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Eopc is life the sn trhich, cs tee
'journey toward it, casts the shadow of
©r iurden. behind it. — Axon.
THE WIIJSON POSTSCIUIT
PESIDENT WILSON has not de
nied the charge of Senator
Lodge that he added a post
script to his I-.usita.nia note informing
KJrmarvy not to take "too seriously" his
aotiflcation that the imperial govern
ment would be held to "strict oocount
l ShlUty" for the murder of American
men, women and children, and thai
the administration was willing to let
•he whole controversy go over until
lafter the war for settlement. Until
le does do so it is fair to assume thai
the Lodge charge is true.
This is by far the most serious ac
ißUsation that tha President has been
Iflglled upon to lfcice. Senator Lodge, in
brief, asserts that the President was
■■ferlting his notes merely to keep down
rising anger of the American peo-
W W*l to cajole them loto the belief that
r tui was looking after their Interests
" sad defending their rights, while in
ho was entering into a secret
jandcrstxuidlns with the Germane
jwheofehy they would know that he
[would do nothing in retaliation, no
■mftffr to what lengths they might go'
srith their outrageous warfare,
j If this bo true, and there appears
Jewery reason to believe it is true, the
stands convicted of unfit
ness ior the Presidency—almost, ln
■eed. of unfitness for American citi
sonsiup. Xo wonder Garrison and
Ijano threatened to leave tlie cabinet
l it such a postscript were allowed to
Stand. The wonder is that aay of the
kohlcet member* could be persuaded
|U> remain under such disgraceful con
lOHiens.
Picture it! Bryan and "Wilson, in
[public loudly defending American
Sights, and behind tlie door of diplo
matic gecrecy whispering to European
Statesmen not to take their words "too
Seriously," that they really didn't mean
what they B*l4. that they had to talk
that wajr merely to hold their Jobs.
Bee them throw their kid gloves in the
Xace ct the European destroyer and
stooping to kiss the mailed fist that
would have picked up the challenge.
Fine subject for a historical painting
for the While House!
And who knows whether the cab
inet having stopped the postscript in
written form, that Its has not been
gent forward by the spoken word, af
ter the manner of Secretary Bryan's
tint to Dr. Dujnba that Washington
did not really mea,a what It had said
along similar lines in a previous con
troversy.
Senator Franklin Martin's friends
have no doubt of hi* triumphant re
election in the Cumberland district,
which also embraces Perry, Juniata and
Mifflin counties. He has the confidence
of his constituents of all parties, and
pot withstanding the personal efforts of
the National Democratic Chairman to
defeat hUn, because of his refusal to
kowtow to the gforesaid chairman,
Senator Martin will continue to repre
sent the district with credit to himself
snd his constltutents,
OIR POLICE FORCE
V~\UINCY BENT, as the head of the
XQJ Steelton plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, la properly in
terested ill the preservation of order
mid the protection of life and property
f the citizens of the expanding Indus
trial borough. His conference with
Chief of Police WeUel on the subject
Indicates his desire to co-operate with
Jthe police department.
It is obvious, however, that In view
Of the Indifferent character of the
police organization Jn some respects
it Is going to be difficult to persuade
s. long-suffering community that there
(should be any considerable Increase
of the police force. It will not be
denied for a moment that there is
jieed of additional officers, but when
the community Is confronted with
the record of the last year or two it
<s not surprising that there is more
©r less opposition to a larger force
tinder present conditions.
There are many excellent patrol
jnen In the department and officials
*rho are doing their level best to safe
guard the lives and properly or our
people, but it is also true that there
a lack of public confidence. This
in due somewhat to the organixatlon
Of a detective bureau \:ch has been
}ojnentably weak and Inefficient and
4he abolishing of the Bertillon system
for the Identification of criminals,
which had been developed ps an im
portant adjunct of the local police
mreteni,
Unlet® aad until there shall be a
pMflneiaatloii of the preaent force
efficient Hoes, giving the
MONDAY EVENING. I OCTOBER 30,1916.
worthy men an opportunity to ahow
what is In them tlie ' public Is not
likely to become enthusiastic over any
considerable enlaffeement of the force,
greatly as the Increase is needed.
