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FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1917
And the King shall answer and say |
unto them, Verily I say unto you.
inasmuch as ye did it unto one o/
these my brethren, even these least,
ye did it unto me. — MATT. 25:40.
ADMITTING THE FALSEHOOD
FROM time to time the Depart
ment of Commerce has made
admissions which show the fal
lacy of the tariff act of 1913. Re
cently one more deception of the
1918 campaign has been acknowl
edged the negro colonization
charge. In lurid headlines the admin
istration publicity bureau insinuated
that thousands of colored men from
the South were being shipped into
close northern States for the purpose
of carrying those States Repub
lican.
Recently Secretary of Labor Wil- |
eon sent a southern college presi
dent on a special mission through
the South to investigate the facts.
Undoubtedly he is a "deserving
Democrat," but he has told the truth
in a statement of his findings. He
says: "To my mind the migration of
the negro to the north is purely an
economic problem. Migration by no
means has been confined to the poor
er classes of negroes. The majority
of the migrants have been young |
negroes."
But the administration cast a
smirch upon the reputations of Re
publican leaders in the northern
States—an injury for which there is
no recourse. The fake had its effect
at the election. And now the truth is
told after the ill-gotten votes have
been counted.
SOLVING THE HOUSE PROBLEM
THE crying need of Harrishurg is 1
houses to lease at rentals not I
beyond the purse of the average !
family. The population is increasing
far more rapidly than new houses are
being erected to meet the demand
created thereby. This may be dem- 1
onstrated by the infrequency of the
"for rent" signs about the streets or
by consultation with any real estate
agency. The unwillingness of men
to invest in this type of structure is :
said to be largely the high prices of
materials and the increased wages,
for labor, but as there Is little chance
of these conditions being overcome
and as wages are up and most like
ly to stay up, (must stay up, in fact,
so long as the cost of living continues
to advance) some way out of the dif
ficulty must be found.
The American City of current is- |
sue contains an account of how the :
house problem is being solved in Wil- }
liamsport that might be adapted to
the needs of this city.
The Williamsport Improvement
Company has been organized by the
Board of Trade of that city with an
authorized capital of $1,000,000. Its
purpose is to conduct real estate op
perations in Williamsport of what
ever nature may be considered to be
for the best interest of the city. The
immediate reason for the formation ;
of the company is that increased
housing facilities will be required by
established manufacturers, and that'
It is believed the company will be a
valuable working partner with the
commercial organization in providing
manufacturing sites and workmen's
homes for new industries in Wil
liamsport.
The Improvement Company will'
endeavor to erect substantial and at- j
tractive houses upon terms which ;
will enable people to live comfort- i
ably at moderate cost. With low-!
cost, comfortable living conditions,!
the organizers of this enterprise be- !
lieve that they will be able to attract
and hold a better class of people than
otherwise, and this will be an im-1
portant factor in the future Indus- 1
trial growth of the city. The com
pany also intends to encourage and
fOßter land and building improve
ments of a character that will cause
the rapid and substantial growth of,
the city. To make certain that the
benefits will inure to the public, divi
dends upon the capital stock will be
limited to six per cent, per annum,!
accumulative.
A tract of land containing approxi
mately thirty-seven acres has been
purchased as the site for the indus
trial village. It is planned to subdi
vide it into building lots, streets,
parkways, school grounds, a play
ground. a mercantile district and
manufacturing sites.
Of the authorized capital of 1,000,-
000 of the 'WiUlamsport Improve
ment Company, at least $500,000 in
bona tide subscriptions was required
to make all the subscriptions bindinir.
FRIDAY EVENING,
' The stock-selling campaign continu
! Ed for one week, at the end of which
time more than the necessary $500,-
, 000 had been subscribed by over 900
public-spirited citizens.
Harrisburg could do as much if the
effort were made, and some such en
terprise may be found advisable un
less conditions Improve within the
coming year. t
WORTHY Or HIS HIRE
TIE farmer has responded most
patriotically to the appeal of
President Wilson for more
crops. He has added a billion
bushels to the grain yield of the
country for the year.
