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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
PrOfiteering in Meats

[From the New York World
The habit of saving food. dutifully
cultivated during the war by the
American people, has taken so firm
hold on consumers as to excite
alarm among certain classes of pro-
ducers. In desperation, the packers
and livestock interests have reached
the conclusion that their best hope
of relief is to start a campaign of
education to stimulate the larger
use of beef and mutton.
To the average consumer 1t should
be consoling to learn that under
actual conditions the supply of meat
is now so plentiful as to exceed the
needs of the domestic market. 1t
might seem to promise him that the
day is near when he shall derive
some benefit from selling prices.
Acting Secretary Ousley, of the
Department of Agriculture, says:
while the live-cattle and wholesale
dressed-beef markets have gone
down to the extent of per cent,
the price of retail beef-cuts to tho
consumer has been at standstill
in many cities and has even in
creased as much as 20 per cent in
some cities"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
All Hail Columbia!

In his Down Lancaster Way"
column in the Philadelphia North
American, the philosopher of
Quarryville, George w. Heusel, says:
Columbia, the big borough on the
Susquehanna, patriotic to the core,
responsive to every demand made
by the Government in times of war,
the home of brave General Shannon,
gallant Major Detwiler, resourceful
Colonel Berntheizel and hundreds
of splendid soldier boys, refused to
stand for the gatherings of flannel
mouthed agitator hailing from Sena-
tor Reeds domain. and, when the
barking one declared that capitalists
alone were responsible for the war
and that the kaiser did not have
murder in his heart when he started
the war, 5000 and then some stall
wart Columbians made a dive for
the mongrel. He escaped temporarily
and his lieutenants fled with him.
chief of Police Campbell succeeded
In landing him il Jail. and, while
the Susquehanna was painting to con-
tribute to ridding the community of
undesira bles, respect for law and
order prevented Il wholesale lynch
ing. The despicable gang made a
narrow escape in trifling with the
temper of loyal Americans, and CO.
lumbia evidenced the spirit that must
prevail in this country IL anarchists
and traitors are to be kept in sub
lection. All hail. Columbia"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
The Spirit of the Many

From the New York World.1
When Rear Admiral of the
united States Navy plunges over
board from ships gangplank in
mid-stream to rescue a seaman from
drowning in the Hudson River the
act is noteworthy for various rea-
sons. 1t gives convincing proof, to
begin with, of physical fitness in n
flag officer no longer young and it
eXemplifies quickness of decision and
an admirable devotion to moral duty
not specified in the regulations.
But the particular merit of Rear
Admiral Huse's feat is that 1t reveals
at one stroke the full Significance
of what is meant by "the spirit of
the navy" ANY officer in the navy
would have done the same thing for
one of his men," says the Admiral
making light of his own perform
ance. Granting that, here was the
actual deed by n ranking officer in
uniform who. "accoutred as he was"
except for his coat and even with
his eyeglasses on, plunged into the
water without hesitation to save a
sailor from death.
No amount of fine phrases could
so eloquently portray the conrad
ship of the service. That conrad
ship is now an American tradition
and most civilians have come to
understand what n part 1t plays in
the efficiency of the navy. But here
is the act that speaks louder than
any word in impressing its truth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
A High Glass Appointment
1Pittshurgh Gazette-Times.I ]


No single action thus far taken
by Governor William c. Sproul has
received more uniform approval
than his appointment yesterday of
TT Walton Mitchell to fill the va
cancy in the Orphans Court of Alle-
gheny county caused by the recent
death of the venerable Judge James
w over. Mr.. Mitchell is a native
of Pittsburgh and his mental equip
ment and legal training have given
him unusually high standing in his
profession. His reputation is state
wide, among his other activities
being his connection with State Col
lege. of which he is the chairman of
the board of trustees. For many
wears. as member of the law firm
of Mckee, Mitchell and Alter, he
has specialized in orphans court
work. and is thoroughly familiar
with this practice.
Governor Sproul has made a high
class appointment to a high class
court and the general public as we'll
as the legal profession of the city
greatly appreciate his act AS now
constituted-J. j. Miller. president
Judge. Thomas p. Trimble and H.
Walton Mitchell the Orphans
Court of Allegheny county will
maintain the splendid reputation II
has so long enjoyed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Automobile and Farms
From the Houston Post. ]


