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SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1018
Man is not the creature of circum
stances; circumstances are the crea
tures of men.
LOST! 5,000 POPULATION
LOST! Five thousand working
population for Harrisburg!
Think of having let an op
portunity to annex such a vast work
ing population, which does not in
clude the families of the workers,
slip through our fingers because we
have been too stupid to provide suf
ficient houses for the population we
already have.
That is what Commissioner Lew
R. Palmer tells us has just hap
pened. The government wanted to
place another great plant here, but
went elsewhere because we had no
houses.
Steelton, until Schwab took hold,
seldom gave employment to 5,000
men. The Pipe and Pine Bending
Works and the Central Iron and
Steel Company do not have nearly
that number. Yet we look upon them
as great industries essential to the
growth of the city. Think - what
mercantile establishments of the city
lost through the turning away of
this great enterprise.
And all because we have had not
had gumption to keep our housing
up in quantity and quality to the
industrial growth of the city.
Is it any wonder that experts agree
uith the Telegraph in asserting that
the housing problem must be met
end solved if Harrisburg is to take
her proper place among the grow
ing, progressive cities of the nation.
Five thousond working population
lost because we have not. as a com
munity, attended to our business!
President Patterson and his asso
ciates of the Chamber of Commerce
may rest assured that the people of
Harrisburg will approve every rea
sonable effort to improve the housing
:onditions here. This newspaper has
already demonstrated the need of an
ictive. constructive campaign with a
view to overcoming a serious situa
tion.
OUR FOREIGN-BORN
THAT the Americanization ef
fort which was emphasized in
the great patriotic parade ol
the Fourth of July will have a tre
mendous effect in winning the for
eign-born people to whole-hearted
support of our institutions, has been
frequently demonstrated during the
last two weeks.
Many of those born beyond seas
who have lived among us for years
have imbibed the notion that they
were not wanted and have had no
interest in our system of governmenl
or in the things for which America
stands. This attitude has under
gone a remarkable change. As a
result of the Fourth of parades
everywhere the alien population is
coming into line. They are realizing
now that their future prosperity and
happiness are bound up in the pre
servation of our ideaLs and the per
petuity of American institutions.
Harrisburg was more than pleas
ed with the showing of thousands
from other lands in our own great
parade and we believe that the im
mediate future will show the benefit
of that remarkable display of loyal
ty. It is for the individual to carry
into effect the impulse of national
good feeling and to show in every
day contact an interest in these men
and women who have come to out
shores and who want to become a
real part of us.
Some one has wisely suggested
that 01-' ing to his great number the
Immigrant enters vitally into all ol
our Industries and defense move
ments. Secretary of the Interioi
Lane has said that the subject mighl
be presented to those of foreign ex
traction In some such way as this:
"We came to America to help in
the making of this new land —foi
our own good and for the good ol
our children.
"The gato was open; we gave
nothing to enter. The paths thai
t other feet had beaten we followed,
The lands others had found and
fought for were yu>n us If we would
make them Into h' mes.
fe "In the old land, the motherland,
| •- worked for a living; here wc
SATURDAY EVENINQ
worked that we might really live.
Hope filled our hearts. +
"And we, the foreign horn, are
here now to do our part In the mak
ing of America, All the thousands
of years of upward struggle, the
climb from serfdom up, has led to
the land of equal chance.
"There was hope in our hearts
and that hope has blossomed into
bright-eyed boys and girls, into
homes where pianos play, into
schools and colleges and law courts
and legislatures, where our boys
work beside all other boys and win
ahead, into honors which come with
talent. Into leadership that comes
with character, into fellowship that
knows no circle besides a common
taste, into a pride, a compelling
pride, a spurring, life-giving pride
that we are of, that we are for—this
land of oqual chance.
, "What ha:s been gained and given
to us we hold for ourselves and our
sons."
A remarkable work is being done
by the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States in organizing Ameri
canization movements. Great results
are bound to follow. Here, too, is an
opportunity for the local Chamber
in furthering in every way this im
portant service.
We must remember that the sturdy
alien who comes to our door Is es
sential to the enterprise of this
country. Scarcely an industry could
continue if alien labor were remov
ed. His intelligence and patriotism
are therefore the measure of indus
trial efficiency. Ho may be either
an asset or a menace, and which he
shall be lies not primarily with him,
but with us. Americanization of the
alien is equally important to the
alien himself and to the community.
