MARDIGRAS IS SCHEDULED BY CITY MUMMERS Second Annual Event Planned For Paxtang Park For August 22 The second Mardi Gras of the Har risburg Mummers' Association will be held Friday, August 22. The event this year will be some what of a victory celebration, it was said to-day when the announcement that the custom of holding such events, was to be resumed by the As sociation. Paxtang Park has again beaji se lected for the staging of the events of the big festival. Committees are now at work making their plans for the presentation of an entertaining program to last throughout the great er part of the day. First Held In int.* The same general committee that was in charge of the first Mardi Gras, staged in July, 1915, will be in charge again this year. Walter L. Mont gomery is chairman of the commit tee, which includes in addition: Clarence O. Backcnstoss, William E. Orr, R. Ross Seaman, J. Grant Hoff man, Robert Buck, Sr., H. M. Brooks and Harry O. Beck. More than 100 contests will be in cluded on the program. The com mittee is now at work securing sat isfactory prizes for the events. The work of arranging these events is largely in charge of Harry O. Beck. When the first Mardi Gras was held under the auspices of Mummers' As sociation in Paxtang Park in July, 1315, it was planned to make the af fair an annual one, but the war and other matters intervened, and it was found advisable to discontinue the custom. The first event was a big success, and preparations now indicate that this year's affair will Per Cent, of System Tied At 6.20 a. m. strikers and sym pathizers attacked the crew of a Bergen street car at Vanderbilt avenue and another at Bergen street and Rogers avenue. Car windows were smashed and the rioters were dispersed by the police. No arrests were made. Strike leaders claim that 95 per cent, of the entire system was tied up and that since last night more than 2,000 men had joined the union. Thousands of motor trucks, auto mobiles and wagons were employed during the rush hours to bring a vast army of workers to Manhat tan. Despite this the congestion at subway stations and L platforms was as pronounced as yesterday. "Itaw" Motormen Police Inspector Murphy report ed that at 4.30 a. m. to-day a man who said he was a representative of the carmen's union, had called on the telephone and warned him that the B. R. T. would start cars operated by inexperienced motor men. The man reminded tho in spector that this was done last No vember 1 and resulted in the fatal Malbone street tunnel wreck in which nearly 100 persons were kill ed. The alleged unino official said "he had obtained his information from pickets who were covering the j various barns. He said the "raw" men were being trained in the barns. Inspector Murphy said he had personally investigated the mat ter but was unable to verify the re port. William Siebert, superintendent of surface transportation of the B. R. T., * denied that the company was employing green motormen, and said that only the regular motor men and conductors were being used. Mr. Siebert said that the company would not operate any cars without proper police protection. Ho said there were about 1,000 police men to man the surface cars and about 300 for protection on the elevated lines. All the streets leading to Borough Hall and Brooklyn Bridge were Jammed with men and women walking to work, who were unable to get accommodations on the sight seeing buses, jitneys, moving vans and horse-drawn vehicles which have been carrying people at ex orbitant rates. A large number utilized bicycles to reach Manhat tan. Max Kaufman, a twelve-year-old Brooklyn boy, was shot in the back and probably fatally injured to-dav by a stray bullet fired by a police man when the ofHcer was pursuing three strike pickets after the latter had attacked and beaten a guard on a Canarsie-Broadway L train. The pickets escaped. Budapest Critical Because of Rumanian Advance Hy Associated Press. Berlin, Wednesday, Aug. 6. The food situation in Budapest has be come critical because the most pro ductive food territories in Hungary have been cut off from the capital by the Rumanian advance, according to advices received here. Peasants are reported to be hunting down Communists wha have fled to the country from Budapest, it being alleged that they are being incited in this work by Rumanians. Mov ing courts are touring the provinces and trying Communists. An appeal has been posted all over Hungary calling upon peasants to arrest Com munists who are charged with mur der and not to permit them to reach Austria, where they will be sheltered. The Peidll cabinet is still func tioning but under the circumstances, it is said, it can do but little. It is still hoped, according to report, that a coalition of Socialists and the Bourgeoisie