W. Wlllard, a Vare man, will
have the Governor as Its big speaker.
Philander C. Knox has also been in
vited to attend.
One of the matters which Is being
discussed is a platform for the State
committee. There may be none and
agatn there may be one which will be
purely national. Much will depend
upon what the State League does in
the way of declarations.
—Senator Penrose was chief speaker
at the opening of the Montgomery
county Republican campaign on
Saturday'and more enthusiasm was
displayed than for years. Regular
Republicans, Progressives, Independ
ents and others, gathered together to
hear the issues. The Penrose speech
was one of the best he has made in a
long time. Other speakers were Sena
tor Charles A. Snyder, Congressional
Candidates Garland and McLaughlin,
Gabriel H. Moyer and W. I. Shaffer.
—According to Philadelphia papers
yesterday Philander C. Knox is to ad
dress a meeting of Republicans at
Glenslde over which Mayor Smith, of
Philadelphia, will preside.
—Berks county Republicans are
fitting ready to make a stir this cam
jwign, the Democratic rows in that
county have redoubled the interest of
the Republicans and they may make
a new drive for legislators.
—The Philadelphia Record an
nounces that the Varen are making
headway in their plans to dictate the
next governor and that the State
League of Republican clubs convention
at Tork next week Is to bo used as the
starting point for an active campaign.
—Union county Republicans gave
an enthusiastic demonstration for
Hughes, the State ticket, Congressman
Focht and Legislator Showalter on
Saturday at Lewisburg. Dr. T. Thorn
ton was re-elected chairman and S.
B. Wolfe secretary. Congressman
Focht made a stirring address.
—All over the State efforts are be
ing made to stimulate registration to
morrow and it is expected in the
large cities that the activities of the
political committees will tell. The
Philadelphia registration was a dis
appointment to some of the leaders,
especially Democrats. The registra
tion in some of the interior and east
ern cities where the State organiza
tion expected a large list there were
decreases as compared with two years
ago.
—The split in the Stonemen's Fel
lowship in Philadelphia is being
blamed on Vare influences. Nothing
more tangible seems to have been in
sight so that is picked out.
—L. J. Brown, long prominent in
Monroe county Republican politics,
and secretary of the county commit
tee, is dead.
—The Philadelphia branch of the
Democratic State headquarters was
opened on Saturday and a banner set
ting forth that Wilson kept us out of
war was flung to the breeze.
—National Chairman McCormick,
who was home over Sunday, said that
Wilson sentiment was growing rapidly
In the West. He did not make much
comment upon conditions in Western
Pennsylvania to which he paid a stop
over visit. He traveled through Alle
gheny and Westmoreland counties
With Acting Chairman Guffey and got
a first-hand report of the meetings of
the Pennsylvania Postmasters and the
Democratic State committee.
—Arrangements were made yester
day for the visit of Allen L. Benson,
the Socialist candidate for president
here in October. He will be given a
greeting by socialists from adjoining
counties.
—lsaac G. Walker, for years con
nected with the Philadelphia city gov
ernment as an engineer, but lately in
New York, has again taken a place in
Philadelphia's water bureau.
—Vice-President Marshall has been
secured by the Democratic machine to
closed the campaign in Philadelphia on
October 31.
Saved From the Discard
(From the Omaha Bee)
The elevation of Field Marshal von
Hindenburg to bo chief of Rtaff of
the German army is but another step
in the remarkable progress of a man
who was slated for the discard but
a few years ago. It is related that
Von Hindenburg was marked for per
manent retirement before the war
broke out, and was retained In service
only after he had made a personal
appeal to the emperor. The old gen
eral and his East Prussian lakes were
a standing jest among the younger
members of the great war machine,
but events have proved him to be the
bulwark of Germany against the Rus
sian Invasion. Without Von Hinden
burg and the swamps into which he
directed and the first Incursion of the
Cossacks, the whole story of the pres
ent war had been different. His de
fense of Prussia, ana his subsequent
onslaught that drove the Russians
back onto their own soil, are the most
notable achievements of Germany In
the war so far. On neither front has
another commander accomplished as
definite results as has Von Hinden
burg, who has well earned his promo
tion.
Living in the Law
The law Is not of faith; but. The man
that doeth them shall live In them.
Galatlans, in. 12.
Abolishing All Roads
About 6,000 signatures have been
attnrhed' to the petitions asking the
court to abolish the toll roads of York
county, according to a report made by
Eugene F. Welser, secretary of the
York Chamber of Commerce.
