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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

It was assured to us by the men who
cheerfully pulled up their roots and
threw their lives, or some of the best
years Of their lives, into the struggle
through which disaster was held back
from the United States. They didn't
have to be wheedled and coaxed when
they were asked TO contribute all they
had--their opportunities, their freedom
to live as they wished to live, their hopes
and all the rest of it. There were more
than four millions Of them. The time to
remember their service is now.
The bills must be paid. The army
must be cared for.
No man who served his country must
feel that his country is not ready to
serve him with an equal devotion if he
has come out of the war wounded, Grip
pied or ill., The endless debt that the
United States owes to its broken soldiers
is to be paid out of the Victory Loan.
There our honor is involved more deeply
than it was involved even in the war.
There ought to be no straining or hold
ing back when the responsibilities of the
loan are put up to the country.
Over with it!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

opponents Of advanced legislation to
protect the workers. They stress the
dollar above the worker and they advance
the very practical argument that the
cost of living in the different states diff
fers so widely that the government
should be careful in its meddling with in
dustrial conditions.
When one considers world conditions
one realizes that the cost Of living and
the standard of wages in the United
States and ip Italy, for instance, vary so
much that no attempt by an interna-
tional bureau to scale American wages
down to the Italian level can succeed.
And the task Of raising the Italian stand
ard to that of America is 50 great that
the mere contemplation Of it must stag
ger the minds of thoughtful men.
If the proposed bureau is to be merely
a clearing house for labor information il
may succeed IF it attempts to do nue..
more it is likely to stir up complications
which it cannot unravel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
REASONABLE lNDEMNlTIES

1--WE billions in cash within two years
and twenty billions in bonds at once
are what the peace commissioners have
agreed Germany must pay, but this does
not cover the total amount that will be
demanded from the nation which started
the war.
Further sums in reparation for DAM
ages must be paid. The amount is to be
fixed by an international commission.
1t will be dependent upon the amount
which the commission finds Germany is
able to pay.
Thus one of the perpleXing problems
before the Peace Conference seems to De
disposed of. The delegates know that it
would be foolish to ask Germany for
more than she has. They know, too,
that it would be diplomatic mistake to
ask for so much that the whole German
people would hate the conquering nations
for the rest of their lives. The worst
thing that, could happen would be the
creation of indemnity conditions that
would provoke future wars.
The figures agreed upon seem to De
big enough to be adequately described as
punitive damages, especially when they
are added to the war debt which Ger
many must bear on her own account.
Compared with the indemnity which Ger
many secured from France after the
Franco -Prussian War, they seem to be
fairly proportioned to the difference IN
the conditions--that is, as fairly proper
toned as the financial condition of Ger
many makes possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
CAN ANY ONE ANSWER THIS?

sNXE COMMEND to the consideration
w of the men who control the raising
and the spending of the money for edu
cation in this city the discussion Of the
teachers salary question in the Man
chester Guar dian, which we reprint on
this page today.
The Guardian makes the perfectly OBJ
vious poiit that the effect of the in
creased taxes and the increased cost of
the necessities of life have virtually
brought a reduction of so per cent in
the pay of the teachers. They were i'll
paid before the war. They work for a
pittance now.
The same conditions which exist in
England prevail here. Salaries on which
assistant professors found it difficult to
make both ends meet four years ago will
not now stretch over the ground they are
supposed to cover.
There has been enough talk about this
so that no one can plead ignorance of
the conditions. Are we going to do any
thing about it or are we to force the
able men and women from the teaching
profession into occupations where they
can earn enough to support their fami-
lies, leaving the training of the future
generation to incompetents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

THERE is encouragement in the news
= from Washington that the Republican
leaders of Congress are planning to turn
the railroads back to their owners on
July | of next year, after making
provisions to protect their solvency.
Under government control a deficit of
nearly half a billion dollars has already
been piled up--and the roads are operat-
ing now at loss of $40,000,000 month.
Z IT would be criminal to turn the roads
back to their owners with fixed charges
due to disregard of practical business
principles so great that the owners could
not meet them.
Representative Slemp, of the House
appropriations committee, is said to be
drafting bill to protect the railroad
owners. When it is agreed that they
must be protected and that their prop
erty must be returned to them ip'as good
financial condition as when it was
taken over, the proper way to do it
should not be difficult to devise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
What Do You Knotv?
QUIZ

