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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
A WORKING CHAMBER

~HE brief outline of the activi-
ties of the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce. published else
where in this issue of the Telegraph,
illustrates the important part that
body has in the life of the COM
munity. The Chamber is a working
organization. It spends its money
for the benefit of the community. 1t
does things worth while.
Last year the Chamber was busy
with all sorts of war movements,
almost to the exclusion of other
forms of work, but nevertheless 1t
found time and opportunity for COM
munity service of very practical
and useful character. The headquar-
ters of the Chamber have been the
offices of the federal food and fuel
administrations, of the war garden
committee, of every Liberty Loan
campaign and many of the expenses
of other patriotic movements were
either borne entirely or guaranteed
by the Chamber.
The members look back with
pride on the part they had in the
erection of the new Penn-Harris
hotel, now so rapidly nearing COM
pletion, the plans for which were
developed during the administration
of J. William Bowman as president,
under the guidance of Chairman e.
z. wallower, and which had the
hearty backing of the Chamber from
the very inception of the movement.
If the organization had done nothing
more than this, 1t would have justi-
fed its existence. But 1t has done so
much more that it has become an
absolute necessity to the progress
and development of the city. So
much So indeed that one wonders
how we managed to get along with
less active organization for so
many years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

nue. from automobile registration
during 1918 will approximate So
100000. That Is the assessed valua-
tion of whole ward in Harrisburg,
the cost of the construction of the
Capitol building without the fur
nishins or the price of an ocean
liner. 1t is an imperial revenue.
And this policy of putting it into
road maintenance enabled the State
to. spend three-quarters of a mill
lion dollars on the Lincoln highway
alone last summer GnJ not feel elm
barrassed by the expenditure which
was necessitated by the demands of
the Army to move long trains of
trucks.
And now we will go into 1919 with
millions to maintain our roads and
the Legislature free to provide for
construction program that will
give us highways to take the palm
from some sister states rather more
given to advertising natural beau
ties and man-made roads than the
Sons of Penn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

involves, nor would they be desir-
able IL they could. If prices could
be artifcially sustained, 1t would
merely mean a period of hesitation
and increasing strain. AS they de-
cline naturally. however, we shall
see the emergence of successive
strata of demand which have been
submerged by wartime prices, and
the transition of peace-time price
levels will be relatively painless
This will be particularly true since
current stocks of goods are light
and since the relaxation of the forced
draft under which production has
been proceeding will make possible
large economies and increasing eff.
ficiency which will make it unneces.
sary for either profits or wages tc
fall as rapidly as prices fall.
There remains, however, q large
sphere> for governmental action by
ordinary commercial methods in
the expansion of public expenditure
of various kinds, as prices go lower
and If unemployment should ap'
pear,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
Make Bells From Hun Guns

]. Marion Shull, a Washington
artist, writes as follows TO the Bos-
ton Transcript:
Silent are the church towers of
Flander and Artois, the belfries Of
Douai and Bruges. They have been
robbed of their treasures, those bells
that for hundreds of years have
pealed forth the hopes and aspira-
tions of the surrounding country
side. These bells have suffered
Idesecration, their noble metal recast
for purposes of war and their erst-
while melodious tongues constrained
to speak the raucous tones of battle
| in behalf of the barbarian hosts.
But, now that it is within our
power, let us give them back to civil
lization. From the metal of cap
tured enemy cannon let there be cast
the most wonderful carlton bells
of which the worlds best makers
are capable. and let these be dupli-
Gated in sufficient numbers that the
capital city of each of the great
Allied nations may be provided with
set of these Peace Bells" The
architects of all the world would
vie with one another to see that in
each of these cities should arise q
magnificent bell tower to house this
carlton, splendid example of fit
ting architecture, worthy of the
theme commemorated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
GET RID OF REDFIELD

