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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 119
CENTER OF DISTRIBUTION
THE opening of another gen
eral freight warehouse, hav
ing a capacity of 300 or more
carloads, in Harrisburg marks an
other step in the development of
this city as a center of dlstrlbu
tloft. It is needless to explain the
accessability of Harrisburg from a
railroad standpoint and re-shipping
point. But while wo are rejoicing
in our fortunate situation and
noting with satisfaction the increas
ing number of firms that are es
tablishing branches here, let us not
forget that we are rapidly nearlng
the end of our freight siding facil
ities along the Pennsylvania rail
road and that the frontage we do
have is for the most part too ex
pensive to prove very attractive to
seekers for plant locations.
Some years ago there was talk
of a belt line around the city, leav
ing the main line of the Pennsy at
a point near "Wildwood Lake, swing
ing out beyond the insane asylum
property and coming back to the
main line at the lower end of the
city. The time was not then ripe
But we are rapidly approaching the
time when this or some other plan
of the kind should be considered.
We must devise a means of pro
viding cheap railroad Itontago for
looking for mill sites
and at the same time open up new
territory for the quartering of work
men in model homes. We wi'l not
get many more big manufacturers
until we do some such thing, be
cause we have now few sites that
would appeal to the men looking
for a factory location.
AMONG FRIENDS
HARRISBURG is proud to be
the capital city of the great
State of Pennsylvania and It
is happy to entertain for more or
Cess brief periods every two years
the members of the House of Rep
resentatives and the State Senate
who gather here for the sessions of
the Legislature. It would have Its
visitors feel at home, and to that
end it has arranged with the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
acting as hosts, a reception, lunch
eon and entertainment at the Penn
"Harris hotel next Tuesday e\ening.
The doors of the city's best hotel
will be thrown open to them. The
best the city has to afford will be
theirs.
Harrisburg rejoices in having its
own representative in the progres
sive Sproul administration in the
person of Lieutenant-Governor E.
E. Beidleman, who will Introduce
Governor Sproul to the people of
the city. We are therefore linked
tip more closely than ever with
the affairs of the State in a per
sonal way. Just as we are more
closely related in a material way
since city and State have agreed to
Join hands in the development of
the Capitol Park area. We are go
ing to do a big thing together and
there is every reason why we should
be thoroughly acquainted and on
a friendly footing one with the
other. The coming reception should
s help a lot in that direction.
"LUXURY TAXES"
IT is reported that the miscalled
"luxury taxes" are to be passed
by Congress only to be promptly
repealed —the passage being per
mitted to prevent undue delay of the
revenue bill. These taxes ought
never to have been Introduced, and
most certainly if they are enacted
into law they should be stricken
from the books.
Even while we were at war there
was a marked difference of opinion
concerning the necessity and wis
dom of classing articles of common
daily use as "non-essential." Now
L ' that the war has ended and the need
Lof curtailing production has given
W piece to an obligation on the part
_ TUESDAY EVENING,
business in order to find work tor
the Boldier boys coming out df Uncle
Sam's service there is an over
whelming weight of public opinion
against r- \j upon consumption, but
that c>bMon will not protect" the
public unless it is forcefully ex
pressed.
In the case of the "luxury taxes"
the new revenue bill sots up/wholly
arbitrary standards of price on all
sort of common articles—carpets and
rugs, umbrellas, hats for men, mil
linery, hosiery, shirts and many
other articles of this type—which,
if sold at prices higher than those
which Congress deems necessary,
must carry a percentage of tax to be
paid by the purchaser.
Thus, if Mrs. Brown, who is care
ful of her appearance, should pur
chase a pair of silk hose at more
than $2, she must pay ten per cent,
upon that part of the purchase
price which exceeds $2. It may be
that Mrs. Brown has no more money
than Mrs. Jones who isn't so par
ticular about her appearance and
finds the stockings she wants at
$1.89, but, nevertheless, Mrs. Brown
Is obliged to pay a tax on part of
the price of her stockings, while Mrs.