I. What is the correct pronunciation Of
Sim Fein?
.. Who is Burgomaster Max?
8. Distinguish between two famous con-
temporary Churchills, the English and
American.
4. Give the author of "Our dissatisfaction
with any other solution is the blazing
evidence of Immortality"
5. Name the present French high COM
missioner to the United States.
6. Where is the Great Pyramid?
Z. What slang phrase has diametrically
opposite meanings?
8. Give the origin of the term boycott"
8. What is litotes?
10. What is the city hall called in French
and Belgian cities?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Castor oil is preferred for use in air
plane engines because, unlike mineral
oil, it retains its normal consistency
under the intense heat generated by q
gasoline motor operated at maximum
speed.
2. The daylight saving plan originated in,
England.
8. Lord Robert Cecil is credited with
having given most help to the Ameri-
can peace delegates when the league Of
nations covenant was being formulated,
4. Napoleon Bonaparte's admirers called
him the Colossus of the nineteenth cen
tury.
8. Korea is sometimes called the Hermit
Nation.
6. II. p. O'Connor, member of Parlia
ment from Liverpool, writes in British
newspapers over the signature ''T. p"
T. The country in which William Hohen-
zolern sought refuge, commonly called
Holland, is properly designated the
Netherlands.
s. President Wilson was sixty-two years
old last December. 81
o. Disraeli said "success is the child Of
audacity." ~
10. The ancient Romans used concrete IN
their roads and bridges.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
A BLUE LAW MADE ROSY

SUNDAY baseball is not unlawful in
" Tennessee, whatever it may be in other
states. The Supreme Court has decided
that the act of 1903 which made it un-
lawful for any person to play at any
game of sport on Sunday referred only
to sports with which the lawmakers were
familiar. These sports were horse rae
ing, cock fighting and gambling with
cards. The lawmakers knew nothing of
baseball, so could not have meant to pro-
hibit it.
1t is easier for the legal mind to find
fault with the logic than for the fair
minded to quarrel with the conclusion
reached One may easily imagine mis-
chievous twinkle in the wise and kindly
eyes of the law dispensers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
TACkLING A HARD JOB

rTHE men who are planning an inter-
- national labor bureau ss an annex to
the league of nations do not seem to be
daunted by the difficulties in their way.
They have drafted charter of forty one
articles setting forth the functions of
the bureau. The purpose is primarily to
secure uniformity Of labor conditions
throughout the world.
IL has thus far been found impossible
TO bring about such uniformity in the
forty-eight states of the American
Union. Some states have child-labor
laws and women-labor laws, and laws
regulating the number of hours for
days work. The passage of such laws
has been opposed in many industrial
states on the ground that they would
make it impossible for the local indus
tries to compete with the industries in
states which place no restrictions on the
freodom of contract.
The social necessity Of preventing the
ploitation Of labor is ignored by the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
journal of Leo Tolstoi.

The New York Tribune says that many
public school children in that city "quote
Karl Marx as glibly as the normal child
speaks of the Swiss Family Robinson or
Little Women"
We fear that the Tribune. does the normal
child too much honor. Most of the normal
children we collide with are not glib upon
any topic save the KatZenjammer Kids and
Buster Brown
We called on Mr. j. l.. Smith, the we'll
known map publisher at 27 South Sixth
street, and during the course of a chat we
pulled out our pipe and began to light up.
This reminded him of the Civil War, as he
remembers a friend of his who lit his briar
as he entered the fighting at, Gettysburg.
Mr.. Smith showed us the little gold compass
he himself carried through three years of
the war. He found it floating in a stream.
buoyed up by broad silk ribbon, and be-
lieyes that some officer had lost it there
1t was his constant companion through more
than thirty battles, and he says it saved his
life many a time when he was lost in the
Virginia woods. Mr.. Smith wrote a yerv
interesting book about the Civil War which
has brought many callers to his quaint shop
on Sixth street, General Longstreet among
others. He believes that he is the onlv
priyate soldier engaged in the Civil War
who wrote book, about it. He enlisted
with the 11Sth Pennsylvania Volunteers as
boy of sixteen.
Among ether entangling alliances we
nominate the eighteen inch skirt hem.
SOCRATES
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
THE ,BALMY SPRING

ZONE, let us sing
~ A song of spring,
OF fragrant apple bloom;
Of birds and bees
Il pause to sneeze,
/ left 'em off too soon). 49,
n
Ger ev'ry cool
And shady pool
The dropping naples lean, ..".a,
And mirror'd true
Each tender hue
G'm sure I need quinine). o.'.
The blackbird now
Sits swaying bough
In ecstasy of song;
A joyous thrush
In yonder bush
Now / am going strong).
The shepherds keep
Their grazing sheep
In many a quiet lane;
The frisky lamb,
Its sober dam,
The wether-(sounds profane.)
Come, let's forswear
Dull carking care;
Come, roam the sunny lea;
But first prepare
My underwear
And overshoes for me.
Charles g. Bryant, in the Hartford
Courant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
THE CHAEFING DISH

