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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
GOVERNOR SPROUL
(From Philadelphia Bulletin.

Nfioih Ihilduclpnla Bulletln,)
The new incumbent of the execu-
tive office enters it at a time when
man of his experience, sobriety
of Judgment and close familiarity
with the affairs of Pennsylvania is
more than ordinarily needed there.
No one is more alive to the difficult
ties and problems which may arise
in this state as q consequence of un-
rest and agitation over the after
math of war, and his attitude on
such questions of social and eco
nomic order, while broad, liberal
and progressive, is also steadfast in
it's adherence to tested American
principles of stability and popular
rule.
Governor Sproul understands and
appreciates the extraordinary part
which Pennsylvania, with its vari-
ETY. of physical and material power,
has played in helping the nation to
win the war, and especially the tre-
mendous aid which she has render
ed the Federal Government in its
revenue from taxation, and so far
as the influence of his policy as to
the relation of Pennsylvania to the
Union is concerned, he will counsel
that Americans should give more
attention to the reconstruction of
their own affairs than to the recon-
struction of the affairs of the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
A NOTE ON IGNORANCE

tIhomas l.. Mason in the Outlook)
Some people think that Ignorance
is merely an accumulation of facts
But that hypothesis reveals lack
OF imagination. Ignorance. anv
more than knowledge, is not con,
cerneo with facts. 1t is Concerned
quite largely with feeling, and feel
ing Is the product of ones general
intelligence. eehofai
The Germans had plenty of facts
at their disposal, but thew were
ignorant. Their feeling was not in
teiligently distributed over certain
areas OF their national conscious
This is true. more or less. of all
OF US. When we art truly ignorant,
IL Is case or arrested developm ent
In certain directions. A man who
has not brought up a famiIv NAV
nave at his call all the statistics
about families. But he is truly igno-
rant in the sense of not being de-
Veloped in the feelings that intimate
contact with ones family produce.
To have knowledge of a particular
thing Is simply to have come in con-
tact with 1t in such a manner that
ones feeling has been aroused about
1t.
We acquire knowledge largely by
contemplation and meditation. But
the thing we are learning about
must impose itself upon us in such
a way that we are forced to UNDER
stand 1t through our feelings and
not our &A,nds. -.
There is hothing harder to over
come than ignorance. 1t must be
beaten to a standstill. We have done
this to the Germans. We must
now conclude our moral contract by
bringing them into contact with the
right things.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
STICK TO ONE JOB

THE Dry Federation let's it be
known that 1t intends to con-
= fine its efforts to the abolition
of the liquor traffic. Well meaning
but mistaken zealots would have
steered it into other channels and to-
ward the rocks of discord and dis
sension. The Federation has big
work before it in the enactment Of
legislation for the enforcement of
the new national amendment. It was
organized purely as an anti-liquor
association. It has no other purpose
than the stamping out of the booze
traffic. 1t has no other mission and
can have no other. as its name i'm
plies.
One reform at time is quite
enough. Nothing would please the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
PRICES AND WAGES
t@RICES are falling much more
rapidly than wages" says a


financial observer in New
York journal of commerce. There
is nothing surprising in that. The
trend is natural. Reductions in
wages will not be so much in the
nature of scale cutting as in reduc-
tion of overtime and Sunday work.
In other words, there will not be so
much unemployment or actual re-
duction of pay per hour as there will
be reductions of the number of work
ing hours now that the rush of war
orders is at an end.
Nor is it surprising that manu-
facturers are shading the prices they
quoted last fall, when it looked as
though the war might run at least
another year, with ever-increasing
costs of production that would nee
essarily have followed the decrease
of man-power and reductions in
stocks OF raw materials. These
speculative factors in price-fixing
have disappeared and the reductions
now being quoted are confined large
ly to removal of increases that would
have been necessary to legitimate
profits had the war continued.
Naturally, these do not affect
wages, so we have the encouraging
condition of price-cutting without
serious disturbance of the labor
market. How far this can go is
problematical, but at present the
indications are that the fall of prices
will be much greater than any pos
sible reduction in wages. Indeed,
there is no lilSelihood that either
prices or wages will ever get back
to pre-war levels and the probabil-
ity is that labor will come out of the
war with the balance strongly on it's
side, which will be a good thing for
the country in general.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

