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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
At 'Er Boy Baron !

The following paragraph from
Baron Rosen's Forty Years of a
Diplomats Life" appearing in serial
form in the Saturday Evening Post.
should make the hair of the Cali
fornia prospectus writer's curl with
envy. CAT the time of which he
writes the barn was Russian consul
general at New York-during the
late sos and early '90s.)
During the summer We made some
little excursions, and also went on q.
weeks visit to our Boston friends in
their seaside cottage at Pride's
Crossing, on the so-called North
Shore, the summer resort of the
wealth and fashion of Boston. l
remember how, on one of those
gloriously fine mornings when all
nature seems to smile and quiet glad
ness pervades the universe, we were
lounging, our host and l, on the
Veranda overlooking the sea, COM
fortably stretched out on deck chairs,
with a little table between us bear
ing refreshing beverages and the
finest favored Havanas, listening to
the soft breathing of the mighty
ocean, our faces famed by the gen.
tie breeze waited across the waters,
the bearer of life-giving oZone-in
a word, in a state of as perfect bliss
as is but rarely attainable in this
vale of tears-when the morning pa
pers from Boston were brought in"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

many repairs in the spot. Strictly
against orders, our artillerymen
rode the guns-loaded on the recoll
and so were able to fire fast and
furious. The French automatic rifle
the Chauchot-was demonstrated
to us, and then we had IL contest
with the French demonstration
platoon. Each was given certain
number of targets and allowed to
shoot for three minutes. Good work
wuold be gauged by the number Of
hits, and proportion of targets hit.
One of our Chauchot teams, upon
taking it's position to fire, found it,
self in a hollow so that It couldn't t
see it's target. Time was flying:
they wanted to score every second
so without hesitation this gunner
picked up his gun, got off his
tummy, and holding the gun by The
legs that should be on the ground,
tripod fashion, fired the gun from
the shoulder, as if an ordinary rifle.
The French thought he was crazy!
To make it better the gunner no.
ticed his first shot ricochetting and
tearing the target, so he continued
grazing the ground and when he
finished the target was chewed to
pieces. Such quick solutions of
problems; unhesitating remedies;
got the job done, no matter how at
titude, often led our Allies to think
we surely were crazy, but also ell
Q abled us to amaze them with re-
suits"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Peace, Then Stability

tFrom the Journal of Commerce. ]
On the other hand, the President
performs needed public service
by insisting that there can be no
settled conditions, here or elsewhere,
until the treaty of peace is out of
the way and the work of liquidating
the war has become the chief con-
Germ of our Government and of the
other governments of the world
He presents his critics with a piece
of stubborn economic truth when
he says that until then business will
inevitably remain speculative, sway
ing now this way and that, with
contingent gains and losses, both
OF which the consumer will be re-
quired to make good. 1t belongs
to the category of the obvious, but
it cannot be too often repeated, that
there can be no peace prices so long
as our whole financial and economic
system is on a war basis. Equally
necessary, truism though it also be,
is it to push home the Presidents
reminder that while there is any
possibility that the peace terms
may be changed or may be held
long in allegiance, or may not be
enforced because of divisions of
opinion among the powers concern
ed, it is idle to look for permanent
relief.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
A GROSS ERROR

Vv1E INVITE that ignorant Paris
wv dressmaker, who told an As
sociated Press reporter the
other day that American women
were ashamed to show their ankles
in public because they are not
pretty, to come to Harrisburg and
learn the truth. Yes, sir, that's what
we said, right here in Harrisburg.
Why any day. any hour, in Market
street. with the highstep cars and
the tight, short skirts working over
time, we could convict that rash
French person of error on two
counts, as they say in court.
Firstly, American women, or Har-
risburg women at least, are not
afraid to put their ankles on dis
play. Yea, they so even beyond
that modest stage. And secondly
their ankles are not the kind Of
Indeed, even bashful, circumspect
persons. happily married and sup
posed to be far removed from the
wiles OF feminine charms, have so
remarked to US. And no later than
last week, when a windstorm scat
tered the crowds and drove many
fair visitors from the Island Park
pageant to Valley Traction Com
pany cars, a venerable minister Of
the gospel observed to us, twinkle
in his eye, that he could not fully
understand how it was that q
woman never learned to keep her
skirts much below her knees while
boarding a street car until she had
passed her fiftieth birthday. And as
we searched our puny intellect
for a suitable reply, it occurred 20
us that even the century mark
has left some ladies, then moving
across the landscape toward
the cars, with ample excuse for such
display as the ignorant French
modiste says ourwomen are ashamed
to make. Maybe some of our ladies
occasionally do feel shame, but it is
not of the variety bred of skirts
kept below shoetop height. No, III
deed. ....... ,...-...
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
DRY" Era BOOn,S Tobacco