Friction has existed between the
detective "bureau'* and the main force
for months. This situation is an open
secret and it la manifest that there
must be aome general shake-up of
the whole department Before material
improvement can be expected.
As we enter upon the last week of
the political campaign it becomes more
evident that the voters of the United
States are considering their duty in the
most thoughtful and serious manner.
There Is leas of the hullabaloo and fan
faronade than in may campaign for
many years, but It doesn't follow that
the people are not thinking, and think
ing along right lines. They have had
enough of the Wilson folly. ,
THE POOR BOY'S COLLEGE
THE public high school Is the poor
boy's college. It was designed
especially the benefit of the
boy—or girl—who cannot afford, fer
one reason or another, the expenses
or time of a four years' college course.
The man of means can, and frequently
does, ser.d his son to private school
for preparation and afterward to col
lege. The man of small salary for
the most part cannot do this. He
must rely on the public school. If It
be good, his boy gets the chance to
which he is entitled. If It be badly
equipped and lacking In effleieney, the
poor boy Is cheated of opportunities
j for self-Improvement that rightly be
long to him.
That Is precisely what Harrisburg
has been doing for tlie past four or
five years, and what It is doing now—
cheating poor boys and girls of educa
tional advantages.
This is not a nice thing to say, but
it is true, and we as a voting body
ought to be ashamed of ourselves- We
have given the students of the Cen
tral High School one session where
they should have had two. We have
sacrificed them to a mill or two on
the tax rate. That they have not suf
fered more Is due entirely to the
heroic efforts of an overworked but
devoted teaching force that cannot
keep up forever the double duties It
Is now performing. No teacher, how
ever conscientious, can do two days'
work in one and perform both -well.
And now we face either the passage
of a new High School loan or the
sacrifice of the Technical High School,
as well as the Central school, for next
Spring, unless facilities are Increased,
the overcrowding process will begin
in that Institution.
This Is, in reality, a poor man's loan.
The rank and file of the people, those
to whom the high school is of vital
importance, will receive the bulk of
the benefits, while the bulk of the ex
pense must fall upon the shoulders of
the big property owner.
There Is not a more cosmopolitan
or democratic Institution in the land
than the high school. There rich and
poor, foreign and native-born, sit side
by side and learn the great lesson of
Americanism that Individual worth
Is the only sure means of advance
ment and that wealth and position
count for little against brain and
brawn and the will to do. There
poor boys learn that rich boys may
be good or bad, bright or stupid,
strong or weak, and there rich boys
learn that the "rank la but the guinea
stamp" and that "a man's a man for
a' that,** It is the rich boy's prepara
tory school and the poor boy's college.
It should be made just as good as we
can make It, Where the education of
our boys and girls Is concerned the
best is none too good.
The public will be glad to know that
Commissioner Groca has decided to go
ahead with the raprapping of the river
slope to prevent damage by the winter
floods, and notwithstanding the lata
start on this necessary operation, there
is still sufficient time, with energetic
action, working the forces at different
points, to complete the job before the
veal winter is upon us.
Good for Superintendent rtainbo!
Those bulbs along the Capitol Park
walks will make of the park next
Spring a place of beauty and a joy for
ever. For years the display in front of
the Capitol has been remarkably beau
tiful. and manifestly the Commonwealth
has determined to co-operate with the
city in making this the "flower Qlty of
Pennsylvania."
George B. Hotchkiss told a body of
students, the other day, that "the baby
cries in order to advertise himself," be
lievers in "pitiless publicity." no to
speak.
To our own personal knowledge,
Washington has announced that "the
situation in Mexico Is serious" 291 times
since last year this time, so that by
now it must be pretty nearly chronic.
