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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

apostrophlzes King Albert OF Belgium as
follows;
Nor fore the agony quailed shrank.
Think not we reckon slight OF this,
Valiant in held and saeriflcel
Our children shall the legend tell
OF Albert. King, whose name shall spell
Wherever read as none other can;
Great King. Great Soldier. and A Mani"
AS an example Of the patriotic devotion
awakened by the present CONFLICT. these selee-
tlons from hymn to France are offered;
Hail France. my native lana, and home OF an
that's high and fairl
bid thee fear no hostile hand nor hordes that
grind loved acres bare.
For they shall bloom another morn, q smile
more radiant and wide
Enriched with rarsr wheat and corn where
ever one last foeman dledi"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

FTlHE system of commission form of gov
Il ernment for cities of the third class in
Pennsylvania has been in operation and effect
so long that we are now able to determine
from actual results whether 1t has proved
to be the success that its friends prophesled
or the failure that its opponents predicted.
The practical operation of the system in
one city and the results attained in it may
or may not be fairly typical OF what has been
accomplished in other places but the natural
inference is that if 1t has been easily and
surely a success in one 1t ought to be and
could be so in ALL for the municipal problems
of the entire group are similar and the legal
formula for solving those problems is the
same.
During the discussion OF the bill in the
legislative sessions of 1911 and 1913 and up
to the 27th day of June of that year when
the bill became an act by the Governors
approval. the city of Erie, having popula-
tlon of about $4,000 and being the third
largest city of the class, was an ardent, con-
tinuous and intelligent supporter OF the
measure.
Its Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade, Business Mems Exchange, nearly all
Of the civic associations and a great majority
of its citizens demanded change and re-
joiced when It came.
Have they been disappointed? Do they
wish the old blcameral council reinstated?
Decidedly not judging from the expressed
views OF many of her leading citizens.
When nominations we're to be made a large
number of candidates presented themselves,
a spirited contest took place and during the
campaign for final election the interest was
intense.
The result Of the election was a keen dis
appointment to many, some regarded it as a
Calamity-others did not consider It.
The Mayor held over, and among the four
members of Council elected were a pattern
maker, printer and a lawyer.
Increased Civic Activity.
The advocates OF the system had declared
that 1t would beget an increased civic activ-
ty, and they were correct
Presumably the structural features of the
law are too well known to need mention now,
they have heretofore been discussed and
given publicity. The newly elected officials
of the city OF Erie qualified and entered upon
their duties, passed the necessary ordinances
TO enable them to carry out the purposes of
the act, assigned themselves to the heads of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
Give us a Definite Policy

THE outbreak of the war brought what
i ever common sense there happened to
be in Congress to a head. few OF the bar
rlers placed in the way of an American mer-
chant marine were removed. AS result l0l
ships, OF a gross tonnage of third Of a
million, have come under United States
registry This is gain of some significance
in itself, but II is most important as show
ing what can be accomplished IL the navi-
cation laws are liberalized, or, to use a
better word, modernized
Our system is obsolete 1t is the most
standpatter thing we have. In the matter
OF consular fees alone the American ship is
penallzed intolerably British vessel, 1t
seems, pays a gross sum annually for con-
sular service, but an American bottom is
mulcted by our representatives IN every for
eign port 1t visits. There are other imposts
equally as discouraEing. We have had pro-
teotive tariffs to protect American manu-
faeturers, but in shipping we have pursued
exactly the opposite course; that is, we have
protected our competitors against all COM
petition by us. The President has dag
nosed the disease very accurately, but he
suggests palliative instead Of n remedy.
He wants to experiment.
There are men in the United States who
know something about shipping and would
not be long in deciding a definite plan
for the rehabilitation OF our marine along
economically sound lines The dying Con-
gress can do nothing Of more final value
to the country than to appoint a capable
commission, the recommendations OF which,
after due consideration. should form the
basis of a settled definite and nonpartisan
policy to be adhered to tenaciously and Wig
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
IsAT APART