Jones pays no tax. Perhaps the
husbands of these two women earn
exactly the same and both are taxed
upon their Income, and yet when
their wives go to the store one must
pay an extra tax for indulging her
natural craving for an article of a
little better quality while the other
pays no tax. ,
This is only one example of one
of many objectionable features of
the "luxury taxes" as they would
weigh upon the public. There are
many more objectionable features,
for the luxury taxes muSt be col
lected from the public. This is speci
fically provided in the bill. These
taxes are going to prove a trouble
some kind of taxation whleh will
greet consumers at every point, for
the retail stores will be powerless to
do other than enforce the law when
ever Mrs. Brown desires anything
which, in the judgment of certain
members of Congress, she does not
vitally need.
The "luxury taxes" are not fair
taxes, because s they appear In the
bill they show many Inconsistencies.
For example, the working girl who,
by dint of saving and sacrifice, is
able to gratify her natural longing
for a little better quality in shoes,
stockings, umbrella, parasol or
pocketbook, will be obliged to pay a
tax. On the other hand, the wealthy
woman may. If she chooses, pay a
thousand dollars for a dress without
being required to pay a tax.
Besides the obvious burden the
"luxury taxes" will place upon the
public, they will also operate to in
crease the cost of desired merchan
dise because the business of com
puting and collecting and making re
turns to the government for the
taxes collected will prove so difficult
that some retail merchants figure
the cost of collection will be almost
as great as the tax itself. Ultimately
this too must be paid by the public
In the form of a higher aost of dis
tribution. If Congress is wise It will
let Its hands off these so-called
"luxuries" and the report that the
taxes are not to be collected Indi
cates that at least some of the Con
gressmen have their ears to the
ground.
MATTER WITH RUSSIA
OUR old friend William Allen
White, he of "What's the mat
ter with Kansas" fame, has been
designated by President Wilson to
find out what's the matter with;
Russia. We opine that if he gives
a full report he will require more
space than the few hundred word
editorial in which he once told the
world about the of Kan
sas.
"What's the matter "with Russ-.a"
is a hard question and the ass'gn
ment is a big one for even so gifted
a newspaperman as Mr. White. But
we shall expect more of him than
the stereotypde stuff that has Been
coming out of Russia from the regu
lar correspondents the past fetv
months. We don't believe the Amer
ican government should have sent
anybody to treat with the lawless,
lying, murderous Bolsheviki, but if
somebody had to go the best man
for the mission we can think of is
this same quiet, observing, clear
thinking Kansas newspaperman.
SUFFRAGE DEFEAT
THE suff-—e amendment, de
feated by one vote in the Sen
ate yesterday, will be adopted,
in all likelihood, by the next Con
gress, which will have a Republi
can majority aiid none of the South
ern prejudices that unquestionably
were largely responsible for the
failure of the measure yesterday,
although northern votes could have
saved it..
But if leaders of the suffrage
movement are sincerely desirous of
winning the vote they must put a
foot hard on the tomfoolery
of the Washington militants who
have building bonfires of
presidential speeches and burning
President Wilson in effigy before
the White House. This sort of thing
is disgustng and tends only to give
the impression that women are
flighty, disorderly and not lo be
trusted with the ballot—which is
not the truth.
The Irrepressibles at the national
capital are not truely representative
of the women of the country. They
are ultra-radicals of the type tha.t
turns up in every reform to injure
the cause they profess to champion.
If not hunting votes with dog and gun
they would be wild-goose chasing in
some other direction. The next
Congress may turn a deaf ear on
suffrage unless the hand of amazons
at Washington Is repressed.
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Bjr the Ex-Committeeman
I The manner in which Governor
[ William C. Sproul has been setting
at rest matters which it was thought
would disturb the serenity of the
session and the quiet way he has
been getting what he wants with
out much fuss are being commented
upon about the Capitol and among
men who follow politics as one of
the most hopeful signs for a session
In accord with what the Governor
suggested in his inaugural address.
It is possible that the session may
end in April with a minimum of laws
and a great measure of accomplish
ments. v
The Governor settled very con
clusively the apprehensions excited
by stories that a new ripper was to
be enacted for Pittsburgh and he
also allayed some feelings about the
Philadelphia charter revision fight
by suggesting to certain of the advo
cates of a radical change in munici
pal government for the metropolis
of the state that they be "practical."
