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THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 1#
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self
control,
These three alone lead life to sover
eign power.
— Tenxstson.
OUR Y. M. C. A.
NO institution organized for def
inite work can accomplish all
that it sets out to do without
proper equipment and an adequate
plant. With this thought in mind
the directors of the Y. M. C. A. have
been quietly working for several
weeks in the formation of plans
which contemplate rejuvenation of
the organization from top to bottom.
Much good work has been done by
the Y. M. C. A. in years past, but
the time has come when to go for
ward means enlarged equipment, in
creased plant facilities and a gen
eral reorganization of the Institu
tion. To this end the directors and"
the new secretary, Robert B. Reeves,
have been holding weekly confer
ences with Important results.
Some contracts for purchases and
repairs and remodeling of the Inter
ior have already been made and the
house committee expects within a
few days to announce further plans
along the lines agreed upon in the
early part of the summer.
It ought to be apparent to the
average citizen of Harrisburg that
no institution can be of greater ser
vice than this organization which is
dedicated to. the welfare especially
of the boys and young men of the
community. Those who realize the
value of the right sort of young man
hood will be ready to co-operate
with the busy men who are now
doing their utmost to place the Y.
M. C. A. upon a basis which will in
sure steady progress throughout the
year.
Those who read this and have
not taken any part in helping to
place the Institution on a firm foot
ing, financially or otherwise, ought to
find Measure in lending a hand and
thus aid in assuring a still higher
type of young manhood in & city
which has turned out many of the
best men in the State.
A PROPER COVRSF,
THE public would view with ap
proval a decision on the part of
Governor Brumbaugh to decline
the contemplated resignation of
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
John Price Jackson, who has been
commissioned a major in the United
States Army and is expecting assign
ment to duty at any moment.
Nobody knows how soon the war
will end and it would be too bad If
the State should lose permanently
such a valuable and experienced man
as Commissioner Jackson In order
that he may give a few months' serv
ice to the nation, even in the im
portant military duties which he will
be called upon to perform. He has
the confidence of both labor and
capital and Is known as a Just man
and a tireless worker. He organized
the department of which he is the
head and no man in Pennsylvania
knows more about the labor and In
dustrial situation than he.
An indefinite leave of absence
would be a good solution of the prob
lem when It arises.
GRAIN AND COMMONSENRE
STATE agricultural authorities
are entitled to considerable
credit for the eminently prac
tical manner in which they propose
to secure the efforts of the State
Committee of Public Safety in ob
taining a larger production of grains
next year. The preparations the
State has been making for many
months to give freely of expert advice
are going to be of more value than
even the men who planned them
believed.
Some time ago the State Defense
Commission made provision for
continuing in service the farm coun
sellors, whose appropriation was
stricken from the general appropria
tion bill In the outburst of factional
ism that occurred at the Capitol in
the closing hours of the last general
assembly. These counsellors, all
men of approved experience and
•peclalized knowledge in agriculture
and allied branches, were placed at
disposal of the farmers by an act
passed in the Tener administration
and had become too Important a
branch of State service to be drop
ped. The wisdom of the Defense
Commission In re-employing them,
especially to stimulate production
of grains for 1917, is apparent.
It Is now' proposed to place at the
call of the farmers export lnforma
THURSDAY EVENING,
tlon on Bolls* Often men embark
upon enterprises which are designed
to meet a public need and which
promise well, but which, because of
lack of some special Information,
fall to meet hopes. There are coun
ties where It would not bo advisable
to extend wheat production and there
are some which, by reason of soli,
labor and other factors, are fitted
for cereals. It is Information as to
what each county can produce to
best advantage that Is to be made
available as a supplement to the gen
eral encouragement being given to
agriculture by the State.
