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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
FAIR AND EXPOSITION

WITH the permit of the State
wv Water Supply Commission to
construct levee or dixie along
the east bank of the Susquehanna
river near Middletown, the Keystone
state Fair and Industrial Exposition
takes another step forward in its pre-
liminary development. 1t is stated
that the actual work upon the con-
struction of the buildings and the
landscape designing will be under
taken In the near future. All the
plans are said to have been approved
and Harrisburg will watch with in
terest the working out of the big un-
dertaking which promises. to place the
city still more largely upon the map
as one of the live municipalities of the
country.
The promoters of the fair and ex-
position on the very favorable site
between this city and Middletown have
passed through a most discouraging
experience owing to the business con-
ditions of the last few years, but those
in charge now declare with confidence
that they are certain to win out in a
way that will be pleasing to all who
are Interested in such an enterprise.
During recent years the great auto
bile speedways at Sheepshead Bay and
Indianapolis have attracted thousands
OF automobile lovers from every sec
ton of the United States. officials OF
the keystone Exposition are author
ity for the statement that the speed
way which will be one of the features
of the enterprise will surpass in its
construction and distance any other
automobile speedway in existence.
It is an interesting fact that this
fair and exposition are to be located
upon the meadowlands of the great
Young farms, the ideal development
of which attracted during the life time
Of Colonel James Young many ia
NOUS men. And the fact that the
grounds are fringed by the Susque-
hanna river and that the main line of
the Pennsylvania railroad skirts the
entire frontage of the property is an
other favorable feature of the pro-
posed exposition. 1t will be seen by
millions of people every year and
the promoters are more than conf
dent of the results. while admitting
that they have been compelled to
overcome many difficulties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
NAVAL DETERIORATION

TIME charge that the American
navy has deteriorated under the
Wilson Daniels too proud to =
fight regime has been given unex-
pected support from an official quar-
ter The records of the battle
efficiency of the ships in the feet
show a marked falling off from the
percentages in Daniels first year of
control and before the impetus to good
work from line of Republican Sec
retaries had been dissipated.
For the year ending June 80, 1915,
the battleship Michigan stood first in
battle effikiency," according to the
official ranking of the Navy Depart
ment, with a percentage of 1851.
For the year ending June 80. 1914,
on the other hand. the battleship
Wyoming stood first in battle eff
ciency," according to the official rank
ing of the department, with per-
centage of 1921.
In other words. 1t requires nearly
II per cent. less efficiency for lead
ership under Daniels than it did under
Meyer.
In some quarters, friendly to Mr..
Daniels. 1t has been suggested that it
would not be entirely. fair to charge
that the feet had fallen off materially
in efficiency because of the difference
in the battle efficiency" ratings be-
tween this year and last. They say
that the conditions under which the
tests were made this year were much
more difficult and that the relative
standing of the fleet as a whole was
much higher.
When asked why conditions were
not taken into account in making up
the ratings so that there could be some
accurate basis of comparison for the
laymen, these officials declined to
answer the question.
The disclosure that there is an ap-
parent falling off in battle efficiency of
the fleet over last year, IL the ratings
given officially by the department for
the two years have any significance, is
certain to be discussed at the coming
session of Congress. according to critics
of the administrators defense policy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
TAFT FOR SPARTAN CHILDREN
IPhiladelphia Inouirer.

