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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
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Philadelphia, "wednesday, December ), 1919
THE GREAT SUGAR MYSTERY

COME pretty elaborate explanations
~ will be necessary to dispel the general
resentment inspired by news OF vast en-
ports of refined sugar from this city at
time when many households arc alto
nether without that important food COM
modify. An air of secrecy at the docks
will not help to reconcile the public to the
singular business. A cloud of TECHNICAL
ties cannot obscure the simple fact that
there seems TO be sugar in abundance for
export and relatively little for use at
home in markets where the price is being
carefully regulated in the interest Of the
public.
England, it is said, has had prior
title to 34,500 tons of refined sugar taken
from refineries in this city within the past
sixty days. Is the sugar owned by the
British Government? Or is it owned by
a syndicate of British profteers? Repre-
sentatives of the sugar equalization
board, with apparent deliberation, have
created the impression that no refined
sugar was being exported at this time.
Yet Mr.. Mccarthy, who is supposed to
direct sugar alotments in this region,
mas u ClOSe dSSOCldLiOH Will lllC
that has supplied cargoes of sugar for
Europe. Contract obligations may have
made the delivery of such cargoes i'm
perative. But the public will want to
know little more about such contracts.
And if the contracts exist it will want to
know why it is necessary to surround the
shipment of the sugar with veil of Sc
crecy, as if an attempt were making
TO get it out of the country surrepti-
tiously.
1t is notorious fact that vast quanti-
ties of American products are being held
in some European ports to await the re-
moval Of the blockade which the Allies
have established about Russia. Is sugar
a part of this general hoard owned by
gamblers eager to obtain famine prices IN
unregulated markets? The news of yes
terday is likely to start .ong train of
questions in the popular mind concerning
other necessities of life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
If / Had Loued You More

TF I had loved you more God would have
had pity,
He would never have left me here in
this desolate place;
Left me to go on my knees TO the door of
Heaven >.s- ..s,,
Crying in vain for little sight of your
gee face. o,r gov -'v~~ fi7i
How could know that the earth would be
dark without you?
For you were always the lover and the
friend,
Now If there were any hope that I might
find you
would go seeking you to the worlds end
"God is jealous God! You have loved
too wildly,
You have loved too well," one said.
/ bowed my head. But my heart In scorn
was crying
That you whom had not loved enough are
dead -i-7'
look on my heart and see it is hard and
narrow,
That its loves are slight and last but
little space. ess
But why do go on my knees to the door Of
Heaven
Crying in vain for a little sight of your
face?
-Brigid Murray, in the Bookman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
IN THE MAYORS FOOTSTEPS

MAYOR SMITH, as the head of
A-A bonding concern, has always insisted
frankly that he had right to mix his
public and private business when the
practice was to his own advantage. In
the face of such an example it is not
surprising to find one of the members of
his cabinet charged with following a
somewhat similar course.
Mr.. Trainers charges against Director
Wilson, of the Department of Public
Safety, imply merely that information
relative to street accidents found an easy
way from the police department to the
Wilson is a partner. The number of
claims filed against the city by Director
Wilson's firm and the total of damages
collected during the period of the Smith
administration make it appear that the
Information obtained by the police de-
partment as matter of daily routine was
used to excellent advantage by the asso-
ciates of the Director of Public Safety
In the direction of damage suits.
The Mayor may have been technically
right in mixing his bonding business with
municipal affairs. Mr.. Wilson may have
had no technical right to prevent hts
friends from following the course COM
planned of. But if Mr.. Trainer has not
gone wildly astray in his charges the row
involving the Director is merely another
incident that will make the end of the
present municipal administration seem a
little too far off even now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

sociates, who seemingly became angry
when she became ambitious. This is not
according to political traditions, although
creditable TO the unselfish spirit Of the
resigners.
There are suggestions of moods as old
as time in this incident. And it is pretty
clear that when the women of Pennsyl-
vania vote the bosses will have to guess
and pray. Women will doubtless vote
sincerely. But the leaders will never,
never know what is to happen until the
ballots are counted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

1. What eminent expert on food has de-
clared it possible to live in the United
States on eleven cents day?
2 What were the two Kingdoms of the Jews
in Bible times?
3. Who is the new assistant secretary Of the
treasury?
4. Where is Kerguelleu Land?
8. How long after the opening Of the Amer
lean Revolution was the independence
Of the states declared?
8. How often is there a reapportionment of
congressman in the House Of Repre-
sentatives?
Z. Who wrote "Bug Jargal"?
8. What is a spinpaker?
o. What is the origin of the word cannibal?
10. What is caoutchouc?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
The Only Place Left

