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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 28
So, lest I be inclined
■
To render ill for ill, —
Henceforth in me instill,
O Ood, a sweet good will
To all mankind. — Tilton.
UNCLE SAM'S HUMILIATION
PHILANDER C. KNOX has done
more in a few speeches to illumi
nate the Mexican situation than
all that is contained in the statements
and talks of the last two years. In his
remarkable discussion of the issues of
the present campaign at the Chestnut
street auditorium in this city, he
pointed out the impossible attitude of
President Wilson from the very be
ginning of the Mexican controversy.
From direct and personal knowl
edge, he made clear that notwith
standing the de facto government of
' Mexico had signified its desire to make
reparation for American lives and
restitution for American property lost
and that Huerta was the admitted
constitutional head of the Mexican
government, the Wilson administra
tion still insisted that Huerta should
go and that the dictum of Presi
dent Wilson should be obeyed.
All the long train of evils suc
ceeding this arbitrary attitude at
Washington has followed and while
pretending that we have been "kept
out of war" with Mexico, the United
States has been expending millions In
maintaining an army •on the Border
and a punitive expedition into the In
terior in an alleged hunt for Villa.
It is inconceivable that any consid
erable number of intelligent people
will continue to listen with patience to
the clamorous appeals of the Wilson
supporters and to regard him as the
"greatest statesman in the history of
the country."
A humiliated and disgusted people
are only waiting the day when they
can express at the polls their opinion
of Wilson and his adminstration. All
the great powers now look upon us
with contempt and the positive harm
which has been done the American
people by the administration at Wash
ington cannot be fully realized at this
time. It is only as the attitude of
formerly friendly nations is shown in
an occasional remark or a published
statement that we gather the real feel
ing of the other nations toward us.
What has happened with respect to
• Mexico has characterized the interna
tional diplomacy of a weak adminis
tration from the outset. We are
neither feared nor respected, not even
by the distracted people south of the
Rio Grande.
One Jury has rendered a verdict
against the Wilson administration.
Some time ago Wilson appointed a cer
tain "deserving Democrat" to an Im
portant postmastership out West and
the businessmen of the city filed a
protest which questioned the integrity
of the appointee. The objectors made
their charges public and were sued for
libel. The jury decided against the
Wilson appointee.
BROKEN PROMISES
BROKEN promises mark the Wil
son administration at every turn.
Even its apologists are finding
difficulty in squaring the Wilson
pledges with tlie Wilson perform
ances. Pretense and sham are char
acteristics of the whole course of the
administration. These apologists In
sist that the present spotted prosper
ity of the country is due to Demo
cratic policies and the Underwood
tariff bill, but those familiar with the
operation of the Underwood act know
that its immediate effect was to cause
the balance of trade to run so heavily
against us that business stagnation re
sulted, bankruptcies Increased, em
ployment of labor diminished and only
because of the unusual demand for
foodstuffs and munitions abroad was
the most deplorable and depressing
panic in the history of the country
averted.
War taxes were imposed to the ex
tent of millions upon our people, in
face of the contention of the Wilson
defenders that "he has kept us out
of war."
The First Illinois Regiment was on*
of the earlies to return from the Bor
der. Its men had more than three
months of "watchful waiting." Most of
them gave up good jobs to respond to
the "emergency" which called them out
—an "emergency" which is now known
to have heen only political and per
sonally political to the President, at
that. They returned, many of them, to
find that not only had their time been
sacrificed on the altar of Wilson's cam
paign for re-election, but that they had
lost their hold on the civilian employ
ment which they formerly enjoyed. The
Chicago Tribune canvassed the rcgi-
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SATURDAY EVENING, v > - SXHRISBT7HO ffjjgV TEI-EGRAPH OCTOBER 28, 1916.
ment and found that at least 163 of the
men admit that their jobs at home had
been taken by others whIM they were
down In Texas. These men know, as
few others can, that they have/been
kept out of the war, the imminence of
which prompted them to enroll; and
they also know that they are now kept
out of a job.
WILSON AND EIGHT-HOUR DAY
WILSON Is now talking a great
deal about the eight-hour day.
