8 URGES FARMERS TO ATTEND MEET State College to Give Agricul turists Result of Latest Experiments . "Every important group of busi ness and professional men tako some time during the year to get together the purpose of discussing and hearing discussed, problems relating to their business. "Bankers, lawyers, doctors and all j businessmen have their conventions | and annual meetings. "It is just as important that the farmers of the state should get to gether on a similar occasion. Agri culture is more important,, •at this time, than any other business. "New things in agriculture are constantly being discovered and every farmer should know about them. Farmers' week at State Col lege on December 26th to the 29th inclusive, is an opportunity for our farmers to hear the best men in fhe country, tell of their experiences and investigations in agriculture. "The material offered will be good, practical information, that can be put into practice on the home farm, i You should tako these few days off! and see the experiments conducted I by the college for your own benefit. I "Farmers' Week is as much for} the women as it is for the men. The j week will be full of lectures and | demonstrations, that will be of a practical nature to the women. "The expense will be moderate. I the railroads have authorized rates of 2 cents per mile. Ample living ac commodations may be found in the town at from $1.50 to $2 per day. "Your Farm Bureau and the Leb anon County Farm Bureau are co operating so that the Dauphin coun ty farmers and the Lebanon county i farmers may live in one house. This I will be a means of our getting bet-j ter acquainted.' "When you decide to go, phone or write your farm bureau at ohce so | that your representative can make reservations for you. Let's get to- i gether and make this a successful weekend for Dauphin county." Safe TttiUc infants ud Invalids HORLICK'S 771E ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Rich milk, malted grain, in powdei iorm. tor infants, invalids and growing children Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole bodp Invigorates nursing mothers and the aged More nutritious iJian tea, coffee, etc Instantly prepared-Requires ao cooking Substitutes Cost YOU Same Prict | Til A Department Store of IfW", | Toys and Sporting Goods m ffl The Better Grade B C noosing a gift at this store means more than a mere gift. It means promoting For eight years this store has exercised care in the selection of Sporting Goods of joyfulriess and good cheer throughout the year. Every man, woman or child has or the Better Grade. On this foundation of Quality we have built up the largest sport- m should have a hobby. It may be skating, shooting, kodaking ,or golf. Perhaps ing goods and toy store in Central Pennsylvania. It has befen our aim to purchase baseball, football, basketball. Or maybe canoeing, tennis, or bicycling. No matter only such sporting goods as are national and international in reputation. Our toy which of the many pleasurable pastimes, the spirit of sport must be fostered in the department is run upon the same high standard, as we endeavor to stock up with youth and retained in those who hope to prolong their youthfulness. Even in war the most reliable makes in mechanical and electrical toys, building blocks, structural M times sporting goods may be classed next to the necessaries of life. To the proper sets arid the things that interest and entertain the child. This policy gives satisfac- H# 1 development of manhood and womanhood depends the future life of the nation. tion to our patrons and to our customers' good will we attribute our success. Sporting Goods Toy Suggestions | Spalding Sweaters Iyer Johnson Revolvers Lionel and Ives Trains Briktor Struktiron ' Daisy Air Rifles Colt s Pistols U. S. Army puttees in all styles A Schoenhut Dolls Humpty Dumpty Sets Pi i Eastman Kodaks U. S. Basket Ball Shoes I g jjjk 'ST Reed Doll Carriages Bradley Dissected Puzzle Rfclj \ (C 3 mchester Guns and Rifles Whitely Exercisers M Vj M f\ ■ J White Furniture / Blocks ! Edison Phonographs Burrowes Pool and Billard I 1 Parker Games and Kinder- Alger Books 1 ■ Zfißr . Hexiblc Mycr Sleds Tables J M, f w-. ■ # garten Toys Horsman Dolls 1 "~y/vV ' inslow Ice and Roller I )uxbak Hunting and Outing Converse Drums Tree Trimmings -SSLi T ~ Clothing • Chem Craft Meccano Fence Sewing Sets I" "Ij . Tver Johnson Bicycles ( arrom and Crokinole Game American Model Builder Wooden Beads * cM: -J Gillette, Autostrop, Gem and Marble Outing Specialties • vMi, ll\\ /Ti Erector Chemistry Sets Blackboards M ! Everready Salety Razors Thermos Bottles g3f l\ \\ Toycrete Tinkertoy Kiddie Kars X I _On The Square On The Square 1 ■ Harrisburg, Lancaster Lancaster WEDNESDAY EVENING, EDITORS AGREE FACTIONAL WARFARE AND PETTY BICKERINGS MUST CEASE [Continued from First Page. ] tho nomination, cither as avowed or receptive candidates. Mr. Wan maker would reunito the ;tty as no other man in Pennsylvania could reunito it, and lead it to victory by one of the old fashioned Republican majorities" with which in the past tlie Republicans of Pennsylvania havo delighted to honor their stand ard bearers. Must Drop Factionalism "Factional differences and person- | al animosities ami ambitions must be laid aside at this time for the j welfare of the party and best inter-1 ests of the state. "Only a few ago. In one of !he rock-ribbed districts of the state, | the Republican candidate for Con- j •cress was defeated by the Democrat- > ;c candidate who had tho Prohibi tion endorsement. Such a result in a district normally Republican by a large majority, carries a lesson which Republican leaders should | 'read and heed. 1 "Let the Republican party of j Pennsylvania choose for its leader in the campaign of next year some really big man who stands for the best traditions of the party in the past and who also reflects the pro-1 b-rcssivc sentiments with which the, rank