can be formed, but Royalist elements, under the leader ship of former Premier Michael Karolyi, are growing stronger and there are increasing demands for the reinstatement of the old regime, it is said. CHILD HIT BY AUTO Struck by an automobile truck in Strawberry street this morning. Earl Wolfe, five-year-old son of Charles K. Wolfe, of the City gar age, 119 Strawberry street, escaped with but a slight laceration of the forehead. He was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital for treatment. PLAN FOR ARMORY The State Armory Board has placed in the hands of General G. C. Rickards matters pertaining to the building of an armory at Erie, the citizens having ofTered a plot of ground and a sum of money. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PLAN PARTY ISSUE IF IT FAILS AS LAW, IT IS INTIMATED CHARGE BANKERS PLUNDERING ROADS [Continued front First Page.] charges were based, Mr. Plumb said, would be turned over to the commit tee "upon which it may ask for a full Congressional investigation." "We believe such an investigation," he continued, "will reveal that not one railroad system dominating any part of the 254,000 miles of railroad in the United States but has suffered and is suffering, in degree if not to the same extent, from carefully delib erated manipulations of the sort that have wrecked and ruined the rail road I have mentioned. It will re veal that these interests are again gathering their forces of private and secret control, after having gained from Congress a sanction to reha bilitate their railroad properties at public expense, to begin again and follow through its corrupt and wicked cycle the systematized plundering and looting of the public and the pub lic interest in the nation's highways. To Hold Conference "In view of the gravity of the sit uation, and in order that we may have the benefit of their counsel on behalf of the public in presenting our statement to Congress and to the American people, the 14 uffiliated railway labor organizations are sum moning to Washington a national con ference of railroad control. "On behalf of the public we are in-, viting to participate in this confer ence as members of the joint Nation al Committee on Railroad Control, Frank P. Walsh, former joint chair man of the National War Labor Board: Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri; Raymond Robins. John Lind, of Min nesota; Edward F. Dunne, of Chicago; Dr. Edward W. Bemis; Felix Adler, Governor Allen, of Kansas; Julia C. Lathrop, Judge Walter Clark, of North Carolina, and Dean Herman "Schneider, of University of Cincin nati. Frank P. Walsh, Judge Walter Clark, Edward F. Dunne, Joseph W. Folk and Dr. Edward W. Bemis have already accepted and with others who may yet accept will meet here with the representatives of organized labor on Saturday of this week. Hold Wilson to Word "Every response to our invitation to participate in this national con ference on democracy in railroad con trol has been accompanied by a whole hearted acceptance of the basic prin ciple expressed in President Wilson's message at the convening of this Con gress, wherein he declares for 'the genuine democratization of industry, based upon u full recognition of the right of those who work, in whatever rank to participate in some organic way in every decision which directly affects their welfare in the part they are to play in industry,' and for a 'genuine co-operation and partner ship based upon real community of interest and participation in control. "In view of this action by the affili ated labor organizations which I rep resent and on behalf of organized la bor and thf public. 1 will, therefore, ask to reserve this information which is in our possession until it can be properly prepared and submitted to the Jury of Congress and of public opinion." Party Issue There was a broad intimation that the public ownership plan* of the railroad brotherhoods if not en acted into law would be taken to the convention of the two big parties next year with the hope of having its endorsement written into the platform. Warning was sounded by Secre tary Morrison oLthe Labor Feder ation that the iflfrden of the labor lenders might be too hfeavy that they might be unable during this period of unrest to control the work ers—in which case, he declared, there would be a revolution to the extent of general strikes. Around tho whole theme of what he and President Stone, of the Railroad En gineers said was woven the ever rising cost of food, mounting higher und faster, they insisted, was the increase In the workingman's wage, with no assurance that it would stop unless quick and drastic action was taken by Congress. Railroads Alt as Unit Acting as a unit for the first time in the presentation of wage de mands, the fourteen prim