If the automobile was at first the
toy of the city man and later his
utility, it is now rapidly becoming
an essential for the farm, and the
day seems not far distant when, with
good roads, the automobile will be
found upon every farm, and the
farmer without a car will be as rare
as was the one of a few years ago
without a horse. ~.
Statistics published some time ago
show that the greatest increase in
sale of motor cars during the last
five years has been in the agricul-
tural sections, with the South lead
ing in the purchase of motor We
hicles. According to these figures,
while the increase in the number of
cars the country over during that
time was nearly four-fold, the in
crease in the South ranged from five
fold in Virginia. North Carolina,
Georgia and New Mexico to. sixteen
fold in Oklahoma, the state which
led the whole Nation in automobile
increase.
And during the war the report
shows the South moved up faster In
the increase of cars than other sec
tions of the country, although in the
nature of things, some other sections
still own more cars.
But the two deductions to be made
from these figures are that farming
has been a paying proposition in
the South and West during the last
five years, and that the automobile
Is not simply pleasure vehicle, as
some may seem to think, but it is
a necessity for both city and coun-
try, and rapidly becoming a necessity
even more for the farmer than for
the urban dweller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Home Building Necessity

The problem of housing is becom-
ing more than a mere question of
business eXpediency, of waiting for
an impossible return to normal costs
in labor and building material. 1t
has become a national necessity. No
one who has followed conditions,
either in his own experience or
through the reports published con-
stantly. in our newspapers, can fail
to see that build now" has become
something more than a merely
optimistic slogan to create business.
The application of the law of the
jungle, of supply and demand, to
human beings who are seeking
places to live in, the unlimited
privileges seemingly granted to un-
scrupulous landlords, the squeezing
from tenants regardless of all fair
ness, will, we believe, by the wide
feeling of injustice it is creating,
effect in time it's own cure.
The prime thing is that time is
pressing and that waiting only makes
the matter more difficult. Capital
naturally seeks advantageous oppor-
tunities for investment, and we be-
lieve that both permanency and
profit are to be found right now in
we'll directed building investments.
There isn't a city in the country
where there is not an immediate and
urgent need of homes. Another an
nual rent boost menaces thousands
this fall who are already paying
more than they can afford for mere
| shelter, many of them living in
shabby, illarranged, and out-of-
date so-called apartments"
There are the finest of opportuni-
ties presented in building large unit
groups of small apartments for the
very large class of poor but honest
, folks of the professional and semi
professional classes. The trouble
with some of these enterprises in
the past has been that beginning
with honorable Intentions they have
ultimately yielded to the pressure
] Of the law of supply and demand
and long since gone over to the get
rlch-quick class.-From an editorial
In the July number of Architecture
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15

equipped with tents, bedding and
cooking utensils will be popular
vacation diversion In Pennsylvania,
and we should encourage people
travelling that way to stop over
night here.
Eew York City is doing this very
thing. Announcement has just been
made that along the Palisades, for
distance of twelve miles. camps
have been provided which will
afford vacation for $4,000 tenement
house mothers, children and work.
Ing girls, Boy Scouts, etc. and also
ample space, with fire-places and
kitchen shelters. for the automobile
tourist.
Harrisburg, forward looking and
progressive, should give this matter
of an automobile camp site-on the
bridge island, perhaps-proper at.
tention,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
What England Did
TFrom the Outlook. London1