IRON Washington comes the re-
II port that President Wilson
has approved the recent rec
concentrations of Secretary Redfield
that business advisers be attached
to American legations and embas-
moves toward aiding American
manufacturers and merchants in
their after-the-war campaign for
foreign trade. Is this an attempt on
the part of Mr.. Redfield, through
his prolific, unsupported publicity
bureau, to retract his recent utter
ances with respect to our foreign
trade? Only a few days ago he was
telling us that we Should not pre-
sent such fierce competition that
the European countries will be
unable to rehabilitate themselves
industrially," and we were told that
''to further this policy import and
export control will be continued for
considerable season." And the Pub
licity Corporation of Washington, in
an authorized interview with the de-
moralizing Secretary of Commerce,
quoted him as saying:
We have a great decision to
make. 1t Is whether we shall
take this opportunity and the I'M
mediate rich profit it offers, or
whether we shall restrain our en-
ergies for while, giving France,
England, Belgium, Italy, even the
neutrals and even Germany's re-
born people, a fair and free op-
| portunity to get on their feet.
Wasn't that a fine attempt at plen-
ary absolution of the Hun on the
part of a member of the Presidents
Cabinet? 1t is apparent that the re-
born people of Germany are this
very minute plotting to create dis
sension between our European
Allies and the United States, and
it is known that they are doing all
the mischief they can in Russia and
the Baltic provinces.
1t has been quite impossible to
keep up with Brother Redfleld since
his apotheosis to the presidential
cabinet, because he changes his
mind as frequently as does his chiei
and with less apparent reason. Mr.
Wilson's changes of mind are die.
tated by political expediency, Red.
fields by a seeming perversity OF
logic, or more probably because he
is incapable of logic. Like the eel
ebrated sea-gull, he just fits and
fits and fits along the shore. But
he sure is the man who puts the
trial" in industrial America! We
should get rid of Redfield. These
are not the days for senility in the
Cabinet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

"The Silent Watchers" Bennett
Copplestone's dramatic narrative of
the spirit and the work of the Brit
ish navy, which e. p. Dutton & Com
pany published recently, has gone
into q second edition. 1t gives by
far the most readable and illuminat-
ing account of what the British navy
has done during the war and of the
spirit that animates it and makes 1t
what it is that has yet appeared in
this country.
zone of the London Scottish"
saws Fullerton L. Waldo in his
breezy book about America at the
Front" just published by E. p. Dut-
ton & Company, was amazed when
boy from Maine showed him pic
ture of the antlered monarch of the
Maine woods and told him 1t was q
moose.
,"'A moose, mon? A moose? In
the de'il's name, hoo big air yer
rats"
Mr.. Waldo's book starts on q
transport from New York, crosses
the ocean with the several thousand
soldiers gathered from all the Sec
tions of the union, goes with them
to England and France. visits them
on the front lines. in the trenches,
in the hospital. in the "Y" huts, and
gives many vivid pictures of our
bows in khaki, enlivened by endless
anecdotes and incidents, in all man
ner of wartime occupations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
Worlds Greatest Pproblem

MARK Sullivan in Golfers Weekly.
Anyone with an open mind who
goes deeply into the huge volume OF
argument about the League of Ma
tions comes out with q feeling OF
diffldence. For one thing, we don't
know yet just what the league is to
be. We can't tell what things II
will include until the debates in the
peace conference have thrashed II
out. What is said by q recent cir
cular of the National City Bank oi
New York Is q literal fact: This de.
cision that the world must make re.
garding the future among nations
is the most tremendous problem in
political economy that the world
ever knew"
And that is just where the diff.
Guilty lies. Primarily, the League OF
Nations is an institution to prevent
future wars. So far as that aspect
of its goes, as the Detroit Saturday
Night says, that the heart and
mind of humanity are set on 1t Is
undeniable." But the League of Ma.
tions involves also the biggest prob.
lem of the peace time relations oi
the peoples of the earth with each
other that has ever been brought
before the world. And on this lat,
ter aspect of 1t, anyone who car
take a final position on 1t in advance
of those peace conference delibera
tions which alone can reveal wha
the details are, is more self conf
dent than the writer of this article
finds 1t possible to be.
The truth is, whether we go in Of
stay out, America is bound to be II
the new world n figure of unim
agined power, moral and material
In any future war the contestant
will do exactly as they did in this
They will appeal to our moral 1udg
ment, and in future cases, as in thu
present case. the side whose mora
position we approve will be known
to be the winner from the momen
we draw the sword.
| And, as to preventing future war
and bringing in an era of permanen
peace, ! find the last word In one o
the most obscure but thoughtful pa
pers in the United States, the Vii
lager. published at Katonah, N Y
IParaphrased somewhat, this preg
nant utterance is: THE League o
Nations cannot offer mankind Sc
curity; nothing can. It is watchful
ness alone which is our strength. |
the League OF Nations has not be
bind 1.-THE gathering force of cen
turies of tendency, and ahead of
the complete determination of man
kind, then 1t Is q mere device"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

