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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
STATESMAN IN CONGRESS

TNHEODORE ROOSEVELT has had some
L cutting words to say concerning the
type of man who hates another country
meaning specifically England-more
than he loves his own. The Colonels
trenchantly expressed scorn might be le.
Ultimately extended to those who seem.
ingy hate political party more. than
they love their native land
A number Of such pitifu human speci.
mems hold Office. Their influence, however,
is getting weaker every day, and II Phil.
ander c. Knox. Republican, sustains his
present gait Of logical, clean-cut construc-
tive patriotism, he will make the nation
realize the immense value OF the kind of
representatives who are as unafraid to sup
port an Administration not of their party
because they sincerely believe It to be in
the right as they are to differ with IL in
cases of obvious error. Such are the
finest kind of safety valves in q republic
Every phrase OF Senator Knoxs speech
indorsing the food bill yesterday rang
clear with nonpartisan America nism.
Every stand he has taken since the war
began has been similarly sound and force.
full. Mr.. Knox, seasoned by his valuable
experience as Secretary Of State, pro,
vides the all.too-rare spectacle of a states.
man in Congress His exhibitions of
sheer ability are knife thrusts in the
spleens of puny muddlers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
TREATMENT OF WORKERS
70 the Editor 81 &c Eveninq Ledner

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Sir--In your issue Of June IS there is a
communication signed Worker" in which
he draws attention to the state OF dscon.
tent among the workers. That this
discomfort is general the most casual
observer must be aware. | have just
left the employ Of a large corporation,
where 1t seemed to be the settled and
studied policy Of the company to impress
upon the men that they were just so many
cogs in wheel-a mere piece of machinery,
to be reegated TO the junk pile as soon as
they outlive their usefulness To this
end they never let slip any opportunity to
infict any indignity which would have a
tendency TO keep the men in a proper and
humble frame Of nina.
Long and faithful service counted for
nothing, and great many OF their skilled
employees left TO accept positions with other
companies, where they were treated more
in accordance with the dictates of common
decency and common sense. The net re.
suit OF the policy pursued by this company
was that dissatisfaction and discomfort
were rampant, and the comapny. Of course,
was the loser. What some of our large en,-
ployers cannot or will not learn is the fact
that the good will of an employe is a dis,
tinct asset and that the boneheaded policv
OF antagonizing employees makes for neither
ef1ciency nor progress. The relations obtain.
ing between employer and worker should be
OF utmost cordiality and good will. not from
any matter OF sentiment, but as a cold.
blooded business proposition
Corporations are usually credited with
possessing no souls but the inability M
some OF them to recognize this well.known
principle would seem to argue that they
are also lacking in b.ains
c.., ANOTHER WORKER.
Camden, n. j., June "a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

alton yesterday an operator told Senate
committee that the average increase In
the price OF coal to the consumer had
been from IS to 100 per cent and he
added that coal operators are Just as
human as anybody else and take advan'
tage Of conditions" This Is a strange
perversion Of the word human Are
operators who keep up excessive prices
Just as human" as doctors who give up
their practice to go abroad without pay
in order to slave for the wounded? Are
they "just as human" as young men who
There is very high standard Tor
really human" conduct In these heroic
days OF selfsacrihce To be human today
one must also be humane
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
HONOR FOR LIBERTY-NOT
SLAUGHTER

IMMEDIATELY after the passage OF
the independence resolution by the
Continental Congress, John Adams, in a
letter to his wife. indited this recipe
for observing the great day OF liberty
"1t ought to be solemnized with pomp
and parade, with shows, games, sports,
bells, bonfres and illuminations from one
end OF this continent to the other. from
this time forward forevermore"
All this seems a harmless and appro.
pirate program, but it has been tragically
misinterpreted Advocacy Of bellrinGing
has been extended TO mean Endorsement
Of any variety OF fendish din. Tasteful
iluminations and countryside bonf1res
have largely given way to the reckless
use Of firearms and dangerous explosives.
Surely such a murderous perversion Of
the festival spirit was far from the
thoughts Of the rugged clear.thinking
New England patriot
In this epoch. making year on the scroll
Of freedom the shame Of our lnde.
pendence Day shambles must hotly man.
tie the cheek Of every true American Brit
aiH - 'oHtSIlpldlilh run III VI July W.
servances. France has elaborately planned
for them. The conviction that in foreign
lands these rites will be both artistic and
sane can but intensity our consciousness
Of guilt There is something resembling
mocking in Europe teaching America by
example how to honor liberty.
Governor Brumbaugh's admirable proc.
lamation counsels immediate reform Of
our July madness. Philadelphia above
all can afford to omit no act that this
year will make her tributes to Liberty
worthy of its birthplace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
MAKING OUR CONSTITUTION