fhe eailaren danced a merry rins
watched them while heard fben, si
beFiy down, on, derry down. s
Ane bride shall wear a nyrtls 49, :,
benumbed sat apart.
Three mothers ehattsd meath a.,
90 ssstsiIy eomphesncy:
~ enna - tall and yours are "a,
tsel son stands with his fafheTss st =.
3us envy sioomed my heart
An airy dafting draEonay 'A MS
t-tty Gown, Oh, derry doWnl
A4e VIE shan wear q velvet ~s,y, !.
"o~hsa my empty fate
me- me- nsaos sainst mothers breasts tbsy a..
a--t @nPis breasts that poets sIna 80 "''iz4
- PteAl posom Feined vim firs
Hee tenderiy doth comfort VI, =
a. eisAshed teeth we're aFats
a-s re chila IKE these Mths ana s.fr
.o wtom might sss nssers
~ty uean chl derry d81ri
F-r HAtn 20 tabe ~ drivs 5o e.
eia'ehsd my unalIsd hrsaas
~ tsain tas q1ieksnIas tHfu
@sfze1 ns hearth af...t...
S naslIaa rr.
aIea 70 oas tns.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
Unemployment Problem

From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
TO what extent asks Mayor Mitchell can the
cooperative EFFORT ana foresight OF manufae-
turers, hnancisrs and merchants minimize
chronic unemployment at a certain period Of
the years In answering this nrst question the
business men may have important suggestions
10 make 10 States. counties, cities and other
governing bodies. such bodies undertake varl-
Gus enterprises without reference 10 the con
dition OF the labor market ana the money mar
kst. They can plan more wisely. postpone Judi
eiously. and enter the market as employers and
sbsndsfa when their aid Is particularly weI-
cone,
There - also the question Of better o4kaniza-
tion 81 puhlc. quasi-publle, and private em-
ploymeat bureaus. The bureaus opened by
cities and states are uaeless OF worse ia tso
many cases. because the pafaly zinR hand u
apoiis ana politics 70 on them. Inedlclsncy Is
the rule. OF the private agencies some can be
cured By sarsicsl treatment only. tha leeiil-
mate and reasonably ealclent ones sho1id be
preserved aad brought INTO some sort 81 de6-
nile relation With ofdciai ana benevolent
azencies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
Imbecilic Economy

DEBABORING high prices has been a
- popular enough pastime to drive a cou-
pie OF million men out Of work and into soup
houses BY now II may be beginning TO
dawn on citizens in general that something
for nickel when you haven't got the nickel
ia whole lot more expensive than the same
thing for dime when YOU have that piece
Of silver at your disposal
High prices are the barometer Of pros
perity. They indicate a healthy condition
in the business world, plenty of work at
good wages. smoking chlmneys, buzzing
wheels. II is easy to find low prices GO
into the backwoods or settle in an agricul-
tural community. where poverty hangs on
the seasons and the fruits OF civilization are
as far off as the Garden of Hesperldes There
are islands in the South Seas where money
is unknown. Eggs are cheap there, and fish
and air. Clothes cost nothing because there
ere none
That is what we have been strainlng to get
away from. Humanity has been thinking
and laboring and struggling and sweating for
centuries to get up and away from such
stagnation. It's intelligence has been co-or-
dinated and its stamina tested in the pro-
J digous battle. And when by the mercy OF
Providence and the magnificent application
Of genius we have progressed so far that the
push OF a button turns night into day ana
the push OF another brings into our kitchens
the riches cf all lands and countries, when
we have made the metals our servants and
the hidden forces of nature our slaves, there
burst forth loud protests from vociferous gen.
tlemen OF the 'I-wish-for- the good old days
type and they actually succeeded in convinc-
ing large part of the people that the high
cost Of living was running them.
We have had taste OF theoretical low
prices. We have seen what II means to set
the clock back. There is a happy mean
neither too high nor too low but under or
dinary conditions the law is inexorable that
high prices connote real prosperity, an abuEd-
Rnce OF money. the capacity to get the things
that money will buy. AS between our mills
running and few cents more for their prodt
ucts and our mills not running at all there
can be but one decision. We need legislators
who can grasp the idea of the middle ground
and not spend their time devising new meth
Ods of smashing profits. Inventive genius is
the greatest safe depressant OF high prices
that we have. Our lawmakers, the other
hand, begin by trying to depress prices and
end by depressing prosperity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
Ahead Of MIR. BRYAN