Now the government should see to
it that he is not robbed of his profits
by unscrupulous speculators. The
farmer is worthy of his hire. No
body begrudges him the profits that
has hard labor yields. The public does
not object to paying proper prices
for food stuffs if they know the farm
er gets the money, but they do ob
ject if the bulk of the price goes to
the provision barons whose whole in
tent is to fatten their own pocket
books.
Price regulation should in the first
place assure the farmer a fair re
turn for his wares and, secondly,
lower living costs to the consumer.
SECRETARY BAKER'S BUSINESS
SPEAKING in connection with
the "leak" which permitted
German U-boats to attempt an
attack upon the transports which
carried Pershing's expeditionary
force, Secretary Baker says it is not
the business of his department to
censor the cable dispatches which go
i from this country to Europe.
Why not? It used to be. In 1898,
when the war with Spain broke out,
one of the first things President Mc-
Kinley did was to summon General
Greely, then chief signal officer of
the army, and give him orders to sta
tion his men in every cable office of
the country to see to it that no news
was sent out of the country that
would be of information or benefit
to the enemy.
What was the business of the War
Department nineteen years ajjo is
surely as much the War Depart
ment's business now.
A BIASED BULLETIN
THE "Official Bulletin," publish
ed by the government at the ex
pense of all the people, men and
women alike, contains g.n argument
against the methods of those women
who are urging upon the President
their right of suffrage.
Thus the women who want the
campaign for equal suffrage contin
ued are taxed to pay for the pub
lication of arguments against their
own convictions.
The Congressional Record may
contain one-sided arguments, paid
for by the public, but the Record is
open for the presentation of both
sides of any question. In this respect
it differs from the "Official Bulletin."
There may be a difference of opt
ion as to the merits of equal suffrage,
but there ought not be any difference
as to the evil of public maintenance
of an organ whose columns are open
to the advocates of only one side of
a public issue.
UNFAIR WARTIME PRICES
PRESIDENT WILSON under
stands that he has assumed a
difficult task in adjusting war
time prices for materials at a figure
that will save the public from ex
travagant contracts and protect the
interests of the owners of industries
and wage-earners who depend upon
them for a livelihood, while keeping
the production up to the full capac
ity required by the occasion.
It is difficult to believe there is
any truth in the charges the Presi
dent voices when he says:
I hear it insisted that more
than a Just price, more than a
price that will sustain our indus
tries. must be paid; that it is nec
essary to pay very liberal and un
usual profits in order to "stimu
late" production: that nothfng hut
pecuniary rewards will do it—re
wards paid in monev, not in the
mere liberation of the world. I
take it for granted that those who
argue thus do not stop to think
what that means.
The businessman that will pause
in his duty to the Government to
exact his pound of flesh at this crisis
is a traitor to the cause as much as
though he had turned a gun upon a
United States soldier, for every de
lay or overcharge at this time means
the sacrifice of brave men along the
fighting front.
The President well defines what he
terms a "just price" in the second
paragraph of his proclamation to the
public, in which he says:
A just price must, of course. be
paid for everything the govern
ment buys. By a Just price I mean
a price which will sustain the in
dustries concerned in a high state
of efficiency, provide a living for
those who conduct them, enable
them to pay good wages and make
possible the expansions of their
enterprises which will from time '
to time become necessary as the
stupendous undertakings of this
great war develop. We could not
wisely, reasonably do less than
pay such prices. They are neces
sary for the maintenance and de
velopment of industry and are
necessary for the great task we
have in hand.
In support of this price policy the
President will have back of him the
whole country. But disputes over
prices are not the only cause of pro
crastination at Washington. Politi
cal bickering over the food control
hill, the petty Quarreling of depart
ment heads among themselves, the
growing differences between all
manner of boards of experts and
ever-increasing confusion where
there should be the closest co-ordi
nation of effort are rapidly nearing
the exploding point. The situation
demands a firm hand and decisive
action. Much has been accomplished
since war has been declared, It is
true, but much more could be ac
complished, and our great task im
measureably lessened if there was
less of politics and more of patriot-
Urn at th national ca.nit.aJ.