He has said that it has received
the sanction of society—but he does
not tell when, member of so
ciety, he concurred in thus sanction
ing the eight-hour day. The date of
his conversion can be fixed only nega
tively. It must, however, we are sure,
be subsequent to September, 1905.
At that time Mr. Wilson was at
Princeton and little concerned with
the "rights of humanity" and still less
with the outcome of elections. To
him, at that period of his life, wrote
Professor Frank Parsons, then an of
ficer in the Bureau of Economic Re
search. He invited Professor Wilson
to join with other writers and teachers
of economics in signing these declara
tions:
1. We favor the eight-hour day.
2. Believing that the eight-hour
day means a longer and richer life,
a fairer diffusion of wealth and
power, a better citizenship and a
higher civilization through leisure
for education, recreation, civic and
social life, we welcome each step in
the progress of the eight-hour
movement and earnestly hope for
the success of the typographical
unions in their efforts to secure the
eight-hour day.
Professor Wilson refused to sign
this, saying:
It seems to me that nothing of
this sort can be decided thus in the
abstract and that no valuable con
clusion can be arrived at except by
a real discussion of specific cases.
That study of that specific case he
did not give; would not give, it is
probable. Yet he rendered an eager ;
assent to the demands of the railroad ,
brotherhoods, without study. Why?
In 1905 he was not a candidate for of- ,
fice, he cared nothing for the votes of
any set of men and still less for the
conditions under which they work. !
Which is his real and true opinion— !
that of 1905 or that of 1916?
Not in years have the colored men
rallied to a cause in this city as have j
the negro citizens united in the sup- ;
port of Charles Evans Hughes. At the I
big meeting in the Courthouse this
week, the speeches were eloquent and
forceful, and reference was made re- j
peatedly to the changed conditions at j
Washington and elsewhere dnder the
Wilson regime.
FARM IX)AN BANKS
NOT only in the North, but also in j
the Southland, the farm loan
plan of the Wilson administra- 1
tion is severely criticised as imprac
tical and not what was promised.
Speaking at Memphis, the head of the
Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association
of America said:
If my diagnosis is correct, it will I
lead to a period of agricultural I
speculation and expansion which
will prove disastrous to the pro
posed beneficiaries.
This is precisely the opinion of the
scheme which was voiced by the
farmers who gathered on Capitol Hill
the other day to consider the location
of a Federal farm bank in the eastern
section of the country. They did not
hesitate to say that the proposed
financial scheme in its present form
would prove disappointing through
out the East, especially in view of the
fact that farmers are able to make
better financial arrangements with
their own local banking institutions
than could be possible under the farm
loan bank act as enacted by the last
Congress.
"I wouldn't take a million dollars
apiece for them," said James Kearny,
of Scranton, gazing fondly on his newly
arrived quadruplets. And we violate
no confidence in observing. Mr. Kearny,
that even at a much lower figure bid
ding would not he what you might term
lively.
PROUD OF HIS HOME TOWN
THE Telegraph likes the way Edson
J. Hockenbury goes about let- j
ting folks of the various cities
in which he conducts his Y. M. C. A.
and other campaigns know where he
lives when he is at home. Mr. Hock
enbury Is a modest man, as anybody
acquainted with him knows, but in
the very nature of his work it is neces
sary for his picture to appear in print
with considerable frequency. And
when it does, right underneath his
name the reader will find the words
—"Of Harrisburg, Pa." Mr. Hocken
bury is a "citizen of no mean city"
and by the same token he is no "mean
citizen," so that credit is reflected
both ways when the well-known cam-
I palgner signs it "Edson J. Hbcken-
I bury, of Harrisburg, Pa."
| "Flour eleven dollars a barrel." Hur
; rah for the "worklngman's friend," who
; thus keeps his promises to "reduce the
; high cost of living caused by the
I dreadful tariff."
HINTS IX)R THE SUBURBS
THE milk and ice cream regula
tions adopted by Harrisburg
should be extended to cover the
| whole district surrounding. Harrls-
I burg has come to mean so much more
than the mer territory within its offi
cial boundaries that the full force and
benefit of local regulations are lost
| it they are not adopted by the com
munities roundabout which are parts
of the city in all but name.
