Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
EVENING Chat

W nat was IL ali about! is u Dues
uon that has been asked q thousand
times concerning the Industrial Wei
tare and Efficiency conference held
tnis week in the State Capitol and
Whlch brought to the city no less than
1000 persons, mostly at their own ex-
pense. ThB question can best be an
swered in the words of DR.. John Price
Jackson, who was the moving spirit
in the conference. THE idea is to
stimulate interest in movements that
make for safety, welfare, economy and
efficiency, and the greatest of these is
safety" was the terse way in which
the official who has created the De-
| partment of Labor and Industry put
| 1T to me to-day. There are many
people who are willing and even anx-
I ious to aid and whose help would be
mite lines TO work on. Safety is some
thing which everyone can preach and
get others to practice by setting an
example. The conference enabled
many excellent ideas to be put for
ward"
A high compliment was paid to-day
to Harrisburg for the manner in
which its people, it's businessmen and
its traction company, electric COM
pany, manufacturers and others had
backed up the safety first movement
by w. H. Cameron, the secretary and
treasurer of the National Council for
Industrial Safety. He comes from
Chicago and has been preaching safety
for years, being the chief among the
men who have been endeavoring to in
culcate the idea that 1t is better to be
safe than sorry. Il have been much
interested at the manner in which
the people of the city have shown
their interest in the conference and
| hat he T.. ~
| The conference was remarkable for
the big people who attended and for
the fact that so many big corpora
uons sent men here. The exhibits
made by the Harrisburg concerns
show that they appreciate what safety
means, and I think that with your
police force, firemen and teachers all
endeavortng to demonstrate the i'm
portance of being on the safe side, the
coming generation ought to be we'll
| Instructed. Harrisburg ought to have
a live, working organization that
| breaches safety first in every line of
I industry. indoors and out, and 1t has
gotten good start"
Only those who figured In the con-
ference can appreciate the people who
constituted it. The United States
! Steel Corporation, for instance, had
a score or more men here and the
| Pennsylvania Railroad as many more.
Great big concerns were represented
by their officials or by safety experts,
in many cases sending a couple of
men. The conference was so arranged
that ideas for safety for every general
line of industry could be discussed,
the branches ranging from blast fur
naces to textile factories. In addition
every labor union from the Brother
! hood of Locomotive Engineers to the
hut tnI, hpIr l.a,,
leymen and bricklayers, cranemen, to
movie" operators, had delegates
here, and there were also many men
and women interested in uplift, well
fare, sociological, philanthropic and
other organizations who were inter-
ested auditors Of the speeches.
A good many people are wondering
why the water meters are being read
this month instead of in March, as mas
been the rule for many years, and
some of them are inclined to argue
about it when the reader comes
around. The reason is very simple.
The present fiscal year will end on De-
cember 81, the Clark third class city
commission government act having
made the official years correspond
with the calendar year, as it should
be. Tho result is that all books and
everything else will be closed as of
the last day of the year. This will
also affect other branches.
The sudden drop in November tenn
perature has had the effect of boost
ing overcoat sales and the clothing
men say that in spite of the bad busi-
ness times, there is demand for the
good warm coats. People are not
running wild for fancy coats. They
are buying serviceable ones and they
Qr n q n f1nYaa fAo
we have to carry some people, but as
a rule, we have found cash paying
to be pretty general" was the way one
man put 1t.
This week has been notable for
some of the finest sunsets 1 have seen
for a long time" said the amateur
meteorologist last evening. "They
have been of that peculiarly gorgeous
type for which the Susquehanna valley
Is noted and the heavens have been
bright with red and pink, turning to
light green and gray and then to the
puppies. 1t has been a great pleasure
to see the sunsets from the Capitol or
from Allison HILL"
Edward E. Jones' member of the
Legislature from Susquehanna county.
was here yesterday looking up quar-
ters for his fifth legislative session and
was warmly greeted by his friends.
Mr.. Jones is best known as "Dirt
Road" Jones because of his success
full advocacy of the bills for improve
ment of dirt roads. and 1t is q pretty
safe bet that he will be chairman of
the roads committee in the coming
session. Mr.. Jones is also a farmer
and dairyman and is away up on such
matters.
The giant locomotives placed on the
siding of the Pennsylvania Railroad
to form part of the safety exhibit have
attracted the attention of many visit
ors to the city, including travelling
men, who have noticed them near the
station, while railroadmen from far
and near have clambered into their
cabs. The engines are the largest
ever turned out for the Pennsylvania
or for any other road. There are
! some longer ones in service, but moi
as heavy or of as great driving power.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
james A. Farrell, president of the
Steel Corporation, is the new presl-
dent of the Export Club.
w. B. Kirk, the Pittsburgh ce-