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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS OF DOING
OUR BIT

MR.. McADOO says that the railroad shop.
'AvA men at Alexandria, Va, who walked
out in order to force the payment of
higher wages evidently forgot that they are
now employees of the Government.
He says further that there has been no
strike of Government employees hitherto
and that strike in the present crisis
would be an extremely unpatriotic act.
s2 There is no doubt of the correctness of
this point of view. The pay Of all railroad
employes has been increased and the
freight and passenger rates have been
raised to provide the money, The country
has accepted the situation. 1t expects the
ahcpmen and all other men engaged in any
kind of railroad work to help win the war
by sticking at their posts. The appeal to
patriotism ought not to be made in vain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
SOLDIERS OF FREEDOM

TNHEY veiled their souls with laughter
l. And many niocking pose,
These lads who follow after
Wherever freedom goes
These lads we used to censure
For levity and ease
On Freedoms high adventure
Go shining overseas.
III, .. ..a., ...r
Our springing tears adore en-,
These boys at school and play,
Fair.fortuned years before them,
Alas! but yesterday: '>+.-
Divine with sudden spendor-- tr
Oh, how our eyes were blind!--
In careless self-surrender
They battle for mankind.
a>..
Soldiers OF Freedom Cleaning
And golden they depart,
Transfigured by the dreaming 10
OF boyhood's hidden heart
Her lovers they confess them ,
And, rushing on her foes. .... .-..
Toss her their youth-God bless them
AS lightly as a rose.
katherine Lee Bates. in The Tribune"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

plate Uncle Joe with gratitude, TO return
him to eminence and ponder upon the
source Of his wisdom.
Sometimes an answering hint rings in
the speeches of the sage. Then IL seems
that the soil has touched him in the deeps
of his being. To understands him you must
look around upon life rather closely. There
are some. for instance. who seem to be-
lieve that the spirit of America is Ritten
house Square. Others are as assured that
it is Chicago or Broadway or Wall street
or Colonel Roosevelt. Mr.. Ware has mo-
ments when he seems to believe that the
spirit of America is sanctuared below
South street.
The Honorable Cannon is one of the few
who appear now and then to sense the
truth. He has realized that the nation
everywhere still lives most actively in the
soil and in the things close to the soil,
in the people and the beliefs, the woes and
the ecstasies of open country. Even in his
moments of diversion the free earth reflects
itself in the utterances of this elder states.
man. Once not long ago It was his pleasure
to speak OF the troubles of western Con.
gressmen.
too much faith. They think you are om.'
nipotent. They come to you for help when
the crops are laid by the storm or when
the sun shines too long and there is
drought. They come when the wife falls
i'll to die and when the boy leaves home
at last. when tne weevl gets in the cot
ton; when the sun doesn't come after the
rain; when the prairie dog gets at the
wheat and when the rain falls in harvest"
In this short summary of the elemental
troubles of most of mankind there is some
thing of almost scriptural truth and dig.
nifty. Uncle Joe in this instance sensed
the chief concerns of the larger America
poignantly enough. The cities have trou-
bles quite as deep and unchanging. But
we do not know what they are because
there is no Uncle Joe to speak for them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
RUBBER HEELS
An Ecstatic Tribute

She does not whistle, shout or hum,
And watch the clock all afternoon;
She does not chew incessant gum.
She does her job, and does it soon.
She keeps the calendar correct,
She does not tangle up the flies;
She gives the boss no disrespect
Nor plays tag in the stocKroom files.
She does not wear ink on her face,
She is no fount of endless noise:
Our Office is different place
Try office girls instead of boys.
HENRY PLANTAGENET
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

