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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
UP TO THE PRESIDENT

r is to be hoped that Presiden;
Wilson will exercise again the
wise craftsmanship and under
standing of popular will that caused
him to repeal the agricultural bnl
with it's daylight saving" rider
when the repeater now in Congress
comes up to him in its latest form.
Mr.. Wilson in all his career as Pres
ident never performed a more gen.
timely popular service than when
he killed the move of the farmers,
the gas trust, the electrical trust
and the coal operators to rob the
workingman of the additional hour
of daylight granted him during the
summer months under this benc-
ficent act of Congress. Republicans
who vote for this measure are
simply making friends for the Presi-
dent. If they like that let them &C
ahead.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
A Great Collapse
From the Philadelphia Press. ]

TFrom the Philadelphia Press.1
Mr.. Henry Ford will always be
worthy of some consideration, for he
has served the public in several |
WAYS. He Has given it a cheap and
handy automobile and has made and
is still making an immense fortune
in the process. He has taught the
public also that it is possible for a
man to be very great in one par
ticular line and be very much below
par in every other field.
If Mr. Ford had been little hum
ble- minded and if he had something
like a just estimate of his own linn
itations he would have stuck to his
factory, where he was a success and
not make himself a laughing stock
by attempting to settle the peace of
the world. He would not have been
a candidate for the United States
Senate, and he would not have
brought suit against the Chicago
"Tribune" for calling him an 'igno-
rant idealist."
His mind was full of half-baked
theories, misinformation and misun-
derstood ideas, and. this his cross-ex-
animation brought to light He has
been a really pitiful spectacle on the
witness stand, portraying ignorance
of essential facts with which every
primary school boy is familiar. His
misconception of the meaning of
common words is grotesque. He
was President Wilson's candidate for
United States Senator, though prob
ably no man ever sat in that body so
ill-qualifed for its duties as Mr..
Ford has shown himself to be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
GOING UP?

A." HERE is an old, old childhood
saying to the general effect that
whatever goes up is sure TO
come down." but the laws of gravity
appear to have absolutely no control
over shoe and clothing prices. Shoes
the cheerful sort of advice forth
coming from every gathering of
wholesalers these days. But there
is still some truth in the adage, we
thing is going to happen to this
tower of blocks that is being built
from shoes and clothing, and the
result may not be pleasau' or those
who happen to be lingering about
when the top-heavy mass tumbles
over.
But, panic OF no panic, and no.
body wants to think of a business
depression brought about by m
1ated prices and a limit that the
public can no longer pay, the end
of price boosting must come pretty
soon unless serious results are to
follow. There is one way to brins
it about. Don't buy the high price
stuff. Don't pay $40 for shoes that
in all reason should .,-.l at half
or lower, and don't pay excessive
prices for clothing. If everybody in
the country, or even one-half the
people, would adopt that motto
prices would break in a short time.
The great trouble is that too
many people are putting generous
wages and good salaries into high
priced food and costly raiment who
could do very we'll and be much bet
ter off, both in purse and person, if
they We're more moderate.
Don't pay excessive prices. Insist
on something cheaper and you Will
get it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
Japan Protecting China

Japan does not pretend to be
wholly unselfsh in her policy to-
ward China" says the Herald of
Asia" a conservative journal of
Japanese thought. Japan is pro-
tecting China chiefly for the sake
of her own security" the paper con-
tinued.
Japan cannot allow China to bar
ter away her birthright even if she
is simple enough to engage in such
folly. If China wants to test
Japan's sincerity let her refuse all
further concessions to occidental
nations and secure for all time the
inalienation of her territory, and
Japan's task in regard to China will
be finished.
1T is question, however, whether
China is yet able to do without the
assistance of Japan in keeping for
eign nations at bay. and this help,
strange to say, is just what China
does not want. Is it that China
would rather be a slave of the white
races than the equal of Japan? We
can hardly credit this.
There is no need for China to be
anxious about the return of Kiau-
chow. Japan has promised to re-
store the territory to China just as
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
A Time For Compromise
[From Lancaster Examiner