Prohibition is going to give an
impetus to tobacco growing in Cuba,
according to DR.. Luis y. Menocal,
one of Cuba's most famous surgeons
and brother of President Mario G..
Menocal of Cunba, who was at the
Hotel Majestic in New York yester-
day en- route to his summer place
at Lake Placid.
When people are deprived of
liquor they naturally turn to some
other stimulant, and tobacco is the
most likely one" said DR.. Menocal.
For that reason the tobacco grow
ers? look for a record breaking sea-
son and are preparing for unprece-
dented demands in the tobacco
market. The next crop has been
calculated at about $60,000,0OO.
DR.. Menocal declared that thou
sands of visitors from Cuba, held
rack by the war, were preparing to
visit New York this late summer
and fall and that New York hotels
and shopping centers will do a rec
ord business as n result. He said
that the Cubans were very prosper
Gus just now and that many thou
sands of dollars will be left here
by visitors from that country during
the next few months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Hugh Cost Of UnprepdredneSs

philadelphia North American
We were absolutely unready for
the colossal enterprise, a condition
in which President Wilson and Sec
retary Baker took complacent satiS-
. faction, as an evidence of our un-
warlike principles. The first need
was food for the military and naval
forces, including an army of an in
definite number of millions. The
Government having utterly neglect
ed preparation, had to gather i'm
mediately prodigious supplies of
food and equipment. 1t plunged into
q veritable orgy of buying-not on
the basis of fixed prices or with re-
gard to the general needs, but as a
competitor of the public, of every
housewife. Its agents had virtually
no instructions except to get the
needed goods; price was a secondary
consideration. Staples were bid up
to famine rates almost over night;
and not only that, but the market
was swept bare of many of them
President Wilson, intent upon his
mission to reorganize the world and
deeply concerned over the distresses
of Europe, was only languidly inter-
ested in the situation in the United
States. In December, 1914, when the
poSSlDlllIleS OF naIlonal peril were
already plain. he rebuked those who
implored defensive preparation as
nervous and excited" 1--WE have
always found means" he said, ito
defend ourselves" With the same
unseeing neglect, just four years
later, he dismissed pleas for prep
aration to meet a swiftly developing
crisis with the placid observation
that I'VE must apply the wisest ac-
ton to circumstances as they arise"
and ignored the subject until it was
forced upon his notice by the menace
of great industrial upheaval. Then
his eleventh-hour solution was to
raise wages again, raise railroad
rates to pay them, and so raise the
cost of living once more.
Although many things have con-
tributed to starting and keeping in
motion the vicious cycle" which is
testing the endurance of the Amer
lean people, one of the foremost
causes has been unpreparedness in
its three manifestations unpre-
paredness before the war; conse-
quent inefficiency, extravaganza and
waste during the war, and unpre-
paredness for the necessary read
Justments after the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
People Ask, viii it Work."
[From the Kansas City Star.