R F>OTIUC* IK
'Pe-KKOI JJBJCCKUC
By the Ex-Committeeman
Xext to the controversies raging
on Capitol Hill about the right of
the Governor to reappoint rejected
officials and whether Ex-Auditor
General A. W. Powell took papers
or had taken papers to which he
had no right, the most interesting
situation in State politics to-day is
over the United States District At
torneyship for Eastern Pennsylva
nia. There is a fight going on against
Francis Fisher Kane, the present in
cumbent, which rather indicates
that the Pennsylvania Democracy is
no moro harmonious now than it
was two years ago and that when
it comes down to loaves and fishes
the Democrats can be depended
upon to have a fight.
Mr. Kane is a partisan of the re
organization faction of the Democ
racy and it is charged that he has
been Interested in political questions,
while charges have also been filed
against him at Washington by H.
D. Westcott. a lawyer with influen
tial connections, who has voiced
what ho terms general dissatisfac
tion with Kane. The reorganization
people, however, are standing be
hind Kane and it is believed they
will pull him through.
—The reappointments of Collector
>f the Port William H. Berry and
ither federal officials at Washlng
on are taken to mean that the hold
if the present Democratic machine
ipon the affections of the President
vlll not he easily shaken. The na
ional administration still believes
hat Pennsylvania can be made
Democratic in Wilson's time and It
s disposed to give its henchmen
obs.
—There are signs, however, that
here will he some rows raised over
lostmasterships which are due to be
Hied soon. In some places the Dem
)crats, fearing that there will not
ie "a next time" for a long while
ire rather ardent for rotation in
ifflce.
—The Schuylkill County Repuh
tcan committee yesterday re-elect
•d Resident Clerk William S.
is its chairman and chose T. J.
Svans and C. T. Straughn as secre
aries. The meeting was largely at
ended and there were no oppo
itlon votes to the re-elections. The
ommittee endorsed Judge C.. E.
Merger. Governor Rrumbiugh's ap
>ointee, for election and also en
lorsed Judge O. H. Bechtel, a Dem
icrat. for re-election.
—lt Is said that John F. Whalen
ias developed Judicial aspirations in
Schuylkill county. • |
—Three Republican magistrates
in Philadelphia whose terms expire
are Charles r. R. Vkinson
Costello and William .1. Tracev. Cos
tello. -who is a Vare lieutenant, was
appointed by Governor Brumbaugh
to fill a vacancy. The Vares are said
to be anxious to have him succeed
himself. Tracey and Rooncv are also
expected to become candidates to
succeed themselves.
—National Committeeman A.
Mitchell Palmer has ceased to be
first page news ir. relation to con
scription ind exemption beards since
he showed signs of desiring to avoid
duty on the exemption board for
his district. Some of his attacks on
the Governor have been ignored by
Democratic newspapers.
—C. W. Terwiller, well known in
Scranton political affairs and for
years connected with the city gov
ernment, has been made collector of
county taxes in Scranton.
•—Testerday was the first day
opon which nominating petitions
could be circulated for county and
municipal nominations, and. from all
accounts there was much doing in
the State.
—The Philadelphia Record ap
pears to be fairly interested in the
crusade against Francis Fisher Kane.
Russia's Progress
The United States has received
two encouraging reports from Rus
sia this week which con.firm us in
our confidence that the democratic
administrators of affairs in that
country are not only making pro
gress in efficiency but have already
attained a degree of authority* and
unification of public support highly
gratifying uncVer difficult circum
stances.
The revolutionists came into
power In mid-March, or less than
four months ago. They had not
only to uproot the bureaucracy and
establish a democratic government,
but to reform the army and navy
in the midst of war. while the
agents of an unscrupulous and re
sourceful enemy labored with every
device at their hand to bring dis
aster upon the new administration.
The task might well have discour
aged the most ardent patriots; it
merely stimulated the Russian lead
ers to prodigious labors in behalf
of their design. They swept out
the old and corrupt Government,
brought order out of chaos, adjust
ed the differences between radicals
and conservatives, put the military
upon a new and sounder basis and
began the internal changes that are
essential to success and solidity.
