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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
THE cITYS BUDGET

T,HE effort of the finance committee of
4 Councils to keep the budget for next
year down to such sum as can be
raised by reasonable tax rate deserves
commentator. But the money abso-
lutely necessary to carry on the city
cannot be raised without increasing the
tax rate.
The new charter is not responsible
for this condition. 1t arises chiefly be-
cause of the unbusinesslike practices of
the men in the City Hall. In the past
they have fixed a tax rate arbitrarily
and borrowed the money necessary to
cover the deficit. They were planning
to borrow $4,000 900 for street repairs
when the financial provisions of the new
charter stopped them, provisions which
ABSOLUTELY forbid borrowing money for
any such current expenditures.
The city is now reaping the harvest
that its unbusinesslike administrators
have sown, and it looks as if the tax
rate for next year would have to be in
creased to S2.95 on every 500 of assessed
valuation. Even this sum may not be
enough to carry the city through the
year. Every property owner will hope
that a way can be found to keep the
rate within the suggested figure.
The charter provisions are flexible
enough apparently to permit a shift
ing of the payment of some of next
wears expenses to the year following,
for that document expressly empowers
the Council to authorize the creation of
one or more temporary loans of 2,OOO,-
600 to meet emergencies, provided ar
engagements are made to repay the loans
out of the budget of the year after.
The word emergency is broad enough
to cover multitude of contingencies,
'udipg the repair of streets which
ha@ beeome inpasssble through neglect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

TT IS not a pretty picture which the
political gossips are painting Of
grumbling among those different groups
of active workers who united in support
of Mr.. Moore for Mayor.
Where are the lofty and unSeltish
sentiments which were expressed be-
fore the primaries in September? Does
the itch for office make men forget so
soon? Is the desire for clean govern
ment only worth the price of job in
City Hall? How about the pleas for
unity and sincere support behind the
most popular man elected Mayor in a
generation?
The days of a Mayorelect between
election and inauguration always are
made narrowing by the sham and shabby
seekers for personal preferment. It is
TO be expected. But the seekers are
never admirable.
Mr.. Moore's sharp remark that force
will avail nothing is singing and timely.
It should restore the decent elements in
all these groups to common sense. The
others he need only ignore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
FARMERS AND THE UNIONS

Is THE farmer a capitalist? Or is he
laborer?
Farmers themselves have been busy
for year trying to decide that ques-
ton. They have not yet found the an
swer and that is why the oranges in
New Jersey, like oranges everywhere
else in the country, are still on the
horns of dilemma which Mr.. Gompers
created when he tried to get their or
ganizations into working agreement
with the federation of labor. The
oranges are holding out and it is likely
that they will continue to hold out for
some time.
The farmers organizations are inter-
ested in much of the advanced legisla-
ton which the trades unions seek. They
favor laws that might regulate profiteer-
ing, improve methods of distribution
and shorten routes between the pro-
ducer and the consumer of life's neces-
stiles. But they are opposed to soaring
wage scales because they, too. have to
pay wages in competition with other in
dustries.
'On one thing the farmers and the
labor unions seem agreed. They feel,
apparently, that those who labor and
produce are not properly represented in
the state Legislatures or in Congress. 1t
is for this reason that limited working
agreement between the granT IS and the
labor unions may bring about reactions
in the elections next year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
As WELLS WOULD DO 1T