To be a healthful, progressive city
all of the little towns that have sprung
up around Harrisburg on every side
must bo healthful and progressive,
too. The Legislature recognized this
condition when it gave the city plan
ning commission jurisdiction three
miles out from the city limits, and the
health boards could with profit folloV
this example.
Mr. Bsker has conveniently forgotten
Just what he said about the Revolution
ary heroes —but the voters have not.
BLOCKING TRAFFIC
ATTENTION has repeatedly been
called to the Intolerable condi
tions at the Federal building.
For many months Locust street and
the sidewalk •Joue the post office
have been almost closed by the mate
rials and machinery of the contractors
on the never-ending renvedellng job.
Unless the Department of Highways
does something to improve the situa
tion, legal action Is threatened to com
pel a reasonable attitude by the con
tractor.
If these Mexican disturbances keep
up it may be written & little later that
I "he kept us out of war—until after 1
I election,"
I editorial comment"! I
Thirty-one American authors have [
| come out for Hughes, after denounc-j
ing Vance C. McCormlck's hyphenate!
plot as unfit for the purposes of high
•grade fiction. —New York Sun.
i You have the right idea, Johanna. The
' silent vote will speak most effectively
;on election day.—Cincinnati Commer
cial.
This "drift to Wilson" Is a rather
| cute Democratic device. Just ask the
hopeful Democrat who sees the "drift"
to name those who are drifting.—
I Johnstown Tribune.
j The news that several Americans
were killed in a battle In Santo Do
mingo will be the first Information
! most Americans have that this country
is carrying on a little war In a country
that the administration happened to de
cide was not to determine Its own des
tiny.—Kansas City Star.
Why doesn't Vance McCormick claim
Wilson'will carry the "State of War"
that exists between the U. S. and
Mexico? —Sharon Herald.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOT)
The Hughes College League
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The Hughes National College
League, with headquarters In New
York City, has been formed for the
purpose of securing concerted action
on the part of a class of voters in be
half of the Republican and Progres
sive candidate, Charles Evans Hughes.
Local branches of this league are
formed throughout the country at the
request of the national officers. No
financial obligation accompanies mem
bership in this league, but those be
coming members are called upon and
expected to get out on the firing line
and lay before the voting public a
clear and concise explanation of the
many and extremely important issues
of this campaign and to give concrete
and unanswerable explanations and
convincing arguments why the voters
should case their ballots for Hughes.
To aid them in his work, literature
will be sent the members from the
national headquarters.
Too often those who are most quali
fied and capable of taking an active
part In politics and in political affairs,
merely go, to the polls and vote, and
in a great many instances, do not vote
at all. Political conditions are what
they are in most cases because the
man who should vote and knows how
to vote does not vote at all. No man 1
can claim himself a good citizen unless
at every election he exercises his
greatest duty, that of voting and vot
ing right.
Therefore, any effort to arouse the
voting public to its duty should be
met with the heartiest approbation.
And that is what the Hughes College
League is doing. Thousands of men
who, heretofore, have never taken an
Interest in politics are now devoting
days and nights in giving their best
efforts, realizing that it is their solemn
duty not only to vote themselves but
to instill others with the same idea
and to explain to them the especial
importance of this campaign.
The success of the local branch has
been little short of remarkable. It is
already a force in this campaign lo
cally in the same degree that the
national branch is nationally, and all
local members automatically become
members of the National League. It
is giving unbiased, unprejudiced and
unselfish service in behalf of the next
President, Charles Evans Hughes.
SECRETARY
of the Local Branch.
REPLIES TO "UNKNOWN"
To the Editor of the Tetesrapli:
Permit me to reply to the letter in
the Telegraph on Thursday, October
26th, signed "Unknown."
The Associated Aid Societies receiv
ed' approximately twenty-five (25) tele
phone calls, requesting the name and
address of the family to which the
writer refers.
Will any one say that It would be i
well to have given the Information j
asked in each Instance? v
We respect the privacy of the fam- I
lly just as much as any giver may de- j
sire to respect his own privacy in the '
matter of. giving.