Ws wonder how President Wilson
likes Carranaa now,
The Days of Real Sport By BRIGGS
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j By the Ex-Coramittecman j
Pennsylvania's Republican State
cajnpaign will enter unon the closing
week with a big meeting in Pottsville,
tho home of Auditor General Candi
date Charles A. Snyder, and mass
meetlugs in every county in Pennsyl
vania. Nightly meetings will be held
until Saturday, except in some coun
ties where Hallowe'en celebrations will
interfere. The campaign is to be
closed with a dozen or more big meet
ings, one of which is to be held in
Philadelphia at which Philander C.
Knox. Governor Brumbaugh, William
Draper Lewi3 and Congressman
George S. Graham will speak.
Republican State Chairman Crow, en
couraged by the reports which are be
ing received and by the big registra
tion, is planning to make tlie close of
the campaign notable. The Democra
tic claim agents have pretty nearly
gone out of business and the predic
tions about Democratic congressmen
and legislators are about as empty as
those of carrying the State for Wil
son.
The general reports about Wilson
night In Pennsylvania on Saturday
were to the effect that only the dyed
in-the-woolfellowsturncd out and that
there were slim meetings in some
Democratic centers.
—Philander C. Knox will speak to
night in Pottsville with the Republican
candidates. Among the vice-presi
dents at the meeting will be Judges C.
N. Brumm and Mac Henry Wilhelm.
Judge R. H, Koch will be chairman.
-—Reports from West Chester are to
the effect that a canvass of the 117
districts of Chester county show that
in spite of the efforts of State Treasur
er Berry and the Democratic claims T.
fcarry Eyne will be elected to the State
Senate. The election of Republican
legislators is certain and Congressman
Butler will sweep the county.
• —Friends of Congressman Kiess say
that it is only a question of tho size
of his majority. He will be heard
from next as a candidate for Gover
nor.
—Union county Republicans gave
Congressman Focht, Senator W. C.
McConnell and Representative H. M.
Showalter a great reception on Satur
day night. The congressman said that
even Democratic Fulton was going to
go Republican this year.
—Senator Sproul was hailed as the
next Governor when he addressed
meetings in Chester and Media last
week.
—Vandergrlft Republicans had a
big meeting on Saturday night at
which Secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods and Senatorial Candidate
James B. Weaver spoke.
—Register J. B. Sheehan and ex-
Representative D. J. Shern joined the
Republican orators in the Philadel
phia meetings on Saturday.
—Ex-Attorney General Hampton L.
Carson Is making Hughes speeches in
Philadelphia and will preside at sever
al meetings.
—Allegheny Republicans will have
as high as eight meetings a night this
week. The re-election of all Repub
lican congressmen in the county is
now declared certain.
■—'Governor Brumbaugh, who pre
dicted 200,000 majority for Hughes in
Pennsylvania in a speech at New
York, says that was the result of a
careful analysis of the situation.
—The old reliable T. K. Van Dyke
was put Into the limelight by the
Democratic bosses on Saturday night
at the Wilson night exercises as the
type of Democrat they would like to
be If the fusion boosters would only
leave them alone. Mr. Van Dyke
read the President's message and Al
detman George D. Herbert sat on the
platform with Chairman Royal. A
speech was made hy William Inßra
hain, assistant to Secretary of War
Baker of Valley Forge and Mexican
plot infamies.
—The Prohibition national candi
dates will bo here for a plain talk to
the voters on Wednesday night. They
are now touring the State and Chair
man B. E. P. Prugh, of the Prohibition
State committee, has joined them.
The candidates will speak in the court
house and will be greeted by a pretty
good audience as ex-Governor Hanly,
candidate for President, is well known
here.
—Republican County Chairman Joe
Kline, of Cumberland county, reports
large attendance at the meetings be
ing held throughout the county and
that Senator Franklin Martin is sure
of a fine majority. IteporUi from other
parts of that district, are that Scotty
Leiby is getting about but that the
people are for Martin. Scotty is an
earnest young man, but Senator Mar
tin has the public confidence.