How grave were the problems to
be solved is obvious. Yet Mr. Root,
whose capacity of judgment is un
questioned. and whoso moderation
of .statement will not be disputed
now informs us that there is "no in
curable malady in the Russian de
mocracy" and that "the solid, admi
rable traits in the Russian character
will pull the nation through the
present crisis." Mr. Root reminds
his fellow countrymen that "demo
cracies are always in. trouble," a
truth democrats are liable to for
get as they watch the struggles of
other peoples striving for self-rule.
—Now York Sun.
Never Too Old to Learn
The story of the 60-year-old man
who recently enrolled in the Sum
mer Uw School at. the University
of Michigan is capped by that of the
man of even greater age—William
McK. Brittain—who at the recent
commencement of the College of
the City of New York received the
degree of bachelor of arts and won
honors in addition. At Michigan,
the mother of a young woman who
took the same degree, in June had
attended lectures regularly through
the year. She asked for no credits,
was not aiming at a degree, studied
for the pure pleasure of achieve
ment. It is a matter of record that
a woman of nearly 8n matriculated
at the University, of Wisconsin sev
eral years ago. Fifty years ago a
woman who desired to enter an ad
vanced school was advised that she
was "too old" for the work at 43.
Reminding "th head" that Queen
Victoria learned Hindustani at a
greater age did not win a more fav
orable answer. That could not
happen to-day. Educational doors
do not close because of the vears.
—From the Detroit Press.
The Soldier
When .he leaves for battle,
Cheer htm on the way.
Weep for him to-morrow,
" Smile for him to-day.
When he falls in battle
Hf~> of the fray.
Smile for him to-morrow.
Weep fop him to-day.
- —Mo.La.niibiirh Wilann.
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Effective Reply to Palmer '
Actions speak louder than words, 1
and the attempt of A. Mitchell Pal-!
mer to create a controversy over the •
personnel of the army exemption
boards has been effectively answer- :
ed by his own appointment as a
member of one of those boards. It
is difficult to believe that there was
political favoritism in these selec
tions, and the announcement that
Mr. Palmer and Vance McCormick,,
chairman of the National Democra
tic Committee, are'to be members
of district boards to hear appeals
from local boards in the matter of
army exemptions will satisfy reason
able persons that there has been no
desire to inject factional or parti
san considerations into a matter that
calls for the highest patriotism. The
work of these boards will be diffi
cult and delicate, and we predict that
if Mr. Palmer gives the task the time
and attention it deserves he will
have all that he can attend to, and
will have little opportunity for find
ing fault with others who are de
voting themselves to the business of
assisting and upholding the govern
ment in the important enterprise
upon which it has embarked.
This is no time for petty faultfind
ing, and above all it is no time for
playing the small sort of politics
which goes unrebuked when condi
tions are noi-mal and when most peo
ple are disposed to be indifferent or
tolerant to the antics of the pro
fessional politician. Even the most
optimistic realize that we have a
gigantic task on hand. Universal
military service is a new and un
tried thing in the United States, and
the husiness of putting it into prac
tice calls for patience and ability and
patriotism. Even with the best in
tentions there are bound to be some
heartburnings, and for this reason
it behooves those who claim to be
leaders to devote themselves to it
intelligently and in the broadest pos
sible spirit. The high character of
most of the men who have been se
lected by the Governor for the ex
emption hoards is a guarantee that
the work will be done as well as may
be possible under the circumstances,
and it is the duty of all good citi
zens to co-operate with these men
in trying to make the business har
monious and successful. —Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Park Extension Assured
Governor Brumbaugh's announce
ment of his approval of the bill ap
propriating *350,000 for the im
provement and extension of the
Capitol Park means that this most
important work is assured and that
it will be completed before the next
assembling of the Legislature. It
will be a good thing for the city of
Harrisburg. but in a larger sense it
will be a highly desirable thing for
the State of Pennsylvania.