Compromise is the ultimate road
TO progress. To turn a deaf ear to
any offers of Cancellation is the
method of fools. A man is never
too big or too wise to listen to the
| suggestions of other capable men.
EX-President Taft performed n very
considerable service for the people
of the United States when he pointed
out the grounds upon which the two
extreme factions in the treaty tur-
moil may meet in common. His
suggestions are the suggestions of
Republican, but at the same time,
of a man who is sincerely and deeply
interested in the League, and who
desires to see it become a reality.
No one will mistake Mr.. Taft's
opinion of the Presidents attitude
of aloofness throughout the peace
negotiations. He points out, just
as others who have the best inter-
ests of the country at heart and yet
favor the principles of League have
pointed out before, that Mr.. Will
son created many unnecessary OBJ
stables for himself by refusing to
take the Senate or any but his own
immediate followers into his con-
fidence. But the harm has been
done; a number of Senators have
| been antagonized to a point where
anything the President advocates
seems intolerable, and it requires the
best efforts of the sane, cool and
level-headed statement to restore
affairs to a working basis.
Mr.. Tafts suggestions are not only
commendable-they are workable.
America wants quick ratification of
the treaty. 1t favors an experiment
/ of L i
that we are not ineXtricably involved
in scheme which may appear in a
very different and more dangerous
light few years hence. Mr. Taft
offers the necessary reservations
making it impossible for Il nation to
block our withdrawal, the exclusion
of dominionS, the alteration of
Article x. to make the powers there
granted advisory, and the safeguard
ing of the Monroe Doctrine. These
reservations should remove the
fears of the average American, who
does not want to jeopardize our in
dependence of action, and yet desires
ito give the plan of the League a
fair trial. We do not, however, see
the necessity of the notice of with
drawal at the conclusion of a ten
year period. The other suggestions
eliminate the real dangers, and if we
| then sign the treaty, we must deter
mine to give it a fair trial and do
our utmost to make it a permanent
force in our efforts to end wars in
the world.
Surely these suggestions of Mr..
Taft should offer common meeting
ground for the two extremes in the
present controversy. President Will
son will do well to leave behind his
unalterable decision to have the
treaty passed untouched or not at all.
And the opposition Senators will
also do well to forget their rancor,
and remember the best interests of
/ the country. Each faction must
meet the other halfway.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
FAULT OF HOUSEHOLDER? Z?

COLONEL MARTINS complaint
against garbage collection con-
ditions in Harrisburg is JUST
fed. The volunteer workers who
have been making a health survey
of the city have turned over to DIR.
Raunick the names of large num-
Der of people who claim that their
garbage has not been properly col
lected. but by far the larger fault
lies with those who have not pro-
vided proper receptacles for house
hold refuse. This fault lies with
the householder rather than the city,
AS the Health Commissioner says,
the garbage can is one of the decen-
cies of life, but it should be a can,
not an open basket or box. 1t should
be of ample size to accommodate
the needs of the family and capable
of being closed and kept closed. This
having been done the responsibility
for collection then rests with those
the city has entrusted with the work
of taking it up.
If either the householder or the
collector is at fault he should be
punished. If, as Colonel Martin be-
lieves, the ordinance is weak with
respect to the householder, then it
should be so amended as to make
it possible to fine the guilty resi-
dent as we'll as the careless col
lector.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