[From the Kansas City Star.l
The Plumb plan for railroad or
ganization, is being characterized as
"Socialistic" and as founded on
soviet economics. But of course the
name of the thing is minor matter.
The American people are practical.
They aren't particularly concerned
about theories. What they want to
know is, will the plan work?
They were pretty hopeful about
the adventure into Government
management of railroads two years
ago. But in the school of hard
knocks their hope has largely van
ished. Even the moderate innova-
tion of Government management has
failed to work. They can't begin
to see where the innovation of Gov
ernment ownership plus manage
ment by employees could be a success.
The hard headed American who
finds himself digging into his pocket
to make good the enormous railroad
deficit, is mighty shy of plan, un-
der no matter what name, that
promises to continue or increase that
deficit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The landlord isn't exactly bring
ing down the house.-Detroit News.
The idea of the food-price prob
ers should be to take the profiteer
by the ear and shake the profit out
of him.-Pittsburgh Sun.
With hogs selling at twenty-four
cents on the hoof there is many a
silk-purse that isn't worth a sow's
ear.-London (Ontario) Free Press.
In Budapest a reactionary is any
body whose conscience bothers him
after he has killed a property own
er.-Indianapolis Times.
1t seems another blow at the
food-supply of the world when pro-
hibition steps in and blights the
wildcats cop of coming genera
tions. - New York Morning Tele-
graph.
If Mexico could only be made safe,
1t might become a great winter re-
sort for Americans. And then the
Mexican bandits could become
hotelkeepers. - Long Island City
Star.
If the trouble continues, it will be
necessary for some one to march
boldly into Mexico and read the
League of Nations Covenant to the
MeXicans.-Boston Shoe and Leath-
er Reporter.
The German mark, which usually
passed for twenty-five cents Ameri-
can money, was quoted this morn
ing at six and one-quarter cents.
This is obviously a great mark
down.-Boston Transcript
Even the man without a dollar
is fifty cents better off than he once
was.-Greenville IS. c. Piedmont.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Wealth takes into itself the quail
Ities by ,chich it is tcon-HoLLANp
THE LOCAL OUTLOOK

" HE outlook is for a great Re
publican victory in Dauphln
- county at the polls in Novem-
Der. Every indication points in that
direction. The Republicans never
were better organized and the DEM
ocrats never more demoralized.
There is a reason for this lack of
interest in Democratic affairs other
than the mismanagement of the
party's organization. bad though
that has been. 1t lies in the ex-
cellent record Republican officials
in the county have made in the
past eight years. When it was pos
sible for Democratic leaders to
point out the faults of Republican
administration or the shortcoming
of Republican officials, the RepuD-
lican ticket often faced a hard fight.
But the county is normally Repuo-
lican, and when the voters are con-
tent with the conduct of public af-
fairs and have confidence in tine
men tltN dlGu " OAlINS tlASA = 10 ~
ways a waning of interest in Demo-
cratic activities. That is precisely
what has happened in the past six
or eight years. Not even the most
captlous of Democrats has been able
to find anything to criticise in the
court house, but many betterments
in public service and praiseworthy
measures of administration have
come to the attention of the puo-
lie and have been instrumental in
establishing the favor with which
the people now regard the Repub-
lican, organization and the men for
whom it stands sponsor.
Honest, efficient conduct of pub
lie affairs is the best advertisement
any political party can offer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
THE FARMER KNOWS

THE farmer appears to be the
only manual worker in tue
country who knows that pro-
duction depends upon effort and that
all wealth is based on the human
capacity, or desire or ability to
work.
A Washington dispatch quotes
one of the great agricultural author
tiles of the Nation as saying that
the farmer did his full part during
the war; that he speeded up pro-
duction and thereby saved the world
from starvation. This is absolutely
true. The farmer knew that every
thing we eat comes from the earth
and that unless he labored indus
triously and put into the earth more
seeds than ever before he would not
be able to harvest more foodstuffs
He has neither cut down his number
of working hours nor decreased his
efficiency. If anything, he has added
to his efforts and increased his prod
ducts. Correspondingly he has in
creased his profits.
But in many trades the workmen
have asked for fewer hours and at
the same time have cut down their
productivity during the hours they
do work. This means that less of
the worlds goods is being made noyg
than before, and so long as this
continues the old law of supply and
demand will work to keep prices
very high in all lines.
Let us not try to fool ourselves.
We must work, and work hard If we
are to live. The way to get more
Of the worlds goods is to work
harder We may not work so long
as we used to think necessary-for
the eight-hour day is an accepted
principle-but we ought to work
harder while we are on duty if we
expect to earn more wages and get
our own necessities at more reason
able prices.
Make no mistake about it. Cut
ting down the worlds supply of
those things which men need or de-
sire will never add to the wealth of
the world, either in profits to the
employer or in wages to the employe.
LSbor is determined to have a larger
; shAre Of the profits than formerly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
A Creed

