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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
of the result We desire" he said.

of the result We DESIRE" he said.
All of the administration officers
are convinced that If publicity will
succeed in pointing out to every man
and woman in the country that all
must do their share in bringing down
the cost of living, the slow methods
OF resorts to courts and legal pro-
cess may not be necessary. The Pres
ident himself believes that one or
two court actions only may be nee
essary to bring all dealers and manu-
facturers into line with the new
thought of fair profits and fair play.
For Fair Price Lists
He appealed to Congress for more
money to enable Government agencies
! to investigate and publish the pro-
duction price and a fair sale price of
commodities in all communities.
He appealed to the consuming pub
lie, and especially the housewives of
the country, to be more careful in
their marketing. assuring them that
the concerted action on their part can
accomplish much.
He appealed, with entire conf
dence' to producers, to middlemen
and to merchants to deal fairly with
the people.
He appealed, with great eloquence,
to the more extreme labor LADDERS of
the country to yield to a second sober
thought and. like the great mass of
their associates, think and act like
true Americans" Strikes, he declared.
would make matters worse. not bet
ter.
I'VE are all involved in the dis
tressing results of the high cost of
J living" said the President, land we
must unite, not divide to correct it."
The Presidents plans and recon-
mendations as to the high cost of liv-
| ing met partisan reception, as was
to be expected. His declarations that
nothing approaching the normal could
be accomplished until the world was
officially at peace was loudly ap-
| plauded by the Democrats. His re-
sentiment against attempted threats
and his assertion that strikes would
| be fatal at a time like this brought
wild applause from Democrats and
Republicans alike.
The President was vigorously criti-
cised by the Republicans for not hav-
ing done long ago all the things he
announced he proposed to do under
existing laws. They accused him OF
remaining idle while vast stocks oi
food have been boarded and stored
| when the means were at his disposa,
| 10 prevent Such action. The PreSt-
dent himself told Congress how foot
stocks had accumulated during the
last few months and how prices hac
continued to rise in the very face Of
the surplus supplies.
Ready for Speedy Action
Congress as a whole seemed willing
to agree on speedy action to give tn,
President all the money he desires t.
prosecute profiteers and to give full
force and effect to the powers alread!
reposed in him by Congress. Man!
of the Republicans profess to believ,
the President has at his command al
the means necessary to cope will
the high cost of living, They say h
can be convinced of this. just as h,
was convinced that he had sufficien
power to deal with all questions af
fecting railroad rates and wages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09

railroad brotherhood leaders, there
was no chance of doubt. Amid re-
newed applause the President
added:
The world has just destroyed the
arbitrary force of military junta.
It will live under no other. All that
is arbitrary and coercive is in the
discard. Those who seek to employ
it only prepare their own destruc-
ton"
Republicans CrltIse
President Wilson, Republican lrad-
ers said to-day. deliberately compli-
Gated his recommendations to Con-
grcss as to the high cost of living by
stating repeatedly in his address tnat
nothing r.r,nanent could be accom-
plished along that line until peace
has been declared. They accuse the
President of attempting to use the
high cost of living as a club to drive
through the ratification of the Treaty
of Peace and the ratification of the
League of Nations. in much the sar1e
manner that the railway brotherhoods
are attempting to use the same issue
as a. club to drive through their plan
for a specialization" of the railroads.
Throughout his address the Fresi-
dent sought to convince the Senator's
and Representatives that the affairs
of the United States ara "lnextrica-
bly, interviewer" with the affairs of
the world. He said the plight of the
United states was less urgent than
that of most other countries. and that
I'VE, and we almost alone, now hold
the world steady"
Further. the Presidents address
might be characterized as a remark
able personal appeal. 1t was an ap-
peal which he hoped might bring
speedy relief, for lie frankly admitted
there is no complete immediate reme-
dy to be had from Legislative or ex-
ecutive action.
He appealed to Congress for reme-
dial legislation. He appealed to the
profiteer to cease demanding exorbi-
tant profits.
voluntarily to disgorge their surplus
stocks.
The Republicans as n rule, how
ever, are loath to give the President
any additional power. There will be
long and bitter fight over an at
tempt to extend both the final limits
and the scope of the food control act
so as to bring all commodities classed
as necessaries of life within its pur-
view. The Federal licensing of cor
porations would raise an issue which
would require months, If not years.
to settle.
The Republicans base their oppo-
sition of an extension of the execu-
tive power on the ground that Il has
failed thus far to prevent boarding
and profiteering in foodstuffs on a
scale never dreamed of. They say
the food control act will not expire
until the proclamation of peace. and
| they seem to regard that proclama-
tion as some distance away. II in the
meantime, the President can show
that effective action can be taken un-
| der the act, the Republicans will lis
ten to further argument as to its
extension.
President Wilson himself seemed to
place great reliance upon publicity
in the fight against high prices. He
believes publicity will arouse the
people and awaken slumbering con-
| sciences.
ITO have brought it all into the
open will accomplish the greater part
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
Postmasters of State
to Meet in City