The secretary desires to say to the ;
writer that he does not believe at any
time in giving names and addresses to
"Unknowns." He has had sufficient ex
perience on this point, especially when
the inquiry concerns a woman and
children. *
It is easily possible for any person to
send money to the office of the Asso
ciated Aid Societies anonymously.
A number of gifts have coqne for this
particular family In this way and they
reached' the family just as surely as
if sent direct.
The help that the Associated' Aid So
cieties gives is never meager, but al
ways adequate and supplies every need,
beyond that would be waste.
Organized charity is not making per
sonal service Impossible. Many fami
lies and many helpless children come
to us with their needs. We are always
gfkd to make use of personal service,
as well as money, in supplying these
needs and there Is always a need of
both.
"Unknown" will be welcome at any
time at our office. We will be glad to
make use of his service, and while do
ing it, will respect the confidence of
the "left hand."
Very truly yours,
JOHN YATES,
General Secretary, the Associated Aid
j Societies.
Library Tabl&J_
minutki WITM TH
BMU t HMAtlNfit^^Sea
"The Toners of ilium." by Ethelyn
Leslie Huston (George H. Doran Co.).
More or leas dangerous for the young
and unthinking in that it tears the con
ventions to shreds and raises the com
mon law to a high standard by sanc
tioning an illegal marriage and crown
ing It with happiness.
June Kerriss, a popular college girl,
frivolous and thoughtless, suffers be
reavement and loss of fortune and is
precipitated into loneliness. Enter
problems of femlnlnism, of maternity,
and the daring of a woman to choose
the father of her child. A happy con
clusion is reached in spite of the shock
to society. The book is delightfully
written.
"The More Excellent \Vr," by Cvrus
Townsend Brady (Putnams). A 'tale
of m#dern society and the divorce
question, with the scenes laid In New
York, Sorrento, Bermuda, and Reno.
Harely has an author, without <Rempt
at preaching, written a storv so subtly
influential, so provocative of thought,
even while it seems to leave no time for
thought in the swift succession of its
dramatic development.
WHAT THE.ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
How many buildings are used for
City Offices?
Courthouse. Commonwealth Trust
Building, Board of Trade, Telegraph
Building and C'alder Building. / I
By the Ex-Coramltteeman
Southern Congressmen, assistant
secretaries from 'the departments at
Washington, Federal jobholders~from
south of the Mason and Dixon line
and men aligned with the old South
ern Democracy which is running
things at Washington are invading
Pennsylvania and making a desperate
effort to roll up a big vote for Wil
son so that it can be used to bolster
up ambitions of certain Democratic
bosses for 1918 and 1920. The Wil
son managers, despite the vaporlngs
of State Chairman Guffey, have few
hopes of increasing the Democratic
Congressmen frorrt this State, still
less of Carrying the State, but they
are engaged in the furthering Of
some well laid schemes which look
ahead quite a few years. The Demo
crats are counting upon a row among
Republicans in Pennsylvania after
election day and are prepared to take
advantage of any friction which may
occur in the Legislature. They are
getting ready to make a tremendous
campaign for the governorship in
1918 and the men who can make a
dent in Pennsylvania's Republicanism
is going to be the man who can com
mand anything at the hands of the
Democratic party.
These are the reasons for the drive
now being made. In addition the
Democrats are making plays for elec
tion of Congressmen in the southern
tier counties where southern Con
gressmen and assistant secretaries are
making nightly speeches. To-night
this county will also be Invaded by
men from Washington as a part of
the national observance of the last
tithe paying Saturday.
—Dismissal of M. J. Walsh, the vet
eran pure food inspector in Luzerne
county is understood at the State De
partment of Agriculture to be the first
of a series of changes to be in
augurated by Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Patton not only in the
pure food bureau but in other
branches of that department. Patton
has been one of the Governor's ad
visers in favor of warfare on men in
office not in sympathy with the Gov
ernor's ambitions to be State leader
and he has had a list made of men
who are under consideration for re
placement by Varo adherents and
anti-Penrose men in the State. Pat
ton wanted to start beheading last
summer, but was held back by the
Governor. The dismissal of WalHh
before the eelctlon was a surprise. The
next changes are understood to be
scheduled tor the eastern part of the
State.
