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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
FOOD "OUIZZES"

IN JANUARY of this year sirloin steak
cost twenty-eighC cents a pound in
Minneapolis and forty-fve in Philadel-
phia. The Department of Labor has re
vealed this fact in the report of the
cross-country food price quiz"
In Harrisburg a bill has been revived
providing for an inquiry into food
charges in this state. If the proposed
commission sets to work there will be
another disclosure of irritating figures,
and the public will be much in the posi-
tion of the man who seeks comfort in
the thermometer on an abnormaliy cold
or an excessively hot day.
He learns the truth, of course, but that
only makes him the more angry. Price
Yeeulating, the experts tell us, is bad
4scanon,ics. 1t was avoided wherever pos,
slb1e curing the war; it is hence all the
more unlikely to be applied to food con,
Jifions at the present time,
Nevertheless, the publication of the
litter truth may be valuable as tiE
ID corhsat an evil by avoiding it. The
awledge that certain foods are ex-
81&sntiy high is not a specific remedy
|sx more than the frank mercury is for
i 1uls scorchery but indignation Of in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Z FOLLOWING the report from Paris
that 500 members of the American
expeditionary force had met in that city
to consider the organization of a world
war veterans association, Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announces
that a similar meeting will be arranged
in this country in the latter part of
April for the same purpose
The Paris meeting was the outcome Of
conference of veterans on February Is.
The movement is apparently well under
way for organizing the nonprofessional
soldiers, as Colonel Roosevelt suggests,
for the purpose Of Serving the nation
by keeping alive the spirit which caused
American citizens TO make such great
sacrifices"
No suggestion has yet been made as
TO the method by which the spirit is TO
be kept alive, but the politicians, who
keep their ears to the ground, are already
forming theories on the subject and arc
preparing to adjust themselves to meet
the demands of the veteran vote
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
STILL. TALKING

THE grandfather Of the oldest inhabi-
tant discussed with his friends the
need of sanitary regulations for barber
shops after his first shave
His descendants are still talking on
the subject, and the sanitary regulations
remain to be made and enforced.
\ Doctor Krusen, of the Department of
Public Health, has just drawn up set
of regulations which he suggests be
adopted voluntarily by the BARRIERS.
Some BARRIERS already observe the pre-
cautions which he advises. They would
observe them any way, whether they
were required by law or not. 1t is not
such BARRIERS that need regulation.
1t is about time that we stopped talk,
ing md began to act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
SERVICE CHEVRONS
VOU can strip him of his chevrons

VOU can strip him of his chevrons,
L You can take his stripes away,
And the badge of his division,
Which produces your dismay;
You can make him scrap his medals, --
But, no matter how you try,
You can never. never legislate
That glitter from his eye.
He has seen a summer day
That you have never dreamed
He has seen flesh turn to clay,
While affronted Heaven screamed;
He has seen the shattered trench,
He has seen the twisted wire,
He has seen strong, living men
Charred and black in molten fire;
He has seen beneath his feet
Flesh of comrades turn to clay,
AS you never could have dreamed
He has seen a summer day.
You can ban the golden arrow
That is stitched on his right sleeve.
And eradicate distinction"
With a simple by your leave,
Promulgate your resolutions,
Hurl the ink until you die,
But you can't esponge his mem'ry
Nor the glitter from his eye.
He has seen an autumn night
That you could never bear,
With helrs fire his only light,
Pointing out hells angel there;
He has known a single hour
When cold steel, red hail and gas
Ceased and left holy calm
Such as come when angels pass;
He has seen his comrades stand,
Half transflgured in release,
Knighted, spurred and panopled
BY their liege, the Prince of Peace.
-Artillerist, in the Stars and Stripes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

II is really no news that plans are
afoot to make Holland dry" That process
has been going on since she was a nation
and particularly since the reclamation Of
tho Zuyder Zee was begun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

The hotel manager who says that the
patron easiest to please is the millionaire
who never asks the price OF anything ex.
planned why SO many of US are dissatls-
fed. Now If we were all milionaires-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