So brave a man as Premier
Clemenceau abruptly told complain
erS in the French Chamber of Dep-
uties that it is harder to make
peace than to make war, and IN n
somewhat similar vein the poets re-
mind us that it is not enough to
memorialize those who fought and
fell for the freedom of the world.
but even more important so to live
as to be worthy of their supreme
sacrifice. In the Detroit Free Press
this need is set down as an act of
faith in these simple yet strong
lines:
Lord, let me not in service lag,
Let me be worthy of our flag;
Let me remember, when I'm tried,
The sons heroic who have died
In freedoms name, and in my way
Teach me to be as brave as they.
In all l am, in all do
Unto our flag I would be true;
For God and country let me stand,
Unstained of soul and clean of hand,
Teach me to serve and guard and
love
The Starry Flag which flies above.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
HUNDRED MILLION NEW BUYERS

strongest hope of reconstruction.
But they need American co-opera-
tion and credit. They fear the entry
of japanese capital as being i'm
perialistically inclined. They believe
the spirit of American capital will
allow them to preserve their own
spirit and not threaten their social
and political institutions. They see
the influx of foreign capital as in
evitable and are desirous of enter
ing into business relations with
America more than with any other
country.
They have now established a COM
mission in this country with head
quarters in New York, to explain
their organization to American busi-
ness men, secure credit and CO.
operation, and to study our methods.
They would welcome a mission from
the United States. The Nation S
Business for September.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
He Likes the "Teleqrdph"

Writing to the editor-in- chief of
The Telegraph from Washington, an
experienced and brilliant publisher
and editor pays us this compliment:
Il want to congratulate you on
the splendid paper you issue. 1t
ranks both geographically and in
handling of news with the best met
ropolitan dailies. l have been sur
prised to see what a remarkably
good paper you print in a city the
size of Harrisburg. l am myself a
daily newspaper publisher and see
from time to time nearly all the big
papers, but l think you have the
best paper size of city taken into
account, / have ever seen, and GER
tainly one of the best in any city.
That it is appreciated is evidenced
by your excellent advertising
patronage"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Just q Metaphor

tFrom Birmingham ge-Herald.1
They were married in an air.
plane"
THE latest fad, understand. How
long was it before they got back to
earth 2"
About six weeks"
You don't mean to tell me they
We're up in an airplane that long ?"
II was speaking figuratively. At
the end of six weeks the average
honeymooners strike terra firma with
"a sickening thud-"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
SdUing 500 q Week
Of Invested at 4 Per cent. Interes,
Compounded QuarterlYl

$2.00 a week Cor $4,000 a quarter)
for Is years amounts to $2,133.9S.
a sum of which would go far toward
securing a modest home, or putting
q boy or girl through college, or
furnishing a fund to take advantage
of some other opportunity. $1.00 a
week Cor $500 a quarter) would
provide the same amount in less
than 25 years.
Your invested savings work for
you even If your other income stops.
They always form a reserve to meet
emergencies and also enable one to
take advantage of unexpected oppor-
.tunities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Practical
[From the Boston Transcript