David A. Reed, Jr., who served
as chairman of the State Commits
sion which drafted the compensation
act, is now a major in army service
in France. He is prominent at
torney of Pittsburgh.
james Francis Burke, former
Congressman, is making speechei
for the war savings stamp movement
in Western counties.
George H. Earle. Jr., the Phil
adelphia banker, has most of his
sons and sons-in-law in the army.
The Rev. DR.. James B. Ely
we'll known ASSN charge of varioui
churches in Philadelphia, is bach
in that city aftef some tours of the
army camps, where he did welfare
work.
Col. II. r. Laird, the Williams
port publisher, presided at ths
Christmas ceremony of the Templars
at Williamsport on Wednesday.
Eugene II. Fellows, well known
here. will be secretary of the Asso'
ciated Charities of LackaWanns
county. He has been secretary oi
the county council of defense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
WISE BEYOND YEARS
uVIlE men who provided some

THE men who provided some ten
or eleven years ago that the
revenue received by the State
of Pennsylvania from the registra-
tion or licensing of motor vehicles
should go to the maintenance of
highways were wise beyond their
years. And the officials who fought
to a successful conclusion the po-
litical scheme to divert the millions
to the general fund will some day
get a tardy appreciation.
Just what this means can be real
ICED from the fact that in two re-
cent weeks the State issued more
automobile licenses than in the
whole Of the year 1908. The reve-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
AN INVALUABLE BOOK

Every journalist should be familiar
with the Old and the New Testament
especially with jeremiah and JoG
and with the Gospels. The Bible IL
often a wonderful help in an argu.
ment, giving you suggestion or text
that is admirable and effective
Youngstown Vindlcator.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
SAILING CLOSE

THE end of the war finding the
United States still on a Demo-
cratic tariff basis, we are re-
minded of its depressing effect on
American production by the estimate
of Willett & Gray on the beet sugar
crop for 191S-19 in the United
States. which shows a decrease of
seven per cent. compared with 1917
IS, or from $4,000 to $500 tons.
One of the straws in the winds of
trade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

German profteers, cablegram
says, are taking their booty out of
the country by airplanes. The air
plane hasn't been built that would
carry the loot of some American
prohteers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

President Wilson's greeting in Lon
don displays as nothing else could the
friendly feelings of the English peo-
pie for America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
DO YOU KNOW
THAT some cities far away
from Harrisburg get their bread
from this city?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

When the old State Capitol wal
dedicated the whole town marched
TO the Capitol as escort to the Legis'
lature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

The italian Ministry of Munitions
maintains a school for the teaching
of women the art of metal turning.
The War Labor Board has granted
to New York pressmen and feeders an
increase of Sc per week over earning
wages.
An Increase Of 10000 a month in
membership is reported by the In
ternational Machinists' Union.
The Bethlehem Steel Company has
two different types of training schools
in operation for new women workers
Laundry workers in Clarksburg
wv. Va.) operate a laundry of their
own and are selling stock to build q
larger plant.
Women vampers employed in the
shoe industry of this country, who
received S13.73 a week in 1915, now
get s16.24 a week.
Portsmouth On. H. Navy-yard
workers have entered a protest
against the employment of prison
labor in the shops.
Railroad telegraphers will here
after work on an eight-hour basis
with overtime paid for at the rate OF
time and one-half time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

Member of the Associated Press-Ths
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
ali rights OF republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

An increase Of 10000 month in
membership is reported by the In
ternational Machinists' Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

The Bethlehem Steel Company has
two different types of training schools
in operation for new women workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