II may be that Lent is responsible
for the marked decrease In the number
of arrests for drunkenness, but we seem
to remember that just about the time
Lent began the price Of drinks went up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Pity the sorrows of the coal operators
They say they are losing money OH what
they mine, while the consumer has to pay
nearly $12 ton for what he burns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

The former kaiser has had his picture
taken while he was saving wood at
Amerongen. What we should really like
to see is a picture of him breaking stone
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Don't worry, Geraldine; it was only a
Jealous New Yorker who said that Phila-
delphians are immune, so far as sleeping
sickness is concerned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
What Do You KnoW?
QUIZ


1. Which was the first state outside of the
original thirteen to enter the American
union?
2. Distinguish between euphemism and
euphuism?
3. What was the surname of st. Patrick?
4. What is nacre?
5. Which Is the CITY of Magnificent Dis
tances"?
6. How many men have served as Chief
Justice of the sUnited States and who
were they?
T. What Is the meaning of the word ingle,
now used mainly in the combination
inglenook?
g. What famous English writer was de-
scribed by noted statesman or MS
time as an inspired IDIOT?
What king in Greek mythology had the
gift of turning everything he touched
into gold?
TO- What animal is sometimes called Bruinf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

All Nof Mr.. Hohenzolern's wood chop
ping on the Bentnck place is nothing COM
pared with what the revolution did in
cutting down his family tree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

In these alleged enlightened days
Jerseytes have naturally little patience
with marrow gouge' trolley lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

It seems virtually certain that the ini.
tial terms which Germany will write under
dictation at Versailles will be ]. O. u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

The lawmakers at Harrisburg are seek.
ing new sources of revenue. But what
has the federal government left untaxed?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


1. Senator Lodge Is to engage in public
debate upon the league Of nations with
President Lowell, of Harvard.
2. Andre Chenier was a gifted young French
poet guillotined during the Reign of
Terror In 1894.
3. "St John" is the gospel least concerned
with the narrative of the life of Jesus
and more than the other three gospels
with his sayings and discourses.
4. The Bank of England Is called The
Little OLD Lady of Threadneedle Street.
s. The esophagus is the canal from the
mouth. to the stomach.
6. The triforum; gallery, usually in the
form of an arcade above arches of nave
and choir (and transepts) of church.
T. North Carolina is "The Old North State"
g. The word shilly-shally is derived from
'shall /, shall IT, ~
g. Latakia tobacco gets its name from the
Turkish province of Latakia In Asia
Minor.
10, Eight furiongs make mile
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
It was a sunny day for the Irish.


president standing pat" declares q
headline. Score another recognition of
Hibernias s March II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
l. LIFE PROPERTY?
l. HEALTH An ASSET?
The PENNSYLVANIA Legislature Will Answer
NO" TO These Questions II 1t Defeats
the Women's Eighl-Hour Bill

LNNEN upon grounds Of practical eit1-
- cheney the eght-hour day for women
has been more than justified by every
experiment in intensive production or
ranized in America and in Great Britain
since the beginning Of the war.
Tor countless millions Of women and
children in every great industry upon
the Allies side the war was the begin
ming of dclivrrance from unfair bur
dens. It proved that long hours under
a driving system actually resulted ~ an
output less than is ordinarily attalnaple
with an cight-hour day.
Oycrdriven workers are never efficient.
They learned this first in England, when
the life of the empire was dependent on
maximum production in the industries.
Until then no such extensive scientific
survey had been made to determine the
effects Of continuous exhaustion on tn"
productive capacities Of men, women and
children.
Industrial organizations grew and were
administered according to accident and
opportunity. Experts and army boards
appointed to get all producing organ-
cations to concert pitch found that long
hours made maximum production impos
sibc.
British industries helped to win the
war with an eight-hour day. And any
one who opposes that principle will find
himself confronted with the voluminous
reports, prepared by the most compe-
tent set Of observers ever organized
which prove that overstrain, besides
being disastrous to the worker, is costly
to industry itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
SOCIALISM IN THE VEST
Farmers Favored in Taxation and
the Educational System OF
North Dakota Changed in
the Interest Of Nom
partisan League
By GEORGE Z. AKERSON