From the outlook, London.1
One of the most monstrous but
persistent items of anti-British
propaganda in Allied and neutral
countries has been the suggestion
that in the bloody fighting of the
great war Englishmen has displayed
selfish, IL not cowardly, economy
of their own lives-while lavishly
sacrificing those of Canadians, Aus
tralians, New Zealanders, South
Africans, Scotsmen, Welshmen (and,
of course, above all, Irishmen). In
deed, the legend is growing up that
hardly any Englishmen ever went
lover the top!" 1t is characteristic
of our people that, so far, they have
treated this calumny with indiffer-
ence and contempt, but reticence can
be carried too far, and it is neces-
sary that the facts should be plainly
stated.
The official statistics are now all
available, and show that out OF
every hundred white British sub
Jects, throughout the Empire. who
laid down their lives in the war. no
less than eighty-two were English
and the remaining eighteen contrib
uted by Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and
the overseas dominions. Or if the
losses of the United States are in
cluded. over rs per cent of the
total of English speaking men who
made the supreme sacrifice came
from little England alone. England
is seldom articulate about her own
achievements, but it is time that we
found
A voice with which to pay the debt
OF boundless love and reverence and
regret,
To those great men who fought and
kept her ours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Sound NdtiOnaliSnl

From THE Great Adventure
There is no limit to the greatness
or the future before America. before
our beloved land. But we can
realize N only IL we are Americans.
II we are nationalists. with all the
fervor OF our hearts and all the wis
dom or our brains. We can serve
the world at all only II we serve
America first and best. We must
WORK along our own national lines
IN every neld of achievement. We.
must feel In the very marrow of our
being that our loyalty is due only
10 America, and that Il is not diluted
ny loyalty for any other nation or
al other nations on the face OF the
ehrth. Only thus shall we III our
selves really to serve other nations.
20 fetuse ourselves TO wrong them.
and to refuse 10 let them do wrong
or suher wrong.-Theodore Roose-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
FOOD PRICES
RBITRARY and h

RBITRARY and heartless lr-
~ creases of food prices should
be met with stern resistance
through government agencies. The
war is over, but manifestly profiteer-
ing is not, and Congress will be justi-
fed In running down those respon-
sible for unnecessarily adding to the
burdens of the people through the
high cost of living.
1t ought to be possible to probe
the prices of food stuffs from the
time they leave the soil until they
get to the ultimate consumer Every
step of the way should be made clear
so that responsibility may be placed
where 1t belongs. Under present
conditions blame often rests upon
entirely innocent people. II the
manufacturer is innocent he can
easily make this plain through
statement of his prices TO those be-
tween him and the consumer. There
must be found some reasonable way
for turning on the light to the end
InaL DuDllC SuoBiNiSA ~ N'N@+N
profiteering may be confirmed or dis
proved.
With the ending of the war it was
generally understood that there
would be a gradual reduction of tho
high cost of living, but in many cases
the cost has increased and without
apparent reason. This Is especially
true of food stuffs and 1t would ap-
pear that the administration at
Washington, especially the War De-
partment. must explain the failure to
distribute meats and canned goods
amounting to 1921, 100000 that have
been stored in the great military
warehouses for months. Not only
has the Government lost through
this policy, but also the consumers
who have failed to get the benefit
of reduced cost that would have fol-
lowed the distribution among the
people of this enormous hoard.
The American people have con-
tributed in every way to the winning
of the war without protest and with a
patriotic devotion to a great cause
that entities them to every considera-
ton at the hands of their govern
ment. If 1t was necessary to fix
prices and restrain profiteering dur
ing the war 1t would appear to be
Just as necessary under present con-
ditions.
What has caused general protest
in Harrisburg has been unreason-
able differences between manufac-
turing cost and retail prices in {
number of instances-as high as one
hundred per cent in some cases
Restaurant proprietors insist that
they must pay twice as much fol
melons as was charged year ago
So II goes clear down the line and
the people who complain of arbi.
trary and excessive prices are dc.
termined TO find out whether there
! Is any justification or excuse.
II the midst of rich agrlcul.
tural region II is ineonceivable thai
we should be paying in mid summer
winter prices for vegetables and
eggs and fruits that are brought here
in large quantities for sale in tn,
open markets, There Is bound TO b,
an uprising of tho consumer and II,
has a right to know whether tn,
added burdens are necessary or ar,
simply the result of greed and
selhshness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