Herein is summed up the underlying
ideas of the California Commission
of Immigration and Housing. Har
risburg also is awakening to the
importance of the housing problem,
which is a factor in the whole
Americanization movement.
Wonder if Kaiser Bill still thinks
the Americans can't fight. When one
American sergeant and a corporal can
round up and bring into camp 155
prisoners, it would seem to indicate
that there is some fighting ability
in the average Yank.
WHAT GERMANY FACES
WITH ENORMOUS losses of
men and changed conditions.
it is doubtful if Germany, ac
cording to an expert authority, will
be able to be as serious a competi
tor on a price basis as she was for
merly, after the war. She may have
difficulties about obtaining raw ma
terials at a cost even with England
and the United States.
There is bound to be sharp com
petition among the nations of the
world and this fact is urging com
mercial and industrial leaders of
vision to such action and co-opera
tion as will protect the great inter
ests of this country. Our increased
shipping will do much to enlarge
the business of the United States,
but it will be necessary to open
American markets in all parts of
the globe. From every corner of
the world comes the story of exten
sion and refinement of industries to
which little attention was given
before. It must also be kept con
stantly in mind that returning from
the war, a great force of disciplined
men will be ready to take up the
pursuits of peace with more energy
than ever before.
Colonel Roosevelt has electrified
the country with his appeal to the
people to stand together until Ger
many is beaten to her knees. He
makes clear that this is not the
President's war, but a war of the peo
ple and that our whole-hearted and
undivided loyalty is due to the coun
try as arwhole. As a father, grateful
that his son was able to get to the
front before "his fate befell him,"
Colonel Roosevelt has also further en
trenched himself in the hearts of the
American people,
WILL COUNCIL STOP IT?
MORE than once the Telegraph
has called attention to the in
creasing use of the city's main
boulevard along the river as a traf
fic highway, but no official action
lhas been taken to stop this devel
opment. City Commissioner Lynch
has been in communication with
other cities regarding the use of
park streets for general traffic and
I City Solicitor Fox will be asked to
! look into the matter.
Harrisburg is differently situated
than mqjst cities with respect to a
fine river frontage. Many cities lo
cated on rivers haJe had their river
area covered with industrial and
railroad operations. Here develop
ment of railroad transportation was
t-o diverted in the early days as to
preserve for Harrisburg its unrivaled
Susquehanna basin. As a natural
lesult the city has utilized the land
along the river largely for residen
tial purposes and the main boule
vard e*tends along the shore for
miles.
Until recently this fine driveway
of the community, ejjoyed by resi
dents and visitors alike, has been
maintained for the uses for which
it was manifestly intended; but it
has now become a mere traffic
street, and for no reason whatever
save that no effort has been made
to regulate its use as a boulevard.
No reasonable person will contend
that such a street should be turned
over to every kind of heavy traffic
simply because the drivers feel like
crossing the city at every intersect
ing street and running up and down
the river front. Coal wagons, ice
wagons, milk trucks, coal trucks,
vans, junk wagons and every sort
of transportation vehicle moves up
and down the street in a solid
stream most of the day.
Of course, the business of the
city should move forward steadily,
but is it necessary to turn over for
general traffic ukes a boulevard that
has been the pride of the city and
the admiration of all visitors? It
would seem to be the duty of City
Council to at once consider this
matter In a broad way and adopt
some specific regulation. It may be
expected that the careless and in
different users of the street for gen
eral traffic purposes will protest,
but unless Harrlsburg is to drift
back into the village class some
thing must be done to save the river
driveway for its proper use.
"7*o Cities IK
By the F.x-Committeeman
—William H. Irwin, 60, former
member of the State Legislature and
Register and Recorder of Blair coun
ty, died at his Altoona home yester
day afternoon after a prolonged ill
ness from a complication of diseases.
He served as Register and Recorder
for six years and later two terms in
the Legislature of 1905-1907 from
the Altoona district.
Leaders of the Pennsylvania de
mocracy seem to be disposed to al
low a ripening of the plans of Judge
I Eugene C. Bonniwell, the candidate
for governor, who is at odds with
the big bosses and not on speaking
terms with some of the little bosses
because of the recent meeting of the
state committee of his party, which
refused to allow him to run the
show. The gubernatorial candidate
has declined to pay any attention to
the state windmill here and is re
ported as intending to challenge the
right of State Chairman George R.
