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SATURDAY, AXGUST 0, 1919
The g never sought in vain that
sought the Lord aright. —Burns.
TOMMYROT
A FEW foolish radicals are
talking of i. revolution in
the United States.
We may pause for a moment to
ask what is the purpose of a re
volt, the answer to which is that
the only thing a revolt can accom
plish is to give the people—all the
people, not a part of the people—
the right to vote for the kind of of
ficials and the kind of laws they
want.
in the United States the right
of manhood suffrage is universal.
The people have already precisely
the kind of officials a majority of
them choose and the kind of laws
we have depend upon the kind of
men we, the people, elect.
Those who chatter of revolt are
a small minority, and minority rule
will never prevail in this country.
If there ever is to be any fighting
in the United States it will be to
keep a minority from gaining con
trol of the Government; let there be
r/o mistake about that.
With ail our faults we still have
by far the best Government in the
world. The people know that and
anybody who tries to overturn what
thousands have died to create and
save would receive mighty short
shril't ar.d the sooner they under
stand that the better.
Revolt in the United States';
Who would revolt and lor what?
Tommyrot!
Beware of the fellow who tells you
he can set no fun out of a vacation.
There is something the matter with
his system.
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
THERE was more of the prac
tical and less of the theoreti
cal in President Wilson's ad
dress to Congress yesterday on the
high cost of living, the industrial
unrest and means of relieving the
situation than we have been accus
tomed to tind in the President's
state papers. Evidently in his di
lemma he has turned to others for
advice and incorporated some of
their suggestions into his recom
mendations. The only hint of the
old-time, self-sufficient Wilson lies
in his coniident assurance that the
ratification of his peace treaty and
league is all that is needed to start
the world back on the right track,
and in this he is right to the extent
that unquestionably Congress should
waste no time in getting the peace
issue settled in one way or another.
Few will disagree with Mr. Wil
son's plan for the regulation of cold
storage warehouses. Cold storage is
a necessity, beyond doubt, but it is
a necessity that has been abused.
It frequently is the instrument
of gougers to force prices up or to
keep them up when normally they
would come down. Limitation of
the time foodstuffs may be held is a
move in the right direction, and
confiscation should be the penalty
for violation. The big warehouses
are places where the hoarder may
easily hide his goods, and strict
Federal regulation of them will help
bring food prices down. The
President's novel suggestion of
marking goods with the producer's
price and labeling cold storage
products with theiy price when
placed in storage might work out
beneficially to the public. At least
the experiment is worth a trial. The
retailer would not dare attempt to
take an unreasonable profit with the
customer aware of the original cost,
nor would the middle man.
The forcing of hoarded food into
the markets is a power the admin
istration now possesses under the
provisions of the Lever act and
needs no enlargement, but hpw the
President hopes to convince radical
labor leaders that the present is no
time for strikes or walkouts is quite
another matter outside the law and.
perhaps, even outside the pale of
possibility. He .appeals Jv.r_.the con
sideration of the pSlbllc's interests.
SATURDAY EVENING,
which are above those of any man
or set of men —no matter how large
—and here lies the only solution to
the difficulty. Whatever is done at
Washington in the crisis must be
with a view to the welfare of all the
people. Americans will not be slow
to recognize this and approve, nor
will they withhold their resentment
if any one class of citizens is placed
above any other in the considera
tions of the President and his ad
visors. But no matter what fod
laws are adopted, no matter how
many suits are brought, no matter
how many public utilities are gov
ernment controlled, the effect of
the waste of war on food production
and prices will continue to be felt.
Prices are unjustiilably high and
doubtless the present agitation will
tend to bring them down, but we
must not expect too much. We are
still far away from pre-war levels.
In the main the President speaks
wisely, but one cannot refrain from
the thought that the crisis at hand
might have been averted had he
been content to remain at home,
working out domestic problems and
helping Congress get the country
from a war to a peace basis without
undue strain, instead of rushing
abroad to save Europe, leaving his
own nation on the brink of catas
trophe. The President is responsi
ble for our situation more than any
one other American, and Congress
very properly has placed the burden
on his shoulders. Now, however,
both President and Congress should
forget politics and get together for
the common good.
