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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31
WHAT THE MANDATORY PLAN Is

T'liE novelty of tho mandatory system
= OF colonial administration cannot lcE,ti-
mateiy alarm supporters of much greater
innovation -- the league of nations. The
former project is the child of the latter
Any assumption that the parent scheme
will work must inevitably include the
coroIary that plan deriving its vitality
from the major program is also prac-
tiCahc
Evidences that the Paris conference has
subordinated secret treaty claims and the
policy OF direct appropriation of the for.
mer German possessions to the machinery
that tho international partnership will set
up represent tremendous aCcretion of
faith in the principle Of a world league
striving for judicial apprasemcnt of in.
tricatc problems Ana as the league idea
is thus strengthened the difficulties of ad.
lustmCut Of details shrinN. The particu.
lar power Temporarily taking over. under
q mandate from the associate nations act
ing AS a unit. the control of Pacific or
African territories Will bc enabled to
abuse it's trust only if tho ccntra! mechan-
ism is faulty.
There arc iutimations that governments
delegated to regulate the affairs of un-
Developed regions pending their growth to
stature rendering principles Of self-de-
termination permissible ma" unfairly Capi-
talilc economic opp"rt tIuitios and ne cX-
cocdSSN l"ath to surrender their sway.
The league will not be worth q button if /,
has rot tive intent and cannot exert SUN.
ctent pressure TO halt such orfcnscs.
Theories Of government are Of course
only to be justified in practice. Twenty
years ago il was not easily conceivable
that the Philippines could ever be safely
IrtvuStea with the amount uf seif.goveru.
meut which thsy now enjoy \ few more
decades may warrant the C.ft Of nde.
pcndencc to tho islands and prove vain
any accusations that America is shirking
her Responsibilities. In $50 the Hawaiian
Islands were semiUarbar.. During part
~ the uineties they composed am jndc-
pendent. sclf-goveruing, orderly republic.
which was eventually absorbed by the
United States only Ou sincere request.
Papua the Hismarcks or tHe Caro'lnes may
necessarily remain in tute.age for many
Years Tho test Of r.' administrative
scheme apparently agreol .pon in principle
by the peace delegates vii be rcr"rab,c
directly - 'hc runctioring of the league
machluery Fine phra~, - Endorsement
vii be Inadequate but .ne prospects of
worsng league are sufficiently bright
! ,us' nov iu condemn ae illogical doubts uC
| the mandatory power system merely be-
/ cause it IS new.
Defects in details VIZ naturally arise
.
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that floods OF immigrant. have always
been directed to those industries in which
workers were seeking a better standard
Of living.
Tho system is not peculiar to America
II exists everywhere. The record Of labor
recruiters working with European steam
ship agepts has often been scandal
Everybody suffered in the end. Wages
were kept down. Whole communities Of
aliens have been established in the United
states and these newer citizens have
sometimes developed a sullen dstrust and
an ugly restlessness from the dim belief
that they were being badly used. Crime
and a degraded voting system are two
obvious results in America Of the reck.
less system of labor importation on large
scale
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31
RED TAPE REPE.\TA\T

NEXT to the valedictory Of the President
' OF China who officially lamcnted his
inefficiency and expressed the hope that
his successor would be Northicr the Brit
ish Governments explanation Of trausat-
lantic mail delays assuredly takes the palm
for unaffected frankness. The Ministry of
Shipping announces that owing to an over
sight" it failed to give to the postofce
the usual number OF fast ships departing"
In the face of such an uvowa tnc sharp
sdge OF criticism is du'ed and human sym
pathy clogs the utterance of sufferers rs
the oversight" D1iCiadom Graves entry
into the vast company Of human sinners.
A fault confessed battles the probcr. rem.
ders his indignation Ncritabl! heartless
and establishes the offender however out
rageous he may have buuglcd. in the de-
lishtful sentimental role of the under dog
sympathy for the blunders of Mr.. Bur
Lesson and his moanderu= pustal service
is as rare today as kings I'm central En-
rope. If he aspircs to more than his due
share or il, is there not stimulating tip
in the British procedure
The greatest OF faults" declared wise
old Scotchman, lis to De conscious of none
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31
TRAFFIC LAWS AND GOOD MANNERS