OUR "Jack and JILL" that simple tale,
" How Mother Goose did slight it
All, how her careless lines would pale
If HI. G. Wells should write it!
First, take the hour when Jack was born,
How anxious papa waited;
Describe that age with bitter scorn;
Tell how Jacks parents mated.
Then analyze Jacks infant bean,
Recount his careful schooling;
Sketch Jill's arrival on the scene.
And paint their childish fooling
State how the buckets were procured;
describe bucket shop);
See how the ill starred pair were lured.
To tempt the fatal drop.
Give all the croakings ere the spill;
The words of faithful granny,
Depict the aspect of that hill
With every coign and Granny.
Tell how they clambered up the slope,
Observing all the strata,
And canvassed England's future hone,
With economic data.
Say how the first misstep was Jills;
Poor Jack fell down like Adam;
They hit the road beneath the hill
(Ihe pavement was macadam).
Keith Preston, in TYPES of Pan"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. DIR. Harvey Wiley has declared that IL
is possible to live on eleven cents a
day expended for food in the United
States,
2. The two kingdoms Of the Jews in Bible
times were Judah and Israel
3. Norman II. Davis is the new assistant
secretary of the treasury.
A. Kerguelen Land is an uninhabited
island, intersected by latitude 40
south lying about midway In the
southern ocean between Australia and
South Africa. 1t is notorious for its
rains and storms. France claims IL.
5. The independence of the United States
was proclaimed not quite fifteen
months after the beginning of the
Revolution at Lexington in April,
1775.
6. Reapportionments of the congressman
in the House of Representatives have
taken place after every decennial
census.
Z. Victor Hugo wrote the story bug.
Jargal."
8. A spinnaker is a large jib shaped sail
carried on the mainmast of a racing
yacht.
8. The word cannibal is from Cannibales,
the Spanish variant of the Carib name
of West Indian nation. Caliban d
another variant.
10. CaOutchouc is India s1bbaRs =. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

1. Who is DR.. Albert Einstein?
2 Name noted English and a noted
French champion of the league Of
nations.
3. What are nautch girls?
4. What is the value of the coin called n
napoleon?
5. What is buckram?
9. When did the United States declare war
on Germany?
Z. What is a spalpeen?
8. What is the meaning of the word facul-
tative?
o. What is the capital of AfghanistanP
10. Who were the opposing generals in the
battle on the Plains Of Abraham
which decided the fall of Quebec?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
The fact that a Dem
War Shumes for
a New Deal

The fact that Dem
War Shuffies for ocratic President is
New Deal advocating the protec-
ton of an American
industry is no more startling than score of
other economic readjustments in the minds
of eminent statesmen of different parties,
And ''if'. saves the faces of all of them,
If there were no such thing as war and no
possibility of war in all the world, absolute
free trade might well be an ideal condition.
Every nation, like every individual, might
do the work desired and convenient, and ig-
more the work undesired and inconvenient.
But war left England with cher free break
fast table" hungry; and America shut off
from German dyes and German potash, suf-
fered financial stress and agricultural dis
comfort. Which, in turn, left free traders
nibblng at protection, tariff for revenue
only men realizing that revenue is only a
small part of tho story, and out and out pro-
tectionists wondering if, after ALL some in
fant industries were not about ready to be
weaned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

If the street work of
Feathering Nests, a contractor falls into
N'est.c ce pas2 disrepair and a friend
of the contractor, con-
cerned for the public safety allows friends
Of his to appear in damage suits against the
city in cases where people are injured as
the result of such disrepair, it is very evident
that the combination is incomplete as it
ought to include doctor and an under
taker
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER R-PHILADELPHIA