and file of the people are to-1 •Jay Imbued, and victory will not be j dfeficult. The nomination of a fac-; tibnalist or any attempt to straddle! or evade vital issues, will surely be fraught with disaster." CITES WHITMAN AS TYPE FOR PENNA. \V. Floyd Clinser, Editor Warren Evening Mirror—"You have asked for a frank statement of belief by the Republican editors of the state, your aim being the composition of . party harmony. "It is the belief of the Evening Mirror that harmony cannot bo ob tained in Republican councils until the causo for dissension has been re moved. And it is the belief of the evening Mirror that the causo of dis sension cannot be removed until wo shall have removed the reactionary leadership with which the party Is Infested. "To be perfectly frank, it is our belief that Senator Penrose and the Penrose regime can never heal up the differences that exist in the party for the simplo reason that all the forces of decent citizenship are aligned against him. "And again to be frank, it is our he'W that the w*y to servo the Republican party in this state is to give it candidates and give It pro grams that will appeal to the people in spirit rather than attempting to 'put across' men and d-ials by shoer gang power. "The sort of a candidato that is required for Goventbr in 1918 is, in the opinion of the Evening Mir ror. a man rather than a figurehead. "New York has seen a great light. | Governor has proven to bo a stalwart Republican and a pro gressivo with appeal to tho people. Pennsylvania needs a rejuvenation of the same sort. It all remains i whether the party leaders will afford | the way and reap the benefits, or I whether the people shall hew a way | for themselves." I I SEES DANGER FOR BOTH THE OLD PARTIES Geo. W. WiMaiiscller, editor Mid* | dleburgli Post,—"Your letter of tho first instant to hand relative to the ! matter of securing party harmony |in the state. I agroo with you abso lutely. Tho traditions of the party arc such that wo all want the high est ideals espoused by our chosen |or adopted political party. Wlion ; the highest motives and practices arc made tho basis of Ihe activities of a party, that partv will have a fol ; lowing that will always shew at .the j ballotbox. "T was one of many Pennsvlva- I nia voters who left the Republican | party in 1912, becauso I could not ! endorse the steam roller methods of > tho national convention. . I later j came back to the fold and will in* ! main if the methods and practices of the partv are creditable to th best interests of good citizenship. It j is highly important that tho man j agement of the Republican party, J both in the state, and nation, bo creditable. If that be done there is hope of reconciliation in all walks of life. It will mean not only the upturn of the balance of the Wash ington party men, but the enlistment of many Democrats, who do * not agree with the management of their own party affairs. ! "Unless there comes a more satis t factory relation in both of tho old political parties, there is only one : solution, and that is eventually both | of the old parties will be dissolved and a new structure erected upon the ' ruins of the old. "Personally I foel a great inter est in the old party, its history is pretty nearlv identical with the his- I tory of the country, and I snail re joice with vou and with all good citizens of the state, if it be rehabil i itated upon an honorable and credit* ■ able record. PETTY QUARRELS ENDANGER PARTY j R. C. Gordon, editor Waynesboro ! Record.—"lf the Republican party I in Pennsylvania is to regain and : hold its former position there must ' be put aside the factional strife and repeated campaigns that have been ; gone throueh within the past few years in which personalities and re criminations were used by a com | puratively few members of the part}' j in the state, particularly in the two HXRRB3BTTRG TELEGRAPH larger cities. all of which has'be come disgusting and most tiresome 1 to other sections of Pennsylvania. "These contests havo reacted un til tho effect is felt in other com munities and, in many instances, good men havo been defeated for of fice when candidates on the Repub lican ticket because the appearance of their names on this ticket per se associated them with one faction or the other within the party that have been at each others' throats almost continuously for the past few years. The result is that many of tho best mon of the party havo become so out of patience that Uiey refuse to havo any further lnterost or part in party matters. Danger of Defeat "If thero is not a disposition soon to place personal and factional ad vantage secondary to tho welfare of the party there can be only one re sult—control will pass to the op position, and will rest thereuntil the men who should be leaders >n Re publicanism have learned tlielr les son. Men of abilitv will not longer be willing to give up their time to sit in legislative sessions the time of Which is taken up almost wholly by these petty partisan matters to tho detriment of legislative action that is for the good f the state at large. "Let us have a strong candidate for tho coming gubernatorial cam paign, a man who is strong enough and independent enough to stand up against all factions and be governor in the name and Tor tho good of the entire state, and within his term the party will regain its lost jJrcstigo and power and Pennsylvania can then be depended upon to roll up the old-time maloritv for the Re publican ticket in both national and state campaigns." TIME FOR LEADERS TO TAKE COUNSEL W. L. Taylor, Dispatch, York. — j "The Harrisburg Telegraph is right, j The Republican party in Pennsylva nia must bo harmonized. The time 1 has now come when political ambi- j tlon must give way to patriotic im pulse. "Not only is tho nation's future | life endangered but its Institutions are being severely tested. They must not only stand terriffic strain under abnormal