versy. 1t is enough that there was such a
state of mind in this country.
IT may be said OF course--it has been
!. .satd-that the moral conscience which needs
three and half years of crime to stir 1t to
action is a sick conscience, and that the
judgment which needs three and Il half
very feeble judgment The words poltroon
and imbecle have also been used: but of
such words is the language of controversy.
Yet there some who will not regret that
up to the last moment they did hold to the
faith in common humanity who believe that
the handicap we have thus imposed on our
effectiveness in bringing the war home to
the Kaiser may be partly compensated by
clearer understanding and firmer convic-
tion, once the decision has been made.
Or by greater hate; TO which Colonel
Roosevelt certainly will not object.
TT SHOULD not be difficult to prove that
l. this hatred of Kaiserism and its works
burns more intensely in the hearts of
good many belated converts than II does
in the shrewd, hard headed person who
knew the Kaisers intentions from the very
beginning, from before the beginning. II
you have believed from the beginning that
Germany was bound TO act she has acted
whenever the opportunity offered, then all
that Germany has done hardly be a
shock to you, though II may be nasty prcb-
, lem You cannot be dislusioncd when you
set out with no illusions You cannot be
indignant when you are prepared for the
humanity organized on the principle of get
ting In the first blow, the other fellows first
blow may be peril but it can scarcely be
called an atrocity. In moments of rhetoric
you may speak of Germany the enemy of
mankind, but what you mean is only the
various nations that make up mankind-its
geographical divisions. You do not mean
humanity
TT is Kaisersm's assault on ones faith in
/ humanity that has brought a new hatred
upon It's head Not much what Kaiserism
has done to the people of Belgium, or France
or Serbia, Russia or even what It has
done to the women and children of Paris
and London. but what 1t has done to the
hearts and minds of the German people It
began with befooling the Judgment of the
German people by false dangers and panics
1t has steadily warped and poisoned and
coerced until German mothers approved The
staying of French and British mothers from
the skies until German Socialists betrayed
the cause of their "brothers"- everywhere
outside Germany; until the German people
has been won over to policy of rapne
and domination 1t has cast its malign
shadow over the spirit of formerly great
nation
Today the worlds hatred goes out to the
murderers of an ideal
..t- - tCopyrisht,)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Uncle Sans New School

One of the queer results of the war is that
2443 men at Camp Upton have been taught
to speak English. Some of them were we'll
educated in their own languages. but many
were illiterate. A teacher was found In .
sergeant who had proficient knowledge Of
French, German, Italian. Dutch, Yiddsh
Russian and Greek. and among the soldiers
he taught In his sSty-sight classes were Chi
nese. Swedish. Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish,
Lithuanian Bohemian, Japanese, Czech Let
tish and Arabian Boston Globe. s,-a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Every morning and evening, out in the
suburbs, the meadow lark Whistles. the robin
haleujahs, the song sparrow sings and the
cardinal MARBLES his sweetest notes FOR us
notwithstanding we do not belong to tha
Audubon society--Toledo Blade -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

After reading the new. treaty between
Germany and Austria IL appears that Karl
is merely the southpaw of the Teutonic
team. Shall we call him the withered arm
= of the Central Powers?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Hardly Possible

1t is said that large number NJ farr.-
erettes have stopped posing for their p,n.
lures IN orI'r to devote a little time 10
farming.-clevesrd Plain Dealer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Acting Superintendent Mills has re-
pulsed another drive on the Police Depart
ment and the enemy is said to be growing
short of food.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

While many saloons are closing here
hscause of poor business it might be OBJ
served that the only happy tank nowadays
~ the one that runs by gasoline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Anew " Order

The Government controls the railroads, and
now the express companies are to be united
under Federal direction Times have changed
since the enactment OF the laws TO preyen,
trade combnations.-Troy Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

There are Kiels and kees. Americans
A1nitsiy prefer the latter. and the prize
aters are doing their best to make them
5ll more popular
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
v hat Counts

! ne me- 90 q As sqt he golden winga
The thr'Lt amp has no wings a, al
but Il gets there Just the same.
Scranton Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Does Mr.. Bryan Know hg