two locomotives are still to be delivered;
the obligation of returning all docu-
ments, specie, values of property and
finance taken from invaded countries is
not filled; priceless works Of French and
Belgian art have not been restored;
quantities of agricultural implements in
lieu of railroad material have not been
sent back; merchant ships specified in
the armistice convention of January 16,
1919, have not been surrendered.
The complete list is formidable. Ger
many has squirmed out Of pledge after
pledge. Prostrate as she is, every hitch
in the peace negotiations has embold
ened her. A prolongation of the dis
astrous interregnum will inevitably con-
tribute to her encouragement. She will
thrive on the disunity of her conquerors.
If the danger of her recuperation is not
immediate, it is not to be discounted
for the future should the scene of inter-
national procrastnation be extended.
Cooperation by all the allies, great
and little, on the subject of the treaty
of Versailles is palpably the only rem
edy for conditions fraught with black
possibilities. Proof that her victors are
united will end in short order her eva
sive tactics.
Moreover, enforcement of the pact will
mean the bona-fid reduction of Ger
many's military forces. Within three
months after the formal ratification of
the treaty, the army must not exceed
100000 men. The eventual size is fixed
at 100000. The dismantling of the
Rhine forts is also dependent on the
date when the momentous international
agreement becomes valid.
II is theoretically possibl, for the
allied powers, minus the United States,
to enforce the treaty. But our absence
from the alignment cannot fail to play
into the hands of Germany She will do
her utmost, wherever there is any loop
hole, to make the labors of the world
reconstructionists as difficult as possi-
BILE and to develop to the full all forces
of discomfort and disruption which may
favor her.
Concerted action on the treaty would
be an immediate blow to shilly-shallying
and armor against recurrence of def
ance such as has been disclosed in the
Scapa Flow case.
The ultimate safeguard is the league
of nations. Whatever its defects, it aims
at peace and at the just surveillance Of
governments which refuse to play fair.
At least it is code of control. An i'm
pressive lesson Of what may happen
without such formula is revealed in
Germany's recent maneuvers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

and possibly the payment of salaries of
new policemen added to the force in
order that the city may be adequately
protected. But this expedient should
be used only as last resort after the
most rigid economy had been practiced
in order to keep expenditures within the
amount that can be raised by a reason
able tax rate next year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

There is one beau
What'n You Have?- tiful thing about tho
A Thrill or Pinch9 police They can AL
ways tell you the sort
of job that was pulled off and the kind of
guys that pulled it. It is true that the guvs
appear to be wise guys and very frequently
get away, but one can't expect everything
from an entertainer, can one? No, indeed
one can't!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

Now if the Mexican
Understanding the federalists avenge the
Kilkenny Cats GA villa slew to
avenge Angeles, and
Villa avenges the Villistas slain to avenge
the ga Villa slew to avenge Angeles and the
federalists-but you get the idea, don't you?
and they keep the thing up, in manner
Of speaking, long enough, dye see, why,
then, the Mexican problem will, as it were,
settle, so to speak, itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

The Hun appears to have couple Of
teeth left. 1t is as>yet unknown whether
they are opposite each other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

Our tame Office, pessimist declares that
the world has gone to pot and there isn't
enough sugar to sweeten it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

There is significance in the fact that
there isn't Russian Red in the country who
is anxious to go back home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
Joys Of LInvlIIe, N. C.

Such Is the variety and flavor of the food
that, when you place your foot on the
threshold of the masticating department,
your nasal proboscis is greeted with the
aroma of roasted mutton or beef and the
allmentary pupils of your orbicular instru-
ments are fixed upon large slabs of comb
honey, consisting of the gathered sweets
from mountain flowers, and rivaling in deli
cacy the nectar of the gods. All
around this infant metropolis of the High
lands are landscapes for the artist sub
Unity for the poet, recreation for the tired
business man, invigoration for the weak,
ease for the old, and for the young beauti-
full retreats, where Cupid Yields the sub
DUNG power of his golden dart and sends
his victims into the royal presence of
Hymen, presiding beneath his crown of
sweet marjoram.-The Balsam Groves of
Grandfather Mountain.
The most ingenious merchandising tactics
that we have ever observed are practiced by
the coterie of doughnut factories on\Chestnut
street. They have pipe that extends up
ward from their frying vats and projects
through a window transom. In this way
the sweet SAVIOR of sizzling snkers Is dis
persed all down the street. Even when we
pass that way just after a stout meal at
Tenth street ordinary we can hardly make
our gastric juices behave.
College men are asking that their holiday
begin earlier so that they will have more
time to do their Christmas shopping Up
at New Haven, no doubt, they are enforcing
this request by chanting "For God, for
Country and for Yule'
A lady writes to us:
1 have philosophical idea that the mind
is everything, it is useless to travel to inn
bibe for inspiration, etc, in fact, ii lays
within each mortal being to be or not to
be- happy.
We will not vouch for the quality of the
inspiration received, but if our fair client
could see us tackling that jug of Missouri
cider she would qualify her philosophical idea
with interpretative reservations.
Only seventeen more chatting days before
Christmas. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