Some of the rural members are even
commencing to indulge in the hope
that the everlasting fight over con
trol of the city government of Phil
adelphia may be kept out of this
Legislature by agreements reached
before the bills come in. Othere be
lieve that would be no more possible
than for the Philadelphia Record
and the Harrisburg Patriot to agree
upon affairs of the decadent Demo
cracy of Pennsylvania.
Governor Sproul also ended the
speculation over the Public Service
Commission by saying in Pittsburgh
Saturday night that he did not see
any reason for cutting it down to
five.
—Senator Vare's reported state
ment that Philadelphia police should
be taken out of politics has called
forth from the Philadelphia Inquir
er a very tart comment. It says;
"With the advent of the Legislature
there is the usual talk about police
in poltics and—again as usual—
some eminent citizens are drawing
up a bill to keep them out."
—The Philadelphia Ledger, which
had caused some comment by the
attention it gave to the Rorke bill
for Sunday entertainments of an
"educational" character, indulges
in ths comment on the charter re
vision: "Opponents of a smaller
council for Philadelphia have said
a great deal during the pending dis
cussion about their willingness to
give the 'what the people
want.' But they are hazy in their
explanations if they offer any at
all. of the manner in the
wishes of the people are to be mani
fested."
—The Philadelphia Press, which
does not favor the administration
bill to fix the salary of the next
Governor at $lB,OOO, would put liim
on the same plane of compensation
as the mayor of Philadelphia. It
also adds: "The very familiar and
intimate items of personal expenses
which appear in the accounts Of the
Auditor General in the last your
years should never.again encumber
the official records of the state."
—Teaching of German in the pub
lic and normal schools of the State
will be stopped by a bill which was
presented in the House by John T.
Davis, of Indiana county. He will
make a fight for the passage of the
measure. The bill would amend the
School Code so that the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, all
school directors and school super
intendents would be "prohibited
from arranging or adopting any
course of study which shall provide
for or include the teaching of the
German language or the teaching
of any subject in the German lan
guage." Similar provision is made
to prevent Germans getting into the
course of the normal schools.
■—John A. Berkey, former state
insurance commissioner and much
mentioned as a possible judge for
Somerset county, was at the Capitol.
—Attorney General Schaffer has
decided that investigation of regis
tration in Carbondale is a matter
for Lackawanna county authorities.
He has declined to interfere.
—The row over Allegheny's two
Judge bill attracted a crowd last
night, second only to that which
appeared in the House when the
Prohibition amendment was up.
—Governor Sproul and Lieuten
ant-Governor Beidleman go to Wil
liamsport to-morrow to speak at the
Lincoln day dinner. The Governor
will be in Philadelphia on other
days in the week.
—James Brislin, Democratic mem
ber from Wllkes-Barre, is an old
baseball player. He starred In the
Susquehanna league several seasons
ago.
—Senator Wallace Barnes, of
Wayne, id'the first Republican to be
sent to the Senate from the Wayne-
Pike-Monroe-Carbon district. He
defeated J. Purdy Cope, hotelman,
backed by A. Mitchell Palmer.
—Public Service Commissioner M.
J. Ryan and Judge John M. Carman,
of Wilkes-Barre, are to be St. Pat
rick's Day orators at a dir.ner of
the Pittston Irish-Amertcaw, March
17.
—Representatives Stadtiander and
Trach have exchanged committee
assignments, the former going on
banks and banking and the latter
on education.
—The Allegheny Judgeship de
bate attracted much attention as
many thought that it was a move
by John R. K. Scott to win some
support among the <p-State "drys"
for the Vares when the time comes
to fight over the Philadelphia city
charter. It wis ;*ticed that sev
eral Vare men V.ile saying they
were in favor of the bill were ear
nest in their espousal of the Viek
erman proposition to recommit Ditli
rich's bill for a hearing as a mat
ter of "right" and "square deal."
Just what effect the Scott' tactics
w4ll have on the Leslie forces from
Allegheny county is being discussed.