II 1iAF u all peeH very prOuu
Wv OF the war record of our splen-
did fellows over there. At
Belleou Woods; at Chateau Thierry;
in the dashing sweep by which the
st. Mihiel salient was wrested from
the Huns after they had held it with
grip of steel for four years; in the
dogged, terrible weeks of deadly
combat in the Argonne-a second
Battle of the Wilderness-our men
added laureis to American arms as
fine as any in our history. We have
been very proud of all this here at
home. We have been proud of the
tributes paid to the gallantry of our
men and officers by all the Allied
commanders-by Marshal Foch, by
General Haig, and, in his modest,
Straightforward, soldierly narrative,
by, our own Pershing.
They all tell the same story. It is
very old story. 1t has been told
over and over again. 1t is the same
story which has been writ large
across the pages of history whenever
the deeds of American soldiers have
been recorded. But 1t never stales
in the telling. 1t thrills American
hearts at its every repetition, and
never has it thrilled them more than
in this, the latest telling.
But the splendid record of our SOL
diers does not end with their dash
ing, daredevil record on the field Of
battle. They have won other tributes
than those from military command
distributes calculated to stir us all
as profoundly as any that have been
won by their conduct in the smoke
and uproar and fiery hell at the
front. One of the latest of these
comes from the Marquise de Noailles
in a letter to a friend in New York.
She writes:
Bring a. smile on somebody's face!
That seems. to be the motto of all
Americans over here. Sugar plums,
chocolate, gasoline, tires, delicious
white bread. all luxuries now un-
known are given to the French by
your people. One of the things that
touches me most is the love of the
Americans for little children. In all
villages you can see little tots
shrieking out in laughter while a
huge boy in khaki romps about for
their own particular amusement.
And then Madame de Noailles
gives us this picture:
A month ago; the middle of the
Champs Elysees; wet day; mud all
over; motors running about wildly:
issuing from refugees committee
and aghast at the idea of crossing
the avenue poor shrivelled granny:
big burly United States bow who
takes up granny, lifts her in his arm 8
as IL she were baby, and off she
trots with q hundred 'Merci bien.
M'sieuru eh'
Surely very pretty picture. and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
FEW ULTRA-RADICALS

"HE socalled Labor and So.
cfaiist congress-" at Berne
switzerland, is disturbed be-
cause America is not represented in
its sessions and takes the United
States to task for not granting pass-
ports to those desiring to attend
The answer is that the only Ameri-
cans desiring to attend the "con-
gress' were undesirables. It was
suggested that Samuel Gompers
would be entirely acceptable to the
United States administration, but
Gompers very emphatically replied
that he wanted no part in this gath
ering and tho Berne Congress
didn't want him because he - not
Socialist.
These are good signs. They indi-
cate that the leadership of Ameri-
can labor is not being swept off its
feet by the panacea of radical So
cialism. Gompers appears to be
keeping his feet pretty firmly on the
ground and IL his doctrines are a
bit revolutionary, 1t must be remem-
bered that we are living in a revolu-
tionary period. Just as American
valor and American sacrifice have
set America upon a high pedestal
before the world, so must American
labor lead European labor into
more peaceful and productive fields.
New days are dawning in America
for the common people, but radical
Socialism and social advancement
by means of labor parties" are hav-
ing no part in bringing them about
Gompers and his fellows know this
and are guiding themselves accord
ingly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
A PROMISING START
(From Pennsylvania Farmer

(From Pennsylvania Farmer.)
In the organization of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, Mr.. M. NJ.
Hollingsworth, of Chester county.
was made chairman of the House
committee of agriculture. Latest
reports indicate that e. e. Jones.
OF Susquehanna county, will
head the agricultural mmittee In
the Senate. Both Nf tfa.se men are
experienced legislator and both
are farmers. The selection of these
men, together with the appointment
of Secretary of Agriculture who
aims to serve agriculture rather
than political party or faction.
makes a promising setting for some
constructive farm legislation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
THE WILD

o wild woods and rivers and untrod
: sweeps of sod,
/ exult that 1 know you,
/ have felt you and worshipped you.
I cannot be robbed of the memory
OF horse and plain,
or bird and flower,
Nor the song of the illimitable west
~-Hamiin Garland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
A Helpful Hint

If you have a song to sing d
wait until next spring. SIM
now,
If you know a funny thing dom
the point take wing. Tell 1t d
If you have a job of work d
mule and lop and shirk Cd
done.
II you always do this way, sing
joke and work each day, twill
fun.
-Tennyson J.. Da}
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
LABOR NOTES

The United States Steel Corpora
tion employs nearly 100000 people.
The total trade union member
shin in Canada numbers over 200,-
900.
The English Government plans to
build 100000 cottages for workmen.
Eleven iron and copper mines are
now in operation on the Isle of
Pines.
: Toronto painters have voted for a
closed shop in all departments of
the trade.
Health insurance for wage-work-
ers is now being considered by nine
States.
Many of the walters employed in
Chicago hotels earn. as high as 5000
. month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
Wanted Wdrnino