The new Capitol building is one of
the finest in the United States, and
there is every reason why it should
have an adequate and dignified set
ting. The time for securing this is
the present, when it is possible to
get the needed property at a reason
able price, and not in the future,
when it becomes expensive, if not
prohibitive. If the same plan had
been adopted with our City Hall it
might now be surrounded on all
sides by a great plaza, instead of be.
ing hemmed in on three sides by
towering skyscrapers, which give the
building an unsightly and squatty
appearance.
We have heard a great deal about
the scandal In connection with the
furnishing of the Capitol, but \Ve
have not heard much about the
building itself, which is a worthy
architectural ornament to the Com
monwealth. and which was finished
at less cost than was estimated, and
without the taint of graft or corrup
tion in any form. It is a building
in which all Pennsylvanians have a
right to feel a just pride, and it is
eminently fitting that it should have
an environment that will show its
beauties off to advantage.
This is precisely what is aimed at
by the bill providing for the park
extension, and when the work is fin
ished there is every reason for be
lieving that it will be a source of
satisfaction to citizens and visitors
who may have occasion to visit Har
risburg. A thing that is worth do
ing at all is worth doing well, and
that seems to be the object of the
legislation so far as the Capitol Park
is concerned.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Real Curiosity
The showman was exhibiting a
very small skull, which he said was
the headpiece of the great Oliver
Cromwell.
"This skull is much too small to
be the skull of a man," said one
patron, indignantly. "It can onlv
be the skull of a little boy. Tou'r'e
a fraud!"
The showman did not lose his
nerve at this, but replied with dig
nity:
"You are right—it is not the skull
of a man, hut that of Cromwell
when he wa a small lad." —New
York Globe.
HOW ADVERTISING
HELPS THE
No. I—RETAIL ADVERTISING
By P. S. FLOREA, Secretary-Manager Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World
WITHIN two or three weeks, re-.
cently, two important thing.-*'
happened in the advertising 1
profession, and they such a di
rect and important bearing upon the
interest of the public that they will j
be found of interest to everyone who !
must buy things and that of course, 1
means all of us.
The first of those two was a deci
sion on the part of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World to
make a most searching investigation
into the relationship between adver
tising and the cost of living, and the
other was the adoption by the com
mittee in charge of building the pro
gram for the great annual convention
of the Associated Advertising Clubs,
in St. Louis, June 3 to 7, of the slo
gan "Avertislng Lowers Cost of Dis
tribution."
The Underlying Thought
Only a few people know, perhaps,
that the entire advertising club
movement has been built upon the
proposition that advertising can only
grow—in fact, that It can only sur
vive—as it benefits the public; and
that the whole great movement
known as the Associated Advertising
Clubs has as its very foundation the
thought of making advertising even
a greater economic force than it has
been.
Advertising men have known that
advertising reduces the cost of manu
facturing things, and that it brings
Earth Gives Bounty
Soldiers of the commissary on the '
farms of the country have made a
noble response to the call to duty.
Just as the people came forward j
with their dollars and vastly over- i
subscribed the Liberty Loan, and as
the young men of the nation stood j
up without flinching to be counted!
for the draft, so have the farmers ■
done their share in helping on the
work of preparedness. Monday's ,
crop report, revealing the extent to
which the agricultural .products of
the United States have been aug- I
mented under the pressure of neces
sity und in answer to the President's
summons to national patriotism, tar
exceeds the most sanguine expecta- 1
tions.
Should all go well when the har
vests are' all in we shall be in a far |
better position to meet the necessi- ;
ties of our Allies than was thought
possible a few months ago, and at
the same time have ample provision
for our own needs. This is pro- j
vided, always, that the optimistic
crop report shall not blind the peo
ple to the fact that economy in
consumption, scrupulous care to put j
an end to criminal waste and a
radical improvement in methods of i
distribution are none the less the
imperative necessity of the hour.
