Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-20

ter upon any course Of retaliation,
we must frankly face the fact that
hostile legislation by other nations
is not beyond the range Of posi-.
bility and that IL may have TO be met
by counter legislation.
This subject has, fortunately, been
cxhaustively investigated by the
United States tariff commission.
recent report of that commission has
shown very clearly that we lack and
we ought to have the instruments
necessary for the assurance of equal
and equitable treatment. The ntten-
tion of the Congress has been called
TO this matter on past occasions, and
the measures which are now rec
commended by the tariff commission
arc substantially the same that have
been suggested by previous admin
istrations. recommend that this
phase of the tariff question receive the
early attention of the Congress.
Plea for Woman Suffrage
VIII YOU not permit me. turning
from these matters. TO speak once
more and very earnestly Of the pro-
- posed amendment to the constitution
which would extend the suffrage to
women, and which passed the House
of Representatives at the last session
Of the ConpressP II seems to me that
every consideration Of justice and of
public advantage calls for the I'M
mediate adoption of that amendment
and its submission forthwith to the
Legislatures of the several states.
ThrOughout all the world this long
delayed extension of the suffrage is
looked for: in the United States.
longer. 7 believe. than anywhere else.
the necessity for il, and the immense
advantage of it to the national life
has been urged and debated by women
and mCn who saw the need for il and
urged the policy of it when it required
stcadraSt courage to be so much be-
forphand with common conviction:
and I. for one. covet for our country
the distinction of being among the
first to act in great reform.
Re,urp of PubIjc Utilities
Tbe teIagrapb and teIephone lines
,,;,, NJ course he returned TO their
ovnars nc soon as tbe retrausfer can
ba osoc,.d ,,;tbout administrative
nonf,.;on. ca som that is. ms the
CHANGE con be made with least nos
sihIo observation-disclosures to the public and
to tbe owncrs themselves. The rail
ro.ds viii ba handed over TO their
,,rners at the end of the calendar
.. g ,,.o.o in Immediate con-
tnnt r.itb tho administrative oues
,;a,o ,,!h;ar ,,,uSt govern +bo retrons
g 49, toIooronb onJ te1onhorc
Tnos a,rld nomc tho oxoct date
ra, ,ha;,, not,,rn oIso Until nm
~ d;noat o,ntont with tho practicol
-. ;,,,aI,,od 7 o,r only sugoost
tEot =, tho o..o of tbe teloyronhs
I .o,a,hnnos os in tbo case of the
mai,,o,.s IL 10 clearly desirable in the
,,,hl;n ;ntoros+ tlot some LEGISLATION
'.ha,id h. oonsi,orod which may tend
70 molo of ,haso indisnensable in
st.,,,no,taI;tios of orr modarn life a
rr;fnrr, and co.ord;nated system
which will afford those who use them
as complete and certain means OF
'o'''''iuii''a'ion wiz, "' l".' eauLod
l.. ~ --..,l -..,...,,,, &C .l,, ,,n,.orp
~ "a. i's." tsa ,,;fann, ond in.
tnIIia;hin bh' '"'''
n ,.: J., -. ,,.o avail
.,i =: ~, a,;,.I ,.tor ,,,l
tho nnhl;o ;,torost ;s manifest
Toi+hor tho ,oInaro,,b nor tbo tele-
,horo Sor,ioo of7the countrv can he
,oid to be in any senso a notiopol
svstem Tbore orc many confusions
and Inconsistencies Of rates. The
scientific meaus by which communica :
tiop bv such instrumcptalitics could
be rendered more thorough and salts
factory has not been made full use
of. An exhaustive study of the
whole question of electrical communi-
cation and of the means by which
the central authority of the nation
can be used to unity and improve it.,
if undertaken by the appropriate
committees of the Congress. would
certainly result. indirectly even if not
directly, in great public beneht.
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