THE WAR REVENUE BILL
THE announced intention of Sen
ator Penrose to support the
President's war revenue bill Is
another evidence that whenever a
really worthy measure comes before
Congress, having to do with the
prosecution of the war, it receives the
support of senators and representa
tives regardless of party. This is
particularly true of the bill as
amended and revised by the Senate
finance committee, of which Senator
Penrose is the ranking Republican
member. As it came from the House
It contained, with Democratic sup
port, a proviso for advancing tariff
rates on imports about ten per cent.,
purely as a matter of revenue.
Senator Penrose, ardent protec
tionist as he always has been and is,
might easily have seized upon this
as a means of airing his tariff views
and of accusing Democrats of Incon
sistency. That, however, would have
dragged the war revenue bill Into a
long debate and have made It the
football of partisan politics, which
would have been anything but pa
triotic.
However, it must not be thought
that Senator Penrose or any of the
Republicans who will support this
measure have foresaken their pro
tective tariff views. They merely
have decided to set them aside for
the moment for the same reason
they later will advocate tariff re
vision upward—because they believe
by so doing they are acting for the
best interest of both capital and la
bor In this country. They know
that for the present the war has
erected a safe enough wall against
the imports of cheap European la
bor. They know also that to revise
the tariff now would be distinctly
unsettling to business at a time when
stability is more to be desired than
anything else. Wages are at top
notch, all our industries are running
at utmost capacity and we have no
competition from abroad. We do
not need a protective tariff now and
the slight increase in revenues from
a ten per cent, advance would not
pay for the readjustments of busi
ness that might be made necessary.
So, for the moment, a high tariff
not being needed for the prosperity
of the nation, Republicans have no
Interest therein.
OX PERILOUS GROUND
THE War Department is tread
ing on dangerous ground when
it declines to permit medical
and technical students to finish their
university educations before draft
ing them into the army. The Brit
ish government made this mistake
early in the war and as a result is
now in sore straits for physicians
and trained professional men to
meet the depletion of the battle
front.
This is an age of specialists, and
the army of the United States,
should this war continue a year or
two, will be in need of every doctor
and technical graduato It can mus
ter —to say nothing of the demand
for such in civil walks, both dur
ing and following hostilities.
The Board of Medical Licensure
In Pennsylvania has raised an im
portant point and the reply of the
War Department is anything but
satisfactory. At least a proportion
of the students ought to be per
mitted to complete their education.
The safety of the nation demands it.
GOOD ADVICE
NEWSPAPER and magazine
writers have been flooding the
land with advice to young men
going into the army. Everything
from keeping the feet dry to "bone
dry" habits has been touched upon,
and one veteran of the Spanish-
American war has written a book on
the subject, especially for the benefit
of the new recruit, and incidentally,
we suppose, his own pocketbook. But
if anybody has confined so much
good sense in such a brief space as
did Lyman D. Abbott in a recent is
sue of the Outlook, wo have not
noted it.
Dr. Abbott's advice to the war re
cruit is addressed not only to men
who don uniforms but to those of us
who, through force of circumstances,
are compelled to remain at home.
Here is what he says:
We are all, young men and old
men, women and children, to
dedicate ourselves to the service
of our country. Tticre is no. ex
emption. The country enters upon
thin war; not merely a profes
sional or a volunteer army for
the country. But what service
we can individually render and
how best render it are questions
to be answered.
You are called to the colors
and are going. I. congratulate
you. You are to have a part in
the greatest task which has ever
been given to men. You may be
going to your death. What then?
Are we not all going to death?
Is there any other possible end
to life's long campaign? X con
gratulate your father and moth
er. They have brought you up
to be a soldier. They have endow
ed you with the spirit of hero
ism and self-Bacrlflce. That is a
great endowment. You will find
your best friends, but also your
worst enemies. In the camp. Be
armed with a high resolve to
keep your whole body, soul, and
spirit blameless. Take with you
•s your constant companion the
One who has called you to fol
low him in this great consecra
tion. "As he died to make men
holy, let us die to make men
free." Strong in his companion
ship, you will bring back to your
home here or carry forward to
your home beyond an unbroken
courage and a pure spirit
""Pottttca- tK
By the Ex-Committeeman
Judging from the activity of Dem
ocratic machine leaders in various
parts of the state a concerted effort
is under way to harmonize the rows
which have broken out all over
Pennsylvania because of the manner
in which the ruling clique has been
apportioning the' Federal patronage.
