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The Panama Canal

K. NJ. Don November 18, 1903, a
treaty between the United States and Pan
ANA was signed. providing facilities for
the construction and maintenance of the
Panama Canal. In this treaty Panama
granted in perpetuity the use of a zone
five miles wide on each side of the canal
route, and in return for this and other
grants Gpolice, judicial, sanitary, political
etc) the United States paid $40, 900, 600
on the ratification of the treaty, with a
provision to pay s25O,OO0 yearly beginning
after nine years The canal was formally
opened August is, 1914, after about 10
years of effort. The cost was about $500,
100000. including S2O,OOO,OOO for santa
tion and s7,0OO,000 for civil administration.
Counting the s5O,OOOOOO paid to the New
French Canal Company and to Panama,
the total expenditure exceeds s375 900 0o0
More than $4,000 men were employed
Gatun Dam is the largest The other dams
are much smaller earth dams.
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Away Back There

Away back there" Away back where
Away back there in Laddievillel
There was n sweetness in the air
I doubt If it's as fragrant still
Away back there, in summer time.
The sun is never quite so hot,
And life is just gentle rhyme
I never knew it when twas not
The swimming pool is twice as cool
AS any pool is otherwhere.
Why. it's more fun to go to school
Or even church-away back therel
The flowers are sweeter there than here.
The trees are greener, and the skies
Are bluer. and the fish appear
To grow to almost twice the size
No place on earth Is quite so fair,
But can't go there. nor can you
Away back there-"Away back where?"
Away back there in Nlnety-twoI
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THE FULL DINNER PAIL

Hughes has raised the STANDARD n
America first and America ef1clents
"Thank God for Wilson" is the answer a
the Democrats. But compare these key
notes with the campaign slogans Of ysssr
day.
Atlthe approach of every national cam.
paign the cartoonist casts about for
symbol of some suitable mode Of attach
ing the political foe or uplifting his sEs
candidate. Thus Bernhard Gilams iamsus
"Tattooed man" defeated James G Bhhs
1t was a cartoon likewise that il,aFna
William Mckinley to the White iimA
This was Grant e. Hamilton's Full Daha
PAIL cartoon, and the Full Dinner Paaa
was taken up as a campaign slogan.
So popular, in fact, was this novelty thsl
both Mark Hanna and William McKInlsy.
after election, complimented Hamilton faf
his great work in the campaign and q
clared that the dinner-pail idea, more lhza
Mark Hanna's compaign managemsat
secured for Mr.. Mckinley the presidency =
the United States. The public at largs i
not always aware OF what happens behind
the scenes in a newspaper Office. for i :
We're, II might have seen a novel presents
tion of mammoth tin dinner pail hlA
with tobacco, wines and cigars to paa
Hamilton. as a token of love and In reeeF
milton of his ingenuity. The Full Dnna
Pair' will go down in political cartoon b..
tory as one of the greatest hits because i
spoke the truth and added clean and
inoffenslve element to the campaign
Cartoons Magazine.
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Why Railroads Dstrust the Presidents Offer Help
Increase in Freight Rates-Noral Suason
Urged as the Great Pacifer