General f. C. Shannon, who
will command one OF the new br-
gades of the National Guard, is act
ing as an instructor at Mt. Gretna
this week.
Captain Jackson NJ. Painter, of
Williamsport. will go into the new
National Guard after overseas SER
vice.
DIR. stephen Langdon, OF the
University of Pennsylvania, will go
to Oxford university whore he has
been Altered an important place In
recognition of his Associate research.
Major j. r. Darragh. OF Read
Ing, will go to Russia with army
units.
Commander f. r. Payne, of the
Naval home Mt Philadelphia, we'll
known here. is seriously i'll.
John Wanamaker SAYS an open
Sunday tends toward Bolshevism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
THE CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN

beginning struggle
triumphant the has been championed by Republicans
justice of o.
the vote Senator James Harlan of Iowa Whgthe fore
before the Senate Committee of which he chairman
the introduction bill
later Republican United States shamed
Senate demanded
of
A. Sargent,
James E. Watson Indiana
Committee, and
introduced the
the Republicans who led
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
A POPULAR VETO

DRESIDENT WILSON has had
his ear to the ground on the
daylight saving law and his
veto of the repeater Is one of the
most popular things which he has
done since his return home.
There was general resentment
throughout the country over the re-
peal of the daylight saving measure
by means of rider to the agricul-
tural appropriation bill, and the
President deserves credit for refus-
ing to permit rider legislation to in
terfere with the comfort and happi-
ness of millions of people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
SALOON SUBSTITUTE

~ r. FRANK CRANE, whose al
ways bright and interestin
writings are appearing in man
American periodicals. writes alon
most original lines for The Ameri
can City" magazine on that popula
topic, "A Substitute for the Saloon.
DR.. Crane says the only way to sc
anywhere is to start where you ar
now" and the present day saloo
would be his starting point. Moth
ing fancy. nothing with the touc.
of "up-lift" or charity will get any
where, he believes. He says:
1t must be a place where any
man with a nickel can go in. have
good time, and feel that he is
helping support the concern.
1t must not be a place where
men are urged" to go. If they
are. urged they will not go. 1t
should be not altogether approved
by the moralists. 1t should be as
tough" as its neighborhood.
1t must be run by private enter
prise, and pay well enough to at
tract an efficient manager. II
the Guy runs II, OF chuich' or
some benevolent society. it will
fail. 1t must arise from a real
need of the people themselves.
1t must have a free comfort sta
tion. Some kind of a free lunch
also would help. There should
be opportunities for card playing
and billiards.
There should be an expert bar
keeper who gets part of the
profits.
There is no reason why a place
of this sort should not thrive, as
1t would have no license to pay
and no graft to dispense to the
ward boss.
All this may seem rather low
alcng the ground. Perhaps IL Is.
But there's where folks live, the
kind of folks that go to saloons,
and II you want them you must
60 where they are; they Will not
come to you.
And this is the kind of substi-
tute that will grow up to meet the
need. And any kind you attempt
to devise and hand down to the
eX-saloon crowd will most GER
tainly fail.
There is wisdom in this. The fre
quenter of the saloon will shy OF
from pink tea surroundings and h
wants no charity. Likewise he doe
not desire to be "up-lifted" or "wel
Jared" Both are being overdone Il
this country. But he does wan
some place to go, and some sucl
place will spring up to meet the de
mand. And it will not be altogethe
desirable, but it won't be as bad a
the saloon, so we shall get one ste
farther along, at any rate. w
must understand that the abolition
of the barroom will not herald TIL
millennium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Misplaced Sympathy

TFrom the Edinburgh Scotsman.1
There were two Browns in the
village. both fisherman. One lost
his wife and the other his boat at
about the same time.
The wears wife called, as she sup
posed. on the widower. but really
upon the Brown whose boat had
gone down.
"I am sorry to hear OF your great
loss" she said
"Oh. 1t amt much matter" was
up to much.
Indeed" said the surprised lady.
Yes" continued Brown. "she was
a rickety old thing. offered her
to my mate, but he wouldn't have
her. I've had my eye on another for
some time"
And then the outraged lady fled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
AUTOMOBILE CAMPER