—Warren will vote on the question
of becoming a third class city on No
vember 7, Butler, which has a popu
lation of about 26,000 la also stirring
•up the question. It will probably vote
next year when Shamokin will likely
take up the problem.
—S. R. Wills, one of the Roosevelt
leaders of Berks county, is out mak
ing speeches for Hughes and many of
the Progressives have gone along with
him. *
RRrimiCAJI TICKKT
For President,
Charles Evans Hughes, of New Tork
For Vice-President,
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana
For Auditor General,
Charles A. Snyder, of Pottsville
For State Treasurer,
Harmon M. Kephart, of Connellsvllle
For Congress-at-Large,
Thomas S. Crago, of Wayncsburg
M. At. Garland, of Pittsburgh
Joseph McLaughlin, of Philadelphia
John R. K. Scott, of Philadelphia
For Congress—l4th District
Aaron S. Kreider, of Annville
For Senator.
Edward E. Beidleman, of Harrisburg !
For Representative,
First District
Augustus Wildman and 3. W. Swart?'
Second District.
Ira E. Fish and David J. Bechtold j
For Mine Inspector,
Charles J. Price, of likens
Nonpartisan Ticket,
Supreme Court,
Emory A. Walling, of Erie
EDITORIAL COMMENT I
It is very inconsiderate of Villa to show
all this activity. Doesn't he know he
was captured dead or alive, that the
people of Mexico have worked out their
own destiny without Interference, and
that peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war? Why doesn't that
man read the news?— Kansas City Star.
If Const&ntine ever loses his Job as
king he ought-to be able to make a
good living as a cabinet-maker.—Bos
ton Transcript.
If the price of steak keeps on climb
ing skyward we shall have to get along
with fewer yachts and autos.—Philadel
phia Record.
Russia's population Is now 183,182,-
00. Berlin papers, please copy. New
}ork Morning Telerraph.
Hills of Pennsylvania
Leigh Mitchell Hodges, after a ride
last week across the mountains and
valleys from State College to Hunting
don. thus sings of the hills and still
further emphasizes the "See Pennsyl
vania First" idea:
The hills of Pennsylvania
With tapestries are spread.
And every prince among them
Wears gold upon its head—
I think the King of kings Himself
Must smile to see them so—
All standing In Imperial robes
To meet His sun's full glow!
The plneH of Pennsylvania-
Last remnant of that host
Which once encamped in millions
And now Is all but lost!-
Still faithful to their duty.
They stand to guard this gold,
All green and seeming youthful
While other trees look old.
1
A thousand color splotches.
From saffron, pale, to brown—■
It looks as if the Master
Had set his palette down
To rest against each hillside—
A thousand tongues of flame,
Are silently intoning
The glory of His name!
Thes are His towering captains,
Dying as heroes die,
Clad in the flush of courage;
Standing against the sky
Shouting to us, who falter
And slip in paths of fear—
"Why should we not go grandly,
Springtime will soon be here!"
The hills of Pennsylvania—
Go see them, if you can.
Learn from them, any season,
To be the more a man.
No one can name their magic
Or spell the strength they give,
But who has seen them understands
How they can help us live!
BIG JOKE
By Wing Dinger
I've been off on an auto trip.
And while away did see
A lot of things that really seemed
A wee bit strange to ir.o.
But of tliern all, I'd like to know
AVhy sisrns tliey will erect
Outside each town announcing: what
Speed limit they'll expect,
Gee, wi, the streets in most the burg's
Are BO darned bad, by heck,
You couldn't reach the speed allowed
>\'ithout a broken neolc,
RUSSIA'S GREA TEST FEA T IS
SUPPRESSION OF VODKA SALE
IN Russia the American traveler is
brought closer to the enormous slgnl-
ficance of a whole nation abstain
ing from strong drink as Russia has
done in the suppression of the sale of
vodka. It is a phenomenon of great
underlying strength in the Russian
character, somewhere. The sale of
vodka was a government monoply. The
Government simply stopped selling ft,
at first as a temporary measure during
the mobilization, later as an economic
measure for the duration of tho war.