Mr. McAdoo should have given us
some warning. One has an uncom
Portable feeling that half of ~.
United States government has re-
the Charlestowr
News and Courier. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
The Necessary Horse

do you think the motor will en-
tirely supersede the horse.?"
IT hope not" rplied Farmer
Corntossel. "There must be some
market fur hay. 1 depend on what
make on hay to buy gasoline. -
Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

Members of the Asso ociated .Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major r. A. Keitly, of the ar
has been named as pathologist
the Geisinger hospital at Danviz
Robert S. Judge, in charge of
department of justice activities
Pittsburgh district, has resigned
will likely go back to West Virgi
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
The Whereuithdl

Knicker-A big university will
ply O psychology test for new i
Bocker-But father will still
subject to the Bradstreet test.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
Walkinn in tie ssntues

Let your heart, therefore. be sscr-
feet with the Lord our God, to walk
IN his statutes and to keep his COM
mandments, as at this day Kings,
viii, 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
They All Like Him Anuluau

An optimist is usually popular and
quite often his facts are wrong
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
Good Until July fst

Congressman from wet res
cSa congratulate themselves that
District aS no longer ten miles sad
-WashingtoA 9sNt ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

rum element more than to see pro-
hibition societies shunted of on sid
ings or prohibition advocates leaving
off their hunt for bear to pursue rab-
bits and chipmunks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

Trotzky has been captured almost
as often as Won Hindenburg has died.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

The English Government plans to
build 1000 cottages for workmen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28

The United States Steel Corpora
tion employs nearly 100000 people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
IN. A. Reviews Wetkly)

WYE HAVE all been very prou,
l" of the war recprd of our sDlen
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-17
BRITAIN AND THE VATICAN

Announcement has been made by a British oancial
that the British representative at the Vatican Will be
withdrawn in the near future. This does not imply any
change OF attitude on the part Of the British government
toward the Vatican. Great Britain has not been repre-
5ssnted at the seat Of government Of the Catholic church
until within the last few years. There has been no racog-
ntsatton Of the papacy as a temporal power, but during
rs war questions came up which involved the attitude
- only Of civil governments but Of the Catholic church
which has It's seat at Rome. and in order to facilitate the
discussion and the decision Of questions a special repre-
sentative was sent to the Vatican and he has remained
there until this time. The war being over the British
government merely reverts to its former position Of friend
Incorporation with the Catholic church without direct
representation at its seat Of government
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-17
PRAISE.

We have praises for the roses when they're blooming white and rd
And we've praises for the blue skies that r bending overhead
The dog beside our doorway is a goo d dog we declare
And we praise -heg gentle manner wi tn the children rompine there. &.
We praise the trees above Is Just a 8 loudly ia We -
We have praise for all that's living, b ut we've little praise for nan
We never think we're foolish when re praise the morning NJ IS
Or tell in tones exuNant just how ia st a horse can run: -
The beauty OF a landscape Is a Joy W ere quick tt tell &
And we never see the blemsh on tn e violets in the dell. I
We overlook the ugly little faults in natures plan. =
But It's different when we're talkin g Of a living fellow-man.
We have praises for the roses and tn = singing Of the birds.
But " e pass by friendly neighbors " it'll a slight and careless nod,
And we never think to praise them Ill they're laid beneath the scd
On I sonnsdmes get to wondering VIII ere this custom queer began
OF giving praise to roses and besrud ging praise tt man?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-17
TEDDY PossuM q

Well that poor Teddy Postum had
caught his long tail in that trap
when it sprung. It bit into the end
Of his tail so he couldn't get 1t loose.
He cried and cried, and pulled and
pulled, and he called to Jimmy Coon
to turn him loose, but Jimmy. said.
We'll, Teddy Postum, I am sorry,
but there 10 only one way out, we
viii Just have to gnaw of the end Of
our tail; 50 Q just stuff your other
paw In your mouth, and we will be-
And that brave Teddy Postum said,
We'll. 60 ahead and l will stand It.;
but hurry up. for I hear the dogs
baytng and in q minute those hunters
Will be here. 81 would rather lose the
end OF my tail, than to have the hunt
ers catch me in this awful trap. In
stantly all those good little animals
set to work. and In just a few minutes
Teddy Postum vas loose. They all
ran on into the forest in the very nick
OF time: before those hunters and
That brave Teddy Postum had to
cry 2 little as they ran through the
woods, for his poor little tail did hurt
80 awfuliy. Soon they came up to
Cousin Brudn and he was wiping his
mouth with the back Of his right paw.
well, now Jimmy Coon" said Cousin
Bruin, you do want to play too
much. Look at that poor Teddy Pos
sums tall! What r you going to do
new! That 70 al your fault for play
ing with that trap"
But C~hatterbox. the Red Squirrel,
felt sorry for Jimmy, who was hang
Ing hts head with shame; 80 he whis-
pered to Jimmy. so Cousin Bruin
wouldn't hear-"nothing of the kind,
Cousin Bruin did tit himself. He
sprung the trap when he grabbed that
old gray thing" -.
And while these animals were sett-
ling who did it. poor little Teddy Pos
sum was nursing his sore. tail, and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-17