But This Is Leap Year
Bellefonte has a spinster In It who
every night, before retiring, looks un
der the bed for a man. Isn't there
some gallant gentleman who will step
up to the "altar" and say the word
that will bring peace to this much
|troubled soul? —Bellefonte Republican.
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—Every cloud haa a silver lining,
but It would be pleasanter If they
wore 'em on the outside.
—Villa shows absolutely no respect
for those American commissioners and
General Carranza.
—lf that Danish West Indies deal
becomes public in Central America
some of the presidents of republics
down there will be making offers to
sell out to Uncle Sam.
—"Democrats," says the Philadel
phia Record, "are urged to register
every vote." Even at that they're not
going to have enough.
—The new Greek premier is men
tioned in the dispatches as Mr. K. The
Allies will doubtless hope that his first
initial is O.
Cocky Youth at It Again
[Kansas City Star]
A 15-year-old youngster named Jones
broke into the amateur golf champion
ship match at Philadelphia yesterday
and showed the old stiffs how their
game was played. Will somebody now
point out a form of diversion in which
elderly gentlemen can disport them
selves without some kid coming along
and taking It away from them? They
thought they were reasonably safe at
golf. They picked It out, in the first
place, because it was not too strenuous;
then It is a game for ripe Judgment, pa
tience, philosophy and the fruits of re
flection. In none of these qualities was
it thought the kids had a look-in. They
might be good at baseball, tennis and
track sports—anything that called for
leg and elbow work—but it could not
be supposed that they had the equip
ment demanded by a game like golf.
Well, the old 'uns will have to dis
cover something they can do, that's all.
Either that or put up the bars against
the youngsters. Perhaps it could be
made a rule of the game that nobodv
under 40 should be qualified to play it.
Self-protection is a law of Nature and
might well be made a law of sport. For
certainly things are coming to a pretty
pass when calm and philosophic mid
dle age cannot retire to the contem
plation of an afternoon at golf without
being instructed in its finer points by
a youth not out of school. It isn't re
spectful.
Texas Papers to Save Newsprint
A. H. Belo & Co., publishers of the
Dallas (Tex.) Morning News, Dallas
Evening Journal, Galveston Daily News,
Farms News, and allied publications,'
have Joined the movement for conserv
ing print paper. In a double-column
box in' display type, the Dallas news
advises its readers fo the situation,
and announces that the News has Join
ed the movement for conserving print
paper by cutting oft free lists and ex
changes, and reducing returns
Miles of Scenic Splendor
This from Governor Brumbaugh con
cerning the new William Penn High
way, which will make Pittsburgh the
" 1 1 0t as it is the largest of our
Philadelphia suburbs:
• J' 1 . il° pe to see made so attractive
that thousands annually will come from
without to share with us its many
matchless miles of scenic splendor."
Pennsylvania has the goods to show
uiv. All , that j s needed to bring
them hither is a fine highway. The
Governor x "many matchless miles" is
a modest statement of fact hs well as a
pretty alliteration.—"Girard" In Public
Ledger.
The Warplane
The farmer children saw a bird
Up in the sky;
A strange, strange bird
That whirled and swayed.
But always stayed
So very high.
They could not see its flight.
"I wonder where it sleeps," said one.
"at night.
It's much too big to live in any tree!'
And so they wondered. • • * But
high up and free
The bird swept out of sight.
The night crept down, and still the
bird flew far;
Flew viewless, in the void, like some
dead star;
Until it passed above a battlefield—
Paused there, and darted low. And
suddenly
From earth there came a flash. The
great bird wheeled
And crashed and fell (was there a
scream?)
And tay • • •
The sun rose up. and with It came tht,
day;
And. waking from their sleep.
The jarmer children rose and went to
reap.
"That great bird In the sky.
The one that flew so high,
I wonder where It slept last night?" said
they.
—Margaret E. Snngster, Jr., In the
Christian Herald.
War Reasoning
[From the Washington Star.]
Governor Whitman, of New York,
discussing war prices, said in Albany
the other day;
"Our war profiteers have the face to
tell us that, because our wheat, for ex
ample, commands a war price abroad,
it ought to command a war price at
home.
"Such reasoning reminds me In its
absurdity of a waiter, in a Broadway
restaurant.