McLean to take a leave of absence
and designate an acting chairman
without consulting all factions. The
appointment of McLean to an Army
position makes the belligerent Phil
adelphia judge n;# e of a spotlighter
in state Democratic affairs than
ever.
—Present indications are that it
will be fully six before the
committees* which will draft the
platforms for the Republican and
Democratic state campaigns will
meet, and this will probably throw
the meetings of the state committees
into September. The Republican
state committee will meet either
here or in Pittsburgh, while people
at the Democratic state headquar
ors say that the Democrats will con
vene here. Just what effect the
leave of absence to be taken by
State Chairman George R. McLean
is going to have at state headquar
ters is not certain, but Secretary
\\ arren YanDyke expects to go right
ahead with the pl.-yis outlined by
Mr. McLean on his recent confer
ence with Mr. VanDyke in Wilkes-
Barre. Folks at Democratic state
headquarters hold that Mr. McLean
has a perfect right to designate an
acting chairman.
Senator William C. Sproul. the
Republican candidate for governor,
will make three speeches early irext
month, but they will be more or less
personal engagements and not part
of his campaign. He will be ac
companied each time by Senator
Edward E. Beidleman. August 3
he will speak at the big picnic at
Shade Gap, Huntingdon county; a
short time later the annual meeting
of the Lancaster County Republican
Committee, and then visit .Mont
gomery county. Senator Beidleman
is getting ready for the fall cam
paign and is receiving half a dozen
requests to speak every week. A
rumber of men more or less promi
nently connected with the state ad
ministration have tendered their
services to the Republican state
leaders in campaign work.
—legislative officials are taking
chances on what may happen in re
gard to prices or availability of sup.
plies and are hustling to fret the nu
merous articles and supplies needed
into the Capitol. The paper con
tracts have been let for a year so
that there will he no difficulty on
that score, although owing to the
state of paper stock it is probable
that there will be a cutting down on
the amount of printing. A number !
of articles are now being bought and
orders given some time ago are
being followed up so that there'll
be no shortage of anything needed.
Prices, however, are considerably
higher all along the line, and be
cause of the executive pruning when
appropriations bills were considered
about this tirile last year, it will take
careful housekeeping.
Eight Pages For Penny Papers
[From Editor and Publisher.]
The Philadelphia North American,
in its issue of July 11, carries a
hroadside editorial on the rulings of
the War Industrial Board concerning
new.s print conservation. After ex
pressing complete accord with the
j policy of the government in enforc-
I ing economies upon publishers, the
j suggestion is made that there should
he governmental regulation as to the
I size of newspapers that retail at one
I cent.
The North American points cut
that the government does not permit)
dealers to sell sugar at a for
the'purpose of .selling other goods in
combination, and contends that the
same principle should apply to the
sale of newspapers. Tf a paper Is
sold for less than the cost of the
news print required in printing it.
the purpose is to influence the sale of
advertising space. The North Amer- j
ican believes that eight pages of
eight columns each should be Ihe
limit of size for penny newspapers. I
The editorial further ursres, as lias
been repeatedly done In the columns
of The Editor and Publisher, that
the government should take all pos
sible measures to encourage and
speed up the production of news
print, thus coupling increased ef
fort in manufacturing with drastic
economies In the use of the pro
duct. .
Hun Restitution
"Any restitution Germany offers to
the Allies will be offered, you may
be sure, in the spirit of Griggs."
The speaker was Edward Hunger
ford. the advertising expert.
"Griggs and Miggs," he went on,
"were kidnaped by bandits and shut
up in a cave. /
" 'They'll take every cent we've
got on us,' moaned Miggs. 'Every
blessed cent.'
" 'Thev will, eh?' .said Griggs,
thoughtfully.
" 'They sure will.'
"Griggs peeled a ten-spot from his
roll.
" 'Here, Miggs,' he said, 'here Is
that $lO I've been owin' you for so
long.' " —Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele
graph.
One of the Good Trusts
[From the Kansas City Star.]
A Cherryvale refinery Is doing its
bit this month by offering free gaso
line to persons hauling supplies to
i the harvest fields. t
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CAMP HILL AND ITS FIRE CO.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Will you permit a Camp Hill resi
dent to correct certain errors con
tained in a statement apparently
emanating from Camp Hill whicn
appeared in Thursday evening's
paper?
