Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-13
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"A Iows:
M 81 a few years ago you published an adver-
tioeusent designed to kill that eighty.sx.
n. year-old joke that Philadelphia is slow.
$.z} Wednesdays New York Times contained
N The following:
We must remember that Philadel-
y ~ phia is the capital of the old school
4 ward
She seems fifty years behind the rest
Of the country
x In Philadelphia we study the abuses
that public opinion here has out
grown.
It would appear that the result you have
" been working for has received serious
3 setback.
st,f This is an opportune moment to show
Y Phiiadelphia and America that there is at
least one institution in Philadelphia that
\ y up to date. clean and courageous-that
I the LEDGER sets pace few other news
n papers can equal.
VA In New York we look upon the Timcs's
2electric bulletin board as an evidence of
% 1burnalistic alertness. How many people
know that in Philadelphia the LEDGER has
tneSe
ntantiy to six different parts of the city?
Il " And who knows but that the LEDGER
Z may be planning to put up similar boards
"A In Harrisburg. Chester, Camden. Williams.
q bort, Scranton and other prominent stra-
tekic points, and control them all from
& Chestnut street?
IS Tho New Yorker would get an extra jolt
& Z. by means of the Philadelphia LEDGER
K bulletin board on Broadway, he read Eu-
Sfnpean news as he left the theatre at
y II o'clock.
Y Again, it would be a good thing for
x fFhiladelphia to let America know about
HOG Island and the great part it is bound
- play In the protection of the country.
55okss gain vigor with repetition. The
fSors venerable they are the more certain
tteir popularity. 1t is courageous come
'&1an who dare catapult new wit at his
andiAnce. He gets better and sure results
With chestnuts. We have never concerned
,oursalves very much, therefore, with the
'<ota about Philadelphia being SLOW The
Axst Brutus was a clever man in his day
ia sedulously cultivated the reputation
~ being a fool wherefore the Tarquins
IA not watch him. and the first thing they
knew Rome was democracy and Brutus
In charge of proceedings. We can afford
20 have the reputation of being slow, but
~ cannot afford to be slow. The result
Ne have been working for has not received
= serious setback or any setback at all.
The obsolete political system with which
No are burdened is somewhat irksome,
of course, and works vast damage to the
tunjnsss of the community, but our enter.
Hf1Ue In more concrete pursuits is some
Hines accurately appraised by a glimpse
y 1ank clearances and bank deposits.
| me LEDGER is not engaged in a program
n ~knocking" Man nor city nor bus-
49, can stand still. Each goes ahead or
npk- Four generations of progress have
<1oa compressed into the terrific events of
~ past three years. The whole viewpoint
humaniay has been revolutionized. All
rkets are in a state of fiux and transi-
HI The usual sort of business is gone,
~ CONC forever. We are creating new
|cfns and kinds OF business we are mark.
~ out new trade routes, we are building
kfoat fleets of carriers which will make
= x8ctive trade missionaries in all the
= OF the earth. The small manufac-'
n who has been making and selling
H1res in kensington may tomorrow be
n@fjng his product in New Zealand |
Gineapore. He will be il there is |
m IN his soul and his business in |
fpls are intelligent, Success. however,
~ towards OF us all When you put |
~ into a mans pocket you probably |
~ enterprise there too. The ma
n OF dryrot is working overtime in |
reiness which is SO successful that |
n1lagers are satisfied. New York |
electric lights burning all night and |
See how awake we are!" Phila-
= 6tscovers more efficient method
setting subway fares. and several
later New York puts the system
1Cue. The metropolis is a vast EN-.
constsntiy bidding for new ideas.
which came into being elsewhere
II 90 before New York caught on.
up(s fnsnced in New York. but
~ often born in restaurant.
~ dpep not burn much gasoline
Is ~ most prurient story