FolioWing Is the final instdllment OF the
exposition Of the work Of the Nonpdrtisdn
League ~ North Dakota Written by the pohh-
cal editor Of The Minneapolis Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

to industry itself.
II is upon grounds OF efficiency that
the representatives Of the women work
crs of Pennsylvania will argue for an
eight hour law before the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate at Harrisburg
today. There are intimations Of unhappy
irony and of disilusiOnment in their re-
fusal to base their appeal upon the fun
damental human needs which their case
involves It would be far more credit
able to society and to the administrators
of government if an eight-hour day for
women were to be considered not as an
efficiency measure alone, but as means
for the protection Of life and the race
itself
What women seek when they demand
a shorter working day is merely the
right to live. Rest and time to think
and relax are essentials Of normal exist
ence. especially for women. The bleak
records of unreguated industry in many
states prove the validity Of this state
meut. The variety of diseases how desig-
mated as occupational is increasing daily.
| In many of the southern states heart
| affections and diseases of the lungs are
| blandIy listed by the insurance com
panes as industrial diseases because
! they are being traced with increasing
! frequency to ovcrwork and nervous cX~
| haustion IN mills and factories.
The review presented in this news
paper yesterday by Miss Florence San
vile. legislative secretary of the Ma
|
viction equally tragic. The reorganiza-
ton Of the working day in many indus
! tries which employ women has been fol
lowed by a slow but steady decrease in
the number of deaths from tuberculosis
and like causes.
Opponents of an eight day usu-
ally argue the rights of property and
the necessity for protecting invested
capital The time has come when it is
necessary to inquire whether the health
and the lives of women and children
the only property and the only assets
that most Of them have-are not worthy
of protection by the commonwealth?
In the final analysis, however, the case
does not rest upon the rights of the ind
vidual, whether that individual be al
employer or worker. 1t concerns so
Ciety and the community and the future
If there is any test that may be applied
to a civilization it is suggested by tn
condition in which a civilization leave
the race.
A growing army of women are finding
their way into industries, driven by so
| cial and economic pressure that canno
be controlled. And if they are to b
broken and disblrited under a backward
minded industrial system that isn't eve
| profitable in money, this particular gen
Grafton will leave to the future endles
proof of criminal stupidity and destruc
{ tive ignorance.
= The dismal aftermath of long period
| of unregulated industrialism confronte
- England when the war began. TIL
G sacredness of the factory system wa
. implied by every prior act of the go,
ernment. The old delusion that worker
e could produce the maximum in long day
, of grinding application was UNIVERSAL
3 prevalent. Sweating had been the ru
: for generations. And when the ne
= armies were organized it was shown ths
! given number of inches had bee
i clipped from the height and the che
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-12-27
Lew dcn'S Case Presented.

The friends Of Frank O. Lowdcn
the war governor Of Illinois, declare
that he has given the state an ire
proachabIy clean and remarkably eff
cicnt administration that he is 4
farmer and would appeal to the far
mers; that he has been friendly to
labor and would appeal to labor; that
he is a business man and would APP.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-12-27
j. M. c. CARHART

Closed Wednesday and Thursday
Nights at i. VI.
TERMS CASH.
I4iuuc-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
IN ANY EX-YANKS
ENTER MARINES

Sergeant Pleasant Of the U. S. Ma
rine Corps, Room 10, Davis building,
is having a number of visits daily
from soldiers who have not yet had
their fill of military service. The
history written by the marines in
the battles of Chateau Thierry and
Belleau Wood, where they accom-
plished such wonderful victories, has
attracted much attention from both
soldiers and civilians. In explaining
his, Sergeant Pleasant said:
"Previous to this great war the
marines were but little known. Why?
Because they were a very small or
ganization Of about 10000, who,
when called, had done their bit and
never asked FOR fame and publicity,
yet they have written more pages
for history than any other branch
of service II the world. AS Kipling
says, "and there hisint a job on the
face Of the earth that the bitter
don't know or do They are known
TO those who know them as the mill
iUary police of the world, and the
navy calls them their little broth
ers.
To-day the Marine Corps has a
strength Of $4,000 and are still ask
ing for men with good red blood in
their veins to come forth and share
in the fame they are making and the
glory they are getting in their life
as Devil Dogs" known to all the
German forces as tufel hunden, their
most dreaded enemy.
"The corps is offering wonderful
advantages in promotion to those who
enter their ranks, as all commissions
are gained only through enlistment
in the corps and starting at the bot
tom and working up. The worthy
are never lost from the eyes of their
superiors.
'And that isn't all they are Of
fering," continued Sergeant Pleasant.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
LOCUSTS DUE
IN NATION IN
MAY OR JUNE