pal rail road unions to-day in expressing to Director General Hines their dis approval of President Wilson's pro posal that Congress create a com mission to consider increased pay, declurcd that wage questions must be settled immediately. A general program to meet the present crisis, involving the threat of a nation-wide strike, was sub mitted to the Director General. It suggested that the money to provide increased pay should come from an appropriation by Congress to be fol lowed by appropriate freight rate advances. This "temporary relief" must be accompanied by a deter mined effort to reduce the cost of living. Freight Handlers to Take Vote Whether to Strike or Await Solution By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 7. The 4 60,- 000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station, Express and Steamship Employes will begin voting to-mor row as to whether they will strike immediately for increased wages or await a solution of the wage ques tion along the lines of the proposal made to Congress by Director Gen eral Hines. In announcing the issuing of the strike ballot, J. J. Forrester, Presi dent of the Brotherhood, said to day his conference yesterday with Mr. Hines had not resulted in any change in the situation. Mr. Hines, he said, had nothing further to of fer than the proposal for n con gressional commission to consider the whole wage problem. "The situation with our men," said Mr. Forrester, "is that we must have immediate relief or our mem bers will commence seeking em ployment in occupations where they can make a living for themselves and their families. They have been so loyal in numberless cases now that they have even sold their Lib erty Bonds to live on during the last few months. Our hope is that Con gress can take some action at once to relieve them." Increases sought by the men, Mr. Forrester said, approximate 20 cents an hour over present scales, with time and a half for overtime. The strike ballot of the clerks and freight men will be the second sent out this week. The shopmen now are voting on the question of an immediate strike for increased wages. Many shopmen over the country already have quit work, but their number was estimated by rail- HAHHIHBUIIG TELEGKSPH FOOD HELD IN STORAGE FOR SPECULATIVE PURPOSES Washlngton, Aug. 7. Although prices of practically all important foods have shown a substantial in crease duiing the last9year, stocks of food held In storage on June 1 this year, were approximately 20 per cent, greater than those held on June 1, 1918, according to a memorandum showing the relation between stor age figures and prices issued to-day by the Federal Trade Commission Government stocks weAs excluded from the comparison. "The fact that stocks of many im portant foods were much larger on June 1 this year than on the same date last year," said the commission's statement, "while prices were as high or higher, apparently means that they are being withheld speculatively for a world demand which Is not now here, but which is expected when hunger-impelled strikes secure high er wages with which higher food prices can be paid." To show that the "law of supply and demand is not working," the commission listed eight staple foods which on June 1 showed an increase in stocks withheld from the market, ranging from 3 to 298 per cent, over stocks on June 1, 1918, and in each instance there was shown to have road administration ofticials to->day as not more than 40,000. Increase of $50,000,000 in National Debt Necessary ! For Ownership of Railroads Atlantic City, Aug. 7. —An increase! of $50,000,000,000 in the National debt would be necessary to carry out Government owenrship of rail roads at this very critical time, Charles C. McChord, a member of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, and one of the foremost Feder al railway authorities, declared at; the Marlborough-Blenheint. "I am not an unalterable oppon- j ent of Government ownership of all ! the lines if that become necessary : and is safeguarded by proper legis- j lation," Mr. McChord said. "There ! might be greater evils attendant up-I on the settlement of the railroad problem than Government owner ship. That alternative we can re sort to if in the future, it becomes imperative." Quoting from a report recently submitted to Congress, he said some of the so-called problems have beer, "needlessly, magnitied," and strong ly objects to the disposition of some people "to tear up by the roots the existing system of regulation." Com missioner McChord said: "What I do believe is that just now is a very inopportune time to enter upon so stupendous an under taking as Government ownership of all railroads. , "I read that the indebtedness of the country, in part, as a result of the war will approximate $30,000,- 