1 PARTY of Roy Scouts of Du-
- bois, touring this part OF
Pennsylvania. had to appeal
10 the Department of Parks for per-
mission 10 camp in Harrisburg. A
few days ago a Missouri tourist COM
msnted TO Telegraph reporter on
the failure of eastern cities TO pro-
vide camping places for automobile
parties. This neglect has been due
perhaps 10 the fact that automobile
campers are not so numerous In the
east as In the vest, The need lie not
80 evident. But the time Is fast eom-
Ia when the cheap motor vehicle,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Missouri Thrift

tFrom tho Butler Democratl
When IA farm was sold in Maries
county recently the transaction took
place in the home OF the farms
buyers and was strictly cash. After
the deal had been closed every
member OF the family began bring
ing silver coins from hooks and
efanniea all over the house whore
il had been seereted, The seller had
to take his money In a -four sack TO
the bank. where II took the teller
and cashier two hours to count II.
Most of the money had been earned
by the two daughters OF the family.
Who had taken IA washtnEA
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
TAX BURDENS

TNGLAND has already reduced
~ the excess profits tax from 80
to 40 per cent, and our own
Congress would do well to consider
whether II is wise to discourage
business enterprise by oppressive
taxes on profits and incidentally cur
tail production and business expan-
sion. The war is over and IL is the
business of the Government to assist
as rapidly as possible in restoring
normal conditions. Primarily the
excess profits tax was intended to
increase the revenues of the Govern
ment and get back from its own
over-expenditures on emergency
purchases n portion of the extraor-
dinary outlay. An authority on this
form of taxation says:
The war emergency has passed.
1t In true, Government expenses
remain high, but it is unjust. and.
in fact, destructive, that this tax
should remain, 1t restraints busl-
ness enterprise and development,
IL limits production, and in its
ultimate effect IL works against
the interest OF every individual in
re arding the return to normal
pc, ce activity and Increase In the
oXL1rsion OF general prosperity.
England has already instituted
policies of reform in taxation which
will do much TO relieve the pressure
upon her Industries and business en-
teTprises. We on this side of the
ocean must adopt the same course
or suffer "A slowing down of busl-
ness enterprise and discouragement
of business initiative. The pros
perity of the country depends upon
a reasonable attitude toward the
commercial and industrial interests
which continued throughout the war
patriotic support of the Government,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Rational Economy
From the New York Tribune. ]

From the New York Tribune.1
Congress should he able to de-
termine without much discussion
how large an army will be needed
for all the duties required OF the
land forces. which, however. should
not he stinted with regard TO the
special organizations and equipment
acquired during the war-transport.
aviation, chemical service, and so
on. Rational economy In the ad-
ministration OF the government is
expected by the people, and they
will not tolerate an inflated military
establishment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
The American Attitude
IHarper's WeeklY.l ]

Americans will not go TO war un-
der a group of nations, but only un-
der the mandate of our own law.
There is only ont flag here,
and that Is our flag. There Is no
room here for the red flag. Kill 1t
wherever you see II. 1t is the enemy.
1t floats when mobs rule.
No, 1t was not the President who
said that. 1t was the man whom
the President would not permit to
go abroad In command the army
which he had created. But we know
of nothing that the President has
said that liz more worthy TO be the
rule of life and action 10 every
American citizen than those words
of General Leonard Wood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15

State Health Commissioner Mar
tin is having the cooperation of
every civic organization of Harris
burg in his efforts to make of this
city model municipality to which
he can point in his important work
of conserving the health and COM
fort of the people of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-15
Suggestive
[From the Dallas News.I

tFrom the Dallas News
A widely known surgeon was per-
forming an operation on patient
when a fire STARTED at a warehouse
across the road. illum mating the
whole operating theater Having
finished, the surgeon turned 10 the
nurse and dryly said;
II say, nurse. ! notice the patient
Is coming to. | think you had bet
ter draw the blinds. don't want
him to think the operation hasn't
been a success"