In summary: Artificial control of
business and prices should be dis
pensed with as rapidly as possible.
At the earliest possible date, the
business man should be free to
make his plans and contracts with
reference to accounting principles
rather than under government di-
rection. Neither price-hxing nor a
forced expansion OF credits can pre-
vent the fall in prices which the re-
turn to peace conditions inevitably
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28
LABOR NOTES

The Italian Ministry of Munitions
maintains a school for the teaching
of women the art of metal turning
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-28

The old State Capitol of Pennsyl-
vania was burned on Ground Hog
day in 1897. There are still some
old Harrisburgers who involuntar-
ily turn at Front and state ana Sec-
ond and State in going py otate
street. Do you know the reason
Next time you see some one oo
ask why.
The commonwealth., 1918-08-21
EOOn REGULATIONS.

he il said to the credit of local business men
that the food regulations have been generally OBJ
served As many of the rulings have been VoIun-
taYy ii is an indication that the fear Of being
termed unpatriotc has had much to do with the
efficient way in which the food laws have been
followed.
The same applies to families. There are some
people, of course, who will not hesitate to put pri-
yate SeltiShness above patriotism if they can do
SO undllected, but happily the proportion is very
small AS one publication remarks: The diff
cultios under which the food official works are
manifold. His powers are not clearly defined, he
does not have the force necessary to carry on his
work with the highest degree Of effectiveness, and
the punishment of offenders is not we'll estab-
hshed."
Yet the machinery to guard our food supply
against disintergration has been working to the
satisfaction of ALL No one has suffered seriously
because of the restrictions and scarcely anyone
considers matters as they stand a really heart
breaking hardship. We should be willing to go
much farther if necessary, to defeat the aims of
the kaiser and insure victory.
The commonwealth., 1918-08-21
big REAL ESTATE
TRANSFER Is MADE
Mr. w. c. Taylor Buys Providence
Plantation from Mr.. J. d. Gwin
and VIII Move TO Same.

Mr.. W. c. Taylor has bought from
Mr. j. D. Gwin his Providence Plan
t&tion in Holmes county, seven miles
northeast OF Tchula.
The purchase includes the land, the
growing crops Of cotton and corn, etc.
the farming implements, mules ana
cattle--the consideration being over
one hundred thousand dollars, we un-
derstand.
Providence Plantation consists OF
about 1000 acres, one-half of same be-
ing in cultivation and in pasture.
1t is an IDEAL proposition for cattle,
hog and Stock-raising as well as Tor
growing ccttor, corn, etc, and Mr.
Taylor will devote considerable at
tention to the growing Of cattle stock
and hogs, in addition to cotton and
feedstuf7s.
Mr.. Taylor and his excellent family
will move to their new plantation next
week where they will make their lu-
ture home, and while cur people re,
gret to lose their citizenship, al
join in wishing for them continued
health, happiness and prosperity.
Mr. Taylor has been a prominent
citizen Of Greenwood for the past 20
or 30 years, having held numerous po'
Of our peopie-and for the four years
sitsons Of public trust at the hands
previous to the present term, was
Sheriff and Tax-Collector of LeHore
county for four-year term, making
enc Of the most capable officers IN
the State.
Mr.. j. D. Gwin is one Of Holmes
foremost and most substan-
tlal citizens, and will move his es-
timable family here next weekday
ing purchased Mr.. Taylor's residence
on West River Front--and viii make
their home here, much to the gratiIi-
cation Of the people Of Greenwood and
Leaore county,
4 ss.. -
The commonwealth., 1918-08-21
GREENWOOD D]Ts,
MADE OFFICERS,
4, z. Mathews, Whitney snns ~
L. II. Wilson Receive Comr;s. 4'a
sions As Lieutenants