The Russians themselves in talking
about it, say that the average Russian
was the hardest drinker In the world.
It Is hard to believe that, because the
typical Russian has too fine a physique
to have been a drunkard, but it Is un
deniable that vodka was consumed In
a large amount. The Russian appears
to have been ordinarily abstemious, but
on holidays he drank hard, as eur eow
hoy or lumber-Jacks used to do on S
time of spree. The feeling throughout
Russia toward vodka now is hard for
an outsider to understand. To-day Rus
sia in city and country Is unanimous
against a return of M uplla sale.
Through all classes, the change brought
about by the suppression Is seen and
so thorougly appreciated that it is said
that serious opposition would come If
the Government should order the sale
renewed. The economic effect of the
measure is bo pronounced one can say
without hesitation that between Its In
fluence and that of the enforced genera!
LETTERS TO THE, EDITOR
THE IKJI'B (If THIS CAMPAIGN
To the Editor of the Telegrapli:
Samuel Blythe in a recent articls fn
one of the leading: weekly magazine*
says that the issue of this campaign,
ao far as the average voter li concern
ed, ia not the Mexican question, the
diplomatic relations with the belliger
ent nations, the domestio affairs with
Its eight-hour law. etc., but the group
ing of all of these and the many other
Issues under the one heading, to wit:
the problems Incident to the manage
ment of this nation as President and
which any one holding the high office
6f President should be expected to be
called upon to solve and to solve cor
rectly to the everlasting benefit of this
nation as a nation. That if the voter
1b thoroughly convinced that the af
fairs of the nation liave been managed
properly and as well as they could
possibly be managed that voter will
cant his vote in favor of retaining the
present executive head of the great
corporation of which he Is an Import
ant part, bocause to change that head
merely for the sake of permitting an
other to take 14a place would be poor
business, but If he l convinced that the
management Is not proper and that it
could and should be conducted differ
ently ha will go to the polls and vote
for a change.
This being the Issue, and, after all Is
said and done. It Is not the real Issue
of this campaign, let us briefly con
sider whether or not the present man
agement lias been to the everlasting
benefit of this nation. To withhold
criticism as unpatriotic Is to shirk
duty. Of course, criticism must be Just.
It must consider the Administration us
a whole. As an individual Wobdrow
Wilson may or tnay not be responsible
for his friends, but as President he Is
responsible for the official acts of every
member of his cabinet and of every
man whom he places In a position of
power. The present Administration's
strongest supporters admit that Its
policy toward Mexico has not been a
success. Certainly 11 can be Justly zald
that no definite or consistent policy has
been followed. If the Administration
has taken a positive and affirmative
stand we would have had the confidence
of our friends and the respect of tho
world. A consistent policy carried
out with firmness, sincerity and integ
rity would have led to a real solution
of a difficult and delicate situation.
Wilson's policy In Mexico and tn his
diplomatic relations with ths great
powers at war has spread the belief
throughout tho* world that American
protection does not follow American
citizens or their property beyond our
borders. It has placed us In a position
where our advice will neither be sought
nor wanted in tho councils of the na
tions, The cost of this lorfs of prestige
must be reckoned at every point where
our national existence comes In con
tact with that of other peoples of the
world. Without Internationa! respect
we can not trade, travel or live except
unto ourselves. Of the Adamsou eight
hour law permit me to quote Colonel
Harvey, the discoverer of Woodrow
Wilson; "Since Fort Sumter was fired
upon there has been no such assault
upon the right of American people to
rula themselvss as that of the four
increase of the efficiency In Rusiilan In
dustry everywhere, the war will leave
Russia positively and Immediately rich
er and In a stronger economic position
than before. The war lias contributed
to Russia's forward Impulse.