The trouble seems to have started
in Philadelphia, and Allegheny has
a dozen or more fussing points. There
are sore places In most of the big
counties and men who were disap
pointed have been flirting with the
Old Guard in such an open manner
that the machine leaders are getting
scared over prospects for county and
municipal tickets.
Taking the tip from Philadelphia
a series of meetings are being held
throughout the state by Democratic
clubs and other organizations at
which the city and county chairmen
and leaders have been making
speeches about the harmony they
would like to have the workers be
lieve prevails in the party and their
fealty to Woodrow Wilson, which no
one questions. The meeting held up
town last night by Democrats to hear
Chairmen Stucker and Mac Williams
is a sample.
—From all accounts members of
the State Commission of Agriculture
intend to stay in their jobs. There
were reports that Chairman H. V.
White would resign because of the
way Governor Brumbaugh mado
grist of bills in which he was inter
ested, but this report, like the peren
nial report that Chief of Mines James
E. Roderick was going to be next to
go, seems to have been circulated to
obtain a change of air. The mem
bers of the Agricultural Commission
were summoned to meet by no less
a personage than Governor Brum
baugh himself and It lookß as though
having been returned to favor they
are going to work with a will.
—The Philadelphia Press persists
that ex-Speaker Charles A. Ambler,
of Montgomery county, is to be made
a state official. It holds that Insur
ance Commissioner J. Denny O'Nell
is the most likely man for highway
commissioner, although Mr. O'Neil
is not shouting with enthusiasm over
it and that Mr. Ambler would then
be made Insurance commissioner.
—The mention of Mr. Ambler for
highway commissioner, which went
along for a while, has stopped. Mr.
Ambler is a road builder himself, but
is said not to desire to take charge
of the Highway Department just
now.
—Secretary to the Governor Wil
liam H. Ball, who left here last even
ing for Philadelphia, said that he
did not expect any more resignations
of state officials and laughed over
some of the morning stories that
have appeared here.
—Frank B. Black, former state
highway commissioner, is expected to
visit friends in the vicinity of Phil
adelphia the latter part of this week
and there is considerable interest as
to whether Mr. Black will break his
silence. It has been intimated that'
he intends to follow up his letter of
resignation with a number of state
ments about what occurred in his
department in one tempestuous year.
—From all accounts "William B.
Smith, of Philadelphia, who says he
was promised the appointment of
chief of the bureau of statistics as
successor to Paul N. Furman, is still
waiting for word to report for duty.
Mr. Furman's term ended yesterday.
—Congressman John R. K. Scott,
of Philadelphia, who has been in
political penumbra since the speaker
ship contest, is coming to the front
again because of the vigor with
which he has taken up draft mat
ters. Scott is said to still harbor
■ambitions of promotion from Con
gress.
—From all accounts some of the
people in Philadelphia are still un
certain whether any changes have
been made in the State Board of
Censors for moving pictures.
—William A. Magee, whose term
as public service commissioner end
ed last night under his resignation to
the Governor, left early to-day for
Pittsburgh, where it is understood
he will make a formal announcement
of his candidacy and take personal
charge of the canvass for the pri
mary on September 19. The busi
ness of the commission will be con
ducted by the five members who are
here. Latest information is that
Robert K. Young will not get here
until fall. t
—Attaches of the Departments of
agriculture and Public Printing and
Binding whose pay was held up by
Auditor General Snyder because of
the presence on the rolls of men ap
pointed since July 9 and therefore
classed as illegal by Mr. Snyder who
has refused to recognize the appoint
ing power, will be paid to-day. The
names of E. B. Dorsett and J. W.