After stating that the president
of the Camp Hill fire company had
appeared and asked a contribution
of twenty-five dollars from council,
the additional statement was made
—"The fire company has never re
ceived any support from the Camp
Hill council, etc." The latter state
ment is maliciously false. The facts
are that the chemical engine, the
chemicals and hose were purchased
by the borough, and the borough
also pays fifty dollars annual rent
for the privilege of holding council
meetings in the flrehouse.
The request for a donation to the
fire company was refused because
the borough budget for 1918 had
been made up, and no new objects
of bounty could be included there
in without disarranging the entire
system. Then, too, the request for
a donation was coupled with the
announcement that the fire company
had arranged for a public band
concert the following Saturday eve
ning, with the natural result that the'
members of the council believed
that the money sought was to be
used to help defray the expenses
of the concert, although such use
was disclaimed by the petitioner.
For these reasons the quest of the
firemen was refused by the decisive
vote of five to one.
If the firemen of Camp Hill desire
an annual appropriation for the
maintenance of the organization,
.and its equipment, the request should
be preferred when the annual bud
get is made up. Such request couch
ed in proper terms, unconnected
with threats of vengeance, prefer
red at a suitable time, would no
doubt receive favorable considera
tion. t
Borough affairs in Camp Hill are!
conducted under the annual budget
system which does not take into ac
count extraordinary expenditures. It
certainly would not be right to use
borough funds to pay for band con
certs and the like, particularly when
the expenditures of the year have
been mappd out to the very last|
cent.
TRUTH.
Operators Want to Know
[N. A. Review's War Weekly.]
Should the government take over
the telegraph lines as it has the rail
roads and the Pullman service, the
railroad telegraphers are apt to
find themsplves involved in the en
tanglements of the same higher-pay
le°s-money paradox as that over
which the Pullman employes are
puzzling. At hundreds of small rail
road stations, and even in towns of
considerable size, the railroad sta
tion 'is the telegraph office. The
telegraphers In such cases are paid
by the railroad companies.
In addition to this pay the tele
graph companies pay the operator a
commission on every commercial
telegram he handles. And, in addi
tion to that, many of the station
agent-operators handle business Tor
one or more of the express com
punies also. In very many cases
the combined commissions and pay
from the telegraph and express com
panies amount to more than the
actual salary paid by the original
employer, the railroad company.
Now with the railroads, the ex
press companies and the telegraph
companies all operated by the gov
ernment, how are these now thrice
paid men going to fare? That Is the
problem to which the railroad tele
graphers are just now devoting a
good deal of very serious attention.
They want fo know if they are go
ing to the left holding the bag the
way the Pullman employes now are?
LABOR NOTES
Textile workers at Toronto, Can
ada, demand union conditions.
Photographers at Seattle, Wash.,
have formed a union.
(Texas) bookbinders have re
ceived an increase of $2.50 and $3 a
week.
Retail clerks at Butte. Mon., have
secured an eight-hour day.
Toronto (Canada) granite cutters
have a minimum of $5 for an eight
hour day.
Sheet metal workers at Wilming-
N. C., have a 100 per cent
organization.
England Plans Muster Out
London Correspondence of Associated Press
ALTHOUGH the end of the war
may bo far distant, plans
for demobilizing the British
Army, when the proper time ar
rives are well under way. The mili
tary authorities, acting in conjunc
tion with the Ministry of Labor, are
perfecting the scheme by which the
soldiers will be returned to civil life
with the utmost celerity, and at a
camp not far from London there has
already been a rehearsal of the
methods to be adopted for dispers
ing the men.
"Big as was the job to get men
into the army," said an officer en
gaged in the work, "it will be a
bigger job to get them out of it. But
the country may be sure that every
thing will be done to enable the sol
diers to reach their homes and get
employment with the minimum of
friction."
The scheme is far-reaching. The
authorities have had to consider not
only the situation at home but also
how the plan will fit in with the
convenience of France, Italy and
the overseas dominions, and with
transport facilities from Saloniki,
Mesopotamia. Palestine and from
other parts of the world. How long
it will take to demobilize the mil
lions of troops is a question to which
even those occupied in the task are
not prepared to give a definite reply.