The Leslie people wanted a char
ter revision of their own and still
want it. although the Governor says
he is against it.
—The Philadelphia charter revi
sion men held a discussion last
night, but did not select any chair
man.
Many Horses Will Stay
Not all our fighters will return to
the land of their birth. Most of the
men—those who are living will
come home, but many of the horses
will not, for there is great need of
draft animals in the reconstruction
work In France and Belgium, and
there are plenty of war-worn horses
that a fgw weeks or months of rest
will restore to usefulness. The Red
Star Animal Relief organization in
New York is interesting ltse'f in the
pleasant task of getting the poor old
horses into fresh fields and pastures
green. —Youth's Companion.
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HAD HIS REWARD
(From the Columbus Dispatch.)
Some one asked Henry Watter
son in New York the other day
whether he did not regret that he
had not left the Courier-Journal
years ago and become identified with
a greater newspaper. The New York
er always seems to think that the
great newspapers are those of the
metropolis; he wonders why a great
editor like Watterson should not lo
cate in New York City. But that is
not to the point. Here is Mr. Wat
terson's reply to the question: .
"The Courier-Journal occupies a
peculiar field among the people of
healtliy ideas. They believe in the
newspaper and they believe in me.
I have written my opinons fearless
ly and the Courier-Journal has
printed them without trimming the
corners. I have tried to make men
and women better by my plain and
straight-from-the-shoulder language.
Sometimes X wished._that 1 might
have been a bigger frog in a bigger
puddle. But I love the South, the
Southern people and I love the
Courier-Journal. I have had my
reward for a life I believe well
spent."
Whether Henry Watterson would
have been a bigger frog in the New
York puddle, no man can say. Cer
tainly tlffere is not to-day in the
New York puddle a frog anything
like so big as Mr. Watterson—not a
writer n the city who has so great
an influence as Mr. Watterson has
had. But the thing is, he has had
his reward.
For fifty years this man nas been
a militant editor of a great news
paper. He has been neutral in noth
ing, but independent in all things.
He has favored and opposed; he
has made friends and enemies. He
never accepted a penny from any
man for his opinions. He has never
allowed his personal likes or dislikes
to influence his opinions. He never
was moved by a hair's breadth from
a course through fear of personal vio
lence or loss of profits. And for fifty
years he had a tremendous influ
ence in his field—a greater influence,
perhaps, than was ever wielded by
any other American editor. It is
no secret that for thirty or forty
years no man entered public office
in the South if Henry Watterson op
posed htm. Governors, senators, con
gressmen, Judges, cabinet officers—
all of them had to be approved by-
Henry Watterson or they did not get
into office. At least it can be stated
in all truthfulness that his opposi
tion defeated those whom he de
cided should not be in office. It
was not until late years, after he
became less actve, that men were
elected or appointed against his
opposition.
The Open Boat
"When this here was is done," says
Dan, "and all the flghtin' through,
There's some'll pal with Fritz again
as they was used to do:
But not me," says Dan, the sailer
man; "not me," says he;
"Lord knows it's nippy in an open
boat "on winter nights at •sea."
"When the last battle's lost an'
won, an' won or lost the game,
There's some'll think no 'arm to
drink with squareheads Just the
same;
"But not me," says Dan, the sailor
man, "an' if you ask me why
Lord knows it's thiruty in an open
boat when the water-beaker's
dry."
"When all the bloomin* mines is
swep' an' ships are sunk no more,
There's some'll set them down to
eat with Germans as before;
But not me," says Dan, tho sailor
man;* "not me, for one—
Lord knows it's hungry in an open
boat when the last biscuit's done."
"When peace i t- signed and treaties
made an' tra-l i begins again
There's some'll shake a German
hand an' never see the stain;
But not me," fay Dan. the ea'lor
man; "not me, ai God's on high—
Lord knows it's bitter in an cpon
boat to see your shipmates die.''
—Celia F. Smith, in Punch.