000,000. The value of the railroads as computed by them is about $lB,- 000,000,000. Add to this what the Government is now obligated to pay the railroads under the Federal con trol act, in order that they shall be restored to their owners in as good condition as when they were taken over, a conservative estimate is that the total cost of the transportation system of the country would net be leas than $2000,000,000. Public Will l'ay "An issue of bonds to pay fdr the railroads would increase the Nation al debt to about $50,000,000,000 or over $4 50 for every man, woman and child in this country, assuming the population to be 110,000,000. At four and one-half per cent interest, the annual charge on the total in debtedness would be $2,125,000,000, or about twenty dollars per year for each resident." New Haven Strike Is Seriously Curtailing Service, Officials Say By Associated Press. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 7.—Se rious curtailment of passenger and freight service over the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad was forecast by the management of the property, in a statement this noon, which admitted that prac tically all the mechanical employes engaged in maintenance of engines and curs had walked out. The statement added that no de mands were made upon the officials and no cause given for withdrawal from service. The management says every effort will be made to operate as many trains as can be done with safety. An estimate of the number who walked out at the Connecticut end of the system is 2,200, of which 1,- 800 are in the so-called New Haven shops. The walkout been with out incident. Strikers Are Picketing Standard Steel Works Butler, Pa., Aug 7.—The four plants of the Standard Steel Car Company at Lyndora, near here, wore being pick eted to-day by strikers who refused to allow men who did not join their movement to enter the works. Serious trouble had been averted up to early this afternoon but Sheriff Stoner anil Chief of Police Schultz and a number of deputies were on the scene prepar ed to deal with any outbreak. An Interurban car operating be tween Pittsburgh and Butler was stoned late last night. One passeng er was cut by flying glass. All street car service between Butler and Lyndora was suspended to-day to prevent further trouble. All roads leading to Lyndora, likewise are closed and pedestrians are not allow ed to enter the strike area. Wives of striking workmen this morning picketed the entrances of offices of the company and prevented girl clerks and other employes from entering. Several mass meetings were held j to-day by the 4,000 strikers. There was no disorder. 4,000 Boston Shopmen Decide to Join Strike By Associated. Press I Boston, Aug. 7. Four thousand shopmen employed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad In this city went on strike to-day accord ing to an announcement by railroad officials. The men left the shops u> been a substantial advance in the wholesale price during that period. Stocks of frozen fowls showed a max- | imum increase of 298 per cent, and ] the price, despite this fact increased I three cents a pound. Wheat stocks showed an increase of 174 per cent, with an increase in price of 31 cents; flour stock an increase of 21 per cent, with ah increase in the price per bar rel of nearly $3; egg stock, an in- I crease of 9.8 per cent., with an in- J crease in price of 11 cents, and but ter stocks an increase of 129 per cent. | with the price soaring 12 cents above ' last year's figure. Salt beef, canned salmon and canned corn completed the items in this table, the latter showing an increase of 91 per cent, in stocks with an increase in price. All dry storage stocks, according to the commission's figures, showed an average increase of 124 per cent. Of these not listed in the above table, stocks of rye increased 346 per cent.; barley 207 per cent.; buckwheat flour, 327 per cent., and canned tomatoes 202 per cent. Increases in other cold stopigo stocks were shown as follows; Cured beef 103 per cent.; frozen lamb and mutton, 91 per cent.; frozen pork, 206 per cent., and pickled pork 10 per cent. WILSON SUMMONS FOOD ADVISERS [Continued from First Page.] gressional committees as a great combination in control of food prod ucts, are to be haled again before the Federal courts by special prose- I cutors. The evidences in hand, Attorney General Palmer declared, indicated "a .clear violation of the antitrust laws." Whether the prosecutions would be civil or criminal, the Attorney General declined to state, merely re calling that the law provided for both. Food Prices Are Certain to Take a Drop Soon Due to the slumping off of for eign demand for food, prices will take a big drop, says P. Q. Foy, food expert, in the New York Even ing