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The Raymer enterprise., 1917-05-31

or seen or examined, goods your own
capital bought and paid for in advance
Nine times out Of ten the house that
sold the goods never saw them, but
shipped them direct to you from the fac
tory and you paid the freight in advance
with the order
We don't expect to do One Hun
dred and Fifty Million Dollars worth Of
business, and are not asking YOU to fur.
nlsh us the capital in advance to do it.
and We are not intending to do a Mail
Order House business in any way, shape
or manner and ask you to put up the
price or advance the freight before you
see and examine the goods.
We BUY THEM, We PAY THE fReIGHT
We give you the opportunity to see
and examine the goods to your hearts
content. If they suit we will be glad TO
furnish them; If not satisfactory, no harm
done, no money paid in advance by YOU
OUR METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS
Unlike the Mail Order House, we
buy the goods with Our Own Money.
We do not ask or expect you to furnish
it and pay us the freight in advance.
We aim to take all the discounts on
farm machinery by paying Cash. and
will extend to our customers all the ben.
eft We derive by this method.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-05-31

To make it plain, any customer of
ours buying farm machinery Of any kind
will be given the same discount for cash
that we get ourselves, regardless of what
the article may be- This is by far the
best method for all concerned,
In lieu Of the cash and failure to
take the discount as suggest in our first
method, VIC will extend to our trade the
very best terms We ourselves can as TO
time or bankable notes with approved se-
cnrlty, and the same rate Of interest we
pay ourselves under tia same conditions.
In putting in our stock we will so far
as lies in our power, anticipate your wants
and have the goods ready for you and
should we overlook what you want, or will
need in the immediate future, tell us A.
bout it and We will do our level best to
have it on hand at the earliest date DOS
sible.
THE ]. \. c. OF AMERICAN
The |. H. O. is the largest harvester
Machinery Company on earth, and we
will stand next" to it, II you want re.
pairs on any machine or farm implement,
bring us the parts and the number and
we will get it on the double quick.
And another thing Colorado has
gone bone dry, YOU SHOULD WOR.
RY.
We are Jimmie on the spot for all
kinds OF Wet (welD Goods. II YOU are
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A CHASTITY PROCESSION

Il saw the ghastly procession, of rescue
vessels as they landed the living and the
dead under the fiaring gaslght torches
along the Queenstown waterfront. Boat
after boat came up out of the darkness
discharging bruised and shuddering women.
manned and half-naked men, and a few
wide-eyed children whose Innocent minds
wrestled blankly with this new and strange
manifestation of life. Frenzied women
begged me for their husbands and men
with pitiable, choking efforts went cease
lessly from group to group looking for their
little daughters, their brothers, and in some
instances, for their American brides Piles
of corpses, like cordwood, grew higher and
higher among the coils of ropes and ships
stores on the dark old quays" -
So United States Consul Wesley Frost
now In America, describes the scenes fol-
lowing the sinking of the Lusitania, adding
IN reference to the sinking of the Abosso. a
big passenger liner from West Africa, 400
miles from land;
"A lovely sunset was fading in the YVES,
and crescent moon and evening star were
In the heavens when the Abosso received
torpedo IN her vitals. The shin yawnec
and veered like a stricken animal Her
hfeboats were smashed. or overturned sniII
ing human beings like grains of sand into
the sea- As the darkness closed down SOo
men, women and little children struggled IN
those lonely waters. A hundred OF then,
perished. In this case, as in others the
submarine waited cold-bloodedly until night.
lives"
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THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAIN

D pUSsIA dropped out of the military
~ landscape some time ago, and it has
become the unfortunate habit of many
in Allied countries to dismiss her as un.
important and to speak of her revolu.
tionary statesmen with petulance and
even scorn. Nothing but evil could come
of such tendency if it continued, and
immense benefits to all nations would
be lost if the Great Revolution of modern
times were flouted. England's Government
fiouted the French Revolution Of 1889 and
the result was that her people had to wait
century or more for some of the social
and political reforms which an earlier
welcome to the ideas of Rousseau and
Danton would have yielded her.
There are statesmen in Russia today
who wear the mantle of those great men
of the eighteenth century. The French
people recovered their land from the
mobiles. feat which the English people
have still to achieve. The Russian peo-
pie want to recover their land from feudal
barons. Bolsheviki, who correspond to
our l. w. W., are not Russia. Socialists
are at the helm. but Danton would prob.
ably have called himself a Socialist if
the word had been in vogue in 1898.
Russia is too Christian a nation to yield
to the materialistic side of Socialism. The
great bulk of her people are communstic
farmers and not Socialistic industrials.
There should be much more tolerance
for Russia. Even if she does nothing
more in a military way for her Allies, the
debt humanity owes her will compensate
for that detection. For generations the
Russian autocracy was a weight on the
worlds heart, the nightmare OF all who
hoped and worked for a better world, a
boulder on the path of progress. And 1t
seemed impossible to destroy it. II
would have brought Russia to famine and
even a German alliance if it had lasted
much longer. This much is gained: that
right at it's door Middle Europe beholds
mountain of democracy, a permanent
rebuke for autocratic sentiment in Ger
many, and it is to that mountain that we
must look for future peace-it will be
like the hills whence cometh cur help.
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control Statistics show that the unre-
stricted Ulboat warfare is nzzle. and
Germany has evidenced no desire or
aptitude for legitimate, aboveboard--or
rather, above-water--sea warfare.
German mistress-ship Of. the seasl
What a calamity America has escaped!
Had Berlin dominated the seas at any
period since the war began our trade
would have been ruined, our land have
felt the foot of the hostile invader. Won
Tirpitz's Haunting of our rights through
his U.boats is only slight token Of what
would have happened II German dread.
noughts and transports rode the surface
OF the ocean unchecked. This country Is
well in the war II only to guard against
Germany's ever gaining the title of mis-.
tress Of the seas For freedom of the seas
would then assuredly be merely an aca-
demic phrase on scrap of paper.
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MAKE PHILADELPHIA SAFE FOR
DEMOCRACY

THE issues involved In tho fight at the
i polls today are as grave to Philadel.
phia as those in the great war in Europe
are to the world
The people are fighting for popular
government. The enemy is a company
Of organized, unscrupulous political
despots who when they think safety
lies that way "pander to the moral sense
of the community"
They are so desperate this year that
they have thrown off the mask of hypoc-
risy and are standing in the open for
what they are. They are using the
methods Of the Huns in the trenches and
have been using them for weeks. No
trick is too base for them to resort to and
no outrage too dastardly for them to
hesitate to be guilty Of.
But the voters are aroused. They know
the stake for which they are fighting and
they are going to the polls with as lofty
a civic patriotism as inspires the young
men daring the submarines to take their
places in the trenches of Europe to drive
the Huns back from the lands of the
free and to make them powerless in the
future to threaten the peace of the world.
In their confidence and determination
lies the assurance of victory
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MISTRESS OF THE SEAS

TWO readers at good-natured issue
ask US 10 settle the question WHO
Is mistress OF the sea?R Answering
literally and in the singular. as the
query Is couched In that number, il
can be said that during the progress OF
the war England has been mistress Of
the North Sea and Germany OF the Baltic
Answering practically. as the surface Of
the globe Is four-ffths water and the
Baltic Sea Is mere drop In the bucket
70 the oceanic vasts. England Is the mis-.
iresa OF the seas, for her powerful navy
has kept the Teutonic fleets bottled up
tack Of the Kiei Canal Germany has
put into practice ruthless submarine
war with U.hoats violating international
law. neutrality and humanity; but surely
such onl,agea underwater guerrilla tactics
ltnnoi constitute claim 70 the premier
.|'p ol The sea lanes stealfhy murder
el Nonto| rh|'dsen and noncombatants
11n1.II 10 Iht strenuous. blum and
||'I 4||o| 1E1|1 d o|a cannot crown
|N I0'|| ~ .h1 Naf~ bt||
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FAST AND BE BEAUTIFUL

That many Americans commit suicide
over the platter has been the contention Of
physicians for years. That many OF those
who do not succumb to the burden they
put upon their powers of assimilation ars
made miserable by debauchery which they
fondly regard as innocent because It does
not include tippling and singing in taverns
is a matter of common knowledge among
laymen and physicians alike
Diet and grow healthy Eat sparlngv
and help to win the war! We exhort es.
pecially the housekeepers who are asked
to sign economy -of-food pledges.
Incidentaly-and here is the powerful
argument-the young matron who purges
the fare of it's fatness and abides personaly
by the rules she lays down may look az
middle age more like a Botticelli MadonnA
than like fat Flemish housewife.-Lonn-
willie Courier-Journal
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SANE VIEW or GERMAN MUSIC

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir-I understand that the leader of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra has never re-
fused to give the "Star Spangled Banner"
and that when he was asked to give IL ne
did SO without objection and pleasantly,
As to the patriotism of Major Henry L,
Higginson. who created this orchestra and
has sustained It during it's entire existence.
he is always regarded as the first citizen of
Boston. II / were asked TO name the fore
most patriot in the country / think I
should name him. II is he who gave the
soldiers field TO Harvard. On a shaft Al
the entrance gate every student. a. he
enters this athletic feld reads these words: I:
Though love replne and reason chafe.
There comes q voice without renivt
fria mans perdlttOn 10 be safe
When for the truth he ought to die.
But the trouble will go deeper than mere-
iy the present one. Are we 10 give nm
German music entirely--not during the war
only. but until we who are living shall have
passed away. for i cannot imagine that our
feelings toward Prusslanism win ever grow
less9 1 should say that we ought NOT 10
give up an German music Why NOT dravs
the line between the Qermany fhnl -.
untd 10 1t1n1 worthy and the OtfIn4nt a.
today that 1@4 N4IHitI1e Itself 70 ha IN.
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wELLs,s FAvoRIrE BOOK