Mabel Has an Idle Moment
Sfow is the time for ail ood men
to come to the aid of the party of
the country to the aid of tho coun
try WSSWSSWSSim &7!b7)!sms
I wish I had I wish he had we had a
million onemlllion 1,000,000,000,000,-
000 dollars I do I do Ges£rude Stan
dish Gertrude Edwards Mrs. James
B. Edwards Mrs. Jimmy Edwards
Private James B. Edwards Machine
Gun Company 316 A. P. O. 777, A.
E. F., France sunny France Armis
tice Armistice Armistice Peace
i Jimmy dearest Mrs. Jimmy Edwards
& 4-4tt>& Ontario Post i
" What's the Matter With Father"
WHEN we can teach boys to be
a little more careful in the
selection of their parents we
will have made great strides to
wards the solution of 'The Boy
Problem,'" says M. D. Crackel, of
Cleveland, who, because of the
astounding interest in the Father
and Sons movement, has made some
original studies. 'Someone has
said that 'Any kind of a man will
do for a father, but takes a good
woman to be a mother.' There is
nothing more false, but some boys
seem to act on this assumption and
then a little later in life—say, along
about twelve to sixteen—they
awaken to the fact that they have
a wayward father on their hands.
This is not to be an arraignment of
fathers, but rather a simple setting
forth of some ideals for fathers and
these ideals come from the young
er sons of these self-same fathers."
Three hundred and twenty-two
boys collaborated in preparing a
list of ideals for Mr. Crackel. They
represented "Jew. Gentile, Pro
testant, Catholic, Mede and Elam
ite and the dwellers in Mesopo
tamia." Their papers were turned
in without names or marks of iden
tification.
To the question. "What one
thing about your father do you like
best?" they answered as folloWs:
About thirty per cent, referred
to goodness, kindness and right
treatment, while twenty pet* cent,
gave such economic reasons as;
"He gives me a living," "he buys
me clothes." "supports me," and
"gives me money." The other fifty
Germany Must Pay the Bill
[From the Elizabeth Journal]
The cost of the war Germany
forced upon the world, as Gedrge
Harvey points out, must be paid.
It must come out of tho pockets of
somebody. It must be paid by Ger
many, the aggressor, the guilty of
fender, who is responsible for all
that the war has caused of agony
and destruction, or by the victims
of it. f
i Unless Germany is compelled to
pay the bill, the Allied nations must
settle it. France, that suffered
so much because of German lust,
must help pay it. Belgium—devas
tated and desolate Belgium—must
help settle -it. Great Britain, that
has already spent so much in blood
and treasure to save civilization
from the Hun peril, must help pay
it. Italy must help pay it. A large
part of the bill will come out of the
treasury of the United States.
Colonel Harvey is right, and his
opinion is approved, when he silys
that tho hill must be assessed against
Germany and collected, oven though
it requires long decades for that
country to make restitution for all
the wanton waste and destruction
it has wrought.
It is a false, maudlin sentiment
that has been expressed by those who
say Germany has already suffered
sufficient punishment for her
crimes. The sufferings of the Ger
man people are not to be compared
with those of Germany's victims.
Germany prepared—deliberately and
in cold blood—for her campaign of
loot and lust. Preparations for
what Germany has done have gone
on throughout fifty years. All Ger
many entered into that work. The
awful crime that Germany has
committed was premeditated.
Civilization will suffer greatly un
less an example is made of Ger
many because of all it has deliber
ately done.
THE SPREAD OF IDEAS
A Czech soldier at Mount Vernon
was seen to fill a little box with
earth from the tomb of Washing-!
ton.
"I am taking this home," he Said,
"to sprinkle it on the soil of Bo
hemia."
The incident may be symbolic of
the general spread of American
ideals. The salt of freedom in these
dayß is being sprinkled the world
over.—Pavid Starr Jordan in Sun
set Magazine.
False Rumor
We put no faith at all in reports
which apparently •emanate from the
Senate cloak rooms that President
Wilson cifrtatled his original Euro
pean itinerary because he had been
warned that a republic might be set!
up in America if he should prolong j
his stay indefinitely. Harper's 1
Weekly.
per cent, were divided among such
answers as these: "He does not
drink" was mentioned twenty-tvfco
times. "He does not smoke," "he
is honest," "he is companionable,"
"he helps me to do right," "he loves
me," "he is strict,' 'his personal ap
pearance," "he is kind to mother,"
"his love of children" and "his
cheerfulness" are other suggestive
good qualities. But one lad sourly
answers, "Nqthing about him to ad
mire."