condi- but this vital test i 3 being mad#<vhile many of its most import ant departments are honeycombed with theoretical domination, inex perienced execution and political in trigue. Notwithstanding this, how ever, the Institutions will Btand, for the foundations were well builded. They will abide until rescued by Re publican efficiency in due time. Al ready the tide which swept away national control from the Republi cans is turning. It has turned. Anal ysis of the recent election figures demonstrates it, and the next na tional election will see the return of the Republican party to national control. Then will come a period of salvaging and reconstruction. Bury Fractional Hatchet In the past, Pennsylvania has been enormously influenced in unselfishly planning and working for the ad vancement of the republic. The near future will be no exception. Penn sylvania will face the situation with a solid, unbroken, harmonious front. So in preparation for that day of taking over the trenches of the en emy, the time lias come for the Re publican party of Pennsvlvania to •scrap' all factional differences, i hatred and fueds. The factional hat chet must be buried, and buried deep. That some of our old leaders having become merelv factionalists have grudges to repay each other is no concern of the party at large. If the old time leaders will not get together in harmonious accord and agree to 'cut out' the insidious sub marining of the dominant and effi cient partv bv their continual fac tional strife, then the old-time lead ers. so many of them as are at fault, will be thrown aside and new ones named in their stead. A little way down the street of factionalism is the precipice of Destruction. The rank and file* of Pennsylvania who have been submissively parading aH ter the various leaders havo awak ened to this fact, and have turned the corner of Harmony street. It is now up to the wrongly headed lead ers tb cut cross lots to Harmony street and again got at the head of the procession, consecrating their ex perience and ability to the 'good of the party' that is to pull this big na tion out of the pit in which it now finds itself. Will they do it? Or 1 will they march on to their own de struction?" CONSTRUCTIVE POLICIES NEEDED C. X. Andrews, managing editor, Enston Free Press.—"The situation in the Republican party in this state is far from the ideal that earnest Republicans have in mind. There is I too little genuine leadership, too much of factional differences, too great an inclination just to preserve the organization with a seeming show of work, when the actual re sults are of secondary considera tion. To beat 'the other fellow* In the party seems to be the acme of purpose in a very large percentage of the organizations. The advance ment of Republican party principles is lost sight of, or ignored. True, there is the slogan, 'We are Re publicans,' but the slogan is allowed to fade into the background except as a rallying cry in distress. "The Republican rank and file in Pennsylvania is, to put it fairly, dis gusted with the party leadership be cause the leadership accomplishes nothing that benefits the party while it brings much criticism upon it. The leaders while admittedly men of abil ity, force and efficiency, devote these qualities to ends that do not appeal to the rank and file of the party and consequently bring the members to indifference, if not driving them to the support of opposition political parties. I/Carters Must Get Awnke "What is needed in the Repub lican partv in this state is an awak ening on th p&rt of men who lead to a realization that the members of the partv are disheartened.' cjis couraged, affronted by the results in recent years, and that, unless the leaders change their attitude the party will become ineffective as a Facts About the Sugar Situation Our Government has asked you to use sugar spar ingly. We believe that the people of this country will be glad to do their part to conserve the sugar supply when they know the facts. These facts are as follows: More than two-thirds of the source of Europe's sugar supply is within the present battle lines. This has resulted in greatly reducing the production of sugar in Europe. England and France and other countries have been forced to go for sugar to Cuba. Ordinarily, nearly all of the Cuban raw sugar conies to the United States and is refined here, chiefly for home use. This is not the case now. In view of the exceptional world demand for sugar there is no surplus, and barely enough to tide us over until the new crop comes in. The people of the New England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar sparingly. No one should hoard or waste it. This Company has no surplus sugar to sell. It is working with the Government to conserve the supply, and to take care of the Allies so far as possible. Do not pay an increased retail price: The Franklin Sugar Refining Company "A Franklin Sugar for every use " Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered. Confectioners. Brown power for good in the state and na tion. Pennsylvania's Republicanism is unquestionable but its influence is decreasing. Thero must be a reju venation. a roadjystment, if tha party is to hold its rightful place. The 11 me is opportune. Let us start anew with the past buried, the mistakes re membered only an a stimulus to unity, to reconciliation, to activity for the principles we entertain, not for personal profit and aggrandizement- Lot lis rebuild the party organization along tlio lines of advancement and effectiveness. Weakness as an or ganization has been allowed to dem onstrate itself too frequently. We need now an organization tluit will built! up, that will strongly unite and cement, that will, through its con structivenoss and its purposes, draw mon into it. Selllsh ambition will not accomplish this. Devotion to Ko puhlican principles will."
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