World, Regardless of price, the big packers and other corporations have been holding food in expect ancy of a big demand from Europe. Now that the countries of the con tinent are getting a sufficient amount, the home corporations find themselves with some white ele phants and will consequently begin to unload. For example, in the matter of butter South America and Auo tralia are supplying England witli their necessary amount at prices fifty per cent, lower than the offers of this country. The result of this was a decline of one and one-half cents a pound in creamery butter yesterday. Eggs also are suffering the same changes; the combined value of butter and eggs in ware houses of the United States exceeds $165,000,000. The lnrge packing companies hoarded up high-priced cheese and now England has cut the price of Canadian cheese, with the result that they have no demand for American products in that line. Yet the ccyisumer pays a price of thirty-three cents as result of food speculation. Medium and common beef is quite cheap in comparison with other things and entirely plentiful. Chick ens are cheaper now than the gov ernment has released the 3,000,000 pounds from its warehouses fo.* general consumption. Fruit and vegetables* are also very plentiful. The wholesale markot is liberally - supplied with Elberta peaches, and as the government has a great store of sugar, this should enuble* housewives to put tip all the preserves that they need. Reading Has Ordinance to Stop Price Fixing Heading, Pa., Aug. 7. Drastic measures to help in bringing down I the high cost of living by regulat ing the sale of produce in the local markets will be taken by Council in the passage of an ordinance which was presented by Councilman Ed ward C. Hunter, of the Department of Public Safety. The bill strikes at the farmers and produce dealers getting together to fix prices and at the grocer who buys from the market farmer for resule. It is a well known fact that the farmers and other stand keepers have some spokesman in the mar kets who goes about with the word that produce shall sell at a certain price, and that price holds. It is even charged that the farmers, rather than sell at a price below what is fixed in the markets, have been known to leave the city and scatter some of their vegetables along the road. When the ordinance is passed a watch will be kept on the price fix ing and arrests will follow, with fines fixed at $lO to $lOO or imprisonment for thirty days. an orderly manner at 9 a. m. In the Readvllle district where the principal shops are located, the locomotive shop was almost deserted nnd only a few men remained in the carshops, officials said. Officials of the Boston and Maine rnilroad said that the 1,800 men em ployed at the Billerica shops, who went out late yesterday, remained away from work to-day and that 800 mechanics in the terminal yards here had given notice that they would quit during the forenoon. At the offices of the Boston and Albany railroad, it was said, that men were leaving the Allis ton shops. 500 GO OUT New Haven, Conn., Aug. 7. Shopmen of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad here left their I work at 9 o'clock in keeping with a j vote in mass meeting last night. The number of men out appeared to be about 500 here: NORTHWESTERN SUSPENDS ( By Aaaociated Pteas. Chicago, Aug. 7. Railway freight traffic on the Chicago North western Railroad 4*as suspended to day on the lowa and Minnesota di vision because of the shopmen's strike, according to a statement made at the division offices of the company. Passenger trains op the Northwestern are running lrregu > larly. SHANER FIRST TO FILE PAPERS FOR PRIMARIES Three May Retire From School Board Without Seeking Re-election Alderman John H. Shaner, of the Seventh ward, was the first of the three Republican candidates for mayor to file nominating petitions at the office of the county com missioners. Commissioner E. Z. Gross, who recently announced he would with draw from the Republican race for mayor and run for re-election to City Council, filed nomination pa pers for the councilmanic office be- j fore leaving for a short trip to Can ada. With three school directors to be nominated and elected this fall no candidates on any purty have been announced. Friends of the three directors on the board whose terms expire in December, said they do not believe they will seek the of fice for another term. The direc tors whose terms end are George jA. Werner, George W. Keily and John F. Dapp. Other candidates who filed peti tions to-day were: Jesse F. Uees, [ Republican, ward assessor, Ninth •ward; Leroy E. Hoke, Republican, constable, Londonderry township; B. Frank Shellenbcrger, Republican, inspector of elections, Third ward, First precinct, Steelton; George M. Cleland, Republican, judge of elec tions, and A. Brandt Kupp, Repub lican, inspector, Second ward, First precinct, 'Middletown; James T. Powell, Republican, inspector. First ward. Second precinct, Middletown; Amos L. Gallagher, Republican, registry ussessor. Second ward, First precinct, Steelton; Charles 11. Beidel, Gilbert S. Pickery and William F. llousman. Republican, school direc tors, Steelton. Entente Delegates Governmental Authority to Archduke Joseph Budapest, Wednesday, Aug. G.