If the coal strike continues Santa. Claus
may get cold feet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
THE CHAFFING DISH

the troubles of youth. 1t was sometimes
rumored that his private life was not alto
gether a happy one, but he always looked
on the sunny side of things at least half of
the time, and he was a pleasant fellow to
have around.
1t is said that the planet Mercury will take
over the good will and will open up in the
old orbit as soon as the necessary adjust
ments have taken place.
The reports of Colonel Houses illness
must have been exaggerated. The only
thing that would really convince us that
something is wrong with the Colonel would
be if he started to talk about something.
We are now in a position to announce
our final selection for the League of Nations
football team. We will back this eleven
against anything our opponents can muster.
The lineup is:
L. E.-Gilbert Hitchcock.
L. T.-Herbert Hoover.
L. G.-Robert Lansing.
Civilian VI. Taft,
r. G.-EarI Grey.
r. T.-Arthur Bafour.
II. E.-Lord Robert Cecil.
Q. BE. M. House.
j.. II. b. G.. SHUTS
r. II. B.-Andre Tardieu.
f. B.-Woodrow Wilson (capt)
Even if nothing else would convince Mr..
Lodge of the desirablity of ratifying the
treaty, we should think that the German de-
light in its nonratifcation might give him
few qualms.
The fact that everybody instinctively calls
Governor Coolidge "Cal'' ought to be big
help to his presidential boom. The American
people, we regret to say, seem to think that
a man with nickname necessarily has a big
bean. Many have never forgiven Mr.. Wilson
for being Mr.. Wilson instead of Tom or
Woody.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

There is a great demand that ''some-
thing shall be done" in Mexico, but dearth
of information as to what shall be done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

Notoriety is all right In its way, but the
boil weeyil that gets into the calcium loses
interest in the cotton reports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

Wares want another showdown. I"
Some people are gluttons for punishment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

What the Mayor elect needs to watch
now is his digestion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

We learn that "Lafean and Amber are
soon to be arraigned." Whaddyamean
soon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

The worlds progress is due as much to
suceseded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
EARTH GOES WEST
AmlabIe Planet Bumped of by Unfor.
tunate Collision -
Jrseroosmio Press Dispatoh)

1t is with much regret that we announce
night by collision with speeding meteoroid
Although little is known concerning the life
OF the deceased planet, those who had
watched his career always predicted sue
aa.slal future for. him when he had out@owA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

The tide of optimism ebbs at scapa
Flow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

We notice that the old apprehensiO" con-
cernino the possible collision of the earth
NTH a meteor, and consequent destruction
of hi, IpeIv pidnet, is undergoing its period
;coi re,ipal. Some dag, zoe dare say, para
nronb something like the tollotOing toiH Gp-
near somephere in the back pages of the
iendin0 Mars newspaper;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

We hear rumor that the Kelly Street
pusiness Mems Association is going to meet
again soon. 1t seems to us that the asso-
citation ought to put up one more tablet in
that well known thoroughfare' commeme-
ratirg with due affection and respect the
Dear Despot who passed away last summer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

When we were very young we used to
sigh for a steam yacht, but as one natures
his ambitions become far more extravagant.
Nowadays we go so far as to hope that our
shire will get back from the laundry by
Tuesday of the following week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
Brief Essay on the Medical Profession

We know doctor in New York who al
ways fills his pipe before calling on his pa =
TENTS. and leaves it, all ready packed, in
his car. AS soon as he leaves the house he
lights up and puffs comfortable whihs on
his way to the next call
That is our idea of good doctor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
Member of the Associated Press
GRoWLlNG OVER SPoILS