clemency, and Is other Irish patriots, Eng
land has shown herself to be quite as
capable in the committing Of atrocities as
has Germany. And, Furthermore, Germany
probably realizing the error of her ways,
has expressed a willingness to consider
proposals for peace.
Such then being the case, we can ask the
Allies why they are still perslsting in fight
ing SO furiously? And If their object is to
completely crush and annlhilate Germany
proposition which no civilized neutral
could or should sanction without protest.
we can withdraw not only the moral sup
port we have been giving them, but the
material In furnishing munitions and money
as we'll This would go far toward the es-
the moral support of the neutral world
given to any of the belligerent nations 1t is
more Shan probable that erelong they
would see the result of their folly and stop
fighting of their own accord.
What II our own and other neutral ma
tions do become fabulously rich through this
fierce struggle. Where will the money
eventually come from2 Not alone from the
palaces or the crowned heads of Europe,
but from the burdens of taxation placed
upon a people among whom and in which
the poorest and the most humble will be
called upon to do their part.
Among the lessons this war Is most em-
phatically teaching us are that war still
Is war, the same as ever, only that through
mans inventive ingenuity 1t has become
more destructive, and, II possible. more
atrocious. That there is no such thing as
civilized warfare. And that no man nor
body OF men can formulate rules of war
In conformity with the laws of civilization,
for the two are incompatible and utterly
irreconcllable. Ell w.
Allentown, Pa, August IT,
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third I return and the fourth I throw
away This puzzled the king and he asked
the farmer what he meant. And the farmer
said:
81 buy my food with one. I feed my
children with the second, and that Is putting
money out at interest. I feed my old
father with the third, and that is paying
back what has been given me. give the
fourth to my wife, and giving her money
is throwing 1t away
That's a good riddle said the king,
and I must tell 1t to my friends. Promise
me that you won't tell any one the answer
till you have seen my face a hundred times.
So the peasant promised, and the king went
back to his palace and asked them the
riddle Nobody could answer. but one re-
membered seeing the king talk to peasant
so he went to tho peasant and asked him
about it. But the peasant said, I can't
tell you-I promised the king wouldn't tell
the answer till had seen his face hun
dred times oh. that's easy said the
kings friend and he took hundred lire
out of his pocket and every piece of money
had the kings face stamped on It,
so the peasant told the kings friend the
answer to the riddle, and the kings friend
went back to the palace, and said TO the
king, can guess your riddle now and
he did. Then the king got angry. and said.
You couldn't have guessed it-that peasant
mas broken his promise! So the friend had
to tell the king how he had fooled the
peasant"
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WHY MR.. WILSON IS DIsTRUsTED
To the Editor Of tho Evenin0 Ledger

To the Editor OF tho EuenfH0 Ledger:
SIr-wth your permission will tell
"Sganarelle," who honored me by answer
ing my letter about the President and the
railroads, why I think the Presidents offer
to use his influence with the Interstate Com
merce Commission toward securing an in
crease in freight rates was pure bluff.
The President has told the railroad man.
ayers that there are railroads run on the
eight-hour basis and that they do not seem
to be in any financial difficulties, and that
the inslstence of the managers that they
could not pay the increase In wages In
volved in the eight-hour day was made
without taking into account any administra-
tive economies and efiiciencies. Here is the
milk in the cocoanut. 1t Is evident that
the President believes that large sums
could be saved by administrative economies.
Mr.. Brandeis few years ago put this idea
afoat when he said that the railroads were
wasting S1,000,000 q day. The Interstate
Commerce Commission has adopted it and
as was asked on the ground that the rail-
roads were extravagantly managed, The
attitude of neither the President nor the
rate-making board is friendly to increase
in rates. 1t is hostile to the management
OF the railroads. The assumption Is that
the railroad men do not know their busl-
ness The railroad men, therefore are JUS
titled in being suspicious OF any promise
of help from the President contingent upon
convincing him that they are not extrava-
giant and wasteful. "Sganarelle's" conf
dence in the President is beautiful and
touching, but 1t is less sophisticated than
the distrust which the railroad men feel.
Philadelphia, August 22. G. W. d.
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There Is mo

There Is more loose thinking and
loose talking about compulsory arbitra-
ton in labor disputes than about any
other phase of the labor question. One
does not have to think very far into the
subject before one discovers that 1t is i'm
possible to enforce an arbitration award
unless there be some body on which 1t
can be enforced. A railroad corporation
Is amenable to the law and court DEGREES
can be executed against It. But how
about labor organization? The labor
leaders have resisted all efforts OF indus
trial reformers to bring about their incor-
poration. II is commonly supposed they
objected because they wanted to be Inn
mune to the court processes. The hatters'
union was found guilty of violation of the
Sherman law. but the individual members
were punished and not the union. This
has been denounced as an outrage from
one end OF the country to the other. At
present an award where arbitration was
by eompulsion could be enforced only
upon the individual workmen, and II a
man refused TO work under the award
there is no principle OF law which could
be invoked to compel him TO do so against
his win. Compulsion weuld not amount
20 much after all.
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THE HARD-EARNED SAVINGS OF
THE POOR