Former President Taft, like his dis
tinguished predecessor in the White
House, does not believe that we should
permit ourselves to become a nation
of mollycoddles. In the movement
to protect children from oVer-work
and from beginning work at too ten
der an age the pendulum threatens to
swing too far the other way Mr..
Taft, in a talk before the Michigan
day, found fault with the disposition
to make it too easy for children in
the schools and colleges. He said that
there was too much waste in teaching
and condemned the system which ut
terly failed to fit the child properly
for its battles of life. He added:
Children are not worked hard
enough, have too long vacations, are
not ground in the drudgery of learn
ing; in short they haYe too easy a
time between the ages of and IA
years.
This thought has been expressed by
other men at other times. The late
President Garfield was one who be-
lieved that the more a boy was COM
PEELED to hustle for himself the better
man he was liekly to be-. He knew
because his early life was not a bed
of roses. From the tow-path to the
Presidency meant hard work and
plenty of it. The late Justice Elkin,
of this State. was another man who
feared that we might go too far in
the coddling process. He had felt the
sting of poverty. From plow-boy he
rose to the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania. The intervening years were
q struggle, but who shall saw that
the struggle was not Invaluable in
character building?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
VISITING THE WAR BRIDES
I.-What They Mean to America
By Frederic ]. Haskin
T<HIS mountain town on the Lehigh
A ...-.-i....-= .........-t-

INHIS mountain town on the Lehigh
is a center of Americas newest,
greatest and most spectacular in
dustry-the making of munitions for
the European battlefields. Here came
by the omissaries abroad of the Beth
lehem Steel Company
From Bethlehem as a center, the
business has spread, first to the sub
salaries of Bethlehem Steel, then to
other large manufacturing interests
and finally to the little fellows"
many of whom have leaped to great
ness in a day.
Undoubtedly the coming of the
war brides" has been one of the
most unusual and picturesque phases
of industrial development ever seen
in this country. Business was slack,
especially in iron and steel, but also
in many other industries. Plants
were closed and men were idle. Then
came the opportunity that Europe had
created, and the waiting, restless
forces of industry rose to meet 1t.
Working forces have been doubled
and trebled. Plants in full blast are
surrounded by the steel skeletons of
new factories that the spring up like
growing things.
City Springs
At Hopewell, Va, a city of twenty
thousand has come into being where
before there was only forest. At
Penn's Grove, N. j., a peaceful little
country village has been invaded and
turned upside down by an army OF
ten thousand powder makers In the
great cities, the change has been less
spectacular, but the production of
everything that armies use has in
creased MANIFOLD.
So towns and fortunes have been
made; firms struggling against adj
verse conditions have been suddenly
lifted to the highest degree of pros
perity; tens of thousands of idle men
have found employment. The land
ing of the foreign orders was pinch
hit that won the prosperity game for
American industry:
But the war brides have brought
about a thing perhaps more import
ant than that. They have built up
in the United States a group of or
ganizations for the making of muni-
tions of war that are as competent as
any in the world. The American peo-
pie have spoken plainly for more men
and more ships, but the question of
shells and guns does not seem to have
been widely considered. Meanwhile,
American manufacturers have ans
wered it. Furthermore. they have
shown all the world what America
can do in the way of making arms
and ammunition on short notice.
The War Department has not over
looked the importance to the govern
ment of this munition industry. Ex-
perts from the Bureau of Ordnance
have resigned their positions, with
the consent of the War Department,
to enter the employ of the munition
makers. For example, at one of the
nnwdar Tnillq the work is Sill
pervised by a Russian general, repre-
senting the chief purchaser, which is
his government, and also by an Amer
ican army officer.
Through these men the War De-
partment will learn exactly what the
capacities and facilities of the Amer
ican munition plants are. 1t is known
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