Hallowell, Jr., of the new bureau of
markets, and C. B. Thomas, of the
division of documents, the men ap
pointed, have been taken off and
placed on a separate requisition,
which will be held up until the courts
pass upon the status of Secretary
Patton and Superintendent Long.
—Mr. Dorsett is going right ahead
with the work of his bureau in spite
of the fact that payday for him may
not come for months.
—Appointments of Frank H. Ter
rlll to be justice of the peace at Gll
berton, Schuylkill county, and Daniel
H. McCreary to be alderman of the
Second ward of Oil City, were an
nounced to-day.
A Catalog of Crime
A little book recently published
gives the name and nationality of
every neutral vessel sunk by Ger
many between August 8, 1914, and
April 26, 1917. The number is 849
and the total tonnage is 1,653,654
tons. Of the destroyed vessels. 76
were Dutch, 101 Swedish, 436 Nor
wegian, 114 Danish, 35 Spanish, 20
American, two Brazilian, 60 Greek,
one Peruvian, one Uruguayan, one
Argentine.
The list includes no American ves
sels sunk subsequently to the Amer
ican declaration of belligerency. The
destruction was wrought wholly
against nations at peace with Ger
many. It was the work of an in
ternational bandit.
Incidental to many of the sinkings
there was considerable loss of life.
Yet, from the standpoint of sheer
physical horror, the crimes here list
ed are Insignificant In comparison to
many of the savage brutalities which
have dishonored Germany since the
beginning of the war. Naturally the
vilest offenses have been committed
against the peoples against whom
Prusslanlsm has been formally at
war.
The story of the neutral ships ts
only one of the minor charges which
Germany must finally answer before
the tribunal of civilization. Yet this
alone is sufficient to array all the
world against an outlaw nation.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
The mistake ot the Germans who
conspired to spread tetanus is that
they did not scatter the bacilli of
lockjaw in the United States Senate.
—New York Evening Post.
The I. W. W. committed their
great tactical blunder in starting the
trouble In a Stale where all a man
has to do to be mobilized is to put
his hand in his hip pocket.—Boston
Transcript.
It would be difficult to recruit a
regiment of American women sol
diers, as was done in Russia, because
there are hardly that many women
In America having no dependants.—
Kansas City Star.
Some have wondered If the fact
that the American troops In France
will be ur> against a roreign tongue
will not handicap them and lower
their military efficiency. Possibly, to
some extent. But they can shoot in
any language.—Yankers Statesman.
Weakening German Line
Upon one point practically all mili
tary critics who have any intimate
knowledge of conditions on the west
ern front agree. The Germans may
hold out for a long time yet, the
advance of the allies may be slow
and difficult, but in man power and
in artillery power alike the allies
now have superiority, and their suc
cess is only a question of time. The
news of the last few days all justi
fies this conclusion. No German
counterattack has had anything but
a momentary effect, or has turned
the allies from their strategic ob
ject. The sltuatioh cannot be meas
ured In terms of territory taken.
The main purpose 1s to Inflict the
greatest possible loss upon the Ger
mans with the least possible loss to
the British ami French, and this
purpose is being effectively carried
out. It is a process which takes
time. The choice of Ypres as tho
point for the new offensive is dic
tated by obvious reasons. Whatever
ground is gained here Is a step to
ward forcing the retirement of the
Germans of the seacoast, and cap
turing their naval bases. But even
if this object is not attained for
the present, there is every reason for
confidence that the beginning of the
end has come.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Why Not Cure "Unfit"
If a man is a dwarf or a hunch
back, or in the later stages of tuber
culosis, or has only one leg or only
one arm, he can never be made a
soldier. But the vast number of
minor complaints from which pros
pective recrult3 suffer, or say they
suffer, might lend themselves to
treatment. Hence Senator Pomerene,
of Ohio, Is justified in pushing his
measure to have the government un
dertake the cure of curable cases.