Between two and three hundred
postmasters of the State are expect
ed to be in this city September 8
and 4 for their annual convention.
Frank c. Sites. local postmaster,
made the announcement yesterday
that the convention would be held
at the Penn-Harris.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer will be the guest of honor with
William B. Wilson, the Secretary of
Labor. Both will speak at the BAN
quet to be held on the fourth. An
other well-known guest will be
Colon NJ. Selth, postmaster of St.
Louis and president of the National
Association of Postmasters.
The presiding officer will be Hor-
ace NJ. Lehr, of Eastor president
of the State association. Fred Nj.
Obley, West Newton, is secretary
and treasurer. Postmaster Sites
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
Brakeman on Local Crew
Has Fractured Right Leg

Roy w. Filbert, a Reading Railway
brakeman, residing at Robesonia,
met with a serious accident at Con-
shohocken and is now at the Bryn
Mawr Hospital, at Philadelphia. with
a compound fracture of his right leg.
The accident was caused by the
blowing out of a cylinder head of en-
gine 171S while en- route to Harris
burg. The unfortunate man was
picked up and hurried to the hos
pital four miles away. He is 20
years of age and single. He belonged
to a Harrisburg crew.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09

state shipment should be marked
with the price at which they left
the hands of the producer. He ais
advocated the adoption of a Fed =
! eral license for all corporations et-
| gagged in interstate commerce, with
regulations compelling them to sell
! in competition. And he urged the
| passage of the bill now pending BE-
| fore Congress, and proposed by the
Capital Issue Committee for control
of security issue.
These constitute the principal
points touched upon by the Pres :
dent in his discussion of the cost OF
living and they were heard with
deepest interest by Senators and
Representatives who now ind
themselves confronted with a very
important part in the task of pro-
viding a remedy for the food prob
lem. Intertwined with these recon-
mendations was an insistent plea
for prompt ratification of the Peace
! Treaty. The President declared that
until the war is formally closed and
| all nations are free to devote their
energies to the tasks of peace.
there con be no restoration of nor
NAL conditions.
"The free processes of supply AMI
demand will not operate of them
selves and no legislative or eXecu-
! tive action can force them into full
and natural operation until there is
| peace" he declared. There is now
neither peace nor war"
Coupled with his discussion of the
food situation was an optimistic eX-
preston regarding the future of mis-
country and a stern warning to rad
| icals and their Bolshevistic theories
which evoked long and enthusiast ;
applause.
There is no ground for some of
| the fearful forecasts / hear uttered
| about me-" the President said, but
| the condition of the world is un-
| questionably very grave and we
should face it comprehendingly 1t
is in this supreme crisis, this crisis
for all mankind that America must
prove her mettle," he continued.
I'm the presence of a world con-
| fused. distracted, she must show
| herself self-possessed, self-contain-
| ed, capable of sober and effective
! action"
To the covert threats of a general
railroad strike If the demands of the
brotherhoods for increased wages
| are rejected, President Wilson ut
tered this solemn warning:
/ Passion and a disregard for the
rights of others have no place in the
counsels of a free people. We need
! light not heat, in these solemn times
! of determination and saving ac-
| ton. There must be no threats. Let
there be only intelligent counsel and
let the best reasons win. not the
strongest brute force. The world
has just destroyed the arbitrary
! force of a military junta. 1t will
/ live under no other"
Against Plumb Plan
With few vigorous words, which
brought cheers from his hearers. he
sounded absolutely the death knell
/ of the so-called Plumb plan for
government purchase of the rail.
roads and operation by the en-
ployes, so far as the present Con-
gress is concerned.
! In the same breath the Presiden.
denounced those who seek in times
like these to attain their ends by
means of threats. That he had in
mind the recent talk of some of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
CONGRESSMEN NEEDING
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS ON
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
Ten Steps to Cut Living Costs