THE Articles OF Confederation, by which
l. the ill'jointed union Of the thirteen origi'
nal States was held together from 1919 to
1888 were more in the nature of a treaty
OF alliance than of a constitution. The In
conNeniences and dangers Of the arrange
ment became pressing, and in February
ldSG Congress adopted a resolution sug-
gesting that convention Of delegates from
the states be held at Philadelphia on the
second Monday of May following to revise
the articles
Delegates from twelve of the thirteen
states Rhode Island alone being unTepre-
sented) accordingly assembled at Philadel'
phla' the convention opening it's sessions In
independence Hall on May IA, 1887, under
the presidency Of George Washington.
These results were not achieved without
dlriculty in the face Of profound differences
OF opinion In most of the States ratihca.
uon was secured by narrow ma ajorities ana
after prolonged discussion, and in none OF
the states was 1t approved with anything
approaching unanimity These differences
OF opinion were primarily due TO what have
been called the compromises Of the Con-
stltution.' These were three In number
The first dealt with the fundamental con-
hict between those who desired a strong
central authority and those who feared the
extension OF executive power. This was
compromised by investing the President
with great powers, but for a limited term
only and by a system Of checks ana
balances" whereby the exercise OF his power
was IN various ways subjected to the con-
trol of Congress or Of the Senate.
The second compromise was OF the conflict
or the great and small StateR This was ef'
tected by the equal representation In the
Senate. by which the small States could
overcome the advantage held by the large
states through the proportional representa-
tion In the House.
The third connnron,,.a mas % ths con.
troversy between the upholders Of slavery
and those who believed slavery should he
restricted or abolished. This was adjusteA
BY the proviso forbldding Congress 10 pro-
hioit the importation of slaves before tpe
slaves qhouId be delivered un BY the etailf
"a WnIcn they had Iakfn refuge
fteN1fucW4 criticize tIh1 hAef.I1 n 1en>f'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. Mexlco's valuable oil wells are near the
city Of TampcO.
2. Jean-Francois Champollion, famous French
EENntoioEist. deciphered the hieIoElyphies
l10l-1832
g. John Adams was the American President
who first strongly urged celebrating the
Fourth Of July In noisy fashion.
4. Pierre Lott IL the pen name Of julien Vlaud,
the noted French author.
B. La Navidad, on the island Of Santo Do
mingo, was the first settlement estab-
lshed by the spaniards in the New
World. The little community, founded
there by Columbus In 1902, was later
totally destroyed by the Indians
8. Jupiter Ia the largest planet In the solar
system.
I. The, two great socts Of Mohammedans are
the Sunnites, who are strongest In the
Turkish Empire, and the shlltes, who
are mostly Perslans. The original source
OF quarrel between the two factions con-
cerned the rlght Of succession TO the
Caliphate after the death OF Mohammed
3. Won Seydler is the new Premier OF Austria,
o. "Panem ct circenses" Is Latin for bread
and games" Juvenal the Roman ga
tlrist. bitterly accused his decadent TEL:
low citizens OF desiring only free food
distributed In tho Forum and sratuitOus
spectacles In the arena.
TO- General Galllenl who died last year, has
been called the "Savinr Of Paris" be-
cause Of great services at the time when
: the capital was threatened by the Ger
mans In 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
AN UGLY STORY WITH A
PRETTY SEQUEL