"What one thing would you like
to have your father do that he does
not do?" was the other question
put to these experts in judging
what is the matter with father.
Forty-four wanted him to "Go to
church" while forty wished father
would "stop using tobacco." In the
light of the recently adopted na
tional prohibition, it is interesting
to note that twenty-five hoped their
fathers would "quit drinking and
stay away from the saloons," while
eighteen wanted them to "read the
Bible" and twelve to "stop swear
ing." Plenty to eat and wear evi
dently are not enough for any
father to provide his offspring, for
these bovs wanted father to "be
more jolly and good natured," to
"come home earlier of evenings,"
"not be so extravagant," "take more
exercise," "go out more with
mother." "sleep more at night."
"not work on Sunday," "clean his
teeth" and "have more self-respect."
"The average father," concludes
Mr. Crackel, "has some difficulty in
getting his boy to live up to his
ideals: but here the son has shown
that he has ideals for bis parent.
Will he live up to them?"
THE FRENCH POSITION
General Gouraud stated the
French position in an address to the
American soldiers thus:
"Now when peace is signed .you
are going home across the sea. The
English are going home, too. But
France stays where she is.
"Marshal Focli has told you that
France is the barrier protecting
civilization, and so France and civ
ilization must be protected.
"You gentlemen have seen the
character of the Germans along the
Rhine. You know there is no de
mocracy in their hearts. You
know that their fawning attitude is
as false as it can be. And so I say
Jo you, France wanls no such peo
plegin her republic.
'we don't want to annex Ger
many up to the Rhine, but wo do
intend to see that the German mili
tary machine stays behind the river.
That is what Marshal Foch meant,
"I believe. If we don't have that
protection, France must maintain
always an enormous army to guard
civilization.
"With our great loss of life in the
war that would be a terrible bur
den for France. We must have a
natural barrier or else It would be
madness to demobilize our army.
"I hope that Americans will see
it in the same way. I hope that the
soft words of the Germans will not
convince the Americans that the
leopard has changed his spots. So
far I mm unconvinced that the Ger
mans of to-day are not the Germans
of yesterday, the foes of the ideals
of America, the ideals of France,
the ideals of civilization, the foes of
all that is desired in the hearts of
mankind."
It could not be put more suc
cinctly.
Germans Must Accept
Even the most thick-headed
Boche of them all should under
stand that it is worse than useless
for Germany to try to influence the
course of the Peace Congress, and
that it is ludicrous for her to say
that she will refuse to accept any
terms beyond those in our Presi
dent's Fourteen Commandments.
The armistice Itself was not com
mitted absolutely to those terms; It
could not have been, for nobody was
able to say what they meant: and
the armistice cannot for a moment
be considered binding In all details
upon the Peace Congress. Tho Ger
mans will do well ito understand
that they have simply got to accept
without demur whatever terms the
Congress may prescribe.—Col. Har
vey's Weekly. '
Teutonic Tools
Maximilian Harden says the Kal
i ser was a mere tool In the war. He
might have added that the Crown
| Prince was a sort of monkey
iwrench.—From the Chicago News.
FEBRUARY 11, 1919.
I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MORE PAY FOR TEACHERS
To tin Editor of the Tdigraph:
The following extracts from the
"Reports on Teachers' Salaries" of
the National Educational Associa
tion are heartily endorsed and ap
proved by the joint comgiittee rep
resenting the School Board and
teachers of Harrisburg:
"The critical situation of our
schools will never be genuinely rem
edied so long as teachero' services
are regarded as a commodity to be
purchased at the cheapest obtain
able rate in the open market. The
teacher must come to be taken for
what he is—a public servant, per
forming a task of unsurpassed im
portance to the nation, and on that
account Just as fully entitled to ade
quate compensation, or its equiva
lent, as the soldier, the legislator
or the judge.