HlHE plea OF Chairman CARNEY, of
i Councils Finance Committee, that the
heads Of the departments refrain from
padding the budget is not likely TO pro-
duce any effect. The man in charge of
each department seeks to get all he can,
regardless OF the needs Of the other de-
partments. He asks for more than he
expects. but not for more than he is will
ing to spend. In the hope that he can get
a little more than he had the year before.
Unfortunately for the taxpayers, he does
not carve his budget to the bone and then
reduce Il 10 per cent and decide TO do
business with the economy and efficiency
necessary in private enterprises. He per-
mits his ofiee TO be filled with political
appointees who do not feel that they
have to work for their salaries, and the
working men who own the small two
story homes have to pay in their tax
bills for all this waste.
It Is within the power OF the Finance
Committee 10 cut down the estimates to
reasonable figures. II Chairman GafInsy
would stand at the window OF the Receiver
OF Taxes and watch the hard-WorkinE
citizens count out their savings he might
get = better understanding OF where the
money comes from that Is wasted In ex-
traYagant and unbusinesslike conduct OF
municipal affairs. ana some realization OF
his moral responsibility might dawn upon
him. The Mayor himself vas peer man
once. he ought NOT to have forgotten
what economies have 70 be pFaetieed b.
ths person OF small income that the poll
lieians may have automobiles a public
exssaaa.
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The Best Place

For days when It is truly hot,
The maple makes a pleasant shade,
II you have naples on your lot;
Elns, too, for sweet content are made
Willows, by every zephyr swayed,
Are graceful friends on days like these;
But here's a haven I'D never trade
A hammock meath the apple treesl
Hail, calm retreat, salubrious spot
(That lines from Browning, I'm afraid)
Old apple trees, bent, thick and squat,
Hold memories that cannot fade
Gxiled to town, how long I've prayed
For one old orchard, where the breeze
Swung gently, idly, as It strayed.
A hammock meath the apple trees
sec again the little plot
When swinging feet the grass abrade;
(What girls have kicked II bare-with what
A lot of hosiery displayed y
And 1 have gone, who might have stayed
Where whlte-winged boats sail azure seas
SO seemed the sky from that best glade,
A hammock meath the apple trees
And many a dream have forgot,
And many a Joy that used to please
have outgrown with years-but not
A hammock meath the apple treesl
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PEACE BY MORAL sUAsIoN

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
SIr-A statement has recently appeared
in some of the newspapers that the neutral
nations of Europe are finding the war more
profitable from a financial standpoint than
is even our own country.
AS. this great European conflict. which
General Nelson A. Miles has characterized
as the "most unjustihable and uncalled for
tragedy in human history" has now entered
we'll upon it's third year. is 1t not time that
the neutral nations consider It from a moral
or humanitarian point OF view, instead Of
from q financial or commercial standpoint,
and see what can be done In the interests
OF peaceR
We may say that in regard to this mat
ter we as neutrals, are powerlessi that we
can neither compel nor persuads~ths war
ring nations to stop fighting. And while
this, TO a great extent. would hold true.
vet we are not wholly powerless Take.
for instance our own nation. and even con-
cedIng that Germany has been the agares-
sor and responsible for the war. matter
stlll in dispute; in the execution Of Roger
Easement. regardless OF all the appeals for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-23
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. John Paul Jones, 1747-92, famous naval
officer In the American Revolution.
2. Malfeasance; wronE-doinE, especially applied
to the abuse OF official powers.
3. Attrltioni the wearing down of the enemy by
small but constant losses.
4. Parkway cOndemnatons; the taking of prI-
H9ts Hateup property to make room for the new
5. Punjsbi northwestern province of British
o. Quit rents q fixed rent due from q free
hold tenant called because originally IL
was received by feudal superior In lieu
of all other services.
Z. Probation Of wills Is the proving of Wills
nseertnining their correctness and register
ing them SO that they can be executed
8. Liberlai negro republic on the West Afri-
can cOasti Ii was organized by Americans
as refuge for freed American negroes,
0. Heraldryi the science of armoral bearings,
eoats-Of-arms.
10. The prefix "pOly" means "many," "PoIy-
syllable" for Instance. describes q word
OF many syllables. ~
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THE POETS APOLOGY