A GENTLEMAN living at Twenty-rrst
"A and Walnut streets recently was in
formed by one Of his servants that for
twenty.four hours a can Of kitchen refuse
had been allowed to stand uncollected in
the back alley. He leaped to the phone
and. because he had an important name
and position, he received humble apologies
and the collector was told he would be
fired" at once II 1t ever happened again.
Yesterday an EVENING LEDGER investi.
gator went through an alley between
jackson and Winton streets off Fourth,
within a stones throw Of the Wares old
homestead, and found that a pie Of filth
had not been collected for two weeks.
A woman, however had poured carholic
acid on it in the hope that the odor would
be mitigated and that dead animal
which lay therein would not spread dis
ease. She said that the garbage collectors
had laughed at her when she, complained.
This wds not a pretty story. and deli.
cately nurtured folk may not have liked
: H. But there is a pretty sequel to it to-
day. Because he read it the chief Of
the Highway Department has ordered
cleanup Of the alley. The alley need
not invest its pennies in any more car.
bolic acid for the present; not until city
Hall forgets.
The reporter does not live at Twenty.
arst and Walnut. has not great name
In the community, but. temporary rep.
ressntins the whole city Of Philadelphia
and acting as its spokesman. he accom-.
plishe1 the difficult feat Of moving
Fourth street and Snyder avenue about
two miles across the city in a north.
westerly direction and giving it all the
privileges Of those whose children play
In Rittenhouse Square.
However, more than one child who
played in Rittenhouse Square was
stricken with infantile paralysis last
summer
Being rich and prominent does not save
person from the common lot Of those
who live in a dirty city Cleanliness is
not expensive. There are little houses in
newly builtup sections of Philadelphia,
renting for SO and SIC a month A child
Is safer in one of these clean, cheap
homes than he would be in some of the
ponderous mansions in the city's center.
There are reelsing alleys not 100 yards
from the nostrils Of the children of
some OF our best families" The odors
are just far enough away not to be car
ried to the nursery windows. But germs
have no odor.
Somebody got paid for keeping that
alley clean near the Wares former home.
But the work wasn't done. We are speak
ing of no utopian dream of spending huge
extra sums to get a clean city. We are
spending enough money to get a clean
city Some OF that money goes to people
who do not do their work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
THE DATES RIGHT

TT is hard to resist the magic Of dates,
History herself seems to delight in re-
echoing the same chronological themes.
July I brought Americas independence
and Nicksburg's surrender: July I, and
3, Gettysburg July and 2, Santiaeo's
fray; July 3. the destruction Of Cervera's
feet July /, year ago. the victorious
Somme offensive. France and Britain,
now tightening their respective grips
about Laon and Lens, seem preparing
10 honor precedents Glorious July Is
near. A cup Of hope isn't a bad tonic
once in a while. The date, at least, is
ripe for a good draught.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
ExTORTIoN WINS NO WARS

TT is often said that all we have to do
food, fuel men and munitions where they
win do the most good at the fighting
fronts on sea and land. But this is only
half the battle.
The other half is to distribute food and
fuel at fair prices among the civilian
population to keep them fit in body, mind
and soul to continue the war to the end.
The Russian revolution was a food riot.
and IL was, perhaps a lucky thing that
food riot came at the psychological
moment TO overthrow the Car. But It is
possible for bad distribution Of the neces.
stiles of life TO make itself felt in demo.
cratic country. as well as in a country
ruled by a czar There is only one thing
under heaven that could make this coun.
try quit before II had gained a complete
victory, and that one thing would be
growing discontentment among the
masses over the price Of food and fuel.
With food control assured. fuel control
must now be made equally certain. The
enthusiastic response which 400 bituni.
inous coal operators gave Secretary
Lanes appeal for voluntary price-hxing
and agreement on operation OF the mines
by cooperation with a Government
egency is encouraging. Said Mr.. Lane:
The country will not stand for any
thing but big things from big men In this
war You win have the opportunity
you face the chalenge-to show whether
roa are successful men or little men.
whether you think Of tomorrow or merely
cl today
A anethsf discussion % the coal Esc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. What office does Count Terauchi hold In
Jnpan9
2. In what play of Shakespeare's Is Joan OF
Arc one Of the characters?
3. What American statesman said, "Sink or
swim, live or die, survive or perish, l
give my hand and my heart TO this
yOte"?
I. What ~ the capital Of Bohemia, In which
protests against Austrian rule are
stantly voiced?
5. What is the Chinese name for China?
g. What nre lepidoptera?
!, What ancient code OF laws Is the besis ot
justice In louisiana?
3. Who was Sir CHRISTOPHER Wrea:
o. What was the Tlchborne case?
TO- What Is the capital Of Alaska?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