Dr. Raunlck wants to spell mosquito
m-u-s-t-s-k-o-o-t-o.
AMEND IT NOW
{(■r ET us ratify the League of
I . Nations covenant first and
then amend it afterwards, if.
necessary. This is the safest plan,"
said W. G. McAdoo, the Secretary
of the Treasury, who resigned his
office when the sledding appeared
hard.
And Article 26 of the covenant
reads: "Amendments to this cove
nant will take effect when ratified
by the members of the League j
whose representatives compose the i
council and by a majority of tho
members of the League whose repre
sentatives compose the assembly."
In short, it would not be as hard
to amend before ratification as after.
If we amended before, the nations
seeking to tangle us up in their af- ;
fairs might concede the amend- ]
ments. If after, what member would j
assent to an American amendment? i
Are the people of the United States '
to have nothing to say about the
covenant?
Another German general comes for
ward to take all the blame from the
Kaiser What a little angel Wilhelm
is, to be sure.
NOW IS THE TIME
RESIDENT'S of nearby suburbs
are seriously discussing an
nexation. They dbc' 1 "aifiAos?
ready to come in. The city should ,
meet them half-way. The advan
tages of annexing adjoining terri
tory are nearly always "50-50."
Both sides benefit, but just now the
city has most to gain. We are ap
proaching another Government cent
sus. Are we to show a growth of
a few paltry thousands In popula
tion or are we to turn up among
cities of the 125,000 class? The
answer lies with us. Certainly, the
advertisement Harrisburg would re
ceive would be well worth the cost
and the effort. If anything is to be
done no time is to be lost. The fall
elections our last opportunity
are fast approaching.
Nationalization and socialism are
the products of autocracy, not of
j democracy, and both were a part of
|the German system.
GIVE GENEROUSLY
G' IVE as generously us your
means will permit to the
Kipona fund. The kipona is
to Harrisburg what the Mardi Gras
is to New Orleans. It not only
provides our own people with a day
of wholesome enjoyment In the
open, but brings to the city thou
sands of people from other places.
Given a few years and it will become
one of the big events of Pennsylvania
and will attract as much attention
as Philadelphia's and New York's
jubilees.
The committee needs $3,000 to
finance the program. Send your
contribution to V. Grant Forrer,
care of the Harrisburg Bureau of
Parks, Calder Building.
Kipona may have meant sparkling
waters to the Indians, but it means
good time to us.
THOSE MOSQUITOES
THE heavy rains have brought
with them countless mosqui
toes. Dr. Raunick, acting on
the State Health Department's sur
vey, is ready to get rid of most of
the pests, but he needs the financial
support of Council. By all means
he should have it. A few hundred
dollars is a small sum to pay for
the banishment of the disease
carrying pests.
Let us settle this public ownership
question at the polls, where It ought
to be settled, not in a Congress which
has not been instructed by the voters
on this question.
London is shocked by the new
styles stffit in from Paris and is beg
ging fcr fashion hints from America,
and no doubt will be able to get a
few fresh shocks from what we send
over.
"The tiae that is flowing in the
hearts of men" isn't the peace tide of
which the President spoke.
Are you worried, troubled and in
doubt? Get out into the open to
morrow and watch the "glooms" take
to the woods.
'n.
By the Ex-Committeeman
Prospects are bright for an over
whelming Republican victory in
Dauphin county this fall. Senator
E. E. Beidleman, who has been
looking the situation over pretty
carefully this summer, it; of the im
pression that with sucl. a ticket as
gives promise of being nominated
the Democrats will pu„ up only a
mere show of opposition. The
frightful fall-down of the Demo
cratic organization in this county, as
shown by the en-rollment figures
made public a few weeks ago, is
commented upon by all who know
the opportunities the Democrats had
for the building of a very strong or
ganization. With unlimited re
sources and all the Federal patron
age in their control they come to
the end of nearly eight years of
national control, during which a
large part of the time the national
chairman of the party resided in this
city, with a machine all shot to
pieces and not able to command
even the handful of votes that it
had when Wilson was first elected
to the Presidency. The case of the
Democrats in this district is so hope
less that it is not even certain that
enough victims can be procured to
fill out the ticket. On the other
hand there is a healthy rivalry for
places on the Republican- ticket and
a number of lively contests are in
prospect with strong candidates to
be nominated no matter which way
the wind blows. The party or
ganization in both city and county
was never so harmonious as at pres
ent and the outlook for a very large
vote in an "off-year" is bright.