The very abundance of the harvest
in grains and vegetables creates
new complications which will have
to be faced.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Hold Dutch Ships
England has refused guarantee for
safe passage to some forty Dutch l
ships in American ports that loaded
up and counted upon getting out of
the country before the food embargo
went Into effect. These ships should i
be Jield hero by the English refusal j
to give safe passage until after the i
law goes into operation. Then the'
shipments should be subjected to the
license conditions. If there were any !
proof necessary to show that the 1
Dutch have been feeding the Ger
mans out of all proportion to the |
amount of foodstuffs sent England.:
despite the reciprocal agreement, it
would be furnished to the figures j
from London, derived from the off'- 1
cial Dutch reports. These reports
show that during the first quarter of,
1917 the dairy exports to Germany i
were: Butter, 1,847 metric tons: j
cheese, 9,216 tons; eggs, 3,443 tons !
Total, 14,508 tons. The exports to i
England were: Butter, 531 tons;
cheese. 3.493 tons; eggs, 593 tons.:
Total, 4,617 tons.
Germany received 138.363 tons of
the Dutch dairy products last year,
while England received 9,758 tons, j
Germany got 122.009 tons of pota
toes from Holland last year, while l
England received 49,314 tons.
If the United States is to be flrrn 1
in its attitude, it needs to begin at'
once. But it cannot hold the ships !
or control the cargoes. England, by 1
the attitude it has assumed, can do ;
so, and the United States can give it |
support. Holland is far from starv- )
Ing, notwithstanding the professions 1
to that effect made by It. The voice j
down selling costs, both as this has
to do with the manufacturer and the
retailer. They propose now to gather
information, classify it in the form of
definite evidence and haVe it ready
for presentation.
For the purposes of this article and
one that is to follow, I shall consider
only the influence of advertising .>n
retailing, and will show some of the
ways in which it brings down the
cost of doing business, to the benefit
of the public as well as the business
man.
Clerks Sell More Goods
Without advertising, a merchant
can eventually build a reputation for
his store among those who chance to
came into it and among their friends,
so that they will have confidence in
him and in his clerks or salespeople,
so that they will buy goods more
readily, having greater confidence.
But that takes years and years.
Through advertising, salespeople
sell more goods in a given number
of hours because, through advertis
ing, the merchant has made the pub
lic know that it is safe to buy from
him, and the salespeople do not have
to argue the merits of the goods. All
wool is all wool and fast colors are
fast.
The simple result is that each
salesperson sells rftore goods in a
given number of hours and his or
her salary is distributed over a great
er number of sales so that the cost of
i selling the goods is actually reduced.
is the voice of Holland, but the hand
j is the hand of Germany.—Baltimore
American.
Styles in Literature
Old fashioned literature, "The
Reveries of a Bachelor." New stylo
i literature, "The Revelations of a
; Wife." —From the Louisville Courier
; Journal.
Crisis in Germany
The temper of the people is re-
I fleeted in the morale of the army
which is lighting with little of its
former vigor and elan, as recent re
sults on both the eastern and west
-1 ern fronts show. So long as a de
; cisive German victory seemed prob
able or possible, the German troops
i hesitated at no sacrifice, but that
spirit grows weaker and weaker. A
whole people Cannot be indefinitely
deceived as to the prospects of vic
tory in war. While the German
troops were winning success after
success the German people were ca
pable of believing anything that their
rulers told them; but it is different
when the war takes a definite defen
sive turn and the enemy returns to
i the assault with new vigor and assur
ance.
| No other country is f> susceptible
'to psychological manipulation as
Germany, but there are limits to the
German capacity for unquestioned
belief, and it has been evident from
the German press that those limits
have been reached. As the eco
nomic and military pressure in
' creases popular unrest wilt increase,
regardless. of political palliatives
i adopted by the Kaiser and his ad
mirers.
Germany is already beaten in this
war, so far as the original objects
of the conflict are concerned, and
the German people are beginning to
, realize it. When they thoroughly
understand it peace will not be far
distant.—New York World.
CROP PEST LETTER
I By Prof. J. G. Sanders, State I
Economic Zoologist
CORN EAR WORM
Sweet corn and field corn ears I
j are Injured and fouled by a dark I
striped "worm" making them un- |
I fit for use and causing much loss I
, to growers. The parent moth of I
this smooth caterpillar lays its I
i eggs on the silks of the corn,,
where on hatching, the tiny
"worms" begin to feed and work
! their way into the developing ear.
