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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
The Only Place Left

inc smoking car of an express train, we
have often observed is the best of all places
to think. Not the smoking compartment of
Pullman, of course, for there one is so liable
to meet Victor Jones, of Minneapolis, who
VIII insist on telling how he improved his
memory, or some other terrible person. But
the plain, ordinary smoking car, particu-
Iarly on an early morning train that is not
too crowded. is Il bully place for meditation
In fact, civilization being what it is it is
almost the only place left where a man can
think undisturbcd. The time may come, and
perhaps it has come already, when the only
way man can get chance to indulge in
any high philosophy is by buying n ticket
for New York
We emphasize also thr fact of trying the
experiment early in the morning. The course
of our existence has frequently caused us to
patronizc the a, m. trains from Philadel-
phia to New York. There is something about
the placid fitting of the level landscape, as
the sun comes up through winter haze,
Chat is very agreeable to the mental parts.
a beakcr of coffee at Broad street or the
Reading Terminal (if properly cooled by the
insertion Of a large boulder of ice) makes q
just foundation for a dozen pipes of tobacco.
Riding on n train under such conditions, we
have noticed is almost the only time when
we can really get much fun out of reading
Wordsworth That we regard rot as slur
on Wordsworth. but as an Indictment of our
modern way of life.
The author of The BalSam Groves" we
notice, uses the phrase "the tired business
man. His book was published in 1899.
This suggests a question: When did the
business man begin to be tired?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

to do them reverence But it is doubtful
if federal license for corporations en-
gagged in interstate business and regula-
tions compelling the wholesale price to
be plainly marked on all articles where
it is practicable would have the benef-
cent effect which Mr. Wilson anticipates.
The general impression is that the worst
protiteers are not corporations engaged
in interstate business, but individual eX-
ploters who do business in one state or
one city.
AS to marking the wholesale price on
articles it would do nothing more than
give the purchaser an impression of the
cost of retailing and confirm him in the
knowledge which he already possesses.
The wholesale price of eggs and potatoes
and apples is no secret. The householder
who pays five cents apiece for apples
knows how much they cost a barrel,
When woman pays forty or fifty cents
a pound for bacon she can look in the
market columns CT the newspapers and
find out what pig carcasses sell for in
Chicago.
Yet there arc other recommendations
made by the President which suggest
that he favors general price fixing by the
government. Such policy might be de-
Tended in a temporary crisis, but as a
permanent practice it would do more
harm than good because prices are de-
pendent on so many complicated condi-
tons and fuctuate so rapidly that no
government bureau could find Just basis
for action.
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Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is carlu-
sirely cntit;cGy to The H"e for republication
Of all nc1CS dispatches created TO IL or not
other1Cise credited IN thiS paper, and also
the local neDS published therein
An rights Of republication Of special dis.
patches herein are also rcScrrCd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

We may naturally expect from Mr. Me.
Adoo an Endorsement Of the plea of the
soft coal operators for n price hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

We judge from the report of the weather
bureau that December is goinL to be cold
enough to give Snappinoss to the coal strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Mexico killed, two Americans last week
Cancer killed forty four, III Philadelphia
alone, If we want to declare war on some
ana LOT x tackle cancer first II looks to us
more dangerous.
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CONGRESSMAN HENRY w. WATSON

TONGR ESSNlAN HENRY w. WATSON,
~ OF the Bucks Montgomery district, did
not get very long vacation. The inter
state and foreign commerce committee, OF
which he is a member was obliged to SIT
until the last horn blow to consider the raiI-
road bill. The Langhornc member has de-
cidld views on the railroad situation and
does not think the bill as finally brought
from the committee solves the problem. lle
talks of the $40, 900, 100000 investment as
if there were some people throughout the
land. including widows and orphans. who
have some rights with respect to railroad
management; but sees government owner
ship looming up as a possibility If condi-
tions remain as they are. The congressman
knows. as every other observer does, that
the railroad brotherhoods have great deal
to do with the solution of the problem.
Some of these organizations are now be-
ginning to talk of an extension of railway
control by the government. keystone Lodge
No. 221 United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborcrs of PHILADELPHIA through the sec
rotary. John J. Caldwell. is pcttiontng
Washington to agree to at least two years
extension of national control.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Every industrial plant closed down as
result Of The coal atribe helps TO crystalline
public sentiment against tie minos being
permitted 70 remain idle,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