—The Altoona Tribune doesn't'
think much of the proposal to
create a new political party in Penn
sylvania, and says that newspaper
editorially: "A number of very
earnest men and women, represent
ing every section of the United
States, will presently hold a con
ference for the purpose of consid
ering national affairs, with- a view
to doing something toward straight
ening out the tangles that seem to
have got into our democratic gov
ernment. We have been honored by
an invitation to attend, but are not
disposed to accept the invitation for
various reasons. For one thing
there seems to be no sovereign cure
for anything political in the con
struction of new parties. This has
been tried again and again. Oceus
sionall.v the new organization arrives
at a fitting time and lives. Thus the
Republican party was the logical
outgrowth of a profound and power
ful ser.-timcnt against the extension
of human slavery. It came into be
ing at a propitious time and has
managed to retain the confidence of
a majority of the people for most
of the time since Lincoln's first
election. Yet there does not seem
to be any urgent demand for a new
party at the present moment."'
—The Wilkes-Barre Record is
seeking information on the question:
"Can a discharged soldier, sailor or
marine register for the primaries by
presenting his discharge paper in
lieu of his county or State tax re
ceipt?" An answer to this question
or vital importance to several thou
sand voters is expected sometime
next week, says the writer. "Major
W. S. McLean, Jr., county solicitor,
said yesterday that there is no defi
nite ruling on the question by a court
ar.-d he intends to take the question
up with the court next week, to ob
tain a proper ruling to determine
the procedure in the case of voters
who were in service and, therefore,
could not be assessed and registered
at the proper time. The court's rul
ing is expected some time next week.
In the meantime county and State
tax collectors are holding the matter
in obeyance, advising discharged ser
vice men to withhold the payment
of taxes until a ruling is received."
—William P. F. Forgupon, recog
nized for twenty years as the lead
ing editorial writer in the Prohibi
tion party in the Nation, announces
that he will registci as a Republi
can for the forthcoming election.
He makes the announcement in the
News-Herald, Franklin's only daily
newspaper, of which he is editor.
Ferguson was formerly editor of the
Voice, the New Voice, the Defender
and the National Prohibitionist, all
Prohibition party organs in the
United States, and was the choice of
Michigan and Wisconsin and half of
the Pennsylvania delegation for
President in 1916.
—Judge John M. Patterson, of the
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court,
was asked yesterday to become the
Republican organization's candi
date for Mayor of Philadelphia.
He is holding his answer in abey
ance fci a few days and is to make
known his decision early next week.
This request was one of the day's
important developments following
the announcement of Congressman
J. Hampton Moore that he will seek
the nomination at the September
primaries, and a feature of import
ance about it was that the suggestion
was made by David H. Lane, Vare
leader of the Twentieth Ward, and
Senator David Martin. Both have
long been regarded as personal
friends of Congressman Moore, and
it was only a short time ago that
Mr. Lane expressed the belief that
Mr. Moore should be the organiza
tion candidate. Senator Martin is
generally credited with having
helped Congressman Moore in his
early political successes, but the
two Vare leaders, by the request to
Judge Patterson, gave added em
phasis to their recent declarations
that Moore must be regarded as an
antiorganization candidate.
Ford and Edsel
[Harvey's Weekly.]
About Edsel, The Slacker:
Q. I understand, Mr. Ford, that
this matter is not a private matter
at all.
A. No.
Q. That you publicly declared,
announced that you assumed all
responsibility for Edsel not enlist
ing?
A. I think I did, yes.
Q. That you did not want him to
wear a uniform; that he was more
useful to you in the factory?