Washington, March 12.-Great
swarms of the seventeen year locust
will infest the United States in late
May ard early June this year, which
is expected by scientists to be one of
the worst "locust years" on record.
Experts of the department of agricul-
ture, however, see nothing alarming
in the prospect.
One regarded superstitiously as a
harbinger. Of disaster, the periodical
cicada, popularity known as the sew
enteen-year locust because it comes
at long intervals, is seen now to be
no more than an ordinary non-pois-
onous insect pest, which can do little
damage if proper precautions are
taken. The chief injury inflicted by
the insect consists almost wholly in
chiseling grooves in the branches of
trees for depositing eggs. Young
trees sometimes are killed, but the
damage generally seems greater than
it actually is, according to the en-
tomoligists, and popular alarm is out
Of proportion to the real danger.
Suggested precautionary measures
are:
Defer putting out young fruit trees
until next year; postpone budding
operations; do no pruning this spring.
When the insects begin coming
out, hand pick them from young trees
or spray them with pyrethrum pow
der, kerosene emulsions, or a solu-
tion of carbolic acid or acetic acid.
Later, when the insects are ready
to begin laying, spray young fruit
trees with whitewash.
Later, when the insects arme ready
to begin laying, spray young fruit
trees with whitewash.
The Department of Agriculture has
kept close check for many years of
all the broods Of locusts and can fore
cast accurately when and where the
pests will appear. Large regions will
be affected this year where one brood
appeared teventeen years ago and in
other regions which suffered thirteen
years ago, the states including Ala
bama, District of Columbia, Della
ware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts
Michigan, New Jersey, New York
North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont
Virginia, West Virgian and Wis
consn.
Belief that the 1919 broods will be
exceptionally large is based on the
fact that the seventeen-year brood
coming out this year is brood ten,
perhaps the largest of the seventeen
year brood, and brood eighteen OF
the thirteen-year family comes out
at the same time. The year 1868 was
the greatest locust year in history.
when brood nineteen, the largest of
the thirteen-year family, appeared
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

'They are still offering to those who
were unfortunate in not being able
to cross the pond and get into the
big scrap when it was going on, a
chance to still see active service in
Russia, where the marines are still
taking an active part in trying to
taking an active part in trying to
bring peace to the disorganized and
war-torn, what was once a peaceful
nation.
aside from that, there are many
opportunities to travel and see the
Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands
Guam, China and European countries
as we'll as the South American coun.
tries"
Sergeant Pleasant says that he mas
just received large amount of il.
lustrated books showing the life OF
marine in great many phases
which he will be glad to give out
to those who wish to read little re-
garding what the marines do.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

IN conjunction with brood ten of the
seventeen-year family.
There will be three regions of
greatest occurrence Of brood ten, one
covering New Jersey, Maryland and
eastern Pennsylvania; ;another cover
ing all of Iniana, the greater part of
Ohio and southern Michigan; and a
third covering western North Caro-
lima, eastern Tennessee and northern
Georgia. While brood ten will affect
twenty states, brood eighteen will
appear in only five states-Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and Tennessee, and only limited
areas in thoose states.
c. l.. Marlatt, chairman of the Fed
eral Horticultural Board, who has
cada, calls the insect the most inter-
esting in the world, because of the
spectacular swarms in which it ap-
pears it's queer recurrence at long
intervals and the portentous signifi-
canoe frequently attached to it. Every
locust year has been year OF fear
and dread, even in civilized times.
Scome people have fancied that they
could detect in the cry of the insect
resemblance of the name of the
Egyptian monarch, Pharaoh, who
prosecuted the Israelites. Supersti-
tion attached also to the shape of the
filmy bars on the cicadas wings,
which seemed to form the letter "W''
interpreted as forecast of war.
"Since this outbreak will come just
at the conclusion of the greatest
war;" Mr.. Marlett said, land when
even the imagination of the rural
prophet could hardly conjure up the
likelihood of another one, some new
explanation will apparently have to
be found
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
CHOOSE FRESH Air OR CREPE NlGHTlE-
DON'T RISK BOTH
BY DIR. MARTHA .s.~UAYNN