The smoking car of an express train, we
have often observed, is the bestxof 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
will insist on telling how he improved his
memory, or some other terrible person But
the plain, ordinary smoking car, particu
larly On an early morning train that is not
too crowded, is bully place for meditation.
In fact, civilization being what it is, it is
almost the only place left where man can
think undisturbed The time may come, and
perhaps ii has come already, when the only
way man can get chance to indulge in
any high philosophy is by buying a ticket
p for New York.
eve emphasize also the fact of trying the
experiment. early in the morning. The course
of our existence has frequently caused us to
patronize the a. m. trains from Pbiladel-
phia to New York. There is something about
the placid fitting of the level landscape, as
the sun comes up through winter haze,
that is very agreeable to the mental parts
A beaker of coffee at Broad street or the
Reading Terminal Gf properly cooled by the
insertion of large boulder of ice) makes a
just foundation for dozen pipes OF tobacco.
Riding on 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 u 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 1892.
This suggests a question: When did the
business man begin to be tired?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
THE CHAFFING DISH
"Reminiscences Of a Hard Guy

WHEN woke up out there in France,
w With blankets like clam,
And found I'd joined the army
And made myself ham,
I simply rolled a cigarette
| didn't give damn.
A ND when d done my very best
"A With casson and with horse,
And found I had to listen
TO language that was coarse
Instead of wildly raviDg
1t was the better plan
To roll myself cigarette
And not to give damn
GO, WHEN ! went a-hiking
~ With casson and with gun,
And most devoutly hoping
We wouldn't meet the Hun
When shrapnel started twanging
And shells began to blamb,
I'd slide into the nearest hol"
And try the same old plan:
I'd roll myself cigarette
And wouldn't give damn
DONALD NJ. GALLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Answers to Yesterdays QUIZ

1. There will be tie of Democrats aud
Republicans in the Senate if Truman
H. Newberry is excluded and a Demo
crat replaces him. In that case
the Vice President will have the de-
Gliding vote.
2. Penetralia are the innermost shrncs or
recesses.
8. Two books by Maria Edgeworth are
"Castle Rackrent" and Belinda"
4. Tasmania is the smallest state OF the
Australian commonwealth.
s. Polyandry plurality of husbands,
6. Water hemlock, poison Ivy and white
hellebore are poisonous plants.S
z. United Italy, since the acquisition OF
Rome in 1870, has had three kings.
8. They were Vittorio Emanuele II, Um-
berto and Vittorio Emanuele III.
8. Lady Astor represents Plymouth divi
sion in Parliament
10. The Federalists and the Wings elected,
respectively, two American Presidents
Washington annd John Adams belonged
to the former party and William Henry
Harrison and Zachary Taylor TO tbs
latter,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

There would be no
And Miss Might dullness in the neigh
Mean Hit at That borhood of City Hall
when the letter carrier
was due if the suggestion were acted upou
to fix contrivance on William PENIS hat
to catch falling mail bags. There would
always be possibility that the aviator would
score n miss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

All the rev Congress
No Place for Lazy has to do is to deal
Men or Lazy Minds effectively with the
Reds, regulate food
transportation, smash the profiteers. provide
employment for the soldier, adjust the rela
tions between capital and labor; and when
these chores are attended to, solve the rail
road problem and ratify the peace treaty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Boy Howdy!

Dear Socrates-Just about this time of
wear the proper fxings for Chester county
cider is a nice large bowl of old time N o.
molasses gingerbread. In order to properly
appreciate this delectable combination there
should be liberal helping of good pumpkin
custard well seasoned and dish of old
fashioned shelbark kernels. But boy, to
appreciate it at the best, nice fat roast
rabbit stuffed with liberal helping of Ches-
ter county sausage and breadcrumbs toasted
to turn give the proper tang to the deli
cious Juice. Then your pipe and Dreams
"Oh wilderness were Paradise enow!" But
seriously, Soc wasn't 1t Hennessy's xxx?
DO DOOCIT, Oxford, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