celNer of stolen goods. But it was,
as matter of fact, not thus trans
1erred, so that Japan did not ac-
| qulre even that worse than dubious
title" to China's property. Upon
the outbreak of the war in 1914,
China offered to join the Allies, to
enter the war, and with Allied help
TO eXpel the Germans from Kiao-
Chau and resume possession of her
property.
That offer was refused, for a time:
until Japan could enter the war
and, with British aid, capture the
German holdings. Japan then prom
lSed emma that at the end of the
war she would restore Kiao-Chau to
her, on condition that it be made
an open commercial port, and a con-
cession of land nearby be made to
Japan. That was a fair proposal
and China agreed to it. Then Japan
and the other Allies induced China
TO enter the war, in which she rem
| dered them very substantial aid.
When China thus entered the war
| at the solicitation of the Allies.
however, the treaty" which Ger
many had eXtorted from her in 1898
was automatically y abrogated and an
nulled, and of course whatever
title" Germany had to the lease
at hiao-Chau and the concessions
in Shantung was under international
| law Voided, and China came into
full legal title to her own, OF
this fact China took pains to re-
mind the Allies, particularly in
Cluding Japan.
But at the end of the war that
fact was ignored. and Japans prom
Use to return Kiao-Chau was also
ignored. Instead, at the Peace Con-
ference the Allies treated China as
an entirely negligible factor in the
settlement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
A Good Old Fashion
[From Leslie's.1

Modern parents who have Depart
ed from the advice of Solomon
should note the wisdom of the Stam-
ford, Conn, Judge, who sentenced
eight boys, guilty of trespass, to be
spanked in court by their fathers.
1t was good exercise for the fathers
and a valuable experience for the
boys. Usually the old-fashioned par
ent, skillful in the use of the rod.
had control over his household. The
attitude of the children toward such
a parent was one of wholesome fear
and respect. Too often the modern
parents enjoys neither. Parents
have an authority over children
which may not be abdicated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

that might have been prevented. We
are willing to close the book on that
and begin a new account, but we
want the new account TO balance. =
national budget would go a long way
in that direction, although it would
not cure all the financial ills of the
Nation.
Senator Penrose asks simply that
the United States conduct it's affairs
along business lines, that it recog-
nize the limitations of even so great
a nation as ours and that it arrange
its finances according to definite
and practical methods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
The Rape of ShQntu1g O.
[From Harvcy's Weekly

T N 1896, Germany, having dis
covered the value of Kiao-Chau
Bay as a harbor and point of
entrance into the inestimably rich
Chinese Province of Shantung,
sought a long-term lease of it. This
China definitely refused to grant.
Thereupon Germany began seeking
some other means of securing it.
Her opportunity came year later,
when somewhere else in China two
German missionaries were killed in
a riot. Disregarding the usual
methods of eXacting indemnity for
the wrong, Germany utilized the in
cident as pretenXt for seizing arbi-
trarily the land which she coveted.
Warships were sent to kiao-Chau,
the German flag was raised in token
of conquest, and in March, 1898, un-
der ruthless military pressure, China
was compelled to sign a treaty Civ
ing to Germany a lease for 80 years
of a large tract of land command
ing the entrance to the Bay of
Kiao-Chau, and railroad and min
ing concessions tantam cunt to con-
troll of the entire Province of Shan
tung-one of the richest, most
populous, and in all respects most
important provinces in the whole
empire.
This performance was universally
regarded, outside of Germany, with
reprobation and detestation, as Grim
inal spoliation of a helpless nation.
Upon such immoral and arbitrary
violence did Germany's sole title" to
the Kiao-Chau lease" and the Shan
tung concessions" rest.
Now had that title" been trans
ferred, by treaty and sale or by con-
quest and seizure, to Japan, the lat
ter Power would have been in no
better position than that of re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
The Story of Sutch A. Hogg
Who Once Proftccred in the Markets
By j. HOWARD VERT