"It is a day of big things. It is
pre-eminently a day when those
who are serving the state must be
granted the right of way. The teach
ers of the country are not only serv
ing the state now, they have been
serving all of their lives. A nation
without education is a coast with
out a lighthouse."
"How can the child be expected
to have respect for the things of the
mind when he sees those who have
devoted a lifetime to them refused
the reasonable comfort of exist
ence "Why shoura I go into teach
ing ' a high school girl is reported
to have asked an aunt who was urg
ing the girl to adopt her vocation.
'Why should I go into teaching,
when I can get $2.50 a day more
than you are getting after teaching
twenty-one years?'
' "Why should I want an educa
tion ' a boy who had left school for
the mines retorted smilingly to the
teacher who was trying to impress
on him tlip need of a high school
education for success in life. 'Why
should I want an education? Why,
my dear teacher, I'm making a good
deal more than you are now.' What
could the teacher say?
Mr. Voter, do you know that
right here in Harrlsburg many girls
in the cigar factories who can only
speak broken English are making
much better wages than your av
erage grade teacher?
Are you going to trust the train
ing of your boy and your girl to
those to whom you are not willing
to pay a living wage?
Do you know that the teacher is
only paid for a part of the year,
but has to live the entire year?
Would you like to be forced to be
idle from two and one-half to four
months a year without any income?
You want tho teacher of your boy
and your girl to be well read and
progressive, to have an interest in
the affairs of the community, to
have a weil-iriformed, attractive
personality whose influence for good
is felt beyond the confines of the
schoolroom. TTou have a right to
demands teacher who will inspire
your sin and daughter with the
highest (ideals in life.
In return for this are you willing
to use your influence to see that ade
quate recompense is made for these
requirements?
Such a b'll is now before our leg
islative body, a bill for Increasing
the salaries of teachers.
Better salaries mean setter teach
ers. Better teachers mean that
better-equipped boys and girls will
go forth from our schools. Mr.
Voter, can you hesitate to instruct
your representative to vote for this
bill as it now stands or with suit
able amendments?
INTERESTED.
\ .
LABOR NOTES
A large number of Irish carpen
ters over military age have gone to
England to work on government
buildings.
It is stated that next season wom
en will be used as grooms and ex
ercise "boys" at all the American
race tracks.
British co-operators and trade
unionists have made a compact to
run a candidate for Bath at the next
election.
The United States Ordnance De
partment IS calling for women for
emergency shift hours from 10 to 12
a. m. and from 1 to 5 p. m.
The British Government, begin
ning with December 10 and contin
uing for six months is paying men
and women out of work sums rang
ing from a trifle over $6 to $l5 a
week, the latter going to the head
of a family with several children. ,
Stoning Cttljat
The streets are commencing t,
disappear from Capitol Park exter"
slon and it will not be loner befonf
all that will be left of some of the
smaller highways will be electrle
lights at the former intersection!
and memories. The plan of the stat
authorities has been to allow the
streets to remain as long as possible
so that traffic would not bo disturb*
ed. but with the filling in of the
spaces to form the two highways
crossing the extension, only State
and the boundary streets remained*
Then states men began to tear
up things in general and the streets
speedily became lines, the paving
blocks being carted away and the
curbing taken out. Next will come
the removal of the north and south
streets and It is astonishing the
amount of traffic that still flows
across the park by" way of FifA."
Cowden and Filbert streets. People
must have gotten into the habit <
ÜBing them to get to the Seventh
ward or to the State street bridge
because there are few moments of
the day that folks are not to ba
seen walking along. It all goas to
show what a chunk out of the heart
of Harrisburg has been taken by the
Capitol Park extension and how
deeply this city is interested in It.
While the Capitol Park extension
plans are developing rapidly at the
present time the whole project has
been a matter of years of study. In
Ills annual report of 1903 Major
Isaac B. Brown, head of the De
partment of Internal Affairs, dwelt
at considerable length on the sub
ject and recommended to the state
the purchase of the property which
his since been acquired for park
purposes so that the city and the
state have been constantly working
together to effect this great import
ant improvement. It is fortunate
that years have elapsed since the
matter was first broached so that
the people lckrned to understand
what the proposition' means and
how it should be carried forward
with the energy of a great Common
wealth.