A. I did.
Q. And the Draft Board dis
agreed with you?
A. I think so.
Q. That is all, Mr. Ford.
Yes, that was all. If all doting
parents hud been willing and able
to prevent the drafting of their sons,
not much of an army could have
been sent to France. Fortunately
few had sufficient pull at the White
House to evade sendee by obtaining
a timely "change of regulations,"
and fewer yet, thank God, would
have ilnna sn tf t.lie.v could.
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NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
"It used to be a fairly common
occurrence to hear someone growl
ing about high prices in France,"
said Major Frank C. Mahin, or the
Army Recruiting Station, 325 Mar
ket street, Harrisburg. "Most men,
after a short acquaintance with
prices they found at home, changed ;
their minds and said no more about l
French prices. However, one even |
now occasionally finds some ex
soldier who thinks our troops were I
overcharged in France. This point;
of view is due, no doubt, to a fail
ure to consider the question as a
whole. One cannot draw a true
conclusion by examining the situa
tion at any one period. We are too
prone to think of the war as hav
ing started in 1917. It did start I
then, for us, so far as combatant j
participation in it is concerned,
but for the Allies it already had |
been going on for three years, and >
we had felt its effects economically. I
Consider conditions in November I
1917. German submarines had al-I
most reached their peak of destruc- i
tlon of Allied shipping. In a nuli- !
tary way the Allies were hard press
ed ; winter was ahead of them, and i
supplies in France were at low ebb.
Morale was unstable. Hope of!
aid, incurred by news of
great preparation, and bolstered by
early arrival of some troops, was
beginning to weaken because of an
apparent failure of our planes and
expected hordes of troops to arrive.
Yet, in spite of these most adverse
conditions, the early American
troops were royally welcomed, and
most generously treated. To illus- 1
trate the cordial relations existing, I
an instance might be mentioned, i-.
the shell-battered town of Albert, in
view of desolate ruins of what had
been a prosperous sugar retineiy, j
there lived a young French widow,
whose husband, was an artilleiy
sergeant, killed the previous winter.
The widow, as soon as the British
military authorities would permit,
had returned to the shattered re
mains of her home, when the Boche
hud withdrawn from that section.
Here, patching up walls and roof
with such material as was at hand,
she made her home again, with her
aged parents and two little children.
To eke out a living she ran a little
cafe serving all who came, in lie l,
former parlor, and bedroom. As if
she had not enough to do, she did
laundry work for the newly arrived
Americans, and without charges did
their mending. As a result, she be
came well known to the Fourteenth
Engineers, and the, as Xmas ap
proached, decided to give her chil
dren an American Xmas. The idea
grew, and when the day came, not
only her children, but all children
in the town, were guests at a com
munity tree, and received presents
from the regiment. In this town,
on the very edge of desolation,
shopkeepers could hardly have pro
fiteered else no performance like
the above could have come from
the cordiality existing. In Langres,
France, the first Americans to at
tend the military school where
equally well received and treated.
Many private homes were opened
to them where they were often din
ner guests. The men never forget
the comparative profusion of stores
and goods they found here, and
prices were reasonable. In the mat
ter of some services, such as laun
dering, they were unreasonable—so
low as to bo ridiculous. As winter
came, and the whole country
around this city was flooded with
Americans attending various schools
prices naturally advanced. Consider
that now the demands for all com
moditirs were many times increas
ed. Yet all supplies, except mili
tary, were comparative!'' normal or
less. All shipping was utilised for
troops and their requirements. Yst
In this town, in March 1918, one
could buy a uniform for less than
forty dollars, while in the United
.States one could not duplicate it
I for less than sixty dollars. The
cond'tion here was typical of that
throughout France. To help the
-tendency toward overcharging, by
the unscrupulous, sure to be found
in every country, was the evidence
of relative wealth, displayed by
Americans. Our countrymen, as
tourists in Europe, had established
the idea that all of us have plenty
of money. And now. huek privates
who paid a three franc purchase
with a five franc note, and grandly
waved aside the change, substan
tiated the rumor that the American
army paid Its soldiers fabulous
sums. Unprincipled dealers of
course took advantage of this. But
the ordinary merchant, like every
French citizen, with members of his
family, or friends in the war, did
all possible to give comfort and en
couragement to the soldiers of ail
Romance of a Wounded Doughboy
A BIG Packard touring car bowl
ed merrily along one of New
York's busy thoroughfares. A
tall soldier, in his hand a heavy cane
with which he counteracted the
awkwardness of a newly-acquired
artificial leg that had been given
him by a grateful Government in
return for the one he left in France,
stood at the corner of Fifty-ninth
street and Columbus Circle. He ap
peared to be watching the machine,
but his thoughts were elsewhere.