TIOW many people know that Editor
IL Thomas j. Lindsey once secretary of
thc collector of the port. came within an ace
of bcing secretary to n mayor? Tom was
younger in those days than he is now, but
no more vivacious. Apart from his cdi-
toria work and his proximity to the dean
shin of the profession, Mr.. Lindsey has
another love. II is Lansdownc. the spot he
has chosen for sleeping purposes. If it is II
Fourth of July celebration or n union ath-
Ictic association affair you will generally find
the veteran newspaper man on the job.
lie now has in mind n big function for
the 161 men, more or less who left l'ans-
downc to 70 into the service of the United
States during the war. They do not pro-
nose to forget those boys out in l.ansdownc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

NrATHAN T. FOLWEII., whose Judgment
~ os former president of the Manufac-
t,rers' Club is entitled to weight, protests
ogainst "the mutilatiou of Logan Square and
thc multiplied dangers to children and others
crossing the square because they really have
70 cross two boulcvards instead of one"
Mr.. Felwell thinks the Parkway should have
run directly through the square. In this
"nn Morris, WHO says the treatment of
,Io souare has been the subject of many
osts on the part of the artisticaly in
,I;Ucd These gentlemen think the orna-
,antation should have been on the sides of
tho houleyard rather than in the center of
two.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Speaking of cider, the fellows who. trans
lated the King James version of the Bible
hsd the right idea, In the course of their
diligently comparing aud revising" they
found that the Latin vulgate said (Judges
xiii, y Drink no wine nor cider" These
malicious men promptly Cancelled the word
CIDER and substituted "stroug drink"
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CAPTAIN JOHN p. vIRDEN is happy,

CAPTAIN JOHN T. VIRDEN is happy,
~ and when the captain il happy George
f Sproulc. secretary of the commissioners
Of navigation. is happy, and when he is
hnppy nearly everybody along the whavcs
is in the same frame of mind. Captain
Virdcn'e splc is due TO the appointment of
his ucphcw. Henry Nirdcn Rice. TO cadet
sbin nt West Point. Young Rice is the son
of William l.. Rice tho box maker, aud Anna
Edith VirGcu Rice, daughter of tn" TAT"
Henry f. Virtcu Nirdcn is good old
delaware name and ruunCth back to The
orgin of the Blue Hens Chickens. Cap
t.in Iohp keeps UP the traditions as prcsi
don't Of the pilots association for the bay
and river Delaware. and he is expecting
Young Virdcn Rice TO do the same thing at
West Point.
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-,NKER JOHN w. SPARKS is

DANKER JOHN W. SFAKkS Is prcsi-
i1 dent of the New Jersey Society of Penn.
,,,lyonia. and as such is accepting suggestions
Co., tho next dinner which is to celebrate the
aatieration by New Jersey OF the constitu-
.;"n of the United States. Mr.. Sparks is
~, omiablc president and like all his pre-
doocssors is of open mind on dinner details.
rho "opcn mind in the New Jersey society
generally gives play to some very brilliant
Suggestions from William j.. Conlen, the
~, his intimate association with masters,
,'otcs and pilots from every shore. Whether
,ho New Jersey society will serve water
,,olon in December or produce any of the
,ther Jersey truck farm specialties is a
,westion--but such things have been done
-, formcr meetings OF these Pennsylvauians
of Jersey lineage
= J. HAMPTON MOORE.
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We are glad to inform our client W. +.
Mead of Allentown, that Mr.. Fletcher Du
Bois has been kind enough to send us the
text of Essex Junction" the poem Mr..
Mead asked about, We will reprint it some
day when business is dull,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Sweden must have had change Of heart.
while. -
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Chinese Railways BUSY.