Adjutant General Frank D. Beary
Is receiving considerable support in
his plan to have the flags of the
Pennsylvania organizations in the
war with Germany placed in the ro
tunda of the Capitol. The general
will bo in Washington this week and
will ask as.,to the plans for the dis
position of the flags carried in
France. The state authorities would
like to be the custodians, of these
standards. Meanwhile is pushing
along the inquiries as to the colors
carried by the National Guard regi
ments before they were merged in
the Federal service. Among mem
bers of the Legislature the plans to
group the flags here is highly rec
ommended.
• •
To-morrow being Lincoln's birth*
day it is interestng to refer to the
visits of the great Presidents to
Harrisburg. Lincoln was here In the
fifties to make an address, being
then a congressman. His most fa
mods visit was that paid on the oc
casion of his Journey to Washington
for his inauguration. His last was
a little more than four years later
when ills body lay instate in the
Capitol. The visit paid on the way
to the capital was on February zz,
1861. He arrived at 1.30 in the af
ternoon and was taken in a barou
che drawn by six gray horses to the
Jones House, later the Common
wealth. The station in those days
was at Second and Vine streets, not
far from the Gilbert establishment
of to-day and the route was lined
by his Harrisburg friends, many of
whom were armed, although tha
did not become known until later.
Market street and the Square were
decorated with arches and flu S B .? nd
banners and streamers.
risburg Telegraph gives an Inter
esting story of the day, especially
of how the soldiers of the nar of
1812 raised the flag on the State
House and cannon were fired at the
arsenal, then in the Capitol Park.
Mr. Lincoln made a short s b e ®fhat
the Jones House and later
tap Canitol. It was while he was
at the Jones House that the fa
mous 'conference was held and the
plans for the President-elects Jour
ney to Washington were changed
Ld he went to Philade phta. mak
ing his trip in spite of his foes. He
was saved by plans of Cameron and
Curtin and the ,w" rk do, i e . by p lc ®'
President "Tom Scott, of f.*3 n "
sylvania, and President S. M. * elton,
of the Philadelphia. Wilmington and
Baltimore, the father of Edgar C.
Felton, long head of the Stcelton
works. . . ,
Senator James S. Boyd, of Mont
comery county, is an admirer of
Harrisburg'6 River Front. He takes
frequent walks along it and nya
that the manner in which Harris
burg has handled the matter should
interest other cities. "It is not °* to n
ihnt a cltv has a chance to save its
waterfront. You are luckyand you
have handled it right, said he.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
John Hampton Barnes, promi
nent Philadelphian, is at the head of
the committee which will decide
what war work to continue.
John BJ Townsend, formerly
manager of the Philadelphia Press,
is now an officer in one of the trust
companies of that city.
—Secretary of Agriculture Ras
mussen is to be one of the speakers
at farm week at State College.
Alvan Marke, the Hazleton coal
operator*- gave all of his commis
sions as tax collector to the Red
Cross. It wfts over *3,600.
F. h. Stoneburn, elected head of
the State Poultrymen at the meet
ing here recently. Is speaking on
poultry raising in various sections oc
the state.
—Judge F. A. Bregy. oneof th*
oldest Judges on the Philadelp**,
bench, will shortly retire.
Hal White, of Indiana, is tak*
ing an active part in the new State
organization of horsemen. He Ml
prominent In the Stato organiza
tion of county fairs.
C. Laßue Munson. the W*^
liamsport attorney, has been nams*
as head of the Lycoming coutW
branch of the League to Enfoat""*
peace.
—The Rev. J. F. Brihan, Yor
clergyman, is home for a visit
after Y. M. C. A. work along the
coastsldo soldiers and sailors sta
tions.
DO YOU KNOW 1
—That Harrisburg is'getting
to be a big truck distributing
center?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
General Arthur St Clair used to
visit here every year after the Revo
lution. He had men from this coun
ty in his command.