THE ONLY THING left i'm Phladel-
phia today to recall the most widely
known Philadelphian of his time is the
word Dyottvile attached to the name of
the firm which succeeded to the manage
ment Of his Kensngton Glass Works.
T. W. Dyott, the nostrum man, to whom
we referred the other day, was druggist,
glassmaker, banker and some other things
during the 3Os, and although he spent
three years in Jail as a result Of his
failure, which was an outgrowth Of the
suspension Of the United States Bank in
1887, h, probably did nothing that might
not nov pass for high finance" After
his release from Jail he staged a come
back" and lived honorably ever after.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
Tom Daly's Column

The ICE CREAM PLACE
its httic entry 'cdy
To n priudte home
where Dou hare to rat and stay
TtH somebodvU come
When Uoy ring the little BEN
Then you hand Hour dish
And poHr monep IN and ten
Whars the Kind Uou irish.
Ice cream making nor Is clean
For II Is IN art
Men that make Il by machine
Bring u IN n cnrt
All the dealer has to do
Is fo put on fec
SO that whcn II comes 10 you
n wiH StH be nice.
SttH you ought 10 choose vith care
Who you're dealing rith
Dealers arc not creryichcrc
Likc our Mrs. Smith
And 10 tnor bcyond doubt
An Is clean and neat
Is n joD IN htHb about
when Uou start 10 cat.
Oh Il Is joy indeed
When the summers come
II on food Ike this you fcc7
IN yow bnppy home
hdD thtS blessing you bcfaH
For rs good for you
For UoHr parents one ard MI
And the b1bU too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
Add War News

Butler, ugly man, hugged nurse, Mary
Ann,
Sure, she was a lady and, Of course,
she couldn't curse;
But, with cheeks ahame, she at once
became
What do you suppose, my dears?-a
red cross nurse,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

Well be wanting a short, snappy poem
in this column on July 5; a patriotic
pick-me-up for the morning after II
must not exceed eight lines.
Come, then, all nc rhymin9 ScholnrsI
He tchOSe eagle loudCSt hollers
Gathers ttco-dHd-One-hdU dolldrs'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
PRISONERS RELIEF

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledosy,
Sir-The Prisoners Relief Societv ~ II,,,,
tington w. Va has the reputation of hsSn.,
the foremost organization OF its kind In re
country. II has developed a wonderful s,,s
tenn for aiding ex-convicts and their farni.
hes, who are rendered homeless and desti.
hungry BY reientlsss Law which makes ~
provision ior 'h1iF keep iAtlf plight i hsors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

Bestowal by the Kaiser OF the
order Pour lie Merite" on the air raider
whose bombs recently slaughtered Lon.
don school children indicates that the
German language ia as weak as German
morals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

In narrating why a Kentucky unl-
versitys diploma, which he has just re-
ceived, was withheld for nifty years.
Champ Clark explains that, although ne
was expelled from the Institution for an
attempted shooting, he missed his mark.
History can attest that this early IN
aecurscH of aim mas hssn rather con-
sasentlr malnlainsd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

Proper pronunciation of Bohemia s
Czechs as checks" makes their opposition
TO Austrian tyranny all the more fttinely
undertaken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

The sinking Of an Argentine
freighter off Gibraltar shows that Ger
many's desire to increase her enemies is
still frantically unabated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

Nenizelists rejoicing over the down.
fall Of eX-Premier Zaimis are probably
it to read: when Greek meets
Greek, then comes a resignation"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

The volunteering of the young
Roosevelts bars Teddy from the dignity
of being a "conscript father"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

The virtuous horror OF crookedness
expressed by Senator Penrose in his op.
position TO certain aspects Of the food
bin seems very like a betrayal Of his own
ORGANIZATION.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

The accumulated deficiency Of tenn.
perature' during these delightful June
days is about the only shortage Of any,
thing that wins American gratitude.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

Mr. Roots very name ought to con.
vince the most intense Russian liberallsts
how radical he is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27