A MONG the streets that will oversub-
scribe it are the following: .
Venango
ionic
Chestnut
Tulip
Ontario ..
Ridge,
York
Locust
d. Oxford
Arch
Ninth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
THE WARS MONSTER

TT HAS been suggested that Americas
excess stock of lethal gases can be
effectively used in the extinction of the
caterpillar pest. This is an appealing
idea until it is shadowed by tile uncom
Portable fact that many Of the army
gases are Of a persistently clinging
nature. The vapor so deadly to the pred
atory insects on the tree trunk would be
no less fatal to the human invaders of a
leafy lane.
Scientific methods for dissipating some
of these terrible chemical concoctions are
available, but not for all of them. Down
in Maryland, for instance, there is now
an oversupply of the most destructive
gas ever invented, and the question of
it's disposition is one of the most battling
riddles caused by the conclusion of the
war. Whatever soil it is discharged
upon will be ruined and physically unfit
for habitation. To add to the complexi-
ties, this gas. it is said, will float upon
water and if the tanks are sunk there is
fear of course, of eventual leakage.
Not even the plague of the seventeen
year locusts forecast for this year is
sufficiently formidable for letting loose
the perplexing Frankenstein monster of
the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
Chatting Dish Children

Steve Meader has a three weeks old
daughter and we are holding space in this
column from day to day for Steve's first
poem about her.
It is understood that when any members
of the Chatting Dish's official family are
visited by the stork, the Dish is exclusive
mandatory of any resulting literature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
An Appropriate Misprint

Mr. Keeling unused for some time over
his pictured food ships. When he spoke
next I knew he had been. thinking of the
politicians and bishops and Journalists
with whom he had recently been talking
and of all their schemes for perfect Rus
sian policy.
Piglouwyd- Baso. nh SHR sHRDsI
'Wouldnt it be better" ne pondered.
New York Evening Post.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
They're Doina II

Now that the Monroe Doctrine amend
ment to the league covenant has been
adopted, the way is wide open for erstwhile
members of the opposition to make swift
rush for the league bandwagon, Charles
ton News and Courier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

1t is interesting to note that the argu-
ments of those in favor of Brussels for the
home of the league of nations were precisely
those of It's opponents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

1t seems to be very efficient division
of labor. Colonel House says nothing and
President Wilson saws wood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Colonel House says ''it is the last fif-
teen minutes which count" This is the
colonel's version of ''the first 100 years are
the hardest" 4"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

If the victory feet will but pay us a
visit we shall be willing to forgive New York
for hogging pretty nearly everything that
comes along.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
He's Heard Il Before

Mr.. Hohenzollern is soon to be arraigned
before the bar of justice. In ease he. gets
life the cry will be Long live the ex-
kaiser v'--Detroit Free Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
Mans inhumanlty to Man

Il have not held any public or political
Office, always working for living From
letter to the New York Evening Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Extract from coming best seller I:
Miss Philly smiled confidently. What's 8
a little thing like $1S7 500, ,000?' she de-
manded."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Peace Conference proceedings are not
least important when they are undramatic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Maybe the humorst who said "Where
there's life there's soap" had in mind a
bucket of suds after July /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Opponents of the league are doing some
clever and entirely praiseworthy back pedal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

The flask trade did a pretty good bust
ness today. The trout season opens at mid :
night tonight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
Breeches Of Promise

We frequently learn by reading the ads
that an extra pair of trousers doubles the
life of {. suit.
The same applies to an extra pair of
LAWYERS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Just few days more and a flying trip
across the Atlantic may have ceased to be
merely a flight of fancy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
4 Desk Notices

At first one is surprised that stupid peo-
pie should have within them such an as
sertive, convincing intonation. But it is as
it should be- Otherwise no one would listen
to them.
m
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

few more defeats on the eastern
front will turn Trotsky into Limpsky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

German peace delegates may have as
much difficulty in finding residence in
Paris as some perfectly respectable people
have in fndinS one in Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

The ministers who are so Mortified at the
thought of Sunday movies on behalf of the
Victory Loan never suggested that our men
in France should stop fighting on Sunday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

We were curious to see just what ideas
our twenty eight month old Urchin has
about money.
We showed him some pennies and asked
him what they were.
THAT'S money for the organ man." he
said
We showed him a nickel.
That's big money" he said, and then
added, "That's Hessie's money" Hessie
being the delightful person who honors our
kitchen.
Then we showed him 81 bill. There
was no doubt at all in his mind as to where
that belonged.
Mothers dollar" he said
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

About this time good many up state
trout are wishing they had avoided en-
tangling alliances.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
To a Hero Tree