"A guest, beckoning this waiter to
him. said:
' 'See here, mv man—this bill here—
one lobster, 11.75, plus one steak. 11—
that makes 2.75, not $5.75, doesn't it?'
" 'Ah, hut sir,' said the waiter, "yoM
forget that everything has gone up
ainca tha wax.' "
"DIANA OF THE DUNES"
IN SOLITUDE
ON the shore of Lake Michigan, in
the foothills of high sand dunes,
In a wilderness of pine trees and
a Jungle of marshes, miles beyond
reach of human voices, I found "Diana
of the Dunes."
She is Alice Gray, University of
Chicago graduate, who, since last Oc
tober, has spoken less than a dozen
times to human creatures!
Diana Comes Out
When a strong, lithe, clear-eyed,
smiling young woman, bare legged as
a nymph, hair cut boy fashion, face
sunkissed to a deep brown, sprang
through the pine scrubs I knew I had
found "Diana."
A single garment was her only at
tire. She brushed through the pines,
surprise and terror flashing in her
eyes.
"Who are you, please?" she de
manded. "I must not see strangers.
I had hoped nobody would find me
here.
"I am sorry they call me the 'her
mit' and the 'mystery woman,' " she
said. "We are all mysteries to some
body or other. I must remain a mys
tery to the public for a time. I came
here to the wilderness to seek—well,
to seek myself.
"I was working in Chicago, making
little in the way of money, doing little
of importance in the world. It seemed.
"I had measured myself with the,
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1 lettersTothe editor]
THINKS JERRY'S PUNK
Dr Editor:
Is it costing too much to bring up
"Father" these days, as you put "Jerry
on the Job?"
Jerry's punk.
Yours,
A DAILY READER.
AS IT HAPPENS EVERY NIGHT
[From the Detroit Journal.]
She (upstairs)— Clarence!
He—Yes, love.
She—Have you locked the Icebox?
He—Uh-huh.
She—Have you locked the dlningroom
window?
He—Sure.
She—Have you hidden the silver un
der the bathtub?
He—Yep.
She—Did you put the cat out?
He—Uh-huh.
She—Did you bring hose in?
He—Sure thing.
She —Have you fixed some Ice water?
He—Oh-h-h, yes.
She—Have you brought the rug in
from the porch?
He—Yes.
She—Have you fastened all the parlor
windows?
He—Sure.
She—Have you been d"wn in the
basement to smell the gas?
He—Yes.
She—Have you brought in the ham
mock?
, He—Yep.
She—Have you locked the front door?
He—Uh-huh.
She—Did you hang up the key back
of the hall clock?
He—Yes.
She—Have you wound the clock?
He—Yes—yes—yes.
She—Well, you don't need to get mad
about It. It's a wonder you wouldn't
try to get to bed at some decent hour.
What have you been doing down there
all this time, anyhow?
To-morrow
[From the Silent Partner.!
To-morrow is the progression of tim
loaned us to be able to surpass the re
sults of to-day.
There is no royal road to success. The
path to real success leads through a
wilderness of experience.
If you can eat sawdust without but
ter, if you can stand your ground with
dignity when others are losing then
heads. If you can see over the moun
tains of trouble to-day down into the
valley of prosperity to-morrow, if you
do not let some little setback drive you
oft the trail, you are made up of good
material.
No legacy, no broadcloth, no luck, will
help you to hold a position that de
mands practical application. The point
Is, then, fit yourself for a higher posi
tion.
Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind,
Is the nation's inspiration for those af
flicted with physical infirmities. In
1900 she graduated from college, and Is
to-day regarded as one of the most In
tellectual and best-educated women of
America. Men with perfect eyes and
ears, with perfect health, and with all
physical advantages, stand In rows and
complain, almost weep and wail over
their lack of opportunity.
Aggressive Decency
[Christian Science Monitor.]
In twelve years' occupancy of a cer
tain busy corner In Kansas City, ac
cording to the Star, the Scottish Rite
Temple, through Its organization, has
driven every saloon, except on*.', away
from the neighborhood, and the last
will disappear on November 1. To the
recommendation that the temple be
moved on wheels to other nuiirters of
the city might be added anothfr, that
Ic be moved on wheels to other quar
ters of the country, especially if Its or
ganization can be moved with It. Ag
gressive decency Is a national as well
as a community need In tUe United
States,
world—the results were not encour
aging. I came here to measure my
self with nature.
Slic "licfran to Live"
"I found a cave here in the hills,
spread my blanket, slopt under the
stars, and communed with myself. -I
began to live.