Phila lclphia. Thursday, December 4, 1919
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16
COMMITTEE HATS
HEARING on COAL

wAaTlINGTON. Dec ~ -- re-
strictlona on the consumption OF hi
luminous coal continued 10 40 ny
the board today as the railroad al
mlni.tratlon. now In charge OF tha
distribution OF supplies, received re-
ports indicating that 50 per cent OF
tho striking miners had returned TO
work Orders were Issued by birec-
Las. General Hines allowing bunker
coal u be supplied to foreign owned
vessels, in American hnrhors when.
ever the local supply Is sufficient TO
IN the requirements OF constwisn
and American owned ships Foreign
veaseln had their coal supply cut
off early In the coal crisia.
Senatorial investigation OF the
strike settlement proposal offered
by the government and accepted by
tho miners was temporarily halted
today while Chairman Frelinghuy-
sen ana members OF the inNestigat-
ing subcommittee considered the
policy to he adopted, II was said.
after q long executive 1osrion. that
the committee had not decided as
TO whether II would formally de
mAnd documents IN the posses ion
of DR., Harry A. Garfield, former fuel
administrator who resigned because
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16
WHEAT ACREAGE LOW
Decided Decrease In Planting IL
shown In Estimates OF Depart
Incnt OF Agriculture.

WAsHINGTOS Dec. IA de.
cided decrease In the acreage planted
for winter wheat this fall. In shown
In first estimates today by the de-
partment OF agriculture The total
~ 3s,7TO,000 acres Is ll,7l9.0O0 less
Than the record acreage in 1918. II
is however the fourth largest ever
planted.
Condition OF tho crop Decent ber
was $50 per cent OF norma, or
four points lower than the lO-year
average and Is points below that
,ast year.
Acreage planted 10 rye also
showed marked decrease. the
area being $3.50. 900 acres, or 1902
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16

uaITEESOE CITY. Mo. Dec Is.
Governor Gardner announced today
.ha. he VIII go 10 lICiedr, Mo, next
Tu,sIuy ana join in the home wei.
coming flr Gen 10hn j HorHhinK
The governor VIII present gold
medal to General prrthiug In be
h,If NJ the state The medal q
carat pure la two and a hnlf inches
In diameter and weighs 1--WE ounces
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16

OTTAWA. ont. Dec. -l6.--It Is
generally believed here tat Premier
Sir Robert Borden will retire because
OF III health and that new premier
will be chosen when the parliament
meets In February. II Is also N-
pected Cir Robert wiz have TO re
linquish his leadership OF the union
party
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16

600 acres less than that "A year ago.
The area sown and condition OF
winter wheat In important produc-
Ing states includes:
Texas, 1917 900 and 70.
Oklahoma, 2.sll000 and rs.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16

The Red Cross Seal IL one OF the
agencies through which tho public
can get into the battle against tu-
hcrculosis In most Elective way --
AIyt
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-16

Robert A. McBirney
Funeral Director. Phone 456-l9l
vI2 South Main --Advt
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-09-04
ANITA STEWART At RINLro

Beautiful Anita Stewart "il' o'
seen a, the Rialto theatre next Mon
dav and Tuesday m the picture.
Mary Regan. the screen version of
LeRov scotts famous novel which
ran serially in the Metropolitan
magazine for ten months Fieh''hf
desperate game to prove lo 'N'
man she loves ;nat the taint of 'riN.
inality on her name is menace ''
HIS success. Anita Stewart ass Mary
Regan" visualizos the girl who mas
the brains. beauty and nerv" io Toy
with big business dovote"s oil o'l
Measure in New York's midnight JOY
ground. forcing the golden doors ''
omen for her into the elitiorinr WI"
derwold Of doubtful pasis' m'N''''
gone and hopes a-swirl