His expected discharge from the
army was due in a few days. He
would then be in a position either
to succeed or fail in his recently
discovered ambition, to sing in opera.
He had a very decent operatic
baritone, so several famous voice
culturists had told him. But he
couldn't read a note. Nevertheless,
with hard study and adfitiuate finan
cial support there was always a
chance that he might make good in.
that Held of endeavor where many
are called, or think the'y are, but
few are chosen.
However, a practical and hard
headed Government, lacking in
imagination, does not include voice
training in its category of vocational
pursuits for partly rehabilitated
soldiers. Nor can noe train one's
voice on bread alone, courageous as
he may be. And meanwhile one
must eat and clothe oneself. And
at that there was always a chance
that he would make an excellent
plumber or bricklayer.
As the big soldier stood musing,
the touring car with its single
occupant, turned and rolled. back.
The chauffeur opened the door and
a pleasant voice asked the soldier
if she could give him a lift. He
replied that he was his own boss
till train time, so it was agreed that
he should ride around with her till
time to leave. And with his accept
ance of the invitation the whole
future of his life was changed.
The kind young lady (who, by the
Allies. A further example of French
generosity, is that shown by a wo- ]
mapr in the Vosges. An American
officer was billeted ifi her homo.
The government paid her a small
amount for his room. Custom
among the officers dictated that he
should pay her at the rate of half
a franc a day to cover personal ser
vices. He found his land-lady, do
ing his laundry, mending it; caring
for his room, which was kept im
maculate; and every night when i;e
retired he found a lunch of bread
and butter with a glass of milk or
wine, ready in his room. When
the officer was ordered away, ha
was ashamed to offer her the cus
tomary amount, and tried to gice
her more. The good woman refused
to accept anything. She said sho
had given four sons to the cause,
and anything now that she could do
was only too little for France and
liberty. It was such cordiality, gen
erosity and indomitable spirit, that
made sure the final victory. Ger
many so wrong in her estimate of
her opponets temper could not, in
the face of such spiritual integrity,
do other than as she finally did—
quit."
The American Girl
[From Birmingham Republican.]
Every once in a while we get
stirred up mightily about the
American girl and wonder if there's
another like her in the whole world.
Then up hops the pessimistic
gentleman in the front row who de
mands if we see anything to be
proud of in these haughty dames
who parade Broadway in dresses so
high that they're low and so low
that they're high, their faces be
yond recognition.
Bless you, that's not the Ameri
can girl at all.
If you want to see the real girl,
seek her out in her native haunts,
frank up Henry Ford or invest a
quarter with the trolley company,
and look for her at Ideal park any
Saturday night. You'll find her
leg'on—and every inch a queen.
This Is the girl who knows how
to dress simply, but attractively. She
carries herself with an easy dignity.
She is approachable. Her smile is
glorious. She has a veal sense of
humor. Your impress'on of her is
that of an honest- j-gosh sort of
person who talks frankly and means
what she says. There is something
refreshing about her personality.
Perhaps, she works for a living; per
haps, she doesn't. In. either case you
find her to be a self-reliant young
woman who knows the value of a
dollar. '
Tnere's nobody like her in the
world.
God bless her.
way, isn't so terribly young) turned
out to be a famous actress, noted for
her eccentricities and generous na
ture. Her name cannot be given
at this (time, for various reasons,
chief among which is the fact that
the whole thing is still a bit uncer
tain. But you shall see.