Mr. X surely would think twice
about putting forth his tango-toes,
or his shortsightedness, or his occa
sional dizziness, or his punctured
eardrum as a reason for exemption.
If he were to be taken to a govern
ment hospital, and, ir cured, be sent
to the front. He would be inclined,
we imagine, to met the Inevitable
half way.
So the psychological effect of the
Pomerene bill, if It were to become
a law, would greatly lessen the an
noyances and the responsibilities of
exemption boards. That. In Itself, Is
worth some consideration. —Brook-
lyn Eagle.
The Failure
He wasted days a-dreamlng
In fields and pleasant ways,
He wasted time unseemlng
In voicing honest praise.
He stole away to wander
Beneath the woodland's shade,
To dream a while and ponder
On all that God has made.
He loitered in his roving
Where suffering was near,
To speak a word of lovln
And plant a seed of cheer;
He wasted his to-morrows
In seeking after men
Who bowed beneath their sorrows
And brought their smiles again.
He turned from paths of duty
And all the gain It yields.
And took the path of beauty
To childhood'e rosy fields;
He shared the pleasure of them.
And heard their childish lore.
Like Him who bade us love them
Two thousand years before.
His precious time was wasted
And now ho'a growing old,
And never yet has tasted
The fruits of fame and gold;
A love of life and wlldwood,
A heart of hate bereft
And love of men and childhood
Are all that he has left.
—John D. Wells in the Buffalo
Evening News.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE COM
MENDING BIBL |
OUT of the rush of his war driven
life President Woodrow Wilson
has taken the time to write a
personal message to the soldiers and
sailors of the American Army and
Navy, commending to them the dally
reading of the Bible.
The message was written at the
request of Robert B. Haines. Jr.,
secretary of the American branch of
the Scripture Gift Mission, whose of
fice is at 119 South Fourth street,
Philadelphia, Pa., and will appear
on the front fly leaf of an edition of
75,000 copies of the New Testament,
beautifully illustrated in colors and
especially prepared for the men of
the American Army and Navy.
The letter of Secretary Haines to
President Wilson, which met with
such an heartfelt, response, was as
follows:
"The Scripture Gift Mission of
London, of which I have the honor
to be executive secretary for the
American branch, has distributed
amongst the warring nations of Eu
rope during the first two and one
half years of the present world war
about 20,000,000 Testaments and
Gospel portions. Since the entrance
of the United States Into the war,
we are receiving requests for Testa
ments to be supplied to our own
Army and Navy, and are preparing
an edition to meet this need. On
the fly leaf of the Testament which
is being circulated amongst the sol
diers and sailors of the British and
allied forces, is printed in facsimile
a very helpful autograph message
from Lord Roberts * * * I am
requested to write you that It Is the
earnest desire of both the American
and the London committees of the
Scripture Gift Mission to have a sim
ilar word from you • • * to the
soldiers and seamen of the U. S.
Army and Navy. Our committee feels
that such a message would be a very
definite Christian service, of far
reaching Influence. We shall he glad
to hear from you at your early con
venience."
In response to this request the
President sent the following mes
sage:
Made in Germany
Mr. La Follette's preamble is un
true, but its untruth plays Into the
bloodstained, desperate, eager hands
of the German war party in spurring
the flagging spirit of the German
people to further resistance. His res
olutions, repugnant to the country,
have no chance of passage; yet they
have already served their purpose;
their introduction, in one sense vain,
Is not vain to German war lords who
know how to magnify the statton and
power of a senator, and make the
most of what is said here in his be
half.