Latest reports indicate that the S'OVV
miles of government railways carry
annually more than 25,000,000 passen-
gers a total of 1,000,000,000 miles.
Thirty-seven per cent of the receipts
of the government railways come from
the passenger service. On five OF the
lines the passenger revenues exceed
those from transportation of GOODS
Ninety-five per cent of the passenger
traffic is third-class at an average fare
of one cent mile, which means
large amount of travel by the poorer
classes.
Wide macadamized highways are
being constructed in the suburbs OF
many cities. The coming Of the auto
mobile will hasten this development.
An automobile service across the GoDi
desert connecting Peking with Urga
and the Russian railway has been IN
augurated.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
LABoR'S RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Acknowledgment Merely Puts Work
ingman on the Same Plane as
the Capitalist.

If there is not right on the part
OF the workingman to organize, then
there ought not to be a rights on the
part of capital to organize. 1t is the
organization that makes capital strong,
and it is not fair, from the legal point
of view or any other point of view, to
prevent the rest of the men dealing
with capital from getting strength
with organization that only organiza-
ton brings.
1 am for the iaboring man. Justice
must be done him or there can be no
justice in this country. We must all
be partners in the game of government
and no one man must be allowed to
play the part of a hog.-Woodrow Will
son.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
ADVANCE MUST BE GENERAL
Anarchy in Russia Proves That Labor
and Rest of Society Must Go
Forward Together.

The future of labor lies in stabillzing
democracy. In that alone is progress.
One of the great problems of peace is
to erect an Industrial democracy upon
the solid foundations of political de-
mocracy. That can come if labor Is
patient and prudent and self-control-
led, but it can never be brought about
through the application of theories of
eonfscation or class war.
Autocraey has failed, and failed
criminally, but the failure of bolshev-
ism is no less complete, even though
the consequences have been restricted
to single country. There is no hone
for the world in either. The fate OF
Russia proves that labor must 90 for
ward with the rest of society. 1t can.
not advance alone. 1t cannot take
everything and give nothing. If it ever
tries, it will wantonly waste most of
the substantial fruits of the war.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Partners in LIES Work.

At this time several aspects Of the
labor question demand consideration.
We need to emphasize the meaning and
necessity of labor-to show that it is
both a law and a means of service. We
need to emphasize the difference be-
tween productive labor that performs a
service and makes wealth, and unpro-
ductive labor that wins wealth away
from others and lives upon their toll.
We need to emphasize the fact that in
dustry is a partnership, and so it de-
mands the participation of all parties
as partners in the enterprises. We
need to realize that the relations In in
dustry are human relations, and so
1t is necessary that the relations of
men with one another should be just
and brotherly MISUNDERSTANDING.
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|. a 3 . r

Out of chaos, out of work,
arose and did my work
While the ages changed and sped
was toiling for my bread.
Underneath my sturdy blows,
Forests fell and cities rose,
And the hard, reluctant soil
BIossonned richly from my toll.
Palaces and temples grand
Wrought with my cunning hand.
Rich indeed was my reward
Stunted soul, and body SCARED
With the marks of scourge and rod.
|, the tiIler of the sod,
From the cradle to the grave
Shainbled through the WorId--a slave!
Crushed and trampled, beaten, cursed.
Serving best, but served the worst,
Starved and cheated, Gouged and
spoiled,
Still puilded, still | toiled.
Updernourished, underpaid
In the world myself had made.
Up from slavery | rise,
Dreams and wonder in my eyes,
After brutal ages past,
Coming to my own at last.
was sIaVe-but | am freel
was olind-but can see!
!, the BUILDER, the maker,
!, the calm tradton-breaker,
Slave and serf and cIod no longer,
Know my strength--and who Is
stronger2
am done with ancient frsuds
Ancient lies and ancient gods
All the sham is oVerthrown,
shall take and keep my own,
Unimpassioned, unafraid,
Master of the World l've madel
BERTON BRALEY.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
NICKEL BY NICKEL
Newspaper Man Dribbled Ais
Profit to Beggar.
Little Transaction by Which seri,.
Thought He Was to Make s26s
Didn't End in Just That
Desired Way.