In remembrance, friends did plant
Thee, sanity tribute tree,
Spreading branch and leaf aslant
Souls departed lean to thee;
Bring glad tidings to the ear,
Bid their spirits linger near.
Mute. yet echo'st with rare pow'r;
Ali the struggles our brave bore,
Through an impulse for the hour.
Heaven born, and Ger and DER
Waving leaf, shall watt their song
Over seas, the peals prolong.
Grace and strength in thee unite
To reflect the soldiers life,
What he gave for freedoms right
And his steadfastness in strife;
Thy unbending branch, kind tree,
Tells the story of a man set free.
Calm, outstanding year on year,
Gazing at the celestial door,
Whence have entered without fear,
Our brave heroes Of the war,
Theirs living monument,
Who with death were well content.
As thy moving shade lets fall
Rays of sunlight to the earth,
Oft in memory We recall
How the warriors grave gave birth,
To the light of omen good
Shining through earth's brotherhood.
j. NJ. A.
A neighboring wag, who has no idea how
fast his jape is spreading, says that the
fayorite amusement for tourists this sum
mer will be seeing America thirst.
Independence Square Benches In April
The benches in the park are warm,
Just comfortably wide the Stats are
The loafer finds they fit his form,
And thinks how happy dogs and cats are.
The benches in the park are warm,
And SO the loafer's MONDAY glee is
To feel them underprop his form:
They're curved abaft the same as he is!
Benches are cool along the Sits
But still he sits and sits and sits.
About this time of year Atlantic City reck :
ons its population largely by ankles
It's worth going down to Christian
street to see Little Italy's Easter display Of
pastry and confectionery Most Interesting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

to us are ring shaped loaves of bread with
two eggs baked in one end Of the circle
and strewed with tiny bright colored can
dies. We don't know just how they are
eaten, but they are very delightful to con-
template.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Also, as the Siamese twins once remarked,
an extra pair of trousers suits the life of a
double.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

And the thing that doubles the life of a
pair of trousers is our own patented safety
match head catcher.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Every strike nowadays is accepted as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

COMMON HONESTY WILL DO 1T

Philndclphia, Tuesday. April Is, 1910
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

60 1T is not a time at which the nation
~ can afford to depend upon sweated labor
in universities. If no improvement is made
there must soon begin steady drift of the
best brains away from university teaching
to occupations In which it is easier to gain
a living. On that there would follow a
steady decline In the quality of the teach
ing and a corresponding lapse of English
men and women generally toward mental
provincialism and loss Of caste among other
nations. For the universities of a country
act as the water towers of its general in
telligence, which, like water, will not rise
higher than its source When our child il
we'll taught at school or the taps flow as
they should in our bathroom it is only be-
cause people who came before us had the
sense and spirit to make proper waterworks
and universities, and it would be a shame
to us if we served the next generation
worse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

A neighboring wag, who has no idea how
fast his jape is spreading, says that the
favorite amusement for tourists this sum-
mer will be seeing America thirst.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15

Among ether entangling alliances we
nominate the eighteen inch skirt hem.
SOCRATES.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03
What 1t
Means

This consolidation means
greater efficiency, better serv-
ice and more advantageous
terms to dealers. It means a.
speeding up" to meet the de-
mands of greater expansion
and increased prosperity.
1t means an exceptional op-
portunity for those who are
chosen to share in the profits
Of an hitherto "close corpora
tion," that for the past seven
years has paid an average
dividend of 81 per cent.
To complete the merger and
make early arrangements for
immediate expansion more
capital must be d.
Branches at Calgary and at
Edmonton, Alberta, are to be
established to take care of the
wonderful increase of business
there. A new addition to the
Minot Auto Cofnpany's present
c%ommodious quarters is an
other Of the many things to be
undertaken as quickly as pos
sible.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03
L. C. Stearns

is treasurer Grand Forks Over
land Co., and secretary and
manager Minot Auto Co., Inc.
Foresight is one of his chief
characteristics, hence he quick
ly foresaw wonderful possibili-
ties in the automobile business
when. in 1910, he engaged in
the sale of automobiles in a
prescribed territory. From
that beginning has grown the
present Minot Auto Co., INC,
and affiliated companies, doing
an annual business Of nearly
S., 1000, 90.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03
P W.. Miller

is president of the Grand Forks
Overland Co., and president
and treasurer, Minot Auto Co.,
Inc. Essentially a self-made
man, he has had a wide and
varied business experience, in
Guiding banking. A man of
sterling character, he is justly
esteemed for his honesty, inte-
gritty and honorable dealings.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03
Why This Merger?

THIS consolidation is contemplated
/ in order to secure greater '::buying
power to reduce "~discount COSTS
to effect economies in ''overhead''-
to do a much larger volume of bust
ness, and to make bigger profits.
The combined annual business of these
four concerns is almost $4,000, 600,
mostly turnover NJ dead assets.