And what will be said here, and
by whom? Resides a little dwindling
band of honest pacifists the resolu
tion will win the praise of the pro-
German Socialist faction; of draft
dodgers and their war brides; of the
I. W. \V.; of botnb-plotters who have
blown American workmen limb from
limb to cripple war industries; of all
that malign crew which has burrow
ed underground to atfj tn sinking our
ships and murdering our citizens and
stirring up enmity in Japan and
Mexico, and signaling the move
ments of American troops for the
lurking torpedo. Prom all the ene
mies of the nation, open or conceal
ed, bought or born so, active or
inert, this counsel of confusion will
have support—and from these alone.
There is in Mr. La Follette's bad
day's work a vein of sentiment lit
tle known In modern Prussianism.
For the rest, it might have been
written by Chancellor Mlchaelis. If
there were a statue for the declara
tion of origin of ideas, as of insen
sate merchandise, it should be label
ed, Made In Germany!— New York
World.
A QlinCher
Pat O'Flalierty, very palpably not
a prohibitionist, was arrested In Ari
zona recently, charged with selling
liquor in violation of the prohibition
law. But Pat had an impregnable
defense. His counsel. In addressing
the jury, said:
"Your Honor, gentlemen of the
Jui'y. look at the defendant."
A dramatic pause, then:
"Now, gentlemen of the Jury, do
you honestly think that if the de
fendant had a quart of whisky he
would sell it?"
The vordlct, reached in one min
ute, wan "Not guilty."—Everybody's.
"The White House,
"Washington.
"July 23, 1917.
"The Bible Is the word of life.
I beg that you will read it and-And
this out for yourselves—read, not lit
tle snatches here and there, but long
passages that will really be the road
to the heart of it. You will find it
full of real men and women not
only but also of the things you have
wondered about and been troubled
about all your life, as men have
been dlways; and the more you read
tho more it will become plain to you
what things are worth while and
what are not, what things make men
happy, loyalty, right dealing,
speaking the truth, readiness to give
erything that is low and mean,
duty, and, most of all, the wish that
they may have the real approval of
the Christ, who gave everything for
them, —and the things that are guar
anteed to make men unhappy,—sel
fishness, cowardice, greed and ev
erything that Is low and mean.
When you have read the Bible you
will know that it is the Word of
God, because you will have found it
the key to your own heart, your own
happiness and your own duty.
(Signed)
"WOODROW WILSON."
The Scripture Gift Mission, which
is distributing this edition containing
the President's words, was founded
in 1888 for the purpose of dissemi
nating the Scriptures In native lan
guages throughout the world. The
society, however, has the right to
claim greater nge than that, for it
absorbed in 1909 the oldest exist
ing British Bible Society, the Naval
and Military Bible Society, founded
in 1780. In 1915 it circulated more
than eight million copies of the
Scriptures and in 1916 more than ten
and a half millions. It is supported
solely by gifts of those who desire
to aid in circulating the Scriptures.
Administration expenses are met by
special arrangement so that all gifts
for the work go directly to the
printing of the Scriptures, and dis
tribution is made by chaplains, col
porteurs, missionaries, Y. M. C. A.
workers and other volunteer agen-
icles.
Labor and Capital in War
Capital and labor continue their
necessary struggle for terms of ex
istence upon the condition of normal
life. The domestic fight, the one
within the nation, demands tran
quillity on the frontiers. If the
frontiers be threatened, the domestic
conflict continues at the hazard of
all persons concerned.
Labor cannot advance itself ag
gressively if it takes a moment of
national peril for its opportunity.
It can get but the benefits of a total
good which the nation itself main
tains. Destroy all or any part o{
the total good and'there Is nothing
or less left for which to fight.
This Is so apparent that it ought
not to need exposition. The United
States offers opportunities to its citi
zens. Injure or destroy the United
States and the opportunities have
been injured or destroyed.
Money Is not the only thing which
can be injured or destroyed in a dis
astrously fought war. The chance
of labor to make money will, be in
jured or destroyed. This fact Is self
evident. At present both the warring
factions of labor and capital ought to
be interested In but one thing. That
is the preservation of the values
which they seek to divide equitably.