— The entente mission in this city delegated governmental authority to Archduke Joseph to-night when the Peidll government resigned. At 7 o'clock this evening, Gen eral Schnitzer-Wolkenbers, the chief of police; Dr. Fritz, former secre tary of the police department, and M. S. Zellery, former departmental chief in the war ministry, went to the ministry building where t lie cabinet was in session. The deputa tion /'ailed on the ministers to re sign and after a short 'conference the cabinet decided to comply wita the demand. Authority was delegated by tho Entente mission to Archduke Jo seph, who appointed Stephen Fricd rich, former chief of a department in the war ministry, to be premier. The foreign ministry was trans ferred to General Punozos, and the war ministry to General Schnitzer- Wolkenbers. Deaths and Funerals MRS. MARY AMOUR Mrs. Mary Amour, 42, wife of Wil liam Amour, died yesterday at her homo, 1 205 North Fourteenth street. She leaves her husband and two daughters. Tho body will be taken to Mt. Carmel to-morrow for funeral services and burial." EDWARD EUGENE FERRY Edward Eugene Ferry, aged three months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Ferry, died yesterday at the home of his parents. Funeral ser vices will be held to-morrow with the Rev. Father Murphy, of St. Francis church, officiating. Burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. TO HELP FARM AGENT R. A. Fordice, of Rogersville, has | arrived in this city to assist Farm Agent 11. G. Niesle.v for several | weeks in the work of the Dauphin i County Farm Bureau. He will leave 1 within several weeks for Mifllin , town, where ho will assume the du ties of farm agent of Juniata ooun | ty, succeeding D. R. Pheasant. Mr. I Fordice is a graduate of Ponn Stnte. HOSPITAL AGAIN CLOSED City health officers to-day closcl the municipal hospital where Rusin Tomlin. colored, 1128 Cumberland street, had been confined/ for the last month suffering from small pox. Tomlin has recovered and. us no new cases developed Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, eify health officer, said the ' hospital can lie closed. I MAKES BIG NON-STOP FLIGHT By Associated Press. | Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 6.—Avi ator Stopani, piloting an airplane from Madrid to Rome, arrived this evening at 5.45 o'clock. He left Madrid this morning at 6 o'clock. The flight was made without stop, byway of the Gulf of Lyons, Mar seiles, Spezia and Pisa. The aviator carried a letter from King Alfonso of Spain to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. COMPLAINT FILED The Charles Horn Silk Company, of Titusville, filed complaint with the Public Service Commission against proposed increase in rates by tho Titusville Light and Power Company, raising the point that the company should provide against in terruption of service due to short age of natural gas. HAY FEVER relieved and pre vented by new discovery and Inven tion. Those who suffer from annual attacks can avoid same by consult ing the MAN-HEIL Demonstrator at Gorgas' Pharmacy, 16 N. Third street.—Adv. | Big "Friday" Tomorrow I The Busy Day at Doutrichs I Mark-Down Sale Join the Crowds Who Are Saving Money AUGUST 7, 1919. VACATIONISTS IN ANGRY MOOD AT DISCRIMINATION Large. Crowd of Excursionists Protest Against Paying Extra Fare It was a near riot this morning on Train No. 20. eastbound on the Pennsy. The big noise all came about when several passengers who purchased six teen-day excursion privileges to At lantic City at the rate of $9.96 a round trip, and when they boarded the train met friends who were making the same journey at a cost of $6.24 'for the round trip. This was the regular weekly excur sion day to Atlantic City and other seaside resorts. The wiser folks who have learned of the alleged discrimina tion against Harrisburg by the Federal Railroad Administration went to Marysville yesterday and purchased tickets at the special rate, $6.24 to Atlantic City. These excursionists boarded the At lantic City train on its arrival in Har risburg this morning. Six Harris burgers had not kerned how to cut the cost of railroad fares until they met their friends on the train. Then there were somethings said that might not look well in print. They were later informed that rates were fixed