II the fashion OF distinguished authors
giving their lists OF "the hundred best
books" were in vogue today, Mr.. II. G.
Wells would probably place at the ton
Richard Garnett's Twilight Of the Gods. .
IN The New Machlavell" he wrote.
"Britten's father had delighted his family
by reading aloud Dr. Richard Garnett's
twilight OF the Gods and Britten conveyed
the precious volume TO me-"
Now In mir. .Britling Sees 1t Through ,,
a young soldier at the front. asking FOR
books to be sent TO him. writes. And there
is book. ! once looked into II at a mans
rooms IN London i don't know the fitle
but Il was BY Richard Garnett. and Il was
All about gods who were In reduced clr-
scenery. Scenery without steel or poles ~
wire A thing after to- manner Of 1f1I..,.
NoTenl'ps NIaplf The Hod's|an.
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uNExpLoREp LARRAnoR

IL is strange fact that. with ali the
exploration that has been going on in the
North during the last 100 years. the in
terror OF Labrador should have been a terra
atives OF the United States Geoeranhio
Society and Of the Carnegie Museum ~
Pittsburgh. passed through IT, This exne.
dition found, along with other thines
chains Of large lakes hitherto unmapped ana
rivers hitherto unknown. IN fact. the Jour
fore travelled By white men. The f1li ~.
port Qf The nn4lnGe of this orpIorsf NJ,
party win e awaited with a great lr@, ~
inltIea| lnI|||I40 H@|.Ic. H16||of
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DAMROSCH RAPS
MUCK 'DEFENSE'
'Cowardly,' Cries N. Y. SYM
phony Leader-Francis Rawle
on German Music
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sr-As l learn to my establishment that
my interview regarding Doctor Muck and
the Star Spangled Banner" has been en-
tirely misquoted in some of the papers, part
ly through misleading headlines and be-
cause only very small portion of my
interview was printed, take pleasure here
with in sending you the actual statements
which / made at the time and which ap'
peared correctly in most of the New York
papers:
If Doctor Muck had spoken up like an
honest man and said How can you eX-
pect me, as a loyal citizen of Germany, to
conduct the Star Spangled Banner when
you know that my sentiments in this
war are in sympathy with my own coun-
try?" fair-minded Americans would have
accepted his attitude. l myself would
certainly not have enjoyed hearing him
conduct our national anthem under such
circumstances.
But the explanation that he gives is
cowardly and evades the real issue. He
says, why will people be so silly? Art
is thing in itself and not related to any
particular nation or group. Therefore
it would be a gross mistake, a violation
of artistic taste and principles, for such
an organization as ours TO play patriotic
airs. Does the public think that the
Symphony Orchestra is a military band or
a ballroom orchestral
Does Doctor Muck really believe that
the national anthem should be played only
by military bands and ballroom orches-
tras"? He chooses to ignore the fact
that the national anthem Is the symbol
of our patriotism and loyalty, at a time
when our nation is at war, and that,
even though he is an enemy alien" the
Boston Symphony Orchestra is, or should
be, most decidedly an American organiza-
ton and ready to play our national an
them on any occasion when the patriotic
emotions Of its public demand 1t.
Equally cowardy is his claim that the
playing Of the national anthem would dis
rupt his orchestra because 1t is COM
posed of so many different nationalities
All of these men have lived in America
many years, and most of them are. and all
OF them should be, American citizens by
this time.
The pity Of 1t all is that the feelings OF
anger which are naturally aroused among
our people by such cynical disregard of
the sanctity of our national air engender
In turn enmty against the music of the
German masters of the past. Witness the
exclusion Of German operas from the
repertoire of the Metropolitan Opera
House this winter.
There seems to be every reason why the
Boston Symphony Orchestra as an Amer
lean institution should play our nation a
anthem but that Doctor Muck, after hi,
extraordinary statements, should not be per.
mitted 10 conduct II,
WALTER DAMRosCH.
New York November 8.
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slaved and morally ruined? Would not
that emphasize more strongly what we think
of the Germany of today? 1 think Otto
Kahn, of New York, has expressed better
than any one else the proper point of view
Speaking as one born of German parents,
l do not hesitate to state it is my deep
conviction that the greatest service which
men OF German birth or antecedents can
render to the country of their origin is
to set their faces like flint against
the monstrous doctrines and acts of ruler
ship which have robbed them of the Ger
many which they loved and in which they
took just pride, the Germany which had
the good will, respect and admiration Of the
entire world"
FRANCIS RAwLE.
PHILADELPHIA. NoYemher &
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SOLDIERS WHO WANT TO HEAR
FROM HOME