"I have had ten glorious months. I
have no worries about work, about the
daily grind of living and doing. I
am free."
Her name is Alice Gray. She grad
uated from University of Chicago in
1903; held a secretaryship In a large
publishing house, and It was predicted
she would follow a literary career.
She had heard of the Sahara-like
sand dunes that drift along the lake
shore. To the dunes she went. There
was no human habitation in sight. In
a dugout she spread a blanket.
"The dugout was too cold," she says,
'and I found this hut.
"Everything I have here, this chair,
this cap I wear, these tins, are drift
wood, drifted in from the lake. I, too,
am driftwood.
"I got sailcloth from a fisherman
and made this thing I wear. I got rid
of everything that looked like the city.
"Some day, I suppose I'll want to
go back. But the city can never give
me what the wilderness has given me
—peace of mind, and the strength of
mind to live alone."—Honor Fanning,
in the Toledo News-Bee.
After the War Conditions
[American Economist]
Somebody is wrong, absolutely
wrong, as to the economic and Indus
trial conditions certain to prevail fol
lowing the return of peace in Europe.
Protectionists believe there will come
an era of the fiercest industrial com
petition and that unless the tariff law
Is amended the industries of the Unit
ed States will suffer disaster. Free-
Traders profess to believe than an era
of prosperity will follow the end of
the war, and they actually Insist that
the present prosperity is permanent.
Facts and figures, however, speak
louder than academic argument, and
here are facts and figures. When the
European war broke out 56 per cent.'
of the plant of the Carnegie Steel com
pany was idle, and there was much
distress among Its employes. Recent
ly 100 per cent, of Its plant was run
ning full time and Its employes are
prosperous. But—and it Is a big
"but"—6s per cent, of Its recent out
put consists of ammunition, or some
form of steel destined for use in mak
ing ammunition. The instant the war
stops, that 56 per cent, of the plant
will again be idle, and so will the em
ployes who are operating it. There is
every reason to believe that the same
will prove true of every industry in
the United States whose present pros
perity Is due to war conditions. That
being the case, the prompt restoration
of a Protective Tariff is the one thing
that the country must have In prep
aration for after-the-war conditions.
Unstable as—Wilson
[New York Sun]
Wilson was for having the flag sa
luted at Vera Cruz. The stiffness of
Huerta forced him to change his mind
and his course.
Wilson was for having a new and
free for all deal in Mexico, Carranza
using the Insolence that is effective
in dealing with weakness, compelled
him to recognize Carranza.
Wilson was for preventing the
murder of Americans by German sub
marines. When murder was done he
shook his fist. Wfien more murder
was done he shook his finger.
Wilson was against preparedness.
We were too proud to fight. His mis
erable attitude drove Garrison out
of the cabinet. Not until the streets
were filled with public demonstrations
for defence did Wilson yield, und
then the program was late.
Wilson was for honest elections
and against class legislation, if we
may believe his voluminous writings.
The Brotherhoods put it up to him
whether they should oppose him or
whether he should collect $60,000,000
from the public through the railroads
and give it to them. The stench of
the choice he made saturates the po
litical air. %
Wilson sidestepped on woman suff
rage. Then he said It was something
for the States to decide. Hughes, who
was not of two minds about the Issue,
came out flatly for for women.
Now Wilson, unless he is deceiving
the suffragists with weasel words, Is
converted.
Wilson's shifts are varied. Some,
as in Internatiohal affairs, are from
good to evil; those are the shifts
which stronger and more brutal men
force him to make. Some, as In the
matter of preparedness, are from evil
to good, because he fears that he will
lose voioa. But always he shifts.
When it is from good to evil It is his
habit to deliver the nation ns Irrevo
cably as he can. When it Is from evil
to goot} It Is usually too late to help
any one, even himself.