TO the Editor Of the Evening Pubitc Ledger:
Sir--A letter In the EVENING PuBLIc
LEDGER, entitled The Liquor Party" has
certain democratic readeR unawareI until
this moI pt.s.t, tkAiS yerown' Qf stfssfs1k
:itmif 81 thfse Eames. ming 10 81 tulls. 81
q la5 ss!sI a. A. "a IS;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

S.. Judging from the dis
EIated by Success order in Finland the
in ireland Germans must be try
-. ing to endow a Sim
Finn. Candidates for the role of Roger Case
ment please apply at the box office, Berlin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Now we understand McAdoo.. It's increas se6
wages and back pay for railroad men and
patched pants for paragraphers.
Blade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

What is the difference between a High
Majesty and High Apostolic Majesty? The
difference between ace and "a joker
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Germany always did enjoy herself
marching to the Marne. It's the return trip
that is painful
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Some of us may not be able to say
Cantigny in correct French, but no Ameri-
can need hesitate to pronounce il a victory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

The cables report a
Sound Reasoning serious condition in
Turkey. If conditions
In Turkey are merely serious, they must
have improved within the last twenty-four
hours,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

II the good were only
This Is Our clever,
Fayorits Poem, And the clever were
But who Wrote Ns only good
The world would be
better than ever
We thought 1t possibly could.
But oh 1t Is seldom or never
That things happen just as they should:
The good are Sc harsh TO the clever,
The clever so rude to the good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

yesterday Quiz
d. q o,,a 1,eh,ssn Is called the Wolverine st.ts.
. snlcno,m. msrk; The load-lins, nn,rted con.
chsnfmen ~ ~ The side Of aIi British ss9S.
poo,er %e,ssnse aa, slsssd BY law "' hm'' = 80
' the poor sSr'.'s Il s,s ,:s,a, "a decent rscvis,sn e!
4. The asaro .,N ~ true test Of civilization"
border Of Ssrr rssn.,o N on the south central
. "fa having 'GaI s;dksnssn i. now reverted 81
1ss1Rs Ts!s.s' q. :s' first Vie. r..ie..s
.ss'.. :ss s'iiSS's u. &: e,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Congressman who have just inspected
Hog Island are said to have been loud in
their praise" 1t must have been easy for
them to be loud since they practiced so in
sistently in their blame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

More in pity than in anger be it said
that the Firms, now almost completely under
German domination, are a nation of poor fish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
We thought 1t possibly could.

Is not the draft reaching large enough
proportions to be called a gale? The Kaiser
win think SO. at any rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
So They Say

Mr.. Hoover says there
So They Say rn,e 10000 ways of
preparing food avail
able in this country. But boarding house
cook knows how to make stew in more ways
than that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Now we shall have summer weather till
the third of July.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Regulations for or
why Austrian ganzat.on Of the al
Kaisers lied q. q. German and
Leave Home Austran) troops shall
be drawn UP according
to one principle, the initiative of which shall
be left principally TO Germany" (From the
new German-Austrian treaty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

German and Austrian troops are To be
educated" to mutual esteem. love and ap-
probation. What a savage state of brotherly
love must exist between them!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Happy Thought

THE world is so full of the plunder Of
things.
I'm sure We can all be as bloody as kings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
Over w. E. Campbelrs Wire