—The statement of Dean William
Draper Lewis, the Bull Moosers can
didate for Governor two years ago
until he withdrew in favor of Vance
C. McCormick, the D<*Tnocratic na
tional chairman, that all progressives
should vote for Hughes, published In
the Ledger yesterday,
was a body blow to the Democratic
machine. The dean says that Hughes
is best suited to the people's needs.
—President Wilson has gotten into
Joe Guffey's class. He said yesterday
that he was going to carry Philadel
phia.
—lsaac A. Pennypacker has been
elected president of the Hughes' Al
liance In Montgomery county and
meetings are being arranged for next
week.
—John Wanamaker is taking an
active part in behalf of the election
of Hughes and urging his friends In
Philadelphia and throughout the
State to get busy. The veteran mer
chant is one of the men who is giving
much time to the campaign.
—J. Henry Geer, of New Brighton,
was dismissed from his place as a
State road superintendent in Beaver
county with one day's notice this
week. He was "fired" on Thursday,
October 26, for political activity. Geer
is said to have been fighting a Re
publican Senatorial candidate ii\
Beaver county who was a friend of
the Governor and a dry candidate.
—Republican county leaders are In
conference with State Chairman Crow
at Philadelphia to-day and reports
are generally satisfactory regarding
the prospects. Many meetings are
being held.
—Republican State candidates will
go on to Fayette county to-night and
will speak at Unlontown. Philander
C. Knox will join them. The candi
dates had a fine meeting at Altoona
last night.
—Philander C. Knox willispeak Fri
day at the big Philadelphia rally to
which Governor Brumbaugh and
Mayor Smith liave been invited.
—William Flinn in a battling speech
at Pittsburgh said that the nation
owed no progressive laws to Wilson.
They were bound to come and Wilson
only happened to be in, Fllnn has
been making some strong speeches
daily.
—Governor Brumbaugh will finish
up his speaking tour in New York
to-day. He will be in Philadelphia
to-night.
—Declaring that President Wilson
has proved himself an eliemy of or
ganized labor and that, on the con
trary. Mr. Hughes has shown himself
the friend of labor throughout his
whole career, a series of resolutions
supporting the candidacy of Mr.
Hughes was passed last night at a
meeting of the Philadelphia Building
Trades Council, representing in all
about 60,000 men.
—Congressman John R. K. Scott,
who is personally directing the strik
ing of "phantoms" from registration
lists in his ward in Philadelphia, was
complimented yesterday upon the
zeal he has displayed this year in
cleaning up the lists by registration
commissioners.
—The State's commissioners to take
the votes of the soldiers will meet
here on Wednesday afternoon. They
will assemble at the Capitol.
—Mayor Reichenbach of Allentown,
fined himself for violutlng the traffic
ordinance he had drafted and which
is one of the most stringent in the
State.
—Dan L. Hart, former city treas
urer of Wilkes-Barre and a figure in
Democratic State politics, has been
ousted as collector of school taxes in
his city by a Supreme Court decision.
Hart is the man who sounded the
funeral note of the Democratic cam
paign two years ago when he said
that the Democracy under the reor
ganization management was heading
toward "a calm peaceful twilight."
—ln naming the new county treas
urer of Monroe. Governor Brumbaugh
gave attention to the requests of folks
of that county and refused to listen
to some outside suggestions. The Gov
ernor had been much importuned re
garding the appointment and took ad
vice of men living in the county.
—Joseph N. .Shomo, former county,
controller of Berks and one of the
best known Republicans in that sec
tion of the State, celebrated his eighty
third birthday yesterday and was con
gratulated by many friends.
—lt was announced last night by
the Philadelphia City Committee that
a big Republican rally will be held in
Town Hall, Oermantown, next Thurs
day night, at which Senator Charles
A. Snyder, candidate for Auditor
General, will appear on the platform
with Charles A. Ambler, who was
Snyder's opponent for the nomination
in the primaries. The other speak
ers will include Congressmen Moore,
Yare and Darrow and Committeeman
' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
UNPREPAREDNESS AND WATCHFUL WAITING
Cblcaso
———.