"a newspaper friend of minea sais
Mr. Goslington, tells me of an nm
usual experience he has had, in fact i
still having with beggar.
Gle met this beggar first ahont :
year ago. The circumstances attend
ing this first meeting were novel ana
interesting and my friend wrote . H.
tie piece about it which was printed
in his newspaper and for which bo
received $50. AS he had given tbe.
beggar nickel he figured that his
net profit on this was S295. Buf.
"a couple of weeks later he again
met this beggar, who again asked for
a nickel, request that my friend did
not feel warranted in refusing.
don't think he would have refused any.
way, my friend being an easy mari,
for beggars but having proflted nv
his original transaction with this beg.
gar, he felt impelled to hand over This
second nickel promptly, thus reducing
his net ON this little piece to $3.50.
cit wasn't long before my friend
discovered that this beggar lived some.
where in his neighborhood and made
that part of the town his quarry; for
now he used to meet him here ana
there by intervals. Not always nv
any means. when they met did the
beggar approach him; commonly they
passed each other as any other two
might do, with no sign of recognition.
but once in a while the beggar would
ask for a nickel, which always nv
friend gave. In this way in the course.
of three months he gave up 35 cents.
thus reducing the net of that So tn
$2.65. Then my friend had an idea.
"He foresaw that If this went on
indefinitely. as there seemed every in.
dication it would do. the beggar would
get all Of the So, which to my friend
seemed scarcely reasonable. But he
did think that an even division would
be no more than right to the beggar.
and SO when the So got down to S2.65.
he set aside, in his mind, S1.15 as
drawing account to the beggar's credit.
and he said to himself that when thus
the original fund had been evenly di.
vided he would stop giving and con.
slider that >he had done the square
thing.
"Well, my friend tells me that, count
ing nickel that the beggar drew yes
terday, he has now drawn $40, SO
that now it is question of a very few
weeks only, three or four at the ut
most. when the begoar will have drawn
his full share.
"Then, my friend says, he is go.
ing to shut down and keep the rest
himself; but what l think he viii do
will be to keep on paying till the
whole three dollars is gone. his orig
inal profit being thus wiped out com
pletely. l don't know what he can do
then, unless he should write, covering
all his experiences with this unusual
beggar, another and longer story; NOV
ing then to another part of the city"
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

able the public health allied
order discover their causes and to prevent their spread and for allotment
colleges suitable
the Judgment Of the
with
the treasury Including allowances
printing clerical services and the District Columbia
freight other
the dissemination of such information public
$1500000, available expended"
secretary secretary
the the
respectively utilize Jointly the
the the medical
health service possible the
methods O influenza allied
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

This changed public opinion has been
gradual through constant agitation,
education and organization, but it has
been quickened the past two years be-
cause of organized labor's prompt ac-
ceptance of autocracy's challenge
against democratic ideals.
Organized labor has not depended
upon words to prove its patriotism. It's
whole-hearted support of the govern
ment in the crisis of war should be
sufficient answer to any query on this
subject. This support was of the kind
that BELTS men and women imbued
with our republics ideals, and who
realize that when a government that is
founded on these ideals falls the loss
is an individual one for every Ameri-
can citizen worthy of the name.
Organized labor distinguishes be-
tween a government that rests on the
whim of one man or a small group Of
men and a government of, by and for
the people.
Our 1919 Labor day celebration fea-
lures this difference between the two
systems of government which recently
struggled for mastery. The thought
behind these systems is older than any
nation. In truth, nations are but an i'm
cident, but process, in this struggle
of human liberty and advancement
versus the ancient theory of govern
lment so well illustrated by German
junkerdom.
Organized labor is not peace move
ment. While we long for the day of
Industrial concord when disputes be-
tween capitalists and laborers will not
longer feature our industrial life, we
refuse to paralyze our movement by
surrendering the right to strike against
wrong when other methods fail.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

gained in confident vision for the fu-
ture.
Every national and international,
every local union affiliated to the
American Federation of Labor, has
made definite progress in securing for
it's members greater advantages In
those things which are fundamental of
betterment in all relations Of life. In
some organizations the success has
been phenomenal.
Taking the labor movement as a
whole there has been greater progress
in securing the shorter workday than
in any other similar period Of time.
The meaning Of these victories can be
interpreted only in the light of full
understanding of the meaning of the
shorter day. The shorter workday is
something more than an economic de-
mand. 1t is a demand for opportunity
for rest, recuperation and develop
ment; things which make life more
than mere mechanical drudgery.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Transform Historic Westminster.