The fact that $4,000 tons of refined
sugar has been and is being shipped abroad
from Philadelphia while Philadelphans are
on scant sugar rations is sweet case of
refined cruelty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
7, was William Wordsworth we think,

n was William Wordsworth, we think,
who said 1.-THE poet writes under one
restriction only, namely, the necessity OF
giving immediate pleasure
We doubt il any one ever had the hardi-
hood to call Wordsworth 'Blll even MS
sister always addressed him respectfully as
.'William": but still he knew good deal
about poetry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Though Mr.. Burleson has dropped very
largely from the news, it would appear that
ever SO many letters with unfaiiing regu
larity remain undelivcred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
49,. Eror the Back Benches

The only sort of strike like
Is when on my land oil they strike.
Then let, the miners rave and rove!
For I'll keep warm with my oil-stove.
M. V. n. s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

One of our clients in irresponsible mood,
has written to us suggesting that the con
tributors to the Dish should have an annual
dinner. We wish them better than that.
We hope that they will have 365 every year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
MAYoR-ELEcT MooRE'S
LETTER
How Congressman Vare's Colleagues
Tried to Make Him Pay the Money
They Lost on Bets Made on
His Tips on the Mayor.
atty Primaries
Washington. Dec z.


T IKE the stock market on Blue Monday.
- Congress opened sluggishly. There was
listessness in both houses, and the galleries
showed no evidence Of undue excitement
The House members who were held in SEES
sion to do very little during the summer,
because the President practically commanded
them TO remain after his return from
b Europe, felt as If they had had no vaca
ton at all, and plunged into the 'un-
auimous consent calendar to consider
few public land bills just as if school had
not let out. On the Senate side. much con
Germ was expressed about President Wilson
and his attitude on the league of nations
situation. Each house seems to feel that the
President needs sympathy both as to the
league of nations and the railroads, which
he had indicated in one Of his messages
would be turned back to the owners by the
first of January. The President is a sick
man and the task ahead of him is heavier
than one man should bear. There are those
who regard the outlook as serious indeed.
The absence of Senator Penrose was
noted, particularly because of rumors re
latiug to his physical condition. Truth is
the senior senator from Pennsylvania has
been ovcrworked and must lay off for
probably a month or more. This is the way
the physicians talk about it.
Over on the House side the opening uaS
found most of the Philadelphia members on
guard. including the Mayor rclect and Messrs'
Ware. Edmonds, Costello and Darrow. Some
of tho outside members were inclined to
COLLECT" from Congressman Ware. 1hcy
represented that they had gone wrong in
bets on the primary election, due to tips
given out by him. One western member
claimed to have lost $500 but the First
district member was finally made wise
to the frame cup.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
lnexorabIe Time

1t is sorrowful to think that all the young
girls who used to play ukulelcs in the moon
light are now grown up and wrestling with
the sugar shortage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Social Chat

our star correspondent, william McFee,
is soon to return from South America Mr..
McFee's first book. Letters From an Ocean
Tramp" published in 1908. remains the
scarcest literary item we know Of Jim
Shields told us that bookseller in Troy
had copy, and we hastily wrote for It;
but a New York lawyer had already
bought It,
The Urchin attains the age of three years
this week, 1t is sad TO contemplate that
he will never again know three years so
devoid of carking care
Frank Dooner's hot mlnce pie cured a
serious fit of depression for US yesterday.
We are told that DR.. Tim Bowes n1isIaid
his automobile the other day. When It was
found 1t contained a brand new blanket.
Doctor Bowes unwrapped the blanket In
alarm, fearing that some one might have
passed off orphan livver on him. But
no such mishap,. and the genial doctor says
any one else can steal his car again on the
same terms.
When Mr.. Wilson wrote to Congress about
Russia as "a painful object lesson in the
power of minorities," one can hardly resist
the suspicion that he was thinking also of
another very painful example of this, viz
in the United States Senate.
Human beings, says Mr.. Wilson, are pos
sessed of deep yearnings and desires. After
watching a good many of the species, particu-
larly about curfew time, the most conspicu-
GUS yearning we note is a zeal to get to the
nearest movie before the feature begins.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

We may naturally expect from Mr.. Nc
Adoo au Endorsement of the plea of tbe
soft coal operators for a 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 going to be cold
enough TO give snappiness to the coal strike
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Director Wilson wants 800 more patrol To-
men to protect the city. Putting on spurt
for the last lap?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Return This Coupon With Remittance