PRESIDENT WILSON in addressing congress yeS-
terday the high cost of living, presented ten rem
sdies lpch he thinks lDould reduce the cost Of Hes
necessities. They are:
The passage of the Peace Treaty.
The sale of surplus stocks of both food and clothing
in the hands of the Government.
The drawing out of storage and putting upon the
market certain stocks in private hands.
The extension of the present food control act ooth
as to the period of time during which is to remain IN
operation and the commodities to which 1T shall
apply.
The passage of statute providing penalty for
prohteering. .
The passage of a law regulating cold storage as 1t
is regulated by the laws of the State OF New jersey
which limits the time during which goods may be kept
in storage prescrbes the method OF dsposng OF them
if kept beyond the permitted period and requires that
the goods released from storage shall bear the date OF
their receipt
Passage of law providing that all goods released
from storage for interstate shipment should have plainly
marked each package the selling market price at
which they into storage.
Provision of law providing that all goods destined
for interstate commerce should in every case where
packages make it possible, be marked with the price
at which they left the hands of the producer.
Formulation of a law requiring Federal license
of all corporations engaged in interstate commerce and
embodyng in the license in the conditions under
which it be issued specific regulations designed to
secure competitive selling and prevent unconsconabe
profit in the method of market.
Passage of the bill pending before Congress
proposed by the Capital Issues Committee for the
troll of security issues.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09

heads the committee of entertain
ment and is assisted by Fiske Good
year, of Carlisle. and Stiles Duncan,
OF Duncannon. The entertainment
committee of the, Chamber of Com
merce will cooperate with the post
masters committee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
SPEAKING OF SOUVENIR
SPOONS

From the Buffalo News.1
A Washington man has been or
dered to pay $11, 900 for sitting on
a soft with a widow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-09
NO HTS; NO RUNS

1From the Buffalo Schoop Paper.e
Newton was a philosopher and .
mathematician who shot an apple
off his sons head.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
THE CHAFFZNG DISH

gest literary enigma since Walt blew out
Of that borough on the winding track that
brought him at length to Camden. N. j.
speaking Of these things, we say, Don tells
story about Walt that we don't Vouch
for. but here it is. 1t comes from the ad-
vance proofs Of Don's new book, which his
publishers have sent to US, because, as we
suspect, Don is too indolent to correct his
proofs, and wants us to do It for him..
But the anecdote:
Walt Whitman used to live in Brooklyn,
says Don. He edited the Eagle and used
to go swimming in Buttermilk Channel,
two points off the starboard bow of Hank
Beecher's church. Once an old Long
Island skipper sunk a harpoon into Waits
haunch when he came up to blow, and the
poet, snorting and believing and spouting
verse, towed the whaler and his vessel out
to MontaulS before he shook the iron loose.
Don adds that he doesn't think any Of
our degenerate bards nowadays could do
stunt like that; not even Jack Reed, who
writes like Byron and swims like Leander.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
AN OMEN IN THE SKY