Not all capital is rapacious. Not
all labor Is unreasonable. The con
flict between the two may have to
progress for ages, but it does not
progress if either take advantage of
emergency to obtain fictitious bene
fits, which only result in injuring or
destroying the common total of good
for which each is striving.
Moneyed interests which consult
notions of abnormal profits, and
thereby make it difficult for the na
tion to preserve itself, are hurting
their own good. Labor interests
which take advantage of emergency
to cripple national enterprise are
hurting their own good. If th do
mestic conflict continues when the
domestic total of good is threatened
there will be less to contend for, less
that can ba submitted to the adjudi
cation of fair dealing or fighting, less
to be gained, less to work for and
less to get.
Before we can struggle successfully
for a fair distribution of what we
have we must preserve wHat we
. have. —Chicago Tribune.
August 16, 1917
Labor Notes
Women cigar and clgaret workers
in Japan receive from 10 to 25 centa
per day.
In Great Britain there la no voca
tion In which women are not engaged
and doing well.
Thirty-one thousand women are
employed In amusements and hotels
in Great Britain.
Minnesota women are forming an
auxiliary to safeguard girls who are
doing men's work.
Pistols were invented at Plstoja,
Italy, and were first used by English
cavalrymen in 1544.
Nearly two hundred women are
driving military motors behind the
firing line In France.
International %hlngle Weavers Un
ion is trying to secure an eight-hour
day in that industry.
It is stated that 1.260,000 women
are to be employed In men's places
on the British railways.
Since July, 1914, In England, 1,071,-
000 women have directly replaced
men in gainful occupations.
Thousands of women will soon be
asked to volunteer for farm work,
replacing men called to war.
Federated shopmen on the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad will se
cure an eight-hour day on Septem
ber 1.
From August 20 to 25, at Roches
ter, N. Y.. International Photo-En
gravers Union of North America will
convfce.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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before the sun's j
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If there is any doubt about Penn
sylvania railroad employes doing
their bit with gardens take a trip
east, west, south or north. One need
not travel far from Harrlsburg to
be convinced that there has been un
usual activity in raising vegetables.
On the Northern Central branch, be
tween New Cumberland and Golds
boro, there arc fourteen big truck
patches belonging to Harrlsburg
shopmen and other employes. Rail-.
road men spend many evenings look
ing after these gardens. With tlia
present system of working there K.
scarcely a day that the gardens aro
not looked after. On Saturday after
noon when the shops are closed
down there is generally a big reunion
of garden owners. Between Harris
burg and Losh's Run, railroad men
control no less than fifty vegetable
gardens. Of this number more than
thirty per cent, are Harrisburgers.
Between Harrlsburg and Mlllera
burg .there are at least a dozen; and
eastward as far as Mlddletown Juno
tlon, largo crops of vegetables ar
being raised. These gardens are
owned by Philadelphia division men
residing east of Steelton, who are
employed as trackmen.
• • *
Local gardeners who have been
digging: Into their potato hills are
highly gratified with what they have
found. One West Shore citizen, who
"eyf, r know what a garden meant
until he began to plant potatoes last
spring, put In a half peck. To-day
m ost delighted man In his
fnrl ' L l as f- evening he took a
' went into the garden and
°* , ? J u lel and a half of
the finest kind of potatoes; big fel
a nrnHv M f i ? f them " Whlch
a pretty fair yield for a beginner.
• • •
Sweet potatoes also will be a
bumper crop hereabout. Not very
many Harrisburgers raise sweet po
tatoes, but more have rows of this
delicious vegetable this year than
°y e , r Is not easily ex
plained for sweet potatoes are cheap
er to plant, easier to grow, almost
tree from pests and more expensive
on the markets than white potatoes.