Alao-Chaua Germany had forced from China a
Entasty-ntns yser lssse q that city and Of certain com
naerchai concessions n the tributary provinces under color
Of Indemnity for DAMAGES sustained in the Boxer upris-
Ing. It was . game Of grab, pure and simple. But it
was accomplished with tho appearance Of regularity. ana
the status which was then established was recognised by
all the important nations Of the world, our own included.
At the outset Of the war. therefore. Germany was In pos
session and In the exercise of certain political ana COM
nercial rights In that portion az CHINA. ana the legality
OF her position was everywhere recognized. Japan cap
tured the city and occupied the adjacent territory as an
act Of war against Germany. and her spokesunen insist
that they are retaining, not Chinese, but German prop
erty.
If there were no ether conditions to considar. the
japanese position would b technically sound. But when
she captured the territory Japan ~oluntar1ly declared
that she would restore it to China at the close Of the war.
That pledge she appears to have forgotten. She still de-
clares that 1t Is her purpose to return control Of the ter
rttory to China, but when asked to fix a date for the re-
turn. the japanese statesmen resent tho suggestion as Z
reflection on Japanese honor. The only conclusion that
can be reached. at least ON the face of the facts, is that
Japan does not intend ever to return shautung and that
conclusion Is reinforced by the known fact that Japan
has not been in the habit Of letting go Of anything that
she has once got her hands on.
Notwithstanding these facts, it appears that the sem
ate, is taking hold of the problem by the wrong end in
starting a discussion Of this phase Of the treaty In ad-
vance Of its possession of full Information. Whatever
the merits or dement's of the shantung agreement, that
agreement has been formulated and accepted by the rep
resentatives Of all the great powers associated with us
in the war. President Wilson was personally present
when this vas done. and participated In the discussions
and in the agreement He has submitted the treaty to
the senate, and has invited the senate to call on hin for
any information that it desires. He has the information.
and the senate has only to ask for it and to get it, and it,
may have it either in writing or at an informal confer
once where there will be the fullest opportunity to ask
questions concerning every detail, no matter how minute.
It seems that the rational method of procedure would
be for the senate to obtain this information first from
the one man who is competent to give it. and then, when
it has the Information from an authoritative source. itsE
discussion will be timely and appropriate.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-17
SCRUB HORSES

The scrub horse and the scrub cow must go. In
this department az in others there is a growing conviction
that there is no room for anything but the best. Efforts
have been in progress for a number of years to improve
the stock Of horses running on the western ranges. These
efforts have met with gratifying success al every on real
ICES who has opportunity to compare some Of the fine
specimens that are brought from the ranges now with
the dwarfs of just a few years ago. The small western
horses. mustanses. bronchos. ETC.. have served a very
useful purpose. They are tough, hardy. and can take
eareAof themselves where larger and moro imposing anil
Of range life have gradually been changing and under
ordinary circumstances range men are able to take better
care Of their stock than formerly. and the small animals
must give place to those Of greater weight and greater
powers Of usefulness. There are in the west herds of
Wild horses which run freely over the ranges, and which
give a good deal Of trouble to those engaged in raising
better stock. These animals are ownerless and shelterless.
They invade the feeding grounds which range men use
for their stock, and when feed is scarce they deprive other
animals OF needed sustenance. 1t is not easy to get rid
Of these animals, although range men have sometimes
organized raids in which they have attempted to ride
down and shoot them.
Just at the present time the scarcity Of feed in some
Of the western range states presents a very acute prob.
lem to the ranch men, and it Is proposed not only to get
rid Of all the wild horses possible by whatever means
may be available, but to find a market for the smaller
animals in the regular herds for the purpose of human
food. A bill which has passed both houses Of congress.
and carries an appropriation, provides for the govern
ment inspection Of horse flesh for food, and it is believed
that in the near future a market will be found for many
Of these animals which would otherwise be merely a
burden of expense. In some Of the European countries
tho use Of horse flesh has been very common for many
years. It has not attained popularity in this country and
there is doubtless some sentiment against 1t. This sentt.
Hhorayar to h a IA IN .,ue+o.a ~ ~.
for horse flesh is as wholesome and as nourishing as any
other meat. We may expect in the near future to see a
considerable business done in the shipment of western
horses to Europe for food purposes