We know what one term of the
Shifter has brought u to. It is Im
possible to guess what another term
might not bring ua to.
lEtattittg (Cljat
Although the quarantine regulations
established by the State Department of
Health to prevent the spread of Infan
tile paralysis are strict enough and the
organ'satlon the most effective ever
known In Pennsylvania some of tho
men in charge of local health admin
istration throughout the State havo
gone the Commonwealth several bet
ter. Pennsylvania is noted for tho
strictness of its health regulations so
that what tho minor municipalities aro
doing certainly must be going some,
as they say on the streets. There is
no State requirement for health certU
ficates f6r children for those traveling
inside of the Commonwealth. No ono
under 16 can get in without such a
certificate, but the demands for certi
ficates in cities and boroughs Is a mat
ter of local precaution and It seems
to have been largely caused by panic in
some places. Undoubtedly it is effec
tive, but it is also the occasion for
some charging for papers which is not
fair. Indeed, tho other day when
Commissioner of Health Dixon was
called up by some Mercer county folks
and asked whether there was any
warrant for a local health board ex
acting a fee for certificate of health he
replied with that promptness and de
cisiveness so characteristic of him:
No, it's outrageous."
It is all right for the medical man
who makes the examination and certi
fies to the health of the youngster to
be paid for his work, but the proposi
tion that health boards are authorized
to take fees for certificates which ara
a part of the system of precaution cer
tainly does not seem proper and the
State authorities are endeavoring to
break up the practice. The policy of
tho Department of Health will be to
aid In the enforcement of quarantine
so as to keep down the number of
cases, but it will not countenance any
charges which only add to the neces
sary hardships Imposed by public pro
tection. From Information gathered
here It costs anywhere from twenty
five cents to a dollar for a health cer
tificate in various places of the State.
• Archibald B. Millar, secretary of the
Public Service Commission, was asked
a few days ago for a suggestion for
the naming of the new hotel and told
that he might go as far as he liked.
"Call It," said he. "Hotel Neces
sity."
Postmaster Frank C. Sites, who was
chairman of the committee which ar
ranged the entertainment for the con
vention of State Postmasters, was not
only given many compliments for the
program laid out for the visitors, but
was largely instrumental in having
Harrisburg picked as the meeting
place. The postmasters had a Joyous
time and the fact that the sealers, the
coroners and the Democratic Stat
committee all came along about the
same time added much to the pleas
ure. "The time we come back have
that new hotel ready" was the parting
message left by one postmaster.
William M. Hain, a well-known
lawyer, who spends his rest days In
Canada every summer fishing-, has sent
to his friends the little speech he
mado In presenting to the Harrlsburg
Club about a year ago the big muscal
longe caught by the late C. H. Backen
stoe, who was always Mr. Main's com-i
panlon on the Kawartha lakos, near'
Bobcaygeon. The big fish, which now
decorates the wall of the grill room
of the club, weighed 2 8 pounds and was
four feet long. Capturing the fish was
no easy task; It required great skill
and patience, but Mr. Backenstoe was
equal to the fight. He loved the sport.
Mr. Haln had a few minutes beforli
landed one of 12 pounds and another
of almost 18 pounds as a sort of stage
preliminary to the catch of the sea
son at Pigeon creek. In presenting the
mounted "lunge" to the club Mr. Hain
made a felicitous speech, detailing the
incidents of that wonderful day in
Canada. All mourn the passing away
of Mr. Backenstoe a few months ago
and his fishing guide, a young Cana
dian of gigantic proportions, was ac
cidentally killed while hunting last
winter.
The section of the Poconos through
which Governor Brumbaugh and his
party will pass this woek on their tour
of the agricultural regions of the
northeastern section Is an old stamp
ing ground of the Governor. For sev
eral years he spent part of August
there and there is a coterie of cottag
ers that call him Martin and give him
a hearty welcome.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
—John R. K. Scott, who is figuring
very much in the news In Philadelphia
just now comes from Berwick.
—Judge C. N. Brumm at Pottsvllle,
discharged a juror who was stubborn
and had tied up a jury all day.
—J. Davis Broadhead. new mem
ber of the Federal Reserve board, was
formerly on the bench In Northamp
ton county.
—"Uncle Dave" Lane is after regis
trars who do not report promptly in
Philadelphia and says they are not
rendering good party service.
DO YOU KNOW f
That Harrlsburg forcings arc a
much sought steel product?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first gas plant established heral
was duplicated In at least twenty
places in the State.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members ol
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and thei
answers as presented at the organlza
tlon's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What Is being done In Domestic Sci
ence?
A full course is given at the
High School. Excellent results.
| Our Daily Laugh
EXTENSIVE
CHANGE. f
Mrs. B.—Many V. yi
changes In your
apartment this
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phones moved If
and one pi
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-18 your bus
tyr' band fond Of
f/\. a 'bletlc sports?
Oh, yes. Indeed.
He Just loves to
Blt ,n a lady
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f |T watch other peo
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