TO the Editor Of the EUentng Ledger:
Sir-The Hawaiian Islands. although
called by some the Paradise of the Pacific,
is tough place to soldier in, and we find
the greatest single pleasure in the mails.
Therefore, If you would kindly insert the
undersigned names in your column devoted
to this good cause we will feel greatly in
debted to you. We are all of us from the
good old State and CHEEKY letters from the
home State will go long way in breaking
the monotony of our life here
MICHAEL KELLY,
EDDIE SHINE,
JAMES KNOX,
ERWIN ENLOW,
AL GLASS,
Battery E. Schofield Barracks.
Hawaiian Islands, October 20, 1917.
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SONG oF THE 5TH CANADIANS

Will you open up your gramophone
And turn on "Home, Sweet Home
And over Gods own country trot
Your fancies for a roam?
From the prairies to the foothills,
From the Rockies to the sea.
From the Peg to the Pacific,
OF the Western Cavalree?
Can you hear them learning drill?
Cleft, right; left, right y
Going through the roolSie-mlll?
March at ease y
"All you want Is lots of cheek
To be corp'ral in a week"
Says the man from Maple Creek.
Garry onD
Will you take your pocket war-map
OF the Salient to the Somme.
And pick out the spots they've plodded !"
And those they've plodded from?
Are you asking what they did there?
Oh. look up the book and see;
They've the blessed gift of silence
In the Western Cavalree.
Can you feel the pelting rain2
(Left right; left. right y
Well, they're going In again
March at easel
And it's. seven miles from camp,
And they're .whistling as they tramp,
oh, their spirits won't get damp!
Garry onD
Will you close your eyes a moment
And imagine you are where
The shades OF white men walt In line
The final trumpet-blare?
Pass around the roll and read H.
II your misty eyes can see, ra
OF the bunch who died for Freedom
From the Western Cavalree
Can you catch the faintest sound7
Cleft right; left, right y
They're arriving on the ground
(March at ease y
For the final big review.
Wed be lucky and you
TO be lined up with them too.
Garry on)
From odee 70 TrI0es. ~ r N pasa'|
c&0HA|en N<ped|tonafy Force
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. Finland Is in northern Russia, adjoining
Sweden. to which country IL formerly BELONGED
2, Frederick MacmOnnies Is noted Amersan
sculptor.
3. The Italians captured recently numbef
about O per cent of the total number under
arms-mOre than 100000.
4. Beersheba is In Palestine.
3. Jamaica ia a West Indian island pOsses
sion Of Great Britain.
g.. No person not born in the United States
can be President.
I. Soft coal Is called bltuminOus.
3. "DO not put all your eggs in one basket
means that one should have more than one ~
source with which to meet a crisis.
o, Ostend is Belgian port now used as
German submarine base. In peace times II Is
famous watering place.
the Reformation,
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To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger
Sr-Will you kindly inform the under
signed through the columns of your paper
where Local Exemption Board No. 20, of
Philadelphia, has its headquarters.
WILLIAM F. OAKES.
Pottstown, Pa, November s.
1.-THE Twenty-ninth District Exemption
Board. consisting of L. Smith, L. NJ Fried
enburg and DR.. w. T. Ellis sits in the
Twenty-eighth District police station, 1900
North Twentieth street.-Editor of the
EVENING LEDGER.1
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America as a melting pot Of ,

America as melting pot OF the
nations is a frequent metaphor. but II
would seem that some sections are
buster caidrons than others in fusing
the diverse races into authentic Ameri.
canism. Hawaii. for instance. in It's first
draft for the National Army offered for
selective service on the frst number two
norn Americans. two Japanese one
Filipino ana one Portuguese. as varied a
group a. any section has shown. and all
Ainericens on the test OF readiness 70
nehi COR hmerira. whether native or mai.
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What Do You Know?


1. Has the tax rate Of Philadelphia ever been
more than Sc?
2. Who Is Charles LathrOp Pack?
3. What IL the minimum recruiting age fer
the United States marines?
4. Name the author of "The Man without .
5. Where is the CorcOran Art Gallery?
Q. What Is the difference between anthradis
and bituminOus coal?
7. Define the purpose Of the Commission On
Training Camp Activities.
8, Where is the original melody OF Hail.
Hall, the Gangs All Here" found?
0. What Is the Smithsonian Institution
10. by whom and when was the Boston Syn
phOny Orchestra founded?