Bugs do not bother eweet potatoes
and only one or two cultivations are
necessary. They grow to large size
and are of fine flavor in local ground,
notwithstanding the old notion that
the home product Is not up to the
Jersey standard.
• •
One of the most extensive and suc
cessful sweet potato growers in this
locality is "Robert J. Walton, whoso
big vegetable and fruit farms near
Hummelstown will be the scene of
an outing of the Rotary Club of Har
rlsburg early in September. It is
Mr. Walton's custom to entertain
the Rotarians and their ladies the
first meeting night In September,
when they partako of roast corn and
baked sugar cured ham, for which
the Walton farms are famous.
• • *
The Pittsburgh Press, of August 1
contains extensive mention of the
work Captain James M. McCalley, of
this city, Is doing at Dayton, 0.,
where he Is in charge of the train
ing of about 100 candidates for the
aviation crops of the United States.
There Is a big aviation school at
Dayton and the hum of dozens of
big machines is music night and
day over that city. Captain McCal
ley when first commissioned as cap
tain went to Mlneola, N. Y„ where
he aided in drilling the recruits
there and learned all of the latest
stunts In military flying from men
who had experience in France. Aft
er completing this course McCalley
was sent to Dayton in command of
a company. It Is his ambition to
go to France but at present the
government Is using every experi
enced aviator at Its command for the
work of Instructing the recruits who
are flocking by the hundred to the
various centers. Captain McCalley
has been of more than ordinary serv
ice in this duty for the reason that
he has had extensive experience In
the infantry and artillery branches
of the Pennsyhania National Guard,
retiring from a captaincy of artillery
to take the aviation commission and
has a knowledge of military map
making. He served with the artillery
at the border last fall.
• • •
"Harrlsburg's a busy place, but vou
people up here at the Capitol would
not be happy If things were not
busy," said Representative I. K.
Urlch, of Lebanon county, who was
here on a visit yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Urlch says he 'likes to attend
legislative sessions.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Richard Coulter, Jr., colonel of
the Tenth Pennsylvania, made a
brigadier general, is a son of a noted
Civil War general.
—W. A. Magee, who resigned as
Public Service Commissioner to run
for mayor of Pittsburgh, Is not yet
forty-five.
—Charles A. Ambler, of Montgom
ery, suggested for a place in the
State administration, was the State's
youngest speaker In years.
—Captain F. M. Godley, com
manding the Easton company, one
of those selected for foreign serv
ice, Is considered one of the best
captains in the Guard and his or
ganization has long ranked very
high.
—Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, of
Philadelphia, is in Canada.
| DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrlsburg sells ma
chinery to Cuban planters?
HISTORIC IIARRISBtJRG
The first street cars were operated
In Harrisburg in 1865.
Wheat Control Plan
Mr. Hoover enters upon his duty
with his plan for wheat control full
grown, and he Introduces It to the
country with no delay. The time
spent by Congress in dilly-dally over
the food bill was spent by the food
administrator In perfecting his plans
for placing Into effect the legisla
tion. Hence the Immediacy of the
effect of the law.
The Hoover plans are drastic and
undoubtedly will prove adequate.
And there is not a single turn of the
screw upon the food gamblers that
the law provides for that will not
be made if there should arise the
need. The plan as outlined is the
licensing of elevators, the prohibit
ing of storage of grain more than
thirty days, purchase of wheat at
terminals, universality of price and
the vigorous prosecution of violators
of the law.
This plan when In effect will pro
duce the results sOQght. Mr. Hoover
makes no threats and advances no
menaces. He assumes good faith and
co-operation upon the part of the
food producers and handlers. But
the Damascus blade of the food laws
hangs by a slender thread, and this
may be cut Immediately. Hence the
way of the transgressor Is apt to
prove hard. And the temptation to
transgress will find the appeal of
Interest for resistance. The coun
try wants the_food measure executed
In conformity with the Intent of the
legislation.—Baltimore American.