She became interested in the. sol
dier's ambition to sing and invited
hini to lunch at her apartments the
following day. There he was intro
duced to her colored maid, who
seemed to be u personal friend and
adviser as well as lady-in-waiting.
All three of them chatted together
a while, and then the maid was
ordered to bring in "Minnie," wh.)
proved to be a wonderful mechanical
doll, that "shimmied" steadily and
wholeheartedly throughout the meal,
to the evident enjoyment of the
hostess and the unconcealed amaze
ment of the guest.
The repast finished, NA B. (per
haps that gives her away) summoned
her orchestra leader and her otvn
accompanist and proceeded to give
the soldier a try-out. At the con
clusion of the song, she said with
perfect frankness, and in language
as forceful as it was imconventionul,
"you've got a damn tine voice, but
you sing like hell!"
This was praise indeed, for this
particular lady is not given to flat
tery. The upshot of the whole mat
ter was that she determined to assure
Private Doughboy of a future. She
is going to interest several of her
friends, including Galli-Curci and
John McCormack, in the soldier
singer, and if such moral support
and backing does not make an artist
of our doughboy friend, nothing is
likely to.
This is a true story. It happened
last week to a wounded soldier who
is at present awaiting discharge at
IT. S. A. General Hospital No. 3,
Colonia, N. J. And yet one hears it
frequently said that there is no
romance in the world to-day.
Lane and the Hill
The path that trails across the
clover field
Forks at the foot of yonder purple
hill;
One branch goes on to join the
cedar lane.
The other Zanders downward
with the rill.
The one that seeks the turnings of
the road
Curves through the woods and
fields to Isabelle's;
And through the minted meadows
by the rill.
The other winds to where Cat
mina dwells.
How often have I reached those
parting paths,
And paused to know which way
my wishes turn—
Where Isabelle's clear eyes oatch
heaven's hue,
Or where Carmina's cheeks like
roses burn.
Catmina's voice is softer than the
breeze
j That croons its love songs to the
summer dells;
| But is there anywhere a zephyr
blows
That hums a sweeter note than
Isabelle's?
The thrushes sing divinely by the
brook—
But from the lane I catch the
same glad thrill;
Along the cedar path wild roses
flame—
But are they not as brilliant by
the rill?
And so I linger by those parting
ways,
And watch the sunbeams beckon
from the stream;
But from the cedar shadows in tho
lane
Do I not see them just as brightly
gleam ?
At some rare dawn or dusk a guid
ing light
May from the lane or other path
appear,
And solve the puzzle of Carmina's
heart,
Or Isabelle's coy mystery make
clear.
Till then 1 loiter up the trallir.g
path,
To where it forks below the pu •-
pie hill.
And wait for guidance from the
silent lane,
Or inspiration from the speechless
rill.
—HOWARD MARKI,K HOKE.
Harrtsburg, Pa.
AUGUST 9, 1919
llow Big Incomes Divide
[From the New York Sun.]
By the income tax returns for
1917 it is shown that there were in
this country 3,302 incomes between
SIOO,OOO and $150,000 each. If the
average was $125,000 the total in
comes in that class were $402,7 50,-
000. There were 2,347 incomes be
tween $150,000 and $300,000 each.
If the average was $200,000 the
total incomes in that class were
$409,400,000. There were 559 in
comes between $300,000 and $500,-
000 each. If the average was $400,-
000 the total incomes in that class
were $223,000,000. There were 315
incomes between $500,000 and sl,-
000,000 each. If the average was
$750,000 the total incomes in that
class were $330,250,000. At the top
of the heap there were 141 incomes
of $1,000,000 or more. If the aver
age was $1,500,000 the total incomes
in that class were $211,500,000.
In. all those classes put together
the total incomes were $1,643,500,-
000. The United States Treasury
got a considerable share of those
incomes as taxes. Presumably a
good part of what was left was
distributed by the owners among
the general public, in wages, in the
shops, in the hotels and restaurants,
the schools and colleges, the
churches and hospitals, the thou
sand and one places where comfort
able, large and prodigious incomes
alike usually spend themselves.