How nice! How nice!
Keep up the price!"
Old Sutch A. Hogg kept yelling:
Wen fleece them good
For their daily food,
In spite of their rebelling."
Rose murmurs loud,
From all the crowd
OF those who live by labor
Il care not much
For that" said Sutch;
Nor care 1 for my neighbor."
II love myself,
l love my pelf,
In figures upward forging;
If food is dear,
Folks need not fear
Dyspepsia from gorging."
At length Old Sutch
Fell in deaths clutch,
Just like some poorer fellow;
Despite his gains,
The racking pains,
With anguish made him below.
When Sutch was dead,
Above his head
A stately shaft arising,
Told all mankind,
Who were not blind,
His virtues most surprising.
But. sad to tell,
Sutch went to --; Well,
I'll leave that to your guessing;
might be wrong
BY, in this song,
My private views expressing.
July 25, 1919, Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Republican County Chairman
Joseph Gilroy, of Lebanon county.
was among visitors to Harrisburg
yesterday.
Representative w. M. Ben
ninger, of Northampton county, here
yesterday, says he has the finest
Holstein cattle in the State.
Auditor General Charles A. Sny-
der is to make Labor Day addresses
in his county.
-EX- Representative Harry b.
Scott, of Centre county, who was
in Harrisburg yesterday, is a coal
operator and interested in develop
ment in the Philipsburg district.
-Enoch Williams. active in the
miners controversy, started life IN
n northeastern Pennsylvania mine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
BRIGGS

soon as China is able to guarantee
that it will not again fall into the
hands of a third party. What more
can China desire? And does justice
require more? China talks as if she
were an absolutely Independent ma
ton, granting concessions to no
country. If she will take this atti-
tude toward all Western countries
Japan will be ready to concede China
her new status. But to show de-
sire to cast out Japan while leaving
the others in place is something no
one can expect Japan to approve"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
Thanks Governor
[From the Scranton Times.1

[From the Scranton Times.1
The arguments of the Times for
larger appropriations from the State
for our local hospitals and charities
are vindicated by the action of the
Governor in approving bills calling
for such increases.
1t is always the desire to get as
much as possible. Local pride and
local interest always strive to that
end, but actual need prompted our
local institutions to ask more. The
cost of everything has seriously
affected these institutions, which at
best find it a continual struggle to
make ends meet Nobody will dis
pute it and therein is the justifica-
tion for increased appropriations.
The Times congratulates the Gov
ernor upon appreciating it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

The anti-noise campaign. with spe-
cial reference to the cutout nuisance
is making some little headway here
and there, but until the police author
tiles awake TO the Importance of con-
sistent and persistent activity along
this line we can hardly expect real
relief from the internal din that
makes life scarcely worth living in
some sections of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Mayor Keister and the municipal
oihcials were probably forced to
apologize to the distinguished Balti-
more visitors the other day for
obvious violation of traffic regula-
tions in the use of the open cutouts
on motorcycles and automobiles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Japan is reported from Lima to
have purchased 100000 acres to start
a colony in Peru. She will probably
start. something more than a colony
unless the Monroe Doctrine has
passed into innocuous destuetude.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

There was an absence of the old
time Progressive leaders at a con-
ference in this city yesterday. Mary
of them are doubtless wondering
why there should be so many hectic
outgivings when those responsible
are insisting that harmony is the
watchword. 1t is not likely that any
considerable number of Republicans
are going to get "het up" this year
over individual ambitions or the re-
vival of nusty factional differences
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Now that the preliminary canvass
for municipal officials is under way,
it's about time for those interested in
civic Improvement to obtain from
the several candidates their views on
tree planting and the care of the trees
we already have. the establishing of
permanent bathing facilities and
other subjects of vital local concern.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg street re-
pair costs are being closely
watched by other cities which
have their own plants i'm mind?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Washington dispatches state that
President Wilson has resumed dis
cussion Of the treaty with Democratic
Senators and that further conferences
with Republican Senators are held
in allegiance. The atmosphere of
last November. when the President
appealed for a Democrats Congress
to support his policies, evidently per-
sists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
1T or not otherwise credited in this
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, 1919-07-31

Roasting ears may not be as
numerous as we were led to expect a
few weeks ago, but there will be
enough corn on the cob to give facial
exercise for those who manipulate the
ear from ear to ear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The first building program for
Capitol Hill was not finished until
the thirtieS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

Thy icord is a lamp unto my feet
and light Wnto my path. - Psalm
119 :105.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31
EC-KdiSer and Jeff DdUiS

July 25, 1919, Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-31

~OLONEL MARTINS complaint
against garbage collection con-
ditions in Harrisburg is JUST
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31
CALENDAR REFORM In CbIp..