Certain Reform* Still JicMirr
We must not overestimate the rapid
ity of this Russian advance. For sev
eral years the Empire has been pro
gressing in important political readjust
ments that are necessary for Industrial
progress. There is more to be done
and a part of the energy of the Rus
sian advance must be utilized In this. T
do not refer to any change In form of
Russia's general government but to the
reforms being effected In the position
of the Russian peasantry In relation to
property and law. The peasantry Is
eight-tenths of the Russian people
These people have not full freedom in
owning and alienating property. They
are to a large extent still bound to the
communal system of land tenure and
production and Russian peasants are
not at full liberty to leave their com
munes and seek other fortunes without
loss of their communal property inter
ests. While tills remains the case there
wilt be a handicap to industrial organ
ization. and stimulous of individualism
will not be present. As said before, the
readjustment of these conditions will
take time and will .absorb some of the
energy that would otherwise go Into
Industrial growth.—Samuel M. Roberts,
Vice-President, National Bank of New
York.
brotherhoods at Washington In August
of the present year," and every voter
knows the position the President took
in this matter.
No one likes the idea of having" Dan
iels head our navy, 85 per cent, of the
Democrats do not like It either, and
this is not the only weakness of the
cabinet as has been quite clearly dem
onstrated within the last few days, not
t" speak of the numerous other ex
hibitions. No one carea to vote for the
Wilson brand of national economy.
Too often the interests of some "de
serving Democrats" have been placed
ahead of the country's Interests. No
one cares to see millions spent In pre
paring: the Filipinos for self-govern
ment and then turn the babe loose in
its swaddling clothes. Every man has
ft right to change his mind but a wise
man rarely does unless conditions
change and the Presidential chair is
no place to get an education. Each
citizen should be able to rely on a
President's stated purpose for the con
duct of his business and the pursuits
of his life. He should be a leader of
thought, not a mere follower. Mr. Wil
son himself will not deny that he has
changed his mind on the questions of
civil service, a single tarm, canal tolls,
protection, support of Villa, prepared
ness, free sugar—ln fact on almost
every Important subject which has been
before him.
One could go on at great length, but
la It necessary? Has It not been clear
ly demonstrated time and time again
within the last three years that there
is but one thing the voter muat do with
this great issue? The answer clearly
Is, vote for a change of executive heads
of this great corporation.
And now as to America's future The
prospect calls for a leader: for a man
with a national and international mind,
not a man of the political school which
believes in decentralisation of govern
ment and considers all government a ne
cessary evil; a man of action not a man
of words; a nyn with a great heart and
broad human sympathies who will not
seclude himself, nor consult with ill
chosen advisers, but who will surround
himself with the most capable men this
country has produced, and who, while
taking counsel with them, will lead
the thought and action of the nation
for a new America In u new world.
America's future demands Charles
Evans Hughes.
A VOTER.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and thalr
answers as presented at the organisa
tion's annual "Municipal Quia,"]
i
Does the City of Harrlaburg pay the
County of Dauphin for use of the
Courthouse?
Yes. In the supply of water for
Courthouse and Prison. Estimated
at 632.38.