II The German army staff had had
possession of device by which an
airplane without pilot was steered in
hundred-mile circle about the aviation
field at Fort Worth the Hohenzollerns
might have conquered the world.
Plainly, the aerial torpedo which scien-
lists in half dozen countries worked
upon feverishly during the last two
years of the war has arrived. Especially
in Germany they used to dream of
missile as deadly as the heaviest subma-
rine projectile, which would travel
through the air on wings and drop upon
camp or city in obedience to wireless
impulses projected from a great dis
tance 1t has been said that in almost
every beligerent country the army stats
were fearful that some such contrivance
would appear at any day from the enemy
side and everybody in the confidence of
governments knew that it was being car
ried swiftly toward complete perfection
In different laboratories. With such a
weapon the Germans could have de-
stroyed Paris or London in a night.
Secretary Baker, in his reference to
the automatic airplane, did not divulge
the details of its operation. But in ex-
periments previously made the sensitive
ness of certain rare metals to electrical
action has been utilized successfully in
steering water craft that unanswered in
busy harbors, though no living soul was
aboard.
Inventions of this sort, which will
grow more perfect daily, show how futile
war has become. Victory in future wars
4 will not go to the bravest men or to the
most deserving, but to the cruelest and
the least scrupulous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
THE LEGISLATURE MUST ACT

TIHE reasons set forth by John c..
= Winston in Harrisburg yesterday for
changing the method of electing Council
men are unanswerable.
Under the present system Councilmen,
elected by the voters among 100000 of
the population, are able to control the
Select Council. The city has a popula-
tion of 100000 at the lowest estimate.
Wards with 700 voters and wards with
10000 voters each elect one Select Coun
Gilman, so that voters in one part of the
city have fifteen times the power that is
exercised by voters in another part.
The committee of citizens is asking
for changes in the charter which will do
away with this injustice. 1t ought not
to be necessary to do more than state
the facts as they are to convince the
members of the General Assembly of the
necessity for action. The rotten borough
system in England was abolished nearly
a hundred years ago when the parlia-
mentary reform bill was passed. But
we have right here in Philadelphia at
the close of the second decade of the
twentieth century a lot of "rotten bor-
oughs," the power of which to befuddle
the city government still remains. Popu-
lar government is a farce under such
conditions,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
WHEN DID THE WAR ENDp

JUDGE EVANS, of the United States
= Court for the Western District of
Kentucky, has decided that the "war was
brought to a close when the armistice
was signed"
Attorney General Palmer holds that
Congress declared war and that Con-
gress alone can decide when the war is
ended by ratifying a treaty of peace.
And Secretary Baker, of the War De-
partment, says that the signing of the
armistice merely ended hostilities.
But court decision has greater force
than an opinion by cabinet officer.
Judge Evans's ruling, if sustained. is
likely TO produce a series of complica-
tions, the unraveling of which will tax
the ingenuity of the most skillful.
For example, man who enlisted for
the duration of the war may claim his
dieeharge at once as matter of right.
~hether he be now in Europe or in this
~ q the decision Of the Ken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26

lucky court, the common impression is
that the war is not yet over. Armies
are still in the field prepared to move If
conditions demand it. The signing Of an
armistice involves merely suspension of
hostilities which may be renewed at any
time until a formal peace has been
arrived at. If the representatives Of the
Central powers refuse to sign the peace
treaty the war is not yet ended. And
the peace commissioners in Paris are
aware that such an outcome of their de-
liberations is not beyond the realms of
possibility. 1t looks as if the Kentucky
judge would have to guess again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
THE STRANGER

N1NIs tough to be a stranger in busy
L city street =
And watch the tide Of people ebb and
flow
And find in all the faces that your waiting
glances meet
There's not single feature that you
know. -,
The types you see remind you of Josephus,
Tom or Jim;
You start to speak, then catch yourself
and halt; ..,.t}s
But twould seem just like the music Of
the ancient Seraphim 49,. .-.a
To have a man step up with "Howdy,
Walt"
The heart of any snowstorm is place
of perfect peace; w.
There's no one to molest and none to
sneer; .-.- .,r.
Your thoughts come as companions in a
stream that does not cease;
The solitude is filled with life and cheer;
But the lonesomest and blankest place a
man can ever be, .. ..s...
That leads your very soul to cry out
loud,
Is to find a total stranger in each living
face you see -
In any thoughtless, selfish city crowd.
.7iEE..
Some time from out the turmoil you will
o catch a friend from home; )
He'll not escape if it's within your
power; go
You'll make him tell in detail stuff enough
to fill tome
or people whom you knew in 'childhood's
hour sqh-r,
The people of a city are all human,
suppose: .,..., ..,
That they don't know you may not be
their fault; ~. r"tsass
But oft and oft fellow sees them pass
in hurried droves - = r.-.' ~,
And longs for just one voice to call him
Walt. ., ... O.. ,s-.
j. E. Sanford in His One Tune"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26