Ot all sad ,oords of tongue or pen,
The sdddeSt are: Income tar again.
1 read, and my heart grops dedder and
deuderer,
Direct all payments to Ephrdir Lcdcrer." 1"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Mexico killed two Americans last week.
Cancer killed forty -four, in Philadelphia
alone. If we want to declare war on some
one let's tackle cancer first. II looks to us
more dangerous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Some Congresses run to seed and some
suffer from acedia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Burglars in this city are still showing
lack of judgment by stealing furs instead
of sugar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Every industrial plant closed down as
result of the coal strike helps to crystallize
public sentiment against the mines being
permitted to remain idle.
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
had the right idea. In the course of their
diligently comparing and revising they
found that the Latin vulgate said Judges
xiii, y Drink no wine nor cider" These
iudicious men promptly Cancelled the word
cider and substituted 'strong drink"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

TO do them reverence. But it is doubtful
il 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 beneh-
cent effect which Mr.. Wilson anticipates.
The general impression is that the worst
profteers are not corporations engaged
in interstate business, but individual ex-
poiters 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 of the newspapers and
find out what pig carcasses sell for in
Chicago.
Yet there are 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
permanent practice it would do more
harm than good, because prices are de-
pendent on SO many complicated condi-
tions and fluctuate SO rapidly that no
government bureau could find just basis
for action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

The treatment of temporary conditions
such as boshevistic agitation and profit
eering is not what the country has a
right to expect from the President. But
when he speaks of industrial conditions
and foreign trade, he utters words Of
sobclness and truth which can be con-
sidered by Congress and by the whole
country as a broad-minded, patriotic,
statesmanlike contribution toward con-
StructiVe LEGISLATION
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
rUuE Engineers Club of Philadelphia has

THE Engineers Club of Philadelphia has
l. an interesting membership list. Included
in il are men who have Travelled over the
world and who have done big work in Phila
delphia and throughout the nation. Joseph
A. Steinmetz, the president, was. recently
invited to submit list of members of the
club who might be eligible for high station
under the new city administration, but Mr..
Stcinmetz takes the ground that the club
roalIy stands for principle and that it
would he dangerous to mention names. If
Nv Steinmetz were given the opportunity TO
nick ''the prettiest girl'' he probably could
NOT be more adroit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
CAPTAIN JOHN T. vIRDEN is happy,

CAPTAIN JOHN r. VIRDEN is happy,
" and when the captain is happy George
F.. Sproule. secretary of the commissioners
of navigation, is happy, and when he is
hanpy nearly everybody along the wharves
is in the same frame of mind. Captain
Virden's smile is due to the appointment OF
his nephew. Henry Virden Rice, to cadet
shin at West Point. Young Rice is the son
of William l.. Rice, the box maker, and Anna
Edith NirGen Rice, daughter of the late
Henry f. Virdeu. Virden is a good old
Delaware nsme and ruuneth back to the
origin of the Blue Hens Chickens Cap
tain John keeps up the traditions as presi
dent 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
NrATHAN t. FoLwELL, whose judgment

NATHAN T. FOLWELL' whose Judgment
IN as former president of the Manufac-
.,rors, Club is entitled to weight, protests
against "the mutiation of Logan Square and
tbc multiplied dangers to children and others
crossing the square because they really have
to cross two boulevards instead OF Que
HS. rolwell thinks the Parkway should have
.,, directly through the square. In this
on;rion Mr., Folwell is backed up by Harr-
sor 6 Morris, who says the treatment of
tbo square has been the subject of many
,rotosts on the part of the artistically in
o,;Uod These gentlemen think the orns
n,ontatiou should have been on the sides of
tho boulevard rather than in The center Of
two.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

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
-ANKER JOHN w. SPARKS is presi

TANKER JOHN w. SPARKS is presi-
Is don't of the New Jersey Society of Penn
srI,ania anG as such is accepting suggestions
~ tha next dinner which is to celebrate the
w, n4;scstiou by New Jersey of the coustitu-
70 &c the United States. Mr.. Sparks is
Wv" orniable president and like all his pre-
Snoos.ors is of open mind on dinner details.
The "opeu mind in the New Jersey society
generally gives play TO some very brilliant
Suggestions from William j. Conlen' the
secretary, whose range OF vision IS broadened
s L;s Intimate association with masters,
w .aa and piIots from every shore. Whether
%a New Jersey society will serve water
o,on III in December or produce any of the
Dthsr Jersey truck farm specialties is
u.,.,nstion-but such things have been done
ot former meetings of these Pennsyyanians
Of Jersey lineage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Sweden must have had change Of heart.
We haven't seen dud match for quite a
while. -.-A.A----Aas.