by the Federal Railroad officials and local agents had to obey orders. Five trains were run over the TVnnsy to-day from the west to handle the large crowds of excursionists. Special rates were allowed between Pittsburgh and Johnstown, on the Pittsburgh di vision, and east to Marysville on the Middle division. Many Cumberland Valley excursionists between Mechan icsburg also paid a low rate of fare and joined the special trains in this city. Other dates for excursions an nounced are August 14, 21 and 28. Marysville promises to be a busy cen ter on these days. I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ———J HACK TO TIIE RAND To the Editor of the Telegraph : The only solution that I can see. to the problem of the high cost of living is the fulfilling of the slogan "Back to the land," 1 am a trucker on a small scale, living in a farm ing district. I am engaged in the pursuit of vegetable gardening, rais ing poultry and marketing my wares. 1 have studied the situation for some time at home and away from home. 1 have covered the farming districts of ihrcc States, Pennsylvania, New 1 ork and New Jersey, and find that the same conditions practically pre vail in each State. The trend of the migrating pub- | lie has been from the farm to the j city or town for years. The farm- i ing sections are becoming depopu lated more every year, while the cities and towns are increasing their population by leaps and bounds. What does this mean? It simply means that the producers are becom i' less all the time, while the con sumers of-this produce are increas ing at a wonderful pace. Now does H take a philosopher or a scientist to figure out the cause for the high cost of living. 1 bat f seen acres and miles of j acres of the very best land in the ! three States mentioned, which were ! ten or fifteen years ago being well I farmed and trucked, simply lying idle. These farms were a short time ago producing many hundreds of! bushels and crowding the markets i to find a sale for the same, while , now even the families that lived on | these farms are now buying their j living in our markets. I traveled | about twenty-five miles in one of our I States through the best farming dis trict and in this entire distance did not see two well-kept up farms. I | met a traveling map in one of the | towns of the State and asked him the cause of all this. He replied in Ihis fashion. "Well, 1 will tell you | the story of my own family and i this will apply to the whole situa- j tion. I was brought up on a farm I in the State, of New York. There were three boys and two girls in our family. Father and mother were farmers all their lives. They were very prosperous farmers and sent many thousand bushels of grain, vegetables and fruit to our city mar kets. They were eager, however, to give us children a college education and prepare us for some professional life. Naturally the farm life was not tempting to us after having a taste of college and city life. What was the result*?? We all left the farm and went to the city. Father and mother stuck lo the farm until old age overtook them and they died. Not one of us wanted to take up the farm. We rented it for a i few years, but it went down in every I respect, so that to-day the buildings j are not tit any longer for habitation. 1 We rent it for a little' more than enough to pay the taxes to a dairy man who uses it along with a lot of adjoining farms of the same kind for gracing purposes." I hope this will open the eyes of all who read it to the real situation. I have attended our Broad Street j Market for about thirty-five years | and 1 see a great difference in this market to-day from that of other years. I know the time when the markets were crowded with goods to tho doors, and when farmers hud to go about seeking purchasers, hut now the farmer can hardly get a chance to unpack his goods until he is crowded with buyers. In those days the buyers would linger until the time for market was nearly over and then go in to buy bargains, but now if the buyer does not go early she cannot find any thing that is worth carrying home. You may talk about your trusts, and your gougers, your middlemen, your forestallers, your profiteers and your boycotts, and your what nots. You may find a remedy for all these Rut you will never find a solution to the high cost of living until you find j a way to send a lot of the consum ing city and town folks back to the BRIDGE BIDS TO ■ BE OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 23 Final A.etion Taken on the Plans—New Office Building Will Come Along Next Bids for the construction of the Memorial Bridge, the first proposl-. tion in Ihe comprehensive plan of Capitol Park improvements, will be opened by the Board of Publie Grounds and Buildings on Septem ber 23. This