Eighteen dispersal depots are to
be established in Enfeland, Scotland
ana Wales. Every step has been
worked out in detail. Before the
men in France are ordered home
they will be assembled in the order
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
I Accuse —By a German whose
identity the Prftssian government
is trying hard to uncover. George
H. Doran, New York City, publisher.
$1.50.
Only a day or two ago the cable
carried a story of the efforts of the
Swiss government to determine the
author's identity with the intention
of expelling him from Switzerland.
Several Germans in Switzerland
have already been arrested, includ
ing a member of the staff of Frei
JCeitung, a paper published by Ger
man democrats in Switzerland. Thus
Prussia is endeavoring to coerce
the Swiss government into with
drawing protection from political
refugees in the hope of breaking
down anti-German propaganda at
Berne. The latest cablegram states
that the author of "X Accuse" an
"The Crime" is a German democrat
\\ ho condemned his own govern
ment for bringing on the war.
Every clue to the authorship of
these books is followed and so per
ilous was the writer's task that he
had to write secretly, in Switzer
land, and his manuscript was smug
gled out. He warns his countrymen
that they are the insane victims of
the imperial hypnotist. "I Accuse"
is easily the literary sensation of
the war because it is the testimony
of a real German who has been
holding high rank in the govern
! ment service. Because he loves the
Fatherland, he dares tell it the
truth.
Some Order!
A certain Irish sergeant was ex
ceedingly wroth when he discovered
that one of his men had paid a visit
to the regimental barber and was
minus his mustache.
"Private Jones," he roared, "who
on earth gave yez permission to get
that mustache oft?"
"Nobody," answered Jones, uncon
cernedly; ."only I thought it would
improve my appearance."
"Improve your appearance with a
f&ce like yours!" bawled the enraged
sergeant. "If yez don't hiv it on
again at the afternoon parade to-day
there'll be trouble. London Tit
Bits.
Feminine Diplomacy
"Yes, I finally got rid of him," she
said "without having to tell him in
so many words that I never could
learn to love him. I didn't want to
do that, because he's an awfully nice
fellow, and I should have been very
sorry to cause him naln."
'How did you maTiage it?" her
friend asked.
"Why, you see. he's subject to hay
fever, so I decorated the house with
golden rod whenever he sent word
that he was coming." Brooklyn
Citizen.
iof the districts from which they
came, so that all may be sent in
a body direct to the dispersal depot
closest to the locality from which
they joined the army. Each man
will take with him the entire kit,
including his arms and personal
equipment, steel helmet and box
respirator. Previously he will
been deprived of his ammunition.
On reaching the dispersal stations
the men will hand over their equip
ment. Everything must be given up
except the uniform which the sol
dier is wearing, and his great coat,
although the coat must be returned
after the month's furlough to which
each man will be entitled. He will
be permitted to retain his uniform.
The soldier will pass through sev
eral huts before he is sent on fur
lough. In one he will be given a
protection certificate containing all
particulars regarding his regiment,
length of service and destination. In
another he will be given an advance
on the pay still due him, and post
office money orders in three equal
installments for the remainder.
On application, the soldier will be
presented with an "out-of-work" in
surance policy, valid for a year. This
will entitle him to receive a fixed
sum for a definite period from a
postoffice, if unemployed.
Finally the men will be grouped
in. different huts, according to the
locality to which they are to be
sent. Railroad tickets already will
have been made out. Then will
come entrainment and the start for
home.
German Morale Breaking
[New York Times.]
We shall now see whether the
Germans, beaten back in the open,
can bend without breaking and re- j
new the combat every day with un- I
daunted spirit. A doubt is raised I
by the physique and caliber of many
ct the prisoners who have fallen
lately into the hands of the allies.
With every thrust the German driv
ing power seems to decline. At
Mount Kemmel, on the 0 ad to Com
piegne, and very recently when the
fnemy has faced the French and
the Americans on the Marne and l
the troops of General Gouraud be- |
uveen Prunay and the Argonne hills j
there has been a marked lack ofj
persistence in attack and a failure j
of rallying power. The Germans;
who are now opposed to Petain, |
Liggett and Gouraud are not the im- j
petuous and confident troops who <
j nroke from the base at Cambrai on |
March 21, and, with General Von
Hutler's Riga tactics and an un
precedented use of poison gas. drove :
ahead several miles a day. The'
"Storm of Peace," as the fifth phase 1
of the offensive was called, early lost i
its violence, and it was no doubt an I
appreciation of this fact that caused
General Foch to try a defensive
offensive movement on a wide front.