FaHSIOTHl F1iSlOfiC westminster
Prominent citizens of London are
planning to rebuild the district around
Westminster abbey as a memorial to
those who distinguished themselves in
the world war. The Improvements in
clude the construction of a great ave-
nue., 120 feet wide, and a new Lam
beth bridge. The design for the bridge
will be chosen from plans submitted
by architects from all over the world
Splendid buildings are projected for
the University of London, for a
Shakespearean theater, and for arts
and science exhibits. The new avenue
will contain groups of statuary CON-
memorating the heroic deeds of the
British, Canadian, New Zealand and
Australian forces, as well as those Of
Britain's allies. 1t is intended to make
this the finest and most impressive
monumental avenue in the British EN-
pire.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Mark of Labor's Progress.

The solid and gratifying progress of
cooperative labor organizations in the
United States was dttingly celebrated
last year by the dedication of the new
central building of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in the national capt.
tai. The dedication was made by
President Wilson, after reviewing the
labor parade, and his tribute to the un-
DERIVING spirit of organization in labor
was cheered by men of all types and
stations in life.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Much Cause for Concentration.

Labor day is always an inspiration
to the organized workers Of America
Nationally, upon this Labor day, the
workers of America have much to con-
graduate themselves upon. The past
TOUR years have resulted in the realiza-
ton OF labor's hopes, long deferred. in
tne enactment of laws guaranteeing
tae liberty Of the toilers and their
right to organize for their protection
and advancement upon the economic
field. noA1'e
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
ENGLISH Lenses SUPERIOR.

When aero-photography commences
to play its great part in the war It was
found that the German-made lenses
would do the work of picturing from
above far better than British-nlade
lenses. But the English opticians SET
to work, and in a short time they pro-
duced lenses that beat the German
product fair and square. Captureo
aero-photographic apparatus durlns
the latter part of the war showed lna'
the lenses were inferior in quality "
those, made in Britain. No German
made lens has yet been found tna'
would picture barbed wire entans,e
ment from a height of three miles, W.
the British product would. ano se's
often did.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

$1,500,000 for investigation of the
cause and means of spread. Repre-
sentative Fess of Ohio has introduced
a resolution in part as follows:
Whereas the recent influenza
epidemic caused approximately $780,
600 deaths in the United States; and
whereas medical science is not
yet in possession of complete data as
to the cause, modes of transmission.
prevention, and cure of this disease
and it's complications; therefore
"Ra If enacted etc That to en-
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

confidence in the
trade-union move
ment. There have
been tests a n d
Gyises that have
proved it's funda-
mental principles /;
there have been
opportunities that
have tested It's
pra tical eff.
cheney. Through
t h e m all tn g
trade-unlon move
ment has made
r,,,uo ,,,ocrnor,e,
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29
Victory by Conservation

1t is the spirit of conservation that
has enabled American labor to achieve
in every field of endeavor results which
a year ago were regarded as impossi-
BILE. 1t is this spirit of conservation
that enabled the American people
workers and fighters welded into SOL
i'd army-to vindicate the freedom of
men throughout the world.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

paraded on Labor
day, more than
thirty years ago,
their motives were
que S tion e d in
m a ny instances
a n d newspapers
gave them scant
publicity.
This year, when
the hosts of or
ganized labor, now
numbering 3,000,-
GOO III e m b ers.
march, they will
be acclaimed by
those who former
ly even denied
their DurDOSe.
The Pulaskian., 1919-08-29

the of $50 additional
person who has served less than months benefit
measure and it provided that shall than
of length
in
Germany of
persons capacity
act.
When the bonds issued the
S