that the government hesitated to take
this step, lest it be construed as a
breach of neutrality; but decided that
1t was justified in taking steps to OBJ
tain knowledge of its own resources
In possible time of need.
Proficiency Increased
Not only the capacity of American
! munition factories, but their pro-
hciency, is being increased. American
engineers are making a laboratory
study of the mechanism OF war, as it
has been perfected in Europe. NUM-
tions to be used by European armies
| have to be made in accordance with
European standards and specifications,
and this cannot be done properly un-
less all of the formulas and designs
are laid before the men who do the
work.
1t is known that certain European
governments tried to hold back some
OF this information, which had been
among their most important military
secrets. 1t is also known that Amer
lean manufacturers found 1t more eX-
pensive to do the work under such a
handicap. So the foreign govern
ments took the munition makers into
their confidence as matter of dollar
and cents, and it has come about that
chemical and metallurgical formulas,
and designs for guns and shells, that
were perfected in Europe and long
guarded as secrets, are being used
| in American factories under the eyes
of American military experts.
The foreign governments are taxi
ing every precaution to see that their
requirements are met. They have
over a thousand inspectors in this
country. A large corps of them. un-
der the direction of Col. c. e. Phipps
of the British army. have their offices
here in the Bethlehem Steel Com
panys building. Every day they may
be seen in their big touring cars on
their way to the proving grounds at
Redington, three miles down the
river. Here lyddite and shrapnel are
tested in the guns. Nothing is left to
| chance.
The magnitude of the war bride"
industry is a matter of much specu-
lation and no official figures. Various
estimates put the total value of war
orders which have been placed in
this country at from one to six bill
lion dollars. The reason for the wide
variation is that the contracts are of
several kinds. Some of them must be
filed whether the war continues or
not. Some of them contain clauses
which would render them void to-
morrow If peace were declared. 9th
ers would undoubtedly be arbitrable.
Conservative estimates place the total
value of all contracts that must be
filled at between one and two bill
lion. Bethlehem Steel alone is said
to have orders aggregating 100000
900.
Apart from it's immediate value as
stimulus to business, and it's ulti-
mate value as training and prepara-
ton in making munitions of war;
what is TO be the effect of the war
brides on America? There are two
options among those best qualified to
know. Some of these say that with
both Europe and the United States
increasing their facilities in iron, steel
and other lines to the utmost, there
! Continued on Page 2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
SHORT GEOLOGICAL TALKS

HARRISBURG.-T northern par
of the city is underlaid with Utic;
slate and Hudson River shale; tn
southern part with Trenton limestone
Good slate can be quarried near th'
northern boundary. and fag-stone CO
feet depth) at the river, near pump
ing station. No gas deposits of nat
ural gas underneath. as in severa
other States, namely Ohio, Indiana an
Illinois, because the rocks uptilted Ant
the gas escaped thousands of year
ago. One-third of the State Capito
is erected over an iron ore ~
(Limonite). How appropriate IA
the Iron State!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

These critics said to-day that the diff
ferences and the explanations afford
only another example of the admins
tration's shuffiing attitude on the
proposition of defense.
They pointed out. for instance, that
last year. In the official ratings, tho
battleship Utah stood last onsthe list
with percentage of 62.42. The bat
-tleship Utah this year was given a
rating of 55.19 per cent. and stood
tenth in the list of nineteen ships. The
battleship' Wyoming, which led the
fleet last year with e0.21 per cent.
efficiency. this year ranked ninth with
a rating of only 56.42 per cent, al.
though 1t is the flagship OF the fleet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02


onslaught of; legislation and regulation
and general interference upon the
part of the government. Their armies
of employees have Joined with tho
leaders of these railroad enterprises
in a proper campaign of publicity,
which has served to educate the pub
lie to the actual conditions. Instead
of the attitude of hostility which so
long characterized public sentiment
regarding railroad corporations, there
is now a feeling abroad tthat the mis-
takes of these corporations have been
largely corrected and that sufficient
punishment has been administered
through legislation and legal action.
Returning prosperity to the rail-
roads will mean local prosperity every
where along the systems of transpor-
tation. The rise and, fall of railroad
earnings is a pretty sure indication of
the business conditions in other
avenues of activity. 1t is, therefore, a
favorable sign that the railroads are
beginning to show a balance on the
right side of the ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
EDITORIAL CONTENT