Counterattacks by the Germans
are to be expected, and there will
be a swaying of the battleline at
widely distant points for several
days. The high command will keep
its head, even if the men in the
ranks lose heart and sometimes
break to the rear. They are now
dealing with unforeseen and unwel
come conditions. For four months,
almost to a day, the Germans have
known, with rare exception, only
forward movements and the capture
of prisoners, thousands of guns and
piles of equipment. Now the enemy
I has turned upon them with light
! nlng quickness and a smiling power
| of attack that they cannot stand up
j against. The offensive that was to
I compel peace has become an offen
: slve of the allies, perhaps seeking a
j derision in what the German rank
j and file had been told was to be the
last battle of the war. The time
schedules of the General Staff have
so %ften gone wrong of late that
such a cruel and bitter disappoint
ment as General Foch is now inflict
ing upon the Germans may prove
their undoing. If they have forti
tude and the spirit,
now is the time for them to show It.
No Christian Significance
The Turks accuord of sacking hos
pitals may accept the Iron Cross
without embarrassment.—Washing
ton Star.
Ask the Proofreader
I Is beer approaching its bier?—
j Troy Times.
JULY 20, 1918.
| EDITORIAL COMMENT
/
Cannon fodder Is about the only
German ration that has not run low,
but there are certain indications that
this supply also is not unlimited.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
There must be a feline strain in
Nicholas Romanof. New York
Morning Telegraph.
They call it a bumper wheat crop
because of the bump it will give the
Kaiser.—Nashville Southern Lum
berman.
A peace by understanding would
be all right, if Germany could only
be made to understand.—St. Louis
Globe- Democrat.
We may not be fighting the Ger
man people, but they have a curious
way of getting between us and the
Hohenzollerns.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The ciVilized world isn't likely to
register any vigorous protest of Ger
many's proposed antlmlgratlon
laws.—Nashville Southern Lumber
man.
Speaking of Mr. Garfield
Speaking of Mr. Garfield —as
I some one occasionally does —K. W.
M. remarks that he can fuel all the
people some of the time, and some
of the people all of the time, but—
and so forth. —Pittsburgh Post.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
PATRIOTIC GIRL.
"And she frowned upon his suit.'*
"Yes, she told him it ought to b
j khaki."
IN PUDDLEVTLLE.
Miss Frog (coyly): Suppose I r.
fuse you?
Mr. Frog (desperately): Then
there Is nothing left for me to do
but "croak."
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PARODIES.
Mary had a little iamb
In prehistoric times
Which has enabled bards to fram
An endless string of rhymes.
JUSY LIKE US.
Mrs. Beetle —Henry, won't yon
ilcstse hook my shell up the back.!
Ebnting Ql^at
!agar-— — ■■
Recent orders of the National
Government that In the interest of
paper conservation Ajee copies '
should be eliminated by newspaper
publishers and the circulation re
duced to a purely paying basis may
bo without parallel in the history of
newspaper making, but over ninety
years ago in Harrisburg there was
a strenuous effort made in the same
direction by the men who conducted
newspapers. It was just after James
Monroe had enunciated the Monroe
Doctrine and the people of the
young republic, recovering from the
effects of the War of 1812, were get
ting ready to meet whatever even
tualities might arise fjs a result of
the intrepid Virginian's proclama
tion of the position which has been
recognized by practtally every
power in our own time. Business
was being put on a very firm paying
busts and in newspaper circles the
publishers were informing their
readers that they could not read
without paying. The Harrisburg
Chronicle, In its issue of December
16, 1824, makes a very plain state
ment of just what publishers of tliaj
day wore up against. The owifeV
was somewhat noted for plain
speaking, and the flies of his news
paper for a score of years contain
comments upon loc&l affairs which
are only possible when the control
ling spirit of a newspaper writes his
own thoughts. This old-time news
paper man, by the way, was the
lirst one to recognise the importance
of legislative and state official news
to Harrisburg newspapers, and his
issues contain anywhere from three
to Ave columns of proceedings of
the state lawmakers and the doings
in the state offices, which shortly
before the time of the issue men
tioned had moved into the first
Capitol. "Sundry considerations,"
writes the editor over his own sig
nature, "induce us to make a call
upon delinquent subscribers. • • •
These considerations are but as a
drop in the bucket to the many that
urge us to the following determina
tion, which is: To ask respectfully
of delinquent subscribers to forward
before the first of January, 1825,
a sum near what they know to be
clue; and, in case this request is not
intended to, to strike from our list
all who are in arrears more than
two years." The editor announces
the suspension of the free list.