New Orleans, February LATTER q
period of steadiness in the early trading
today. cotton fell off to a net decline OF
about nc a pound, the market feeling
selling pressure induced partly by tho
poor showing of weeks mill takings'
which was expected, and partly by re-
ports that the price regulation measure
now before Congress was being conSid-
cred by the committee having 1t in
charge. The spectre of price fixing con"
tinues to be a club against the market
which prevents it from rising OH the de-
cidedly better turn in International pol
itics have taken all around, for this
country and its associates in the war.
Momentarily, around the opening, prices
were to 6 points up. but selling met
this Improvement and a sag resulted. In
the morning session a considerable part
Of offerings came from liquidating
longs Later, short offerings increased
the pressure At the lowest levels. made
in the early afternoon, the active months
stood 40 to so points under the close OF
yesterday
Mill takings for the week were 27l,OO0
bales. against 900, 600 this week last year,
and $4,000 this week years ago. 1t could
hardly have been expected that they
would have been larger with freight
embargo all over the south. We feel that
1t is a good measure OF keen spot de-
mand that they were as large as hey
turned out to be. Temporarily, the mar
ket is friendless. but it has demon
strated repeatedly of late that it can re-
spond to favorable circumstances when
they occur. LIT prices showed net
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
New Orleans Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, February l.-Severe sell
ing pressure was felt by cotton here to-
day and the market broke under It,,
standing half cent down late in the day
Lowest levels were reached following the
posting of small mill takings for the
week and after the circulation of re-
port-that price regulation measures now
before Congress were being considered
by the committee having them in charge.
Temporarily. around the opening, the
market was to points higher. but
this Improvement brought out liquidation
and before the session was very cid
prices were at a net decline By noon
the loss amounted to dollar bale and
in the early afternoon the trading
months were ~ to so points under the
close of yesterday Last prices showed
net declines of 3S to AZ points.
Private forecasts Of rain for Texas
were an influence against the market in
the early trading, although the official
prediction did not bear them out.
Mill takings for the week of 271.cU9
bales, against 100000 this week last year
and 395, 900 this week two years ago. were
considered by bullish traders to merely
reflect freight conditions. but they slim
ulated much selling, nevertheless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
Weekly Cotton Review

New York, February 1.-The cotton
market was extremely nervous and
unsettled during the last week. Re-
ports of continued firm spot markets
in the southland comparatively small
supply available for delivery on con-
tract were reflected into occasional
rallies led by the near positions. On
the whole, however, the tendency of
prices had been downward and there
was a particularly sharp break dur
ing todays trading, with May selling
off to 29.25c, compared with 31.5Sc,
the high record established early in
January.
Such features as the possibility OF
government regulation or price fixing
and the coal shortage have figured
largely in the talk around the ring,
and have doubtless been responsible
for much of the nervousness of senti-
ment. The extension of the control Of
the food administration to operations
In green coffee seemed to increase the
fear of some government interference
in the cotton trade toward the end of
the week and conflicting runors were
In circulation as to the prospects.
The Presidents letter to Illinois
farmers reiterating his desire for adj
ditional price fixing powers from Con-
gress contributed to this nervousness,
while there were rumors that some of
the New England railroads might be
forced to suspend operations if they
could not secure additional fuel sup
plies before Saturday. The claim has
! also been made that bullish southern
spot advices and reports of sales at
big premiums have been more with
reference to high grades of white cot
ton than to the lower grades or off
colors and there still seemed to be
conflicting opinions around the ring
as TO the prospects for peace. and its
effect on cotton values
Brokers with trade connections have
been moderate buyers on declines.
with the demand accompanied by re-
ports that spinners were pricing cot
ton, and that they still had consider
able cotton on which they would have
to fix prices within the next two or
three months. No change has been
reported in ocean freight rates, but it
Is rImoicd that considerable tonnage
has been allotted for shipment Of cot
ton to Liverpool and the relative
strength OF March contracts has been
accompanied by reports that people
who had taken cotton up on December
and January contracts were preparing
I to make shipments out of the local
stock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
SHORT SELLING
SENDS STOCKS DOWN
U. S. Steel MonopOlizes Most
Attention, But Finally
Lost | 3-8 Points