VtHERE Is ealumny abroad. Hear Repre-
i sentative Buchanan declaring that as ''Mr.
Roosevelt seldom expresses himself through
the newspapers and magazines, Il might be
uea 10 SET hold OF him and drag something
our of him on the subject of our unprepar-
eaneas Perhaps Mr. Buchanan has been
aaleap. why. word for word, Mr.. Roosevelt
Is 100000 ahead OF Mr.. Bryant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

all Of the politicians Of the land will be
with the Senate. but most Of the straight
forward. unsophisticated people will side with
the President. At any rate the impasse
should have been avoided by the exercise Of
n little tact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

President Wilson and Senator MARITIME are
reported 70 have reached breaking poiat IA
their onciaI relations If So. ths President
can console himself win ne knoaladse lhat
iheFs Is = danger 81 re "FsfusI QfzIor
ssas Reelected assn New J shich
iIeHaIg aaf Ie sHaH hfa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

no reasonable. prudent arm who faces faets
can reach the conclusion that the nation -
no need Of preparation OF its military Tsso,,ra
-Lindley n. Garrison. resources
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

h,i u ne tuli strength Of the British feet war.
- -,',d "a eppnel with the United States fest
eea solntnslee W ana our country sueeessftIliv ~
cause or ita greater strength -Resr Ad5,,ss1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

~ we want to put ourselves ia a position 10
Isl'asI @% @% service 10 humanity and to the world
We VIII nor 90 Il by aFming ourselves ana sWa -
ssflng around and Dragging 10 the worlS of
Nhat We can do-Wiliam Jennings BRYAN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

me Womana Legislative Congress has
voted down eusenles and supported cigar
ettes. Yet. II fewer cigarettes were smoked.
euganies would not be 30 mnen emphasized
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
Our Preparedness

Ffom the New York sun
l cannot sympathize with those sinesre Vsn.
tlemen who oppose military and naval defenses
Tor this country on the ground that thew viii
MAKE mar. Tor war do not think so.-WiIliam III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

There is some reason to suppose that Doc
tor Brumbaugh also will have something TO
say about legislation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

II Senator Penrose is nominated for Prssi-
dent on the Republican ticket. il win be Ollie
Jamsa who makes the seeonding speech.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

The pol " councllmen on me transit plans
revealed the fact that 4 number of our law
sigsfs had never asard q them. Filiiug two
Jobs az once doea not give a man much
leisure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

Counting both the Wares as one man. we
have ia them, MeSichol ana Penrose one
tFiumyirats and four pairs OF breeches, q COM
blnatlan unprecedented II history Or art.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

Evidence continues 20 pile up that "It's a
long way TO Tipperary," whether from the
BrltIsh or the German point or view.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

Although the commuter may be bit dis
oomhtsd. he yet has a potent weapon with
which TO worry the railroads-ths trolley
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

For a time 1t appeared that Colonel Goethas
was more likely TO get Chautauaua lecture
than ships
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
A coal mans Christmas.

