Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
THE JITNEY- WHENCE AND WHITTIER?
Has Given Rise Literary and Photographed Controversies
New Outburst Of Poetry Few Bits of Philosophy
Variety of Opinions Buses and Statesmen.
By RAYMOND G. FULLER

the appellation. Nevertheless, it will doubt.
less serve as a new bit of permissible polu.
cal persilage. 1t may even crowd on,
'picayune statesman" which is stilted and
archaic for some reason or other; but pea.
nut politician" will give the invader hard
fight for years to come.
Calling Names
Mr.. White, however Is not consistent or
else he is taking vacation from the edl.
torial sanctum. His paper, the EmporIa
Gazette, sayeth thus:
Looking over the Kansas Legislature an
she stands proudly In the winter fog like
the other end of the clothes line we should
say that It Is very much jitney. 4
Cheap.
Disorganized.
Irresponsible.
Unreliable.
Stupid
And with few other minor faults 1t
will get nowhere because it lacks leaders.
1t Will spend lot of money for nothing
in particular and will fade out like grease
spot on the Commonwealth.
Legislature elected as the result OF, "a
passionate desire to say, do or think moth
ing to offend any one. will say, do or think
nothing worth tinlSers dam, which is
small resin obstruction used by timers to
prevent the flow of molten solder. So we
a desire to lick the Democrats-which is
laudable object, but hardly life work
will not amount to a tinkers dam In the
end
It is jtney service without terminal or
time card. The grafters will have their way,
but the people will get mighty little out Of
1t.
The Kansas City Star, loyal to its con.
stituency. responds that Kansas CITY, Know
ing the jitneys we'll and having, therefcrs
a kindly feeling for them, resents these
aspersons. We quote:
What the cherished Gazette says about
the Kansas Legislature may be deserved 70
some eXtent-but it is great injustice 70
the jitneys. For reasons to wit, nancy,
1. e., viz, in part as follows
1. A jitney always knows where It is 60
ing. The Kansas Legislature hasn't he
slightest idea where it is going nor does I"
appear to care tinkers obstruction a.,
2. jitney makes speed, whereas lns
Legislature is dalying along into Its slxln
week without accomplishing thing e1cep
the reputation of its campaign pledges;
g. A jitney arrives. The Kansas Leslsa
ture is getting nowhere, and is running
around in circles.
According to Life the jitney STANDS iOi
emancipation. 1t is a symbol OF nuns
possibilities in terms of human treeu'A',
Being a ttney means reading what WV
please, regardless of time or circumstahos- w..
social surveys, efficiency experts, regulauns
committees, pros and antls, health o"'s
and don't worry clubs. tits a new iaeA,
says Life. All this is all right II the JIM,
bus is a free lance. But 1t isn't. IL s'H''
out that way, and then is curbed. -
If you go to San Francisco for the ia''
you will find scores of jitneys ready 70 w.
you out to the exposition grounds. TO oaA
land, Just across the bay, has been cIe'i's-
the first jitney of all, though Phoenix oin'''.
the honor The Oakland story is thal -
enterprising young man drove dilap''A's
automobile up one OF the main tholousN
fares one day about a year ago aispias's =
a banner with the strange device
you anywhere for a jitney and stop a. Ma
corner you like" And now the Jltney -
are too numerous to mention. .,s
Already some cities have more JsD -.
than street cars The idea has been py't' ~ a.
it is now spreading far and wide-how W. ,s 4.
end up2 It's a moot question ~ !,
paper welcomes the newcomer -" n
esthetic reason. "Jitney transpor'alon
says, that would make the art hisaSr
accessible would justify ITSELF at
hangers are for 1t. and many man = ,ha
averse to taking an automobile rlde i0l IN
small sum Of nickel fve cents IL Is '.,or
considering that intra-urban transpo -.
has undergone a long evolutionary -
ment-why assume that 1t VIII h'' ~,
further developed? Especially "hen
hear the profound reason why Coluinpu h
welcomes the jitney. Says the ONO sss
Journal; "since societary interac'ioh u
gauge OF civilization, the new SERVES IA
be greeted rather than sPurned." INV w..
you spurn anything so mixed up "'A
cietary interaetlon"? +
Commonplace but sensible is the Eenu5' ~
the Boston Post: When the people o Is.
country want a thing they get H. = II.
mains TO be seen whether the p.hsy
prove itself good enough 20 be Bants'