This Harrisburg newspaper of
ninety-four years ago indicates that
the official habit of proclamations
and messages was strong oven in
those days. Four columns are de
voted to the presidential message of
President Monroe, and the editor
hands a few remarks to the Gov
ernor. "Printers," he writes, "are
not the only persons who discover
a laudable self-complacency with
regard to their own sayings and
doings. His Excellency the Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth, in his
grave message to the Legislature,
shows out the same way." Just to
illustrate that trouble with the
mails was no new thing. It may be
said the Chronicle has an announce
ment that "all difficulty" on the .f&-,
niata mail route between Philadel
phia and Pittsburgh "has nov*
ceased, and by positive order of the
Postmaster General" the malls will
leave Harrisburg at certain times.
And what is more Interesting as a
coincidence still is that the Chroni
cle contains the advertisements of
two hotels at Third and Walnut, in
our time once more the hotel center
of Harrisburg. They are the Eagle
Inn and the Jackson Hotel. There
was another hotel at that intersec
tion and it was known either at
that time as the Dauphin or Man
sion, and it stood right on the site
of the new Penn-Harris.
The Harrisburg postmaster of
that year was just as much in the
public eye as is Postmaster Frank
C. Sites with the War Savings and
various other activities incumbent
upon his office, but even Mr. Sites,
who has made the post office an
interest exhibit of war posters in
his efforts to keep the National
Government's requirements before
the public, would have hesitated to
do the advertising done by his
predecessor of long ago, James Pea
cock. Mr. Peacock announces in a
seven-inch ad:
FORTUNES HOME FOREVtER
BRILLIANT SCHEME
Union Canal Lottery, 14th Class
Imagine Frank Sites, whdl is now
mobilizing our quarters for War
Stamps, advertising as postmaster a
lottery in which the capital prize
was $50,000 and which altogether
contained 12,120 prizes and 23,100
blanks!
That pillar of finance, the Harris
burg Bank, declares in a paid ad
vertisement, a dividend of four per
cent, for six months, while Pro
thonotary Obed! Fahnestock an
nounces two weeks of civil court
with about fifty cases, many of the
names being those of families which
are still prominent in the townships
of Dauphin county. John Fox, In a
legal advertisement, called upon
persons indebted to an estate to pay
up and facilitate administration,
just as is done in our day.
The report of the legislative pro
ceedings is ."interesting because it
•••hows that what was "erplexing the
Pennsylvania lawmakers on Capitol
Hill a few years ago was also before
those of 1824. For instance, there
was a prolonged debate over the
regulation of the practice of medi
cine and surgery, a new court for
Philadelphia was causing much
heartburning; the biennial fight over
the mode of printing the Legislative
Journal seemed to have been re
vived, even in that year; a resolu
tion for Pennsylvania to unite with
Tndiana in establishing a canal from
Pittsburgh along the Ohio; creating
a state road in Northampton county,
which was also done in the Session
of 1917, be it said; while one Alex
ander Wright was communicating
views to the Legislature on removal
of judges from office.
A singular coincidence with af
fairs which are uppermost in our
midst in this war is this resolution:
"Resolved. That the Committee on
Domestic Manufactures be directed
to Inquire into the expediency of ex
empting from military duty, in time
of peace, all such persons as are ac
tually employed in manufacturing
establishments." In the debate sev
eral legislators opposed "exempting
one-third of the citizens from mili
tary duty and affording the agricul
tural class good cause to ask, too,
for exemption.
I WELLJCNOWN PEOPLE
—D. A. Harman, superintendent
of Hazleton schools, has caused
some comment In his city by recom
mending that medical inspection be
extended nt ence In the city schools.
—Meredith Jones, head of the
Rcranton Protective Association, has
started out on a campaign to get
first-hand Information about every
mine cave in that municipality,