WELL KNOWN LABOR UNION
• MAN TAKES GOMPERS TO TASK
FOR TRYING TO DELIVER VOTE
To the Members of Organized Labor: i
THERE appeared in the public
presto of last week an article sup- i
posing to come from the pen of
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer- '
lean Federation of and concur- 1
red in by James O'Connell, vlce-presi- <
dent, and Frank Morrison, secretary- :
treasurer of the same organization, in i
which they advise the members of or- i
ganlzed labor to support Mr. Wilson for 1
President of the United States, upon
the grounds that Mr. Wilson is a real 1
friend of lat?or.
Being an organized labor man all my
life, and having served as an official of
one of the strongest labor organizations
in the world, both numerically and .
financially, (the United Mine Workers
of America) I can not but protest
against the stand taken by Mr. Gompers,
et al., and I can not for the life of me
understand what Mr. Gompers means in
using the high office which has been in
trusted him for thirty or more years,
in the interest of any one political
party, something that he has been do
ing ever since I first knew him some
fifteen years ago, and always for the
one and the same party, notwithstand
ing what any other party or parties
might have done for the wage workers
of whom he is so solicitous at the
present time.
The great labor movement of this
country is composed of members of all
political beliefs. Republican Democratic,
Socialist, Independent, Prohibition and l
God knows what not—everybody to his
liking. You will find all creeds and
nationalities joined together in the
labor movement for ono purpose—the
betterment and advancement of work
ing conditions—without thought of
creed, color, nationality or political be
liefs, and for the head of the affiliated
national, international and central
unions to inject into that movement
something which the constitution of
all well-conducted labor unions forbid,
is beyond my comprehension.
Mr. Gompers, et al., in their offset,
claim that in this campaign there has
been develfcped a clear cut issue be
tween the workers—the producers—and
those who manipulate the products of
the labor of others—the exploiters. i
That may be true,' and I believe the
American workman is intelligent
enough to see for himself as to who
lias been Ills friend, and after analyzing
the whole issue 1 ajn sure he will not
count Woodrow Wilson, with his man
ager-in-chief, Vance McCorinick, with
his- million per year Income, as his
friend.
Let us see where this friend (?) of
labor was prior to his entering the
White House and where he carefully
laid his plans for re-election to the
presidency. Let us take a statement of
Mr. Wilson before he thought of evok
ing the labor vote and what do we find
his attitude to be toward organized
labor.
Wllxon'a Altitude
The following extract, taken from his
address before the graduating class of
Princeton University in-1UO9. speaks for
itself, which 1 herewith embody:
"You know what the usual standard
of the employe is"ln our day. it is to
give as little as he may for Ills wages.
Labor is standardized by the trades
unions, and this is the standard to
which it is made to conform. No one
is suffered to do more than the aver
age workman cafl do; In some trades
and handicrafts no one Is suffered to
do more than the least skillful of his
fellows can do within the hours allot
Harry A. Maekey.
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President,
Charles Evans Hughes, of New York
For Vice-President,
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana
For Auditor General,
Charles A. Snyder, of Pottsville
For State Treasurer,
Harmon M. Kephart, of Connellsville
For Congress-at-Large,
Thomas S. Crago, of Waynesburg
M. M. Garland, of Pittsburgh
Joseph McLaughlin, of Philadelphia
John R. K. Scott, of Philadelphia
For Congress—lßth District
Aaron S. Krelder, of Annvilie
For Senator,
Edward E. Beidleman, of Harrisburg
For Representative,
First District
Augustus Wildman and J. W. SwarU
Second District,
Ira E. Ulsh and David J. Bcchtold
For Mine Inspector,
Charles J. Price, of Lykens
Nonpartisan Ticket,
Supreme Court,
Emory A. Walling, of Erie
"Molasses to Catch Flies"
"Was the Democratic platform here
adopted in 1912 'molasses to catch flies'
—otherwise known as American In
vestors? I quote it: ,
" 'The constitutional rights of Ameri
can citizens protect them on our bor
ders and go with them throughout the
world/ " —Hughes, at Baltimore, Oc
tober 10.
ted to a day's labor, and no one may
work out of hours at all or volunteer
anything beyond the minimum.