ISN'T TT astonishing how far aneld a
mere man may wander when he .;;tcmpts
to master the feminine modes? In our
own dear paper Yesterday we read the
description Of a bathing suit and came
upon this
An interesting point is the length NJ the
blouse. reaching as It does. slightly below
the reputation placement and yet missing
by several inches tho moyen 1Ec line
Letting everything else pass, we tried
10 get a grasp upon the moyen age line, "
using for that purpose a ranre-hnder,
With which we were also unfamliar-a
French dictionary. There we located this:
"NoUcH dDc--the time between the fall of
the Roman Empire 1880 and the capture
Of Constantinople by Mahomct II n453J'
The French appear to he as frivolous
as ever.
Again, though this Of course, has moth
ing to do with the matter in hand. on the
next page, we read: "Nule-female of
mulet."
THREE CROSSES
The drst n cross Of shame; IT'S ghdstlv
bcdd
Eurobcd IN bIdckcst pail Of guitty greed
The ncrt q socrifCioI cross. dcCreed
BU deity to bear the load, blood.rcd
with pourcd-out life. It's healing arms
outSprcdd
O'cr al the ,ccary ,rorld, bound in its
need:
When To- n third appears, the uorld Is
frced
A cross Of lustrous ,nhite! Life from the
dedd,
. lana lore. upon that cross Of shame
Let perish all thu sordidncss of soul
Upon the cross Of red pour oW TN
life,
4 trCc.,ciH gU IN merCy's gracious name.
when 10! Hy cross Of ,rhitc. 'corsi
freedoms goal,
Thy pledge Of rictory the end OF
strife!
WILLIAM HIRAM FOULKES.
Charles Kelner German for waiter"
by the way) runs a delicatessen shop at
632S Woodland avenue. He's a good
citizen, but it panied him when his
adopted country broke with the Father
land. Possibly the tears blinded him
while he was lettering this sign. At any
rate, this is the way it looks upon his
counter:
ALL sadwishes S Ct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
A White Rose of York

Yonner Kottcamp, arrested by Motorcycle
Ofhcer Riley for drunkenness and disor.
derly conduct, was yesterday sentenced nv
Mayor Hugentugler 10 attend church four
consecutive Sundays and to report each
time TO the Mayor II was Kottcamps twen.
ty-ffth appearance and the Mayor looking
him over, said "Yonner I'm a son Of 3
gun II know what to do with YOU. II Is
no good to put you TO jail and don't want
to fine you. I'm going to try another plan,
want you TO go to church each Sunday for
the next four Sundays, And, mind you, go
sober. too"
What do you think !, amp" replied Kott.
camp. I'm not quite that crazy that ia
go 70 church drunk" Upon his promise 10
obey the sentence, Kottcamp was given bis
freedom, II he fails. his sentence is s25 fne
or thirty days in Jail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
Linuor Problem Forebodinp

Although the prohbitionists obtained the
upper hand in the Hoase fight It is not Ger.
tain that their victory is exactly what the
Administration desired TO have take place
Thousands Of men and women who have
their money invested in the liquor business
have been bitterly complaining TO Congress
Of what they term an act Of confiscation
They comment upon the fact that Great
Britain increased its supply Of beer on
the very day the House passed the bone
dry" amendment They insist that the
foreign governments at war are furnishing
their soldiers with beer and light wines and
that the effect of prohibition I'm the United
states will not have the moral effect its nro-
ponents hope for. The probability OF The
closing out of beer and the tolerance of
whisky Is also commented upon. The whole
question, as many Congressman view H.
forebodes trouble for the Administrator
politically and as affecting war revenues
The Ways and Means Committee As also
somewhat concerned ss TO the outcome. for
II prohibition Is made nationwide. the new
tax will have to be revised and new tneth
DDS of taxation viii have 10 be found 10
take the place OF the internal revenue hith.
erto accruing from the liquor business In
normal times the internal revenue on lamar
and tobacco q about ne-third az the enflfe
revenue of the Government
:, HAMPTON MOORE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27

IN THE SAME issue OF Golfers
Weekly which contains dandy bit OF
verse by Christopher Morley, the son OF
the Governor OF Florida Is called Cattle .
on. well. there may be those IN Florida
who classify Cats as Cattle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
WILLLAM HIRAM FOuLKES.
Fourth o. July Contest

ALL sadwishes S Ct.