New York, February Another
demonstration of activity and
strength attended today's initial deal.
ings in tsock, but trading gradually
flattened out. Early advances of l TO
2 points in rails and industrials and
2 to 5 points in shippings and special
ties were materially impaired later.
The reversal of the last hour was
accelerated by a renewal of short sell
ing, based in part on an unexpected
rise in call money to 6 per cent, ac-
conmodatfons of that character hold
ing over next Mondays holiday.
War shares figured prominently in
the advance of the forenoon, although
peace talk was again the foremost fac
tor. Rails derived some of their early
support from further improvement In
eastern transportation conditions
Revival of public interest was sug-
gested by the bullish enthusiasm or
the first hour, the turnover of that pc
Rod aggregating 40 per cent of the
total. Specialties of various grades
denoted the obvious influence of pro-
fessiona1 operators, but yesterdays
sensational movements were lacking.
United States Steel monopoliZed
speculative attention throughout, but
forfeited its fractional advance, clos
ing at a net decline of Is points
Other industria1s, also rails and cop
pers, pursued much the same course,
but shippings retained part of their
substantial gains with miscellaneous
issues.
French municipa1s were the heavy
features of the bond list Liberty is
sues improved, 31ss selling at $3.50 to
So, first as at 966S to $3.50, and sec
ond As at 1904 to 95.S. Total sales,
par value, were $4,650,000.
Old United States As advanced Il
per cent on call.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
COTTON BROKE VERY
EARLY YESTERDAY
May Went Off 81 Points,
While General List Closed
So to As Points Down

New York, February 1.-There was
sharp break in the cotton market today
with May contracts selling off to 90 25c,
or SO points below last nights closing
figures and at the lowest prices touched
sir ce the seasons high record was estab-
lished early last month. The delivery
closed at o9.35c, with the general list clos
ing steady at a net decline of So to 46
points.
The strong technical position of March
contracts was in evidence again at the
vance of points on that delivery Other
months were i to points lower, how
ever and the general list soon weakened
owing to increasing nervousness over the
possibility of government regulation or
price fixing and disposition to place
greater emphasis on the fuel shortage.
The developments in the coffee trade,
extending the control of the food admin
istration to green coffees. seemed largely
responsible for the more general talk of
POSSIBLE ultimate extension of government
control to cotton. Reports that one OF
the New England railroads would be
forced to suspend its service If it could
not secure adequate supplies or coal for
locomotives ana shops III lHe neat iutui c.
naturally attracted attention to the coal
situation. There was no change in the
bullish average of southern spot advices.
or in southwestern weather conditions,
but aside from covering or moderate
trade buying on scale down, the mar
ket seemed to attract very little support
Stop orders were uncovered at various
stages on the break, with March selling
at $3.50, and July at 2ss5c during the
middle Of the afternoon, or about 30 to
50 points net lower The close showed
rallies Of or 10 points from the lowest
or covering.
Private advices from Washing denied
ruinors that the question of price fixing
for cotton was under consideration to-
day and early press dispatches said that
strong opposition was developing to the
proposed price fixing bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
Hester Cotton Statement

Comparisons are g actual dates. not to
close of corresponding weeks:
In sight gor week. 1000: same seven
days last gear Ysl.e0o; year before, 2s4, 900;
for the month. ssCo0 last year, 1900;
year before, las90: for season, S,7s5 900:
same dat iea year. 1o,a1s,0Oo; year be-
fore, S.S9.Nso
Port rccasptS for season, 4,2S6O00; same
date lass year. 5,5ss,oOo; year before last
5000
Oveksand 10 mills and Canada for sea-
son, 1905 same date last year, 1,09S, 900;
year before $4,000.
Southern inill takings for season, g.
ISL 90: sam date last year. 2,90s, 900; year
befsre a,sspDOO
INtericF socks in excess of August /,
as 10. last year. 10000; year before.
I7zeN
sTsaelsn exports for week, 91.000 same
ssV1st days last year, $1,000; year before,
Isl .flG; fir season, 2.6E, 900; same date
III I'll year. s. ~. 900; year before. 2.S42,0 900
SSrthssn spinners' takings and Canada
x5r " ssk. 1900; same seven days last
SSas4 800; for season, 1.6s7.000; to same
III ~ AlAsz year. 1,s4Sc0o.