Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-21
PROUD TO HIDE THE
TRUTH


omely gi -----
utsIde en-, come to us and say: why print
ome.y the truth about conditions in Phila-
bptterhi,,., WIZ, wash ou. dirty linen in
,c1,,cr licg Do you not see that it does harm
utdly cche city to have it heraded throughout
yet doir land that Philadelphia is corrupt
es9to contented'; that murder and thug
H., ~ are the weapons of partisan politics,
A the i contractors rule the town and EN-
.hAois y the money of taxpayers to enrich
Yourselves? Is it not better to put on
W. sQftr pedal and trust to time to cure
a. IN All? lie. us follow the historic
ast imp monkeys and think no evil.
&c IN svii hear evil"
y narantn understand the state of mind
az unsuSes such counsel 1t is not new
51in despis not strange. While patriots
yearo'u ,eezlng at Valley Forge young
,,vho mo danced in Philadelphia with Brit
cpal anders. and men of education and note
pol the fohd the theory that the Continen-
sre an assemblage of hoodums not
ountenanced or indorsed by people
- ~. ans and culture. But what those
tn wbilerom Valley Forge did changed the
les OF continents and prepared the
TAD for the alliance of many nations
lis day and generation to preserve
Lefttinternationalze the principles those
s,s,s a., lums' fought and died for. There
~ aN'> men who shut their windows when
hor passed through Chestnut street
s' ssd1. !, 0sssw way to his first inauguration at
on ngton because their eyes, they
u,n.s could not stand the sight of him
they did not wish the atmosphere in
skes FROM ch they lived to be polluted. But
~ OF those men finally died in sup
I, wh.n Of the policies fathered by Lincoln,
sins ms many Of them lived to bow their
sisr sms when the body of the murdered
Hder u. was returned from Washington
:, 4 ..,ry,, last resting place. Who ever cured
lHeH shOweBease by looking It it and doing moth.
trs % rvins s Our great men have not feared to
ia'r deiie,ose social cancer when they found ID,
= ,,.~.d TO excise it. They were great be-
asIis eIeanse they did not fear to bring the
ked truth into the daylight.
PattAnd why should we. who know and
. tAs Edfe Philadelphia. fail in our duty to re-
hos nov toys the stains from her raiment? Para
.edIe with ing the President, we say that there
n thing as city being too proud
ne ne pc tternf nfraid. such thing as a city being
L. I'D to hide its faults such thing
ak,ng ~ .,lntty being so glorious in the sum
these u its achievements. that it can ex.
TIE stitch is political vices to all the world
ain merit, not demerit by so doing.
" !. a. the redemption of Philadelphia
ne swsates has become a national problem
the frore shamed not by our efforts to
De made popular government. but only by
~ lure to do So 1t is not those who
}. s,,c,. ut against intolerable conditions
ci one inchrinG disgrace on the community; it
'asSrrth wht1se who bring about those conditions
work tHonspire to maintain them.
y 81 prestige OF Philadelphia requires
/, sx.rv r,itewash The fame of the city does
chain on foundation Of lies and fraud.
n,l1s-two san oak, ancient and sturdy, on one
rety-two stit whose trunk rot has set in She
,porf are gaii " '
ara h even. little dOctoring, in a political
The as' Vns she is going TO get it. Pitiless
enns .s work y and more pitiless publicity is
q evSorw Cure II Is sunlight that kills the
nm follow of tuberculosis. The truth need
Thso ne to be fully appreciated by citizens
!, snse, " then to rise in their might, as they
) "a frdNe dome before, and drive the corrup-
o3sn y. aa aenonisl3 out. Certainly no newspaper
7kach Ht |sl devoted to the service Of the com
: ,r's apltt win fail to do its duty and expose
en4sr l4Ionu that need to be remedIed.