Think me not unklnd ana rude
That walk alone In grove ana glen
80 to the god OF the wood
To fetch his word to men.
Tax not my slOth that I
Fold my arms beside the brookI
Each cloud that noated in the sky
Writes letter in my book.
Chlde me not, IaboFious band.
For the idle flowers broughtt
Each aster In my hand
Goes home loaded with a thought.
There never was mystery
But tits bgured In the hoWerst
Was never secret history
But birds tell It Ia the bowers.
One harvest from thy asld
Home@ard brought the oxen stronEl
A second ereD thine acres yield,
Which ! gather ia ; song
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The politics in the long postpone
ment of the allied drive on the salonica
front has been suspected for some time,
and now seems TO have consisted in wait
ing till the time was ripe for RumAnia's
Jump" The chief advantage Is not in
the half million men Rumanla would con
tribute. but in the fact that her soil would
be open TO as many more Russians for
the extension OF the pressure on Hun
gary south from Bukowina. RumAnIa
Is L-shaped. and the southeastern corner
of Hungary fits into the angle OF the I.
AL the way around to where the Danube
forms the northern boundary OF Serbia.
II Is not likely that the Russians would
invade Hungary through Rumanla, be-
cause the Transylvanian Alps form a
great natural defense for Hungary, are
not to Be easily scals4 ana are penetrated
~ only two easily defended passes. 1t Is
more likely that they would march along
the Rumanian slds Of the mountains 70
where the range ends At the Danube, ana
would cut ths Hish railroad. which unites
Bulgaria with her Teutonte allies. Thus
would Bulgaria ana Turkey be cut on
and tha way opened Tor eliminating
them. ne objective Of the campaie
eauId thus ss : uniting Of the Allies
aasanelnz from szlonlea With tbs Russo
1anensaas. Ranaalass lsaning toward
- 49, = = eaazzs. 4 elEaeE pro
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FLIES AND DUST
SPREAD CONTAGION
OF BABY PLAClR
French Expert SAYS ST..
Should Be Watered Freouon.
ly to Keep Germs From
the AR
IMMUNIzED BLOOD A c,tp,
The Treatment Must Begin IN ~,
Stages of the Disease to Bs '
Successful
By PROFESSOR ARNOLD NErTps
Leading European Authority ihk

Leading European Authority a, AA
Paralysis '" hftnuk
PARIS, Aug. 2S.-The Amsr,o,s
omyelitis epidemic is not surprisir. pols
cause the neat tavors the spread ~ ~
OF diseases which are usually suras. sefns
autumn diseases. 'tner and
Conclusive evidence proves tha, ~.
Oh pohomyelltis Is spread not orI. s'n
diseased but also by healthy persorsi "
germ was studied by the Pasteur I0.,.Ias Ls
petore Ine war. His 80 microsoonls y
It Is difficult to detect and isolata !. Ast
1t is not retained even by the finest 'tSsaA s,..
The Rockefeller Institute bes, s,.5. 49,
the germ on Doctor Noguchl's metboS s,'s Y &
virus is DESTROYED by heat OF fro.. :,
10 Do centigrade, and also does ma, ~, =
dust. h'es ~
1t Is necessary that the street. \.
cred frequently and profusely. Toaav W !,
are in Paris and France generally s.s Msl,
cases of pollomyelitis, but the n,lnS., s.,s'sl
above the average +" n'i
The germ penetrates the body tov,.s :,
nervous centers by way of the nose srs ~ ~
back of the mouth. anu ~
DIR. Elmon Flexner, of New yo,, !,
greatest or all authorities on pollorvs,,.,s' ~
WIN Whoih u correspond, Is CoRnlkant ~ ~
treatment by means of the human ..s.a ~ n5
and l wonder whether he applles !, ss'sa
anti-pollomyelitis serum from humans ~. y
erly diseased contains substances cum ,Vln'
of neutralizing the virus which rsaSss ysVs \
the nervous centers. rTSs
The success of the treatment a....,.
upon the timely injection during tbs is.,., SS.a,
stages Of the disease, and is identicsi ,s''.' y
that in cases of cerebro-spnal msnirs,. sr,i,s y
except that instead of three injectlonss =,
each thirty cubic centlmeters OF ss,,,. ~
poliomeylltisA requires about eight n,.s'
tions of ,serdm for each Ave cubic csr,t
meters
The anti-poliomyelitis serum preservs, a,
healing and immunizing properties for ma,
years. 1t is difficult to obtain the ssru- -,
because It Is necessary to find persons for'
merly stricken with the disease who cons,,,
voluntarily to be bled. as In the case of \,
anti-meningitis serum when the blood
taken from the elbow vein with needls
Two hundred grams Of blood yl.s
about 80 grams of serum. Today n
jected stricken child with the serum t,on
a girl who had the disease two years Al
Since 1910 have treated personally Il
cases with invariable success whenever Il.
treatment was begun early.
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Thoughts for August