But suppose the United States
Treasury hadn't got any of that
$1,643,500,000 of income. And sup
pose it could be taken away from
those Who had it. Suppose not the
$4 wage of day labor was left to
them. Suppose every red copper
of it was taken awuy from them.
Suppose it was all distributed
among the 110,000,000 people of the
United States
Then that distribution would give
everybody—except those big income
holders from whom all had been
taken—sl4.94 more in the whole
year than everybody— except those
big income holders—had. it would
give everybody $1.24 a month more
than everybody had. It would give
everybody nearly 28 % cents a week
more than everybody had. It
wouldn't give everybody a nickel a
day—not even a car fare before the
era of the Wilson cost of living. It
would give everybody just a shade
more than four pennies a day.
We, the American people, are not
fools. We know that confiscation,
in whatever form, of all the incomes
of the very rich would not do any
thing. could pot do anything, for
the American people comparable
with a fair wage ahd a rational liv
ing cost. Neither partisan editors
nor professional politicians can be
fuddle the American people over
that.
If Mr. Wilson will pull the plug
out of the Government's profiteer
ing grain reservoir and permit the
public to have some food at sane
prices we can all get back to busi
ness, settle down to work and earn
some real money which will buy
things.
"High Living"
[From the Scranton Times.]
One Senator says that high living
is the cause of the high cost of liv
ing. Another says it is profiteering
by the retaileis. Still another de
clares it is because the wheat farm
ers are getting $2.26 a bushel.
The high cost of living is due to a
combination of things, embodying,
with qualifications, all of the argu
ments these Senators put forth, but
neither is the main reason.
The Senator who asserted it can
not truthfully attribute the cost of
"high living' 'to the people as a class.
There are countless persons that it
is a sin and a shame to accuse of
"high living." These have not the
means to live high. But there are
people that are extravagant and not
thrifty.
The one big reason for high cost
of living is the fact that 56,000,000
men were put into soldiers' uni
forms. When that was done they
stopped producing food, leather,
clothing, growing cattle and other
things. But they kept on eating, in
other words, they remained consum
ers.
On top of that the 56,000,000 non
productive soldiers fired away a
great deal of money in the shape of
powder, shtft, shell and material
that in peace went into constructive
use and supplied the people with
the means of existence.
"The Dream Is True"
Ah, great it is to believe the dream
As we stand in youth by the starry
stream;
Hut a greater thing is to fight life
through,
And say at the end, "The dream is
true!"
I2DWXN MARKHAM.
IBmrouj CEifai |j 4
It is likely that the Harrisburg
Rotary Club will tako up during
the coming autumn, at the behest
of R. H. Lyon, a well known fisher
man, the project of eliminating the
German carp from Wildwood Lake
and the substitution therefore of a f
large number of big mouth bass,
catfish and blueglll subflsh. This
idea has been under consideration
for some time. Tho lake is muddy
the year around now and much '
of its natural beauty spoiled by tne
carp which are bottom feeders and
which are continually stirring up
the mud on the bottom. It would
be foolish to put the young bats
into the lake while the carp are
there in large numbers for they
would eat the spawn as the bass t
develop and in a short time get tho
better of the game fish in numbers. I
The same is true of catfish and sun
fish. The lake is ideally designed
for the culture of bass, suntlsh and *
catfish. The catfish, which are pro
lific breeders, would provide ample
food for the bass and in addition
would give a lot of good sport for
boys and men not given to fishing
for bass, and the same applies to
the sunfish, which of this variety
grow large and are good fighters.
Mr. Lyon has looked over tho lake,
given the matter constderablo
thought and is talking of asking
the Rotary club to get behind tho
movement. It is believed the park
department, the officials of which
always have been regretful of the
useless German carp in the lake,
would listen to the scheme for the *
reason that it would add anoths'
big attraction to Wildwood Park
The State Department of Fisheries
is always glad to co-operaVe with
communities in any movement of
the sort and about all the expense
that would be attaehed to the re
"I 0 ™ 1 " f , the p brp and the planting
of the lake with the fish mentioned
would bo the draining of the water
a comparatively easy manner, cx
cept in a few low spots, which
would have to be seined. Of course
there are carp all the way up the
channel of the creek, above the
dam, but most of these fish would
come down into the lake when th
water began to get low in the 1
stream and so would be caught.