"L need not point out how economi
cally disastrous such a regulation of
labor is. It is so unprofitable to the
employer that In same trades it will
presently not bo worth his while to
attempt anything at all. He had better
stop altogether than operate at an in
evitable and invariable loss.
"The labor of America is rapidly be
coming unprofitable under its present
regulation by those who have deter
mined to reduce it to a minimum.
"Our economic supremacy may be
lost because the country grows more
and more full of unprofitable servants."
Again we find that on March IS, 1907,
Mr. Wilson again expresses his kind (?.
wishes for labor In the following state
ment:
"We speak too exclusively of the
capitalistic class. There is another, as
formidable an enemy to equality and
betterment of Opportunity as It is. and
that is the class formed by the labor
organizations and leaders of the coun
try."
It was Woodrow Wflson also who
said:
"The usual standard of the laborer
In our day is to give as little as he
may for his wages."
"The class formed by the labor or
ganizations and leaders is a formidable
enemy to equality and betterment of
opportunity."
, "I am a fierce partisan of the open
shop."
"Labor unions drag the highest man
to tho level of the lowest."
"The Chinese were more to be desired
as workmen than most of the coarse
crew that came crowding in at the
eastern ports."
Many Others Like These
There are many other statements and'
extracts from the writings of Mr. Wil
son, but time and space will not per
mit me to quote. However, the above
statements compare favorably with the
statement of a man who would be a
friend of labor at a time when he had
nothing at stake; are they statements
which you would expect from a man
claiming to be the friend of labor, which
Mr. Wilson and his chief would have
you now believe he is?
Mr. Gompers, et al. in their next para
graph would have you believe that
labor has received through the Wilson
Administration, recognition for the
rights of human beings and opportunity
for all to participate in the affairs of
thernatlon in a degree that has never
before been accomplished. In what
way, -pray Mr. Gonipers? Was It by
going In and taking Congress by the
throat, choking it to death, and be
coming the whole cheese, box and cloth
himself; violating platform pledges
throwing our Panama Canal open to
the world in competition with our
American shippers? Was it by the
Underwood tariff law, whereby lie
placed the American workman in com
petition with the underpaid workman
of the world? Was It by removing
trainmen from the government service
to make room for his political friends
thereby building a political machine for
himself, notwithstanding civil service
laws? Or was it by neglecting those
whom you have sworn to protect in
your official capacity as president of
the A. F. of L.?
Mr. Gompers, et al., tell us that Mr
Wilson kept us out of war. If this be
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Thousands of bulbs. Including many
new varieties"of tulips and hyacinths
are being planted in Capitol park for
the Spring flower display which will
be on when the legislators are sitting
in Harrisburg for the 1917 session.
The bulbs are being set out in great
beds which have been drawn by en
gineers of the Department of Public
Grounds and Buildings along the line
of the famous "boardwalk" and it is
expected to make blending of national
and State colors. In front of the Stai*
Capitol there will be two beds oaCTT
over 225 feet long which will be filled
with tulips. The flower display which
is being planned will be one of the
most elaborate in years.
During the coming session the leg
islature will also be called upon to
provide for the permanent treatment
or the Capitol Park extension zone, all
of the properties in which will be vest
ed in the Commonwealth as soon as
court proceedings are ended.
The Public Service Commission has
been solemnly asked by a complainant
in Lackawanna county to require a
Telephone company to take its wires
off trees. He claims that the com
pany is using trees instead of poles
and Interfering with the service. In
another instance a man complained
that a water company had refused to
release liini from a contract which in
nis opinion is burdensome. Com
plaints about stations have become
numerous again. Such complaints ap
pear to run In series.
L S . ® x l iect ed about the Capitol
that State printing next year will be
cut down a third owing to the heavy
expense at which it has been running
lately and because of the high cost ot
paper. The State is protected by con
tacts which will run over the next
legislative sessions, but after that it
faces a big increase in prices. Hence
tlie preparations to reduce printing
have started.
