Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-23
Edith Linton and Others Asking Congress Put Oteopahs the Army
NyCossip about Washington Doings Of WeKnon People

Of limb in the struggle that lasted from
1861 to 1865. With George A. Bakeoven.
William Nice, John L. Graham and Harry
J. Cooper, all manned soldiers and most of
them now deceased, Captain Brown was
once center of political interest owing to
the discharge of veterans from the public
service. Brown will readily be remembered
as the one-armed doorkeeper who used to
pass visitors into the Mint when it stood
at the corner of Chestnut and Juniper
streets. After losing his place he Joined
Robert M. McWade in the publication of a
newspaper which is still issued at Wayne.
The old soldiers Of the Civil War appar.
emily are not envious of the youthful
veterans Of the European war who are
coming back manned, but they cannot fail
to observe that the pay and pension con-
ditions are different and that legislative
methods for educating and providing en-
ployment for the wounded man, which did
not exist in reconstruction days that fol.
lowed the war for the preservation of the
Union, have now been provided. .",
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THE so-called La Toilette seamen's law,
l. the drafting of which has generally been
attributed to Andrew Furuseth, of the Sea-
mems Union, is coming in for good deal
Of criticism In connection with the Gov
ernment efforts to establish an American
merchant marine The seamens bill went
through in July, 1915. largely because
President Wilson and his Secretary of
Labor and Samuel Gompers, of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, wanted it. The
shipping interests did not like it, but they
yielded because they could not help 1t. The
high freight rates prevailing during the
war, taken with the ability to pay high
wages under the Government spur, served
to hold down opposition to the law, but now
that competition on the high seas is loom
ing up and the difficulty of maintaining
American living and wage conditions while
other nations undercut is dawning upon
the shipping world, the situation is differ,
ent. We are informed that President
Holton, Of the Maritime Exchange; Mana
ger P. F. Young, of the II. ernational Mer-
camille Marine lines; President Bernard, of
the Steam Navigation Mems Association,
and other forwardooking men are giving
this matter their serious attention. The
continuance of the seamen's law is also
said to be giving some concern to Brother
Hurley. of the shipping toard.
DRESIDENT ISAAC d. HETZELL, of
- the A. C. Harmer Republican Campaign
Club, is feeling pretty good over the result
Of the election in the Third Congressional
District. Like the ~Anti-Cobden Club Of
the Nineteenth Ward, the Harmer Club is
strong on the tariff and the upbuilding of
our domestic Industries It's headquarters
on Shackamaxon street are in the heart of
the shipbuilding and manufacturing dis.
trict, and its members because of the
sturdy Americanism of their environment
are proud to be known as "Fishtowners."
In any event. there is no other club where
snapper soup" as I'VE ancient Philadel
phians" knew 1t is served upon occasion
with such patriotic JUNCTION as at the
Harmer Club. Representative Dick Curry
Charley Dietz. Martin BOUCHER. George
Enwechter and Recording Secretary sam
Mshaaey Joined Colonel Ike n his fslicita
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