IL DK. WAAe Ath 4f4 ~ II 4N4<
There is no more important
thing in preserving health than
fresh air. But there is something
that goes with it, and that is ade-
Quate covering for the body while
getting the fresh air
Every woman ought to nave all
the air in her bedroom at night
that she can get ALSO, and this
is important, she should be well
covered, In hot summertime
dainty silk or crepe nighties, with
shoulder straps, are all right. But
in wintertime no woman, for the
sake OF wearing a pretty night
robe, should risk pneumonia, IN
fluenza or a bad cold by exposing
her neck and shoulders in a sheer,
thin gown, with nothing on the
arms Arms, neck and shoulders
should all be covered at night. IL
one does not wish to take unneces-
sary risks. Put aside the summer
nightie until summer comes, and
wear a gown that buttons up to
the neck and has sleeves, or pa
jamas that cover the body equally
we'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

Cs~ani2od workers Of the fields
tive joined hands with organized
ta5iers Of the factories. They are
aiming at d ccmmo. goel--vic-
orr Ut tie polls.
Tie FarmarS' Nonpartisan
League ct the northwest and the
new labor patty Of the big cities
are near an analgamatiOn Of pur
pose They rlay remain separate
units, With different names, and
different membership and Off
ciaIs. They may be merged INTO
one UoGy. That hasnt been de-
ciGed.
Il has been suggested that both
city and rural workers combine in
N0upaltisan party, Or league.
ana labor leaders hare expressed
the desire 70 retain the name
Labor" as the organization
label At present it appears as
though the union will be one of
purpose, with the Nonpartisan
League Including the unionized
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

to secure 100000 tons of pig iron
from the United States for delivery
this year.
Germany, the chief pre-war COM
petitor of Great Britain, has tempo
rarily, at least, been removed from
Inc field. Twenty years ago Great
Britain exported four times as much
steel as Germany, but in the last year
before thhe war, it is said, Germany
exported million tons more than
Great Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13
TRADE
AIDES SAY U. S.
is NO COMPETITORS
(By Associated I'ress)

(BV Associated i'reSS)
London, Feb. 26 (By maiD-Belief
that because of the high cost of pro-
duction of iron and steel in America,
the United States will not be able
successfully to compete with Great
Britain in neutral markets, is ex-
pressed in trade circles. here, says a
statement made by the American
Chamber of Commerce in London.
The United Kingdom, it was as
serted, will maintain first place in
these industries if it gets assistance
from the state and has no trouble
from labor. Great activity is to be
seen among manufacturers, who are
converting their machinery to a peace
basis. To meet the demands of steel
makers, the government is seeking
Imperial Valley press., 1919-03-13

farmers and the Labor part tni:-
ing in city workers. The 3re,e:.t
Plan is to work cut . 5chag.e
whereby the two OrgaGtzaur2a
can cooperate or e,scJoa Gty.
For this is to be & battle af
ballots.
Governor Frazier was t&o pc
litical missionary" from t..
Nonpartisan League sent - Cu;.
cagO to confer with leaders u she
new Labor party il the hope ur
bringing about a close work -,
cooperation between the two -
ganizations. Frazier is : farmer
by profession and choice. ~.
been on his farm and it's a res!
farmers farm.
John Fitzpatrick, secretary o.
the Chicago Federation of Labor.
one of the leaders Of the Labor
party. and candidate for mayor Cf
Chicago, believes tie time is nee.
when labor in city and country
will work together for the same
ends. He's a blacksmith by trade