An Interesting light is shown upon
how the great problem of to-day—the
high cost of living—bothered people in
Pennsylvania back in the eighteenth
century by an historical address upon
the courts and bar of Cumberland
county by ex-Judge E. W. Biddle,
which was delivered at Carlisle a short
time ago. The extract reads as fol
lows: "Because of the high and ex
travagant prices of the necessaries of
life," the general assembly In March,
1778, directed that the fees of the
various persons aforesaid should be
double the sums at which they stood
rated in 1752; and this Increase hav
ing proved to be insufficient, the fees
were in March, 1779, made three times
what thoy had been before the act of
1778, and the "wages" of jurymen and
witnesses were quadrupled. These ad
vances werq brought about by a pro
gressive depreciation in the value of
paper currency, with a consequent rise
in the price of commodities, and the
pressing needs of the case Anally led
to the following enactment on No
vember 27, 1779, relating to the per
sons who were included in the pre
vious acts and to some others."
One of the sights about Harrisburg
these days is Steelton. It is always
worth looking at but the present in
dustrial activity makes it something
more than attractive just now. Per
sons who come up or down the Sus
quehanna on the Northern Central
railroad these evenings have a grea-t
treat. The plant can be picked out for
miles by the lights, the flamos from
the stacks and the glow from furnaces
and cinder banks. The sight is ona
that attracts the attention of everyone
passing the works and the brigh%
lights of Harrisburg and the fantastic
forms of the rows of lights in Enola
yards add much to the night picture.
* • •
If the movement to make Sliamokin
a third class city takes shape it 1.1
likely that similar steps will be taken
before long in Norristown, Shenan
doah, Wikinsburg, Homestead and
other towns which are rapidly ap
proaching city size and while boroughs
are larger than some of third clasa
cities.
•
It is interesting to note that the
trackless trolley line which has been
given the preliminary sanction of the
State for operation is similar in idea
to that which was planned for the
Perkiomen valley and which was re
fused a franchise because there was
nothing in the law which gave a re
turn to the districts having the roads.
The growth of the jitneys, however,
appears to have opened a way for the
trackless trolley to get a start.
♦ # *
Gilbert IT. Hassler, commission
clerk of the department of the secre
tary of the Commonwealth, ran up
against something the other day. Mr.
Hassler was asked to give some data
about the laws relating to children
who become public charges and the
like. The New York concern which
wrote the letter considered it a mere
trifle. Mr. Hn.ssler found that there
were twenty-eighth laws on the sub
ject in three years and finally referred
the inquiries to Purdon's digest.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—J. Howard Erevin, well known
here, has been elected president of the
Montgomery county school directors'
organization.
—General W. A. Mann, the new
chief of militia affairs, is a Pennsyl
vanian by birth. lie graduated from
West Point in 1875.
—Provost E. F. Smith, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, addressed the
Allegheny County Alumni last night,
—The Rev. William Henry Cutler,
Bellevue minister, has gone to Franca
to join the American ambulance corps.
—J. M. Murdock, of Johnstown, has
been elected a member of the Camp
Kire Club of America, to which only,
ten Pennsylvanians belong.
f DO YOU KNOW f
That Harrisburg steel is used
for smokestacks?
HISTORIC HARRISBI'RG
Soldiers of the War of 1812 encamp
ed in tho Riverside parks.
Pointed Paragraphs
[From the Chicago News.]
Of two evils choose neither; both will
turn out bad.
Being a yellow dog isn't as bad as be*
ing called a cur. *
It's a wise boy who knows enough to
laugh at his father's jokes.
It's well to investigate an oil well
that won't bear looking Into.
The act of forgiving doesn't always
take away the power of memory.
The rose soon fades, but the thorn
continues in business at the old stand.
is responsible for some hard
frosts in summer and some hot wavii
In winter.
"Sealed I.lps" Is the title of a recent
novel. Evidently there are no female
characters in it.
A woman seldom listens to a man's
explanations, but It makes her angry if
he refuses to offer one.
However, few men are as black aa
they are painted, and few are as whit*
ias they are whitewashed.