At least so many carp would be
taken from the lake that the bass
and other fish would have a ehancd
to propigate and would then he
able to hold their own against their
leather-backed enemies.
"Every day some fellow breezes
in our office to inquire about army
life," said Sergeant Frank Brynia. -
ski yesterday. "I thought every- *-
body knew all about it. But, now
T am convinced, that thousands
haven't the-slightest idea about thj
great military forces Uncle Sar.i
keeps to protect himself with.
"In tho army you live mostly out *
of doors. Tour work builds you
up physically; makes you strong,
healthy, alert, and masterful. Your
military duties keep you fit. Say.
you feel like a king all the time!
That's why all regular soldiers ar.j
such happy fellows. It makes you
the kind of a chap that gets the
best sort of a job when your enlist
ment is up. For no calling build i
up character and independence lik >
the military profession. It's a reg
ular life for a regular guy.
"It doesn't make any difference ' ,
what you say, the army is the
greatest training school in America J
Where else can you pull down goo.;
big pay while going to school!
Where else do you get a chance 'o
learn any trade you want to know'.'
Whether you go into the Infantry.
Artillery, Cavalry or Air Service, i*
makes no difference. They give a
man a chance to learn and earn in
them all. Each branch utilizes a
number of skilled trades —often a
great many. These include every
thing from surveying, automobllo
I repairing, wireless telegraphing, etc.
to tailoring, cooking and bricklay
ing. You can choose which of theso
trades you will learn.
"Yesterday a man said 'sergean',
do you have any liberty in the *
army?' Say—lsn't it funny what
strange ideas people get! Why cer
tainly we get plenty of liberty. In
fact it's the most free life in the
world. You can always get time
to play baseball, football and other
games. Lots of men right here in
town don't get this chance. You go
to shows, dances and movies every
night, almost, if you want to, and
say—everybody gives the soldier the
glad hand. I think soldiers have
a much better time than civilians
—and at the end of the month they
have more money in their pockets
to show for their work. Take it
from me." *
* * *
Eli N. Hershey, former president
of the Rotary club, is chairman of
the Deeper Susquehanna Committee *
of Pennsylvania which is back of
the movement to make the river
navigable from tidewater to the coil
fields. He will assist the War De
partment representatives in chargo
of the survey made possible
through Congressional activities of
Congressmen Griest and Kreider
and will have ns volunteer assist
ants many enthusiasts throughout
the country to tho north and west.
It is likely that a conference will
be held some time this fall to bo
addressed by Government represen
tatives. Action will also be taken at
the old boatmen's reunion to bo
held at Rolling Green park, near
Sunbury this summer. r
• * •
Dr. F. E. Downes, superintendent
of Harrisburg schools, is spending a
part of his summer vacation in Car
lisle, having taken over a Dickin
son fraternity house which he and
hib family are occupying for the
summer. Dr. Downes is wel! known
in Carlisle, having come from that
Pi ace. He is an ardent tisheunan
and almost any day you may ace
his fishing boots drying on the lawn
or a porch roof, for he is one of
those anglers who prefer bait-cast
ing. fly fishing or plug casting to '■*
any other form of the sport, and
when he goes into a stream it la
almost certain to be a tragic occa
sion for some of the big black bass <* ' •■
residing in that neighborhood.
the World Wags
Some pressing work I needed done
Instantci, on tho quick.
And so a man, an ideal one,
I sought to do the trick.
Weeks passed and into months they
ran,
Until in dire dismay
The job I gave a busy man.
And it was done next day. *
A little loan, a friendly "touch,"
I wish to make and sought
A friend of mine whose wealth w-3
such
'Twould seem to him as naught.
He hemmed and hawed, and said,
quite vexed.
His taxes he must pay.
I asked a struggling poet next >
And got it right away. .
William Wallace Whltlock.