I would that you and were less ssdats,
And In this somewhat sultry month could
Our yOuth-Or. at the least. youthful state
OF mind.
I note that Jack. our little Lad Of 10,
Notes not the heat. or Teeks not OF its
pains;
Indeed. he's in m humor only when
1t rains
With deep thanksgiving We observe the sun
Obscured at last beneath cloudy pail
But Jack says, "Aw, now can't have no
fun
A-talli"
The broillng rays that work hls elders wos
Beat ali unnotiesd on his hatless head
Sweet nightfall irks him, for he has 10 "a
10 bed.
From Which | may extract a moral truth
"A thing Of which perhaps I'm oyerfondl
For Endless Day, ss mnst hags EaaIszz
Youth
Esyoa4
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Sulphur and Syrup

Editor Of "Whdt Do you KnosO 1-yyhs,,
the writer was lad he can recall hsIas-
led IN most liberal quantities each snrlns- >
mixture OF sulphur and syrup. what 81.
tues, II any did the abominable deeoetiaa
POSSESS sil Aha "hae would It accomplish? Is
phur2 u sui-
This fnlxture was given Ia vo,,n.. a.
years age n the belief that L va i s.s,.s asas
bleod pnrlner and that It eleanse5 ~. $50 So.
tam Z was made by mixing nonF ~ 80 -,
phuF vita nolaazaa. q SUI
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POETIC JUSTICE FOR sULzER


Sir-If the Russian Duma removes the
disabilities or Russian Jews. will 1t not be
necessary for the Russian Government to
admit American Jews to Russia on the
same terms that they admit Americans of
other origins? Then will 1t not be easy
to renew the treaty with Russia, which was
abrogated through the efforts of ''Plain Bill
sulzer when he was a Congressman? And
II 1t Is renewed, would II not be a fitting
ana gracious act for Mr.. Wilson to send
Sulzer as Ambassador to Russia. even
though he is not now a deserving Demo-
orat and made no contribution TO the VIII
son campaign fund in 1919?
JAMES HARDcASTLE.
Philadelphia, August 22.
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Moving Picture Queries

= ]. c. JoHNsToN-Miss Olga Grew is
the Fine Arts-GriHth actress mentioned. The
original report was that Max hinder is ~
join Keystone. We have heard of no other
arrangement. Marie Dressler, as far as we
know, has not been with the Keystone com.
pany for some time. We do nor lnou,
whether Keystone is holding back one Of
her comedies. Almost every newsstand IN
the center OF the city sells the magazine,
regularly If given standing order.
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Congress Is s sloW-moying body. Our
Governmental system Is not suited 70 quick
decisions ana action. II Congress does not
IN the bars against a Hood OF goods shipped
hsre in vast quantities TO wipe cut real in
fant industries ana to control our markets
Absolutely, II would be useless to put up
he bars after 4 thrss years supply OF such
dyastuns and chemicals has been entered
and warshousad IN tbs United States and
Germany can do that easily within 80 days
after peace i deelared.--HsH York com-
nsTezal
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portion to the belief that the saionica
armies are at least an even match for
the Buigarians. Having waited so long,
It was not likely that she would jump
except for sure thing" Equally self
seeking. the Bulgars are not likely to hold
out moment after It is plain that they
have nothing to gain by continuing the
struggle. Their withdrawal would mean
terrible pressure upon Austria-Hun-
gary from the south.
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The spectacle Of an indicted Mas

The spectacle of an indicted Magis-
trate holding court and sitting as min
lister of justice is nauseating enough, but
far worse things have characterized the
administration of law as practiced in
these tribunals. They have been scan
dal and reproach to the community for
years and should have been uprooted
long ago. They are doomed to a GER
tainty. for never again will they escape
the publicity which is sure to extin-
guish them.
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1t. However. 1t may
be spontaneous, even
true, and as such we
print IL.
Solomon's VIII Q
asked him for a set
of hot-weather furs.
and Sol laughed her
to scorn. He said
that he'd fallen for a
good many fool fads,
but he'd fight against
this one with his
dying breath. Sum-
msr furs. indeed I
Poohl
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QUIZ

1. About what percentage of infantlle paralysis
cases are fatal?
2. What is o sesquicentennial?
B. Who Is Elisha Lee?
4. Where In Philadelphia Is Congress Hall and
what Is Its historical Importance?
b. Have any of the States fewer Representa-
tntlves than Senators In Congress-?
o. What Is bucIskin?
y. What were sedan chairs?>
8. What is meant by clip service"?
D. What is coral and where Is red coral OBJ
10. What were the Hundred Days" in Ma
pOleOn's career?