ENOR every two men or corporations
L who paid an income tax in 1917 there
were nearly three in the Philadelphia
district who have begun to pay an in
come tax for 1918.
The increase is $4,000 in round num-
bers, or about 81 per cent.
And yet we hear men talking about
business depression. Conditions are not
satisfactory, it is true, but when $4,000
men whose income was below the taxable
limit in 1917 have had it raised in one
year high enough to come within the
purview of the collector of internal reve-
nue. things are not quite so bad as they
might be. These men certainly have
felt the effect of war prosperity and
have nothing to complain of.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
If the League Of Nations
Were a Circus

THE SURPRISE OF THE CENTURY!
Centralizing in one mammoth colossal
institution the biggest and finest features
of the worlds two most famous hemi-
spheres, together with a myriad of new
features never before conceived by the
brain of statesman and autocrat.
Positively and obviously earth's
GRANDEST INSTITUTION
See the MAN OF MYSTERY do the fly
ing wireless trapeze act, springing in mid
air from Monroe Doctrine to the arms of
Internationalism.
See the Bolshevik side-show, a vast forum
of freaks.
See the Recalcitrant Senators climb
Treaty, the most sublime act Of contortion,
remuneration and ratification ever eX-
hibited.
This SUPERB SHOW must be seen to
be witnessed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
Pepper

Take me
Out West
Or Down East
Or anywhere where
There's plenty of Yeast =.
Jim" Beck
And Jerry" OLeary
Tried to make
My Woodrow weary
"Jim," said Jerry, "1'll drive him Vest
Jerry" said Jim, "I'll drive him East
"Jim," said Jerry, I'm be his Pest
Jerry" said Jim, "I'll be his Yeast" -.
And the men with pepper gravely smiled
But the salt of the earth were plainly riled
Which is all very we'll as a rhyme so far
But nobody knows who the gentlemen are
Out West
Or Down East
Or anywhere where
There's plenty of Yeast
Take me
Down South
Or Up Moth
Oranywhere where
They're tired of froth! -.
Our Hi
And Henny Cabot
Tried to break
Ny Wilson-habit:
"Henny," said Hi, I'll put in 'jokers"-
Hi" said Henny, "Ill put in commas
"Henny," said Hi, "IIl frighten the
brokers'
Eli" said Henny, "I'll frighten the
mammas"; g.
And the men with pepper gravely smiled
But the salt of the earth bust out and billed;
Which is all very we'll as a rhyme so far
But nobody knows who the gentlemen are
Down South
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26

1t is more than Rtting to describe the
suggested movement of the Iron Division
to Philadelphia Decentralization as a
diversion" This town can guarantee that
the heroes will be thoroughly diverted with
the reception they would receive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-26
,Ehe End Of the Trail

Fhe End Of the Trail -.
I have roamed in lands that were unex.
(, piored, where the vista was virgin
pure; " ~. T.. '>...
I have wrested gold out Of natures hoard,
wherelthe sunset is red allure;
/ have travelled far to the Northern Star,
and I've roasted in climates dry;
But my bones are old
And the trail grows cold,
So I've settled myself totdie. "t.H,
All my partners, gay have since passed
away, and Tn dreaming Of comrades
true; ~ tslt5}, gy II gE
How we lived and fought; jutt as reai.,plen
q. ought. from old China to Timbuctoo.
All, the good old days, and the good old
ways when Adventure held open
~ arms! I'll sS'"! 4 $fyg' II 80
But my time. it seems, .4
Must consist uf dreams
ASH ponder On faded charms. "
How I've often chased over trackless waste,
- with q rainbow to lure me m
Til at last I'd find. when I'd done my grind,
that the rainbow itself was gone.
I was brave and bold, til the trail grew
cold, then needed the warning cry;
-'~ For Youth must be served,
So to port I've sweryed
And I've settled myself to die!
ROBERT L. BELLEM
Alas. as shakespeare might have said,
that young men should put young women
into their loads " steal aFlsy aheir brains.
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