Three Greenwood boys were rocor.
ly awarded commits sions as sasa., 49,,
lieutenants in the persons af q-O'.a
" lthews, Whitney smith sr5 , p E 6
Wilson. The young men left Gra.a !.
wood With Battery c and sinae m. M.
time have made a s,eady elm, ,'as =
army circles. "
From Camp Beauregasd thew Wan.
to the Fourth Central C6icers Trs;@ IL
ing Camp at Louisville, Ey., lsme
Taylor, and, after finishing ~
weeks course there they were gigs
their commissions. ''
The young men have alt arrived bomo
for a few days visit with relative.
and friends. They viii leave Tbnrs
day for Camp Jackson, S. C.. to tha
Uincers Replacement Depot. All tbrss
Of the young officers are locking fiss
ard they are receiving consratIla
tisns from their many friends on thar
splendid appearance and for the snc
cess they have attained.
The commonwealth., 1918-08-21

Private w. J, overly Was Lost In
Action On July Is, Says War
Department.

News that a Greenwood boy is
missing in acti1n, "aomeWhPfe over
there reached this city Saturday when
Mr.. and hrs NJ. D. OVERLY, Ct Nieh-
o}8 Avenue, received Telegram from
The War Department, stating that
their son was among the missing,
The telegram fellows;
Deeply regret to inform You that
Private Waiter j. OVERLY, Infantry,
Is officially reported as missing il ac-
ton July Is. VIII report the first
information received.
Mccain, Adjltant General"
Private OVERLY has been continual
ly in the service Of the United States
since 1916, when he joined the colors
when The trouble wlth Mexico arose.
He enlisted before lie was l5 years
Old on August 3, 1916. He served on
the Mexican border for eight months
with the ljJ Infantry, First Missis-
stppi.
When the United States entered the
European war he was called to Jack
The commonwealth., 1918-08-21
when you go TO the store nowadays

When you go TO the store nowadays
{ to tuy cloth or shoes or bed or a
/ pIow or an automobile tire, you should
I not he surprised or disappointed II
you do not find as great variety to
/ choose from as in the past. The col-
. servaton division Of the war industries
board is responsible for this condl-,
{ ton.
This division has reduced already
/ the number Of sizes Of automobile
I tires from 2S7 to 80 and more ere to
he cut from time to time. Over 2000
sizes and types Of plows and tilIage
implements that can be spared with.
out hardship to the farmers have been
eliminated in accordance with the
plans worked out by the conservation
division
This means that the manufacturers
will he able TO secure economy in pro-
ductIon and The amount Of materials
ana capital tied up In the nanufac-
turers aud dealers stocks throughout
the country will be greatly reduced.
This program Of elimination, moreover,
is making ii possible for the steel mills
to turn out their product more rapid
ly and thus the production of steel for
ships and munitions IS speeding up,
There viii be only 80 styles of metal
beds made hereafter. There viii be
only 30 shades Of house paint only 10
kinds Of architectural varnish, only
one-fourth as many sizes and kinds Of
stoves and furnaces Similar plans
are being worked out for every Indus
try These plans are all based on
the need Of conservation to help sup
ply the men who are in the trenches
and the war industries board expects
the cooperation Of merchants and the
public generally in accepting these re-
dnctions in variety The conservation
division says we surely can get along
during the war without all the frlls
that we have INDUCED in during peace
times. The purpose of all these plans
Is to help win the war
The occupation in which Mexican Ia.
bOrcrs may engage after being admit
ted to the United States under the spe-
@ial provisions temporarily modifying
The head tax iteracy test and con-
tract labor provision have been extend
ed by Secretary of Labor Wilson.
The first order permitted Mexican
laborers coming to this country to en-
gage in agricultural pursuits, railroad
Of way and Ignite coal
mining. To this list has been added
mining of all kinds and comomn labor
work in connection with public con-
Structon in Texas, New Mexico, Ar
izona and southern California.
TO facilitate the admission of Mexl-
can laborers they will be permitted to
enter the United States at all ports Of
entry along the Gulf of Mexico and
on the Atlantic coast as far north as
Charleston, S. c., in addition to the en-.
try ports along the Mexican border.
Encouraging reports are being re-
coived from the border states as to the
effect The influx of Mexican labor is
having in alleviating local labor short
nge The demand and supply for farm
hands is about balanced, is the report,
and any shortage Of labor heretofore
has been relieved. Many Of
these new immigrants are cutting cot
ton In the Southwestern states.