The United States, alone among the
Powers, has nj opinion to express con-
corning the change from republic to
monarchy in China. 1t is a long way
back to the days of John Hay, and
the policies for which he stood have
apparently been forgotten.-Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt OBJ
viously Intends to say nothing con-
corning this years election thai
might affect next years nomination
New York Sun.
Japs to ignore Christians.-Head-
line.
Still, Japan has not made a much
better record here of late than the
Christian nations. = Kansas City
Times.
The same fellow who chides Joseph
Cauffiel for spelling bible with little
b spells Wilson with a little w. Both
editors are Kurect. - Johnstown
Leader.
New York suffragettes say that even
II they. are beaten they won't consider
themselves beaten. Can't object to
that. It's woman's prerogative.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Culebra cut is a scratch COM
pared to the cut Lieutenant Fay will
get from Baron Mumm Won Schwarzen-
stein when next they meet.-New York
Sun.
more boys from the farm are in our
universities than ever before" says a
news item. The old man, in other
words, is making hay while the son
shines.-Chester Times.
Col. Roosevelt killed the moose in
self defense, but he merely wounded
the elephant - Allentown Chronicle
and News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
.REAsoN IN UP-LIFTING

n TANY level-headed men who have
Wl made their way in life through
hard work are out of sympathy
with the present-day notion that the
average child is being woefully over
worked. Nobody believes in the
sweat shop or the employment of
children. under unfavorable conditions
or at work too heavy for them, but
the pendulum is swinging too far the
other way when 1t is proposed that
girls and boys should do nothing until
they are so old that industrious habits
can never be formed. Let us be rea-
sonable in all our uplifting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
New York SunI

Would not the fulfillment of Car
ranza's desire to- confront Huerta with
a firing squad give Huerta the laugh
on Carranza? One can with fancy's
ears hear Huerta say to Carranza
while the firing squad Is taking aim.
President Wilson will. because of this,
refuse to recognize you, as he refused
to recognize me for indulging in a
similar on nriaa-n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
TIME IS MONEY


Every hour lost in getting
goods from the factory to con-
sumer is money lost. Interest
charges go on, and goods lose
their freshness.
Manufacturers find their best
results from newspaper adver-
tising because no time is wasted.
Effective on both retailer and
consumer is immediate.
Demand and dealer cooper
alton come hand In hand and at
once.
Results can be quickly meas
ured and mistakes corrected.
Manufacturers are invited to
send to the Bureau of Advertls-
ing, American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, World Build
ing. New York, for a copy of the
booklet. THE Newspapers"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
LET HER VOTE


[Woman's Journal.
If you think she knows as much
AS the steerage Turk and such,
Let her vote.
II you think she Is as good
AS the burglar brotherhood,
Let her vote.
II she's more deserving than
Any bum or holdup man,
Let her vote.
You do not bar out the thug,
Or the anarchlstic bug
Or the gin-mill ugly-mug,
Let her vote.
If you think that she is just
And is worthy of the trust,
Let her vote.
II you think her heart beats true
For the right, it's up to you
Let her vote.
II you think she earns her way,
Don't be stingy with. the pay,
Let her have her little say.
'51oA L0u 15T
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
LET'S HOPE
BY Wing Dinger

I noticed that at times to-day
1t felt a bit like snow,
Which may be, a forerunner of
The way the vote will go,
There may be some significance
To the pep in the afr
And IL / were a Democrat
'Twould give me quite a scare.
Yet on the other hand, last year
A peaceful twilight glow"
Wound up the day for Democrats
In place of binding snow.
And this year, too, I hope the sun
VIII in it's glory set
For that. methinks is all the joy
The dems to-day will get.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

To our women readers-Honest in
jun, were goin' to put the soft pedal
on political news.
We bet the "antis" wish they could
vote to-day.
wild goats are unusually plenti-
full this year." says the Rocky Noun
tain News. Perhaps some of 'em es-
capped from Pennsylvania politicians
during the recent campaign.
Judging by the length OF the
celebration we'll soon have to lengthen
1t to Halloween week
-"Cider parties are popular in east
ern Pennsylvania" says an exchange.
Soft or hard?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Harris r., I4atta. head of the Phila-
delphia Rotary Club, is a member of a
committee to devise new name for
Walnut streets business blocks.
Chancellor S. B. Mccormick, of
the University of Pittsburgh, was one
of the speakers when the Magee Hos
pital, in Pittsburgh, was dedicated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