Temporary Estrangement
One of the finest thlngA about the
American temperament IH the way the
animosities engendered In a political
campaign dlo out as soon as it is all
over, and we suppose even the Garfield
and Plnehot families, respectively, will
be on speaking terms again by noon
of November • at the very latest.—Ohio
State Jourw N
Brottng (ffyat
Tho manner in which lon* strings
of coal cars are being moved through
the Harrisburg, Rutherford and Enoia
yards Just now reminds one of the
periods when coal was the article
most in demand in industries back in
1900 and several times in the decade
following It. The coal trade, which
appears to have been smitten with the
same rising tendency as other busi
ness, is declared by railroad men and
manufacturers to be really more ser
iious than a good many people im
agine and there is a possibility that
some of the war-born prosperity may
be hampered materially during the
w inter because the car situation la *
always worse in the cold weather than
at any other time. It is worth while
to stand on the Mulberry street
bridge, for instance, and note the
manner in which the Pennsylvania
and Reading rush long trains of coal
through Harrisburg and the tremen
dous size of the trains of empty cars
being returned. In fact, the empty
cars are In as much demand as those
which are filled with the bituminous
coal which is the very base of Ameri
can industry. The Reading's traffic
comes from West Virginia and the
Oonncllsvllle regions mostly, while the
Pennsylvania is drawn over u, verv
wide area. A visit to Enola will give
an idea of the way in which the
Pennsylvania separates its hard and
soft coal traffic because the Enola
yards handle most of the traffic from
the bituminous region while the
Northern Central brings down tho
'back diamonds." There is compe
tition in all trades but the general
belief of manufacturers is that the
coal trade has them all beat. Many
plants have long and favorable con
tracts, but that does not prevent sorno
enterprising gentlemen from doing
business with that mysterious com
modity known as "spot" coal, which
may be consigned to any one, be sud
denly stored and next sent in a totally
different direction. And then, too,
there is always danger of the rail
roads commandeering coal for their
needs. So that the manufacturer and
the coal agent have their own troubles
these days, although the coal men say
that the railroad people know that
some times manufacturers take coal
cars and after flooring them pile in
their own products and ship them
while blaming the coal men for tho
delay in fuel and the railroads for
shortage of cars,
# •
"I don't think you Harrisburg
people realize what an important
manufacturing center your city has
become," said a travelingman in the
corridor of the Commonwealth on
Saturday evening. "I have been going
through middle western States and
as I know something about the
tobacco trade, because it is not far
away from my own line, I have been
noting the brands of cigars. I have
picked out about a dozen that are
made in Harrisburg. You people do
not even know the names of the
brands. Some are sold here. It strikes
me that it would help your town, and
the manufacturer who pays wages
here as well, if once in a while you
would boost brands made in your
town. Steelton steel and Harrisburg
shoos and Elliott-Fisher book type
writers all tell of your community.
vY hy not your cigars made here by tlio
million?"
• • •
The manner in which contractors
are taking advantage of the line
weather which now prevails and the
activity displayed on all building op
erations is worth while noting. This
* all lias been marked by better
weather than known for a long time
the number of rainy days being few
. "3° old saying that the last
Friday of h month rules the next
month as to weather is true there will **
be little to complain of in November.
Bui tiers are utilizing every hour of
daylight and at Steelton and other
places where industrial expansion is
u^1 S L' n KV, ~ie i vork is Boil, Z on day
and night in order to get things pro
ducing promptly. The contractors for
some highway improvements have
been working on Sundays and yes
terday in order to rush some work
there was as much doing, at double
wages, as on a weekday.
The opening of the rabbit, season
in this part of the State on Wednes
day will find the cotton tails not. only
numerous in this section of the Stuto
but out In the roads looking for the
hunters. People who have been Ink
ing automobile trips say that the
tuinnies have been seen scampering
b . a i' ns and that th <arnis
'lf' 1 ' "arrlshurg have n gcloll many
moi e than the farmers care for
* • •
The crop estimates of the State De
°f i A , Kri '' ulture - ,f did
not nit what happened six months
later, were nevertheless among the
best made by any State and came
close to the government's report for
accuracy. The State's crop report ser
vice, which has been built up since
the Stuart administration at the Cap
itol is rapidly attaining a point where
t is being watched by those who are
interested in prices. The figures are
gathered by men in touch with con
ditions in every township.
DO YOU KNOW |
•p c - T'igget, prominent Philadel
phian, yesterday presented a $l5O 000
church io a congregation as a mem
orial to his son.
—philander C. Knox pays visits
regularly to his old home town of
Brownsville.
—Ex-State Treasurer John O.
, h^ s , be ' n makln speeches in
Philadelphia this Fall after a period
of immersion in business to exclusion
of politics.
-,rr A ', D'nkey, the active man in
Midvale steel, is busy extending his
company's coal holdings.
—Charles S. Calwell, president of
the Corn bank, heads the
Philadelphia group of the State Bank
ers' Association.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
That Harrisburg had woolen
factories back In tlie twenties?
HISTORIC HAItRISBURG
Anthony Wayne was a visitor here
on surveying business before the
Revolution.
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