II Russia had few more news dispensers
THE German armies would be annihilated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

After the war there win be an entirely
different kind OF retrenohing in Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
COMMISSION RULE A SUCCESS In ERIE
Dreams of the Vonares Have Come TueNo Mourning Over the
Passing of the Old Bcameral Council
By HENRY A. CLARK

Providing Commission Penn',an Cities
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
THE UPWARD TREND OF BUSINESS

1t is my firm conviction says James J. Hill,
''that the enactment of the currency bill is the
greatest piece of constructive legislation that has
been put upon the statute books since the Civil
war 1t will give an impetus to the country in
renewed activity and general confidence that will
cause widespread wave of prosperity that will
cover the entire country The Wall Street Jour
nal says that 1914 gives promise of being year
of the greatest financial activity; business men
and bankers from all parts of the country in
interviews in Eastern newspapers are wholly OPP
timistic in their statements, while the financial
column of Puget Sound newspaper early this
month recounted the fact that money is so easy
that interior banks have been abe to pay back to
the treasury department their December install
ment of the special crop-moving deposits placed
with them last summer and fall and to make SUBJ
stantial Roadway with their January instalment
and this without upsetting the money market or
bringing about any reaizable construction of cred
it,
Portland bankers who are giving careful
study to the financial situation and the influence
it has on the general business situation says the
Oregonian, declare that there is basis for the
Fear expressed in some quarters that the transfer
at reserve money from banks in the central re-
serve cities to the newly organized federal reserve
aenters will be attended with drastic surtament
of credit or general calling Of loans They ex-
plain that this Encouragement only will shift
not curtail-credits. On the other hand, they
point out, it will release money now held in
serve in the vaults and enlarge the lending capac-
ity of the financial interests generally" So, with
similar expressions of optimism made by bust
ness men and bankers generally, has about
that renewed confidence which really determines
the business conditions of this country, a conf
dence which brought about the notwithstanding
of bond issues of several substantial industries and
one state issue during the last week, feature of
the financial situation which has not occurred for
more than year.
The trend Of business is steadily upward and
Olympia will reap the benefit Of it this spring and
summer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
THE FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH

What is the function of the church, To stand
by and dictat. or TO joIn IN and olryate2 Or, to
Put il another way, viii il accomplish its purpose
easier and better by direction or cooperation?
If that question could be answered sat:sfac-
tory to ali. that is if the atttud, of the church
toward men and women and the attitude of men
and women toward the church could he determine
ed satisfactory to both the influence and tie ar-
peal Of the church. powerful as they are today,
would be greatly multiplied. 1t is a mooted
disputed question, however, always has been and,
we presume always will be. The generally ac-
cept"d view of the church has been that OF a
moral and spiritual guardian, but we ere raising
this question in your minds at thi, time because
Rev. c. S. Morrison, rector of st Johns Episco-
pal church Of this city, last Sunday expressed
different view. Taking up the general question
of the relation of the church to amusrnents he
said in part:
THE function of the church and Of religion
is not to condemn and to suppress, is it to
stand aside from the manifold activities OF life
The function of the church and o. religion is to
enter into every phase of life as a determining
factor. 1t enters into am,lsements to raise them
to higher plane to regulate them in relation to
the serious purpose Of life, to prevent them de-
veoping immoral tendencies, to keep them pure
and clean and healthy, to make them fields for
the development and expression of Christian and
manly and womanly virtues.
There is quite little difference between the
two views, if you will analyze them. No one yet
has been able to say definitely and satisfactorily
which is the best each Of us must settle it in his
own mind; each church, presume, must adopt
one policy or the other. Which appeals to you
the most9
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
APPEALING TO THE CHILDREN.

Two ways through which direct appeal will
be made to the children Of this state this year to
interest them in the study and application of up
to-date agricultural methods, and through the
children the parents, have been presented through
the newspapers of the state by the state depart
ment of agriculture and the state superintendent
OF public instruction, the former s weeks course
of study at the State Fair, the latter statewide
contest.
Neither aims to compete with the other, both
work toward common end the development in
the coming generation of desire for agriculture
and instruction in the proper methods to be used
SO that in the coming years Washington may take
an even greater position agriculturally. These
two lines of endeavor, then, demand the interest
and cooperation of every father and mother on
farm in this state and of many who live in the
cities and will, we trust receive that assistance in
the fullest measure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
FrOm The Washington Standard for
Feb. l. 1850. Vol. XXVIII No. lOl