rs IT possible To- bring about change Of
heart in the careless drivers of automo-
bues to force upon them, Iot us say. som.
such new state Of mind as the Peace con-
ference is trying to create among reckless
nations"
Drivers who consistently violate tho ,aU
could be made safe and worth, citizens by
a few lessons in good manners such DIS are
expressed always in consideration Tor other
people. Our hurry Is not SO great as 10
justify any man I'm pushing heavy az.
tomobile madly through crowd OF people
waiting for street cars, Nor is there any
demand upon the time Of the average man
which justifes him i'm driving a. 4 lfty-
mile rate IN streets where children are
Complaints such as tina, which appeared
from a Walnut stree, residon, IN This news.
paper yesterday VII grow more rrgoucnt
because the use Of automobiles is .r.I,ae-
ing a a tremendous rate
The police cannot watch a. traffic Tnera
aren't enough or them, and 20 isn't pos-.lr
TO follow and arrest every vi.lai1n of the
speed laws. II is a question whether motor
trafic can ever he precisely regulated ny
police pressure. \ better cure for ,\.-'.rg
conditions would he i'm q disposition of
drivers 10 observe on the road tne same
decencies which characterize human inter-
course elsewhere in civilized COMMUNITIES.
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/. Papua is another name for New Guinea
the large island lying directly north of
Australia
.. General Winterfeld has just resigned from
the German armistce commission r.
?. Maryland Is named after Henrietta Maria,
the wife of King Charles l. of England
T. Usancc is time allowed on the payment
of foreign bills of exchange
:, "The DccamerOn' was written by Boccac-
clio.
G. The Irish Molly Maguires composed a
secret organization formed with the
object of defeating terrorizing agents
and process servers and others engaged
in tenant eviction. In Pennsylvania
the same name was adopted by a law
less secret organization, notorious for
the commission OF crimes, Including
murderous attacks on coal mine owners
or officials 1t was suppressed in 1877
= Montgomery Ala was capital OF the.
Southem Confederacy before the selec-
ton of Richmond
s. Planets may be distinguished from fxed
stars by the fact that the former do
not twinkle.
O. John G, Fremont, first Republican can
didatc 70" President. was known as
The Pathfinder"
To- The emblem of the House of York in IN.
English War of the Roses was a Whit.
rose, "'
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HUMAN IMPORTS AND IMPORTS

NNE OF the details Of the Peace Confer.
" ence labor code which leaps out If the
general plan with the force Of truth that
is beyond argument relates to the old prac.
tice of recruited labor modified in one
country for shipment to another.
1t is proposed that hereafter an inter-
national commission will scrutinize every
scheme of this sort and deny the right Of
syndicates and individuals to move large
egroups of workers into new fields unless
it is shown that need for that extra labor
exists and that wages sufficient for decent
living conditions are 10 be paid the work
ers. Labor representatives al the Peace
Conference ask this sort Of restriction with
a view TO taking from the hands Of old
fashioned exploiters in all countries the
weapons which they have used heretofore
in fighting the workers and in keeping
living conditions at a low level
No one who knows the history Of the
mine fields in this and other States will
have a moments doubt, Of the wisdom Of
the proposed arrangement The Irish and
welsh miners who opened up the Penn
svlvania coal fields were driven slowly
westward when Poles and Lithuanans
were imported in great numbers. When
Tho Poles and Lithuanians became edu-
Gated 10 the American standards OF living
they sought better pay and better working
conditions. and were confronted by new
'oa,,n.titors recruited in other parts OF
Europe. The need for new miners was oil
course, legitimate. But II is significant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31
REALITIES

WET when the splendor of the earth
L Is fallen into dust, 90
When plow and sword and fame and worth
Are rottcd with black rust,
Tic Dream. still deathless, still unborn,
Blows in the hearts of men,
Tho star the mystery, the morn,
Bloom agclcssy again.
nLDI;R than Time with ages shod,
" The mathis Of a thrush,
Deeper than reverence Of God,
The summer evenings hush
Tlrau trampling deaths is grief more strong,
Love than its avatars,
And echo Of an echoed song
Shall shake the eternal stars.
Archibald MacLcish, in Tower OF Ivory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31
What DO You KnO,U?
QUIZ

J. What is the capital of the Commonwealth
of Australia pending the transfer OF
the government to the new federalzed.
city of Canberra"
> Nha, is the literal meaning OF the word,
"sautc," as applied TO foods?
2 Which is tho "IIawkeye state:
A. Which is the shallowest of the five Great
Lakes OF America?
= What is the abbreyiaton for baronet?
G. What is the sum paid annually by the
United States to the Republic Of Pana-
ma for the occupation Of the Canal
Zone?
:. When was wireless telcgraphy invented
by Marconi?
s. From the ranks of what profession were
the majority of the Presidents of the
United States drawn?
o. How many minutes make degree in
circular measure?
TO- VINO wrote the novel, "Barchester
Towers?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

In plymouth, England, there has been
started by the Y. W. c. \, an organization
known as the Columbia club the charter
members Of which are 100 English girls, all
we'll connected, and 200 American navy boys
Cant for the life of us see how there can be
much harmony with five score triangles.
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billiards

billiards Stra Ch'forWard mus,
- times work by in
direction. Perhaps l' S unimpor,aut 20 the
Ve,l-being Of a league of nations whether or
not the German colonies are run my man.
da'o-ics.' directly responsible to the league.
or by sovereign nations subscribing members
Of tho league. By' IL may be important for
the we'll being Of the world for Japan and
tho British dow0nions 20 exercise selr.denial
at rhls time because o' he effect such self
denial viii nave ON some other nations with
territorial aspirations Al Of which, it is
reasonable 70 suppose is appreciated by the
American delegates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

\ Camden Lad blarnos the movies for
having caused him to steal Il car and shoot
at his pursucrs Shall We can the pictures
ut once or wait for a campaign?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

Representative Mann says Secretary
Daniels ought to hc impeachcd for having
bought radio plants without authority of