Within few hours the balloting for
1915 will be over and the average citi-
zen will take up the burden where 1t
happens to concern him most intimately.
These elections are the natural escape
valve OF the, American system of gov
ernment and perhaps may be regarded
as a Safety first" arrangement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
Our Daily Laugh

B e C o NJ I N q
oBLIVIOUS.
Wifey: I don't
b e lie We you've
heard a word I've
been saying fol
the laSt h alf
hour, Henry!
. Hubby: No. my
dear. I've been
cultivating a b.
sence of mind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
The State From Day to Day

Up around Bellefonte they say that
in the first twelve days of the hunting
season, about $50 wild turkeys have
been shot, averaging fifteen pounds,
but there are plenty left for the late
corners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

The shock of receiving blank piece
of paper wrapped about ten-cent
piece, without any explanation. has led
the Bristol Street Railway Company
to institute a conscience fund" the
growth of which is not expected to
take place with amazing rapidity
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
BUSINESS AND POLITICS

T<HOSE captains of finance of the
amateur brand who are now
going regularly to Wall street to
be sheared should read the comments
of the wise old owls who have watched
many another financial upheaval and
whose observations might prove of
value to the foolish persons who are
now CHANGING their earnings upon
speculative securities of every sort.
One of the most careful of the
financial agencies declares:
There is nothing in sight, except
the danger of overriding in specu-
lation, to warrant anything but
optimistic expectations.
This does not mean that the
situation in foreign exchange
though steadier, is still, unrelleved
Importantly or permanently, SO
continued heavy imports is still to
be considered.
This, however. is a purely busi-
mand exists for our enormous sup
ply of the commodities and mer-
chandise wanted. The purchasers
and have abundant security to offer
through their own banks. We, in
this country. have at this time un-
OF course, actual values will in
crease the attractiveness of some
stocks and bonds, but the mex
perienced investor should seek the
advice of those who know and not act
upon mere impulse in the purchase of
speculative securities. Undoubtedly
the money of the world is flowing to-
ward the United States and the bank
surplus to-day is about 5000, ,0OO, 900
and increasing. Exports pile up
enormous figures in our favor Steel
and industrial shares are being gobbled
up at big prices, all of which indicates
confidence in the prosperity which
now is showing itself in a wider
diffusion of business than was ap-
parent a few months ago. But the
fly In the ointment is the recognized
danger of serious reaction on the
conclusion of the European war.
Unless and until the protective
tariff system is restored so as to pre-
vent the dumping of the products of
cheap European labor upon our mar
kets TO permanent prosperity can be
expected. This fact is SO well under
stood in business and manufacturing
circles that despite the effort to up-
hold President Wilson by reason of
the conflict in Europe. the people will
almost certainly return the Republican
party to power next year.
There has been so much dissatis-
faction growing out of regulation by
commissions and impractical theories
of business control from Washington
that men of all parties are uniting to
restore something like permanently In
legislation which affects so vitality the
prosperity of the whole country.
In these days of destructive reg
ulatton by commissions, says
leader OF finance, there is no oppor-
tunity to build up safe surpluses
to carry operations through years
OF depressed conditions.
Fortunately, the railroads are be-
ginning to recover from the terrific
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has more rail-
road men in its population than
any Pennsylvania city except
Pittsburgh?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first court was held in Har-
risburg In 1887.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
NO KICK COM
ING.

Wifey: John,
our rs ! C ian
wants to send me
to a summer re-
sort for four
weeks.
Hubby: Well,
I don't blame
him
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

The Philadelphia Evening Ledger
announces that 1t will feature the
well-known Tom" DAILY in a column
Mr.. Dalys ability is not underrated,
f. p. A. in the New York Tribune
had better look to his laurels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

It'll be hot time in the old town
tonight. and more than likely it will
be a cold time tomorrow morning fol
great many. :