[From the Boston Transcript
The following composition on
THE Angelus'' was written by a New
York schoolboy: This picture was
painted by a Malay. 1t contains a
man and a woman, pitchfork,
wheelbarrow and a church steeple.
The man and the woman are very
poor and they have been digging
potatoes because they need them to
live on. The potatoes look quite
small. Just at sunset they hear a
bell ring, it is the Angelus, it means
they must pray. So they bow their
heads and pray for bigger potatoes"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

and this is us it should be; but no
labor union in the world can in
crease it's wages beyond the power
of an industry to pay, and every
time production is decreased in any
line of trade just so often the ability
of the industry to pay higher wages
is lessened. Production is the life
blood of industry. Take it away and
the most prosperous business in the
world will wither and die.
The farmer is prospering not
alone through the higher prices he
is getting for his products. but be-
cause he is growing larger crops,
planting a bigger acreage and har-
vesting larger yields. The rest of
US must learn that lesson. We must
plant more if we are to harvest
more; We must produce more if we
want to continue to get more pay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
The Easiest Wan
From Blighty, London.T

lFrom Blighty, London.[
A vast and determined looking
woman wore a very large hat one
evening at the theater.
Madam" said the attendant DO
litely, IT must request you to re-
move your hat. 1t is annoying this
gentleman behind you"
The massive lady turned and
haughtily surveyed the complain
ant. do you mean that little
weedy. undersized creature?" she
asked.
the attendant corrected her.
The lady settled herself down in
her place. You will find it easier
and plasanter." she said, de-
cisively, ito remove HIM"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

THE most important body in Rus
sia to-day is the organization of
Russian Co-operatives, which
represents twenty million members
or one hundred million customers.
The foundation of the co-operatives
is the Russian peasant, the back
bone of Russia to-day.
The cooperative idea is about
forty years old and we'll adapted
to Russian psychology. 1t is based
on the village store or artel. The
artels combine in turn into a union
of stores, not of members and the
unions combine into a union of
unions. The cooperative institu-
tions are of three kinds-consum-
ers', purchasers and credit. The
very rich do not join and certain
officials are excluded.
To-day in European Russia and
Siberia the co-operatives present the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Sau 1t Comma

GFrom the Albany Journal
One is inclined to suspect that
Mr.. McAdoo saw something coming
when he resigned from the position
of director of railroada
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

State Highway Commissioner Sad
ler should act as host in general for
the thousands of tourists who will in
wade Pennsylvania next year. Why
not have an invitation issued in be-
half of the Commonwealth to a
selected list of a million motorists
throughout the East. Thousands now
accustomed to tour New England and
elsewhere would be glad to visit
Pennsylvania once they learned the
way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Call in the JunkerS

Erzberger says brutal measures"
are needed to bring out hidden
money for taxation. Well, nobody
knows any more about brutal meas
ures than the Germans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21


Antony and Cleopatra.
AS the kings lags, and then pass
away from the stage of the world
many men will ask what there is
TO regret Assuredly nothing. if
not royalty, in the mind of Shake
speare. Mankind will in time prob
ably forget or deny that there was
ever anything in the life of the
world answering to Shakespeare's
royalty in Perdita. or to his prince
liness in Arviragus and Guiderills
or TO his kingliness In ear, or to hi;
glory in Cleopatra.
He confronts us with the utter-
most of pride of life in the rovaItv
he sings; confronts us-no, rathe r
brings us to our knees before tho
arrogant splendor he conceives:
Where souls do couch on flowers,
We'll hand in hand,
And with our sprightly port make
the ghosts gaze"
IT is the pride of life and the
pride of death. Only hand in hand
with queen does Antony venture
on the prophecy of that immortal
vanity. If to him are given the
most surprising lines in any of the
tragedies, 1t is only as the lover of
a queen that he has the right 20
them. To him is assigned that
startling word, the incompatible
word of amorous and tender cere-
mony-'Egypt."
Il am dying. Egypt, dying"
That territorial name, murmured
to his love in the hour of death
and In her Arms-I know not IN
the recorrs of all genius any other
such august farewell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

Children's welfare work is a God
given privilege for all who realize the
Importance OF getting the little peo-
pie started right.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

Postmaster Sites might utilize the
big bill board at Third and Walnut
streets to boost his grocery trade.
Curse the Kaiser" says the p. o.
clerk and carrier
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21

OF course you are preparing to take
big part in the Kipona festivities.
It's day for hospitality and friendly
exchanges. Everybody will be on the
river or at its edge on Labor Day.