Control is fairly simple and
consists of a dnst application by
i blowing powdered arsenate of
lead, three parts, and powdered
j sulphur, one part on the corn as
s soon as the silks are showing
1 fully. The corn silk Is slightly
, sticky and holds the powder ap
i plication very well. One appllca
j tion at the right time may be
sufficient.
JULY 13, 1917.
Labor Notes
Plans whereby wages, hours and
conditions of all iron trade crafts
along the Pacific coast may be
equalized are under consideration.
Journeymen Stone Cutters' Asso
ciation is conducting an agitation
against the use of the air hammer
for stone cutting purposes.
A new "women's town" in the val
ley of the Komanche, a few miles
from Geneble, is one of the evolu
tions of the "munitions campaign"
in France.
San Jose, Cal.) Electrical Work
ers' Union has secured a union shop
contract, the eight-hour day and
\rtige increases from J4 a day to
$4.50 until June 1 next, when the
rate will be $5 a day.
This year compensation laws hpve
been enacted in Delaware, Idaho,
New Mexico, South Dakota and
Utah, making a total of thirty-seven
states which are now under conv
pensation laws and leaving Missouri
yie only large industrial state with
out. one. •
Men's pay for women who laboi 1
during the. war is the demand of
the women's great organizations
throughoijt the country.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
THE
gy COMPLAINT.
fiancee): Could
. n't you kiss me
\ a "ttle more af
i 4 \
K -j- .. dear?
She: Well. I'll
) \ do my best; but
I / \ you are the first
m / \ i one that has
\ ever coir plained.
NOT A SERI- I (
OUS OPER-
ATION. f yij
She: Whatdld i~rjl
I you operate on r~r
I f ° r? rw, tgw
Dr.: Fivehun- \ \\
dred dollars. \ \ \
She: No, I LV \ t
mean what did
; Fivehun-
I dred dollara ' f ) t \\T\
SAVIxa
™ST Speaking of
l s I me a n peoplo,
f \ | there's no one
can beat old j
Stingy! Why j
he even looks
over the tops of
} his glasses for
I I tear ot rearing
' em OUt '
i *~IT'S AN IIX
WIND," ETC. Mh I
The Lead: Ah, !
i the barbarity of
I the past genera*
tlon! I am told
that the audi- ■!
ences even threw
eggs at the act-
The Heavy: \ |jj m| J
Tes, but in those •—'Jfyp—f
,<5 ays eggs sold fcTQ" HTp
for six cents a IljM II
do sen. Now VM SPR
they bring that
much apiece.
UNLUCKY.
lllT' Ofuet is sa
® a w MJkW unlucky fnow.
AnhfcfwWqW . p I should say
Thl.: hu/JkW'i '1 til 80 ■ ho can find
two lemons
If where only one
VI was handed out
Itentng (Etjal
In the event that one of the troops
of the First Cavalry, either our own
Governor's Troop or the First Troop
Philadelphia City Cavalry, is chosen
to be the headquarters troop fQr the
Pennsylvania division there will be a
new troop added to the First Cavalry
Regiment. The regiment is now
composed of twelve troops and a
machinegun troop with supply and
headquarters units. It is practically
up to war strength and withdrawal
of a troop for headquarters duty
would mean that there would be
new organization. Not much diffi
culty is anticipated in that direction.
•A headquarters troop is an organi
zation assigned to division headquar
ters as guard of honor, for ceremon
ies or other use. It is a part of tho
administrative end of a military or
ganization of almost 30,000 men. It
furnishes guards and escorts and
when the major general in command
goes out on formal occasions it goes
along. It is separate and distinct
from the military police, which will
form a separate branch when com
pleted. The First Troop is the old
est cavalry organization in the or
ganized militia, dating from the Rev
olution. The Governor's Troop is
officially Troop C. The First Troop is
being urged because of its history
and there are some who would liko
to have the Harrlsburg cavalry chos
en because the troop is located at the
State Capital and takes part in cere
monies connected with the State gov
ernment of which the National
Guard is a part. Now that all doubt
about the general officers and their
staffs going into the Federal service
on Sunday is dispelled, because the
State is a tactical division, the selec
tion of a headquarters troop will
come along. The headquarters will
probably mohjjize at Sunbury, where
General Clement has his offices, un
less orders are issued transferring it
to Harrisburg. This city is going to
see some stirring military times for
awhile.