From Picking It is announced tina,
the Chinese government IA about TO
drop the troublesome moon from its
calendar and follow the practice of
western nations in using only the
sun. The present Chinese year began
on January 80 and is the year as OF
the seventy-sixth cycle, a cycle con-
sisting of go years and the first year
OF the first cycle occurring B. C. 2637.
But owing to the use Of the moon the
number of days in the year varies con-
sicera6ly. o~rdiriook bhere are IL lu-
he d,a not nks .YaffiS-., hsce in 80 lu-
Jassl months, but ofaaAts asS.r
nations q thirteenth lunation AIDED
70 the year, rs a result of which the
year can be as short as 1854 days or
as long as sS4 days. The months are
more regulac than our own, a~lternat-
ing between 20 and 80 days. The Chi
uese year completely fails to keep the
within proper bounds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-31
when SUSIE HAD GONE
THEN THE SEWING CIRCLE IN
THE OLD TOWN GOT BUSY.
How tho Actress Costume Looked to
the Woman Who Had Known Her
When She Was q Little Girl
Ih~ikemr-Town.

Since Susie Drake had arrived in
New York she had not had time to
visit the folks at home in Four Cor
ners. She therefore planned. az soon
as the company stopped for a one
night stand at Mudville Junction, VT,
to make the trip over to the Corners.
Is miles away, take q look at the old
place, and let the old place have a
look at q successful chorus lady with
. two-line speaking part.
Sure enough, the opportunity came.
and Susie arrayed herself In the pur-
pie and embroidered linen OF her best
gown, donned her Nine. jeanette hat
and breezed into Four Corners on the
11:17 train. So soon as she got to her
| Aunt Mehitabel's, word was surrepti-
tiously sent to a few chosen souls to
haste them over II they wanted a
squirt at Suzette Drakeoni-the erst-
while Susan lake, whom Aunt Me-
hitabel had raised" They came.
! The midday dinner was . great suo-
cess. and Susie boarded the Sis. feel
ing she had not only had a mighty
J kOOu Niui0 uCIr0lls bCCiu8 NhO oAo
friends Of her childhood. taking . look
at the general store where her child
ish r"nnies had been transformed into
ny-blown chocolate drops. and the
pump in the back yard where she had
been made to wash her face. but that
she had given Four Corners q real
treat. She had. The sewing circle
| met later in the day. and out Of the
general buzx this could be dis
tinguishsd:
We'll, for the lands sake, what
do you think Of M~ehitabel's sue!"
-Four shifts followed with much dis
Effectiveness.
ira hate to tell you what I
thought" said Miss skubbs in rancid
accents.
"Or l." added Mrs. Fukins.
Hope / may die II / ever seen
such clothes on any person as was
supposed to hare money" from the
doctors wife.
Yes. Mis- Pilson. you're right. She
can't be dom very well. Her hat came
way down owe her eyes. bein' SO big
II Nh0 0oWh lheb EuC Wdn ucdi lOst
in It. And did you see the feather she
had on It? A long. straggly thing with
no curl in it. And she was wearin' a
skirt made OF such a little scrap OF
cloth that 1t made me sorry for her.
There wasn't even enough to make q
collar out of-her neck was all bare,
with q wisp Of lace tackled around II,
and IT'S windy today, too. Why. she
hadn't even Q decent pair OF shoes.
poor girl The ones she had on put
me in mind Of the slippers ! made for
Joshua last Christmas. Velvet, they
was. only Josh's had embroidery on
them. and susis's was Just plain vel
veteen- Il don't see" added the speak
or with q puzzled look. why Susie.
with all her pride. didn't wait till she
vas dom a little better fore she came
back here"