(FrOm The Washington Standard for
Feb. 1, 1850. Vol. XVIII, No. 1O.)
There Is no disputing the fact that
Olympia and in fact the whole county
has entered upon a season of prosper
ity that gives every evidence of being
progressive and permanent. The con-
fidence of our people, which suffered
such a severe blow many years ago
through the bad faith of the railroad
company, has at last been in a great
measure restored. Even those conser
vative individuals, sometimes called
''mOssbacks," whose only mission
seems to be to oppose progress at ev-
cry point, have been compelled to
admit that the incoming tide is stron-
ger than they can resist, and that they
must yield to its force or be speedily
overwhelmed. Small fortunes have
been made during the past month by
quite a number of people who up to
that time had been literally property
poor" But 1t is nothing to Whist will
come. Thurston county will this
summer be the literally Chosen Land
for investment
business in the matrimonial Lin, is
looking up.
An electric light now Eliminates
Second street wharf.
Brickmaking promises to be a pref
liable industry here next summer.
A carload OF land boomers are ex-
pected to arrive in Olympia early ,.ext
week.
Col n. II. Owings Yesterday bought
the Rosenthal property. Second and
Main streets, paying therefor $1,000
Word comes that Miss Carrie Alien
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30

The Olympia Modern Tavern League will
compish great good if it carries out it's decara-
ton of intentions, even though to some it may
like an eleventh-hour move The trouble
with the saloon business has been apty stated by
the leagues presidents one solution Of that trou-
BILE is offered in the leagues declaration; the ex-
pertinent will be an interesting and its effect
in the light Of the coming prohibition campaign,
will be watched closely. incidentally. If the
league assumes the proportions it is likely to and
becomes statewide and perhaps national in char
acter, it will afford Olympia considerable publicity
the place whore was started a new movement
to "clean up the saloon business
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30

We actually exist out here. The state of
Washington actually exists. So does Oregon and
California and Montana and Illinois and Ohio and
Georgia and Maryland and all the states "betwixt
and between" and on all Sides It's fact Why?
Wall Street has acknowledged it and that means
that the City of New York. the most hide
and the most provincial in the nation, has reeog-
nized it. "We must emancipate ourself from
whatever is local, provincial and selfsh-we must
steer our ship toward the broad horizon of Ameri-
ca" said one Of Wall Street leaders in an after
dinner speech the other day. We're discovered
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30

We are not fully appraised of the nature and
purpose of the massmeeting of Thurston county
farmers to be held in this city Saturday after
noon, but we are well enough acquainted with the
road question and some of the matters upon which
there is general complaint among the farmers of
the county to urge every farmer who can possibly
do so to attend The fullest and freest discussion
from all standpoints is always the best at such a
gathering-be there to take your part in it,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30
(FrOm The Washington Standard 70

(FrOm The Washington Standard fOl
Jan. 80, 1864. Vol. ~, No. 1c.)
We are informed by Mr.. Handle that
a man named Henry Johnson and q
lad IA or 16 years of age, name not
given, were drowned in the NisQually
river near Yelm on Wednesday last
by the upsetting of canoe in which
they were crossing the river The
bodies have not yet been found.
We have had all sorts of weather
the past week-sunshine, rain, and
snow; mild, damp, frosty and cold.
The following bills were among
those passed by the legislature this
week: To locate a territorial road in
Thurston county and to locate terri
torial road from Budd's Inlet to in
tersect county road.
The legislature will probably ad-
jOurn sine die today.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-01-30

So far as known, there is but one
empty dwelling house in Olympia and
some half dozen parties claim to have
secured it, each for himself.
Uncle 10 ~Souther, manager of the
Olympia sawmill, is making arrange
ments to largely increase the capacity
OF that establishment 1t is intended
that early in March the mill will turn
out 10000 feet per day.