• • •
The zeal of some of the "war gar
deners" is refreshing to gaze upon.
In spite of the rainy conditions pre
vailing the greater part of this week
there was hardly a noon hour or in
the early evening that men and wom
en, too, not out in the plots
weeding or hoeing. The work went
ahead with a seriousness that no rain
could interfere with and the care be
stowed upon the potato patches is
pretty conclusive evidence that there
will be few people caught napping in
regard to the price of potatoes this
fall. Thus far there have been few
patches afflicted with the blight
hereabouts and the potatobugs have
found so many patches that they
have had to distribute their activities
and besides have been subjected to a
bombardment of spraying mixtures
which must be discouraging to mass
attacks. '
• • •
There is one man who has a war
garden along Derry street right where
the Philadelphia and Reading's nev
er-sleeping branch crosses fhe high
way, who is undaunted and enter
prising. He took hold of about as
poor a looking piece of ground as
could be found anywhere and by dint
Of elbow grease made it a garden
and then he surrounded it with a
fence made of tree branches. By
andby he annexed the part next to
•the sidewalk, which to all Intents
and purposes appeared to be plain
weeds or ordinary Ailing material,
which means stones, cans and the
like. He dug it all up and then he
annexed some more. But the re
markable thing about it was not the
steady progress of the garden, but
the fact that within twenty-fcm?
hours after he had spaded the two
annexed food-raising provinces he
had two weeks' old cabbage and
similarly advanced beans and other
plants on the ground. He took ad
vantage of the very wet weather to
transplant some of his p|ants from
the more intensively cultivated and
crowded part of his original garden
and conditions being all right for
such work, in less time than it takes
to reason it out he had "garden sass"
growing where asphalt debris and
ashes had been blooming a few days
before.
• • •
The success in the first operation
of the law passed to enable the Beth
lphems to consolidate into # a third
class city has stirred up much talk
among the municipalities ,of the
state belonging in that division and,
as in the case of Harrisburg and its
neighbors on the west shore, there
will soon be some campaigns under
way. It is the intention of the peo
ple of the Bethlehems to call their
city Bethlehem and to take in ad
joining boroughs. It has a fringe of
small towns as has the State Capital
and if they are taken over Bethle
hem will make Harrisburg, Erie,
Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown hump
for honors. Reading is now the pre
mier third class city' and will be in
the second class in the next census.
Harrisburg is on a fair way to be
near the top of the list of the third
class if it annexes its neighboring
towns under the proposed plan.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"!
—Lieutenant-Governor Frank B.
McClain has as many requests for
him to speak as he had during the
session.
—John Wanamaker received hun
dreds of telegran s in honor of his
birthday Wednesday, some of them
from old friends and some from
men in distant states.
—C. R. Kurtz, reappointed sur
veyor of the port of Philadelphia,
Is a Rellefonte publisher and was
formerly connected with the public
ity end of the Democratic State com
mittee.
—James M. Laird, veteran Greens
burg newspaperman, is seriously ill.
-—Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer was
given cordial expression of satisfac
tion at his reappointment at the
ptate College educational meeting
this week.
—Major H. W. Coulter, new lieu
tenant colonel of the Tenth Infantry,
is a member of the Coulter family
which has been prominent in West
moreland for years and noted for
Its fighters.
DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg Is furnishing
Immense quantities of fertilizer
to districts round nHout, it hav- !
ing become quite a center for
distributors representing manu
facturing plants.
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
In old days parades used to be re
viewed from the courthouse.
As to Social Position
A voice of protest lc raised in
Texas against alleged endeavors to
make the watermelon a food of
caste. A../ such effoit is bound to
carry iU> own rebuking. Nobody
ever ate watermelon with a fork
and had tho full meed of Its lus
clouenesa. —Now Tork World,
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