will be the initial work on the great work which is destined to make the civic center of the Com monwealth and things were arranged for immediate invitation for bids. They will be asked in Philadelphia. New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chin eago and other places and in the three leading engineering journals of the country. The bids will be asked on quanti ties so that work can be let as far as funds will go, but the project will be delinitely started. In addition to the bridge which will be of rein forced concrete the approaches and the pylons will be included. The pylons will be built of granite. It is probable that bids will be asked for the new office building within a short time to be opened this fall ahd then, if possible, something will be undertaken about the coping on Third and Walnut streets and the highway improvements in which the city is to co-operate. country, and make producers of them so they may not only be able to produce what they use but pro duce something to sell to the rest of humanity. E. J. DARE. I'nxtonia, Pa. , IS THE COST HIGH ? To the Editor of the 'Telegraph: How would you cut the high cost of living? that is the question asked in the Telegraph. The first question is, is the cost of living high or is It simply that money has decreased in value? The cost of living is not how much money does food and other essentials cost? But how much will a day's wages purchase? If the cost is high, that is, if a day's wages does not purchase as much as it should, it doubtless is because there is a. limited production. And what is limiting farm production but high wages and short hours of work in towns and cities, which attract the necessary help from the farms. It is folly for those in the city to de mand for themselves a Vorty-four hour week at wages from $25 to $5O and expect the farmer to put in I a seventy-five hour week at from $lO to $l5. If those in the cities ! are not getting enough for a days wages, the remedy is to work long er hours, thus taking less men to do the work in the factories, on the railroads, etc., and leaving more men for the work on the farms. When every man produces more, every man can have more, prices will largely adjust themselves. Or, if those in the cities think the prices of food too high and don't want to work longer hours there, the other remedy is to go on a farm and produce for themselves the 1 things to eat. Respectfully, EDWIN DINGMAN. j West Gamp, N. Y„ July 22, 1919. WOMEN ARE AT FAITiT ' To the Editor of the Teh graph : j I suggest the following for to make i this place a decent place to live in j for all of us. j 1. Cut out the Protective Associa | tion. 2. <,'ut out the middle man. 3. Ret the government set a standard railroad rating for to ship I (transport goods from city to city.) I 4. Eliminate the increase of salaries to the chosen few on the llill and in the Courthouse. There lis too much handshaking and un | derhand workings. ! 5. And if things do not get set tled and straightened out, then the people should be in favor of a king like in England and Italy. King Emanuel, of Italy, took a hand in the matter about the high prices ef goods and it reduced 40 to 50 per cent lower than it was, the same can be done here if the Presi dent wants to do it, if not let come what will. ti. l,et the Government or State regulate laws that the landlord can not charge more than say $lB to $2O for a house to live in. 7. And I am in favor of the whip ping post for those who try to take advantage of poor people at every opportunity. 8. Furthermore let the Govern i mcnt take control and make a law I that the designers dare not make ; more than one style a year for 1 women to wear* the people are simply going dippy over the dress and money, and not to make high heel shoes at all just the spring heels. !>. Also make a State law that all window blinds at stores must be pulled down over Sunday, so the I public mind is off of those objects, j and forget all about it for a day at least. 10. Ret equal rights prevail In Court not merely favor a woman. Man is the head of the house, not woman. The Rord states it, so let all executives get good horse sense and be gentlemen, not just on Sun day, but every day, and if the mas ter executives do that the world will be better than it really is. 11. Cut out the nearbeer which is worse than the original and 2.75 per cent does more damage thkn the regular stuff, and prosecute those saloonkeepers to the limit. 22. Cut the Women Suffrage out, they were never intended to vote. It is violating the constitution of United States, it says all males should vote, and nothing about the female to vote, and if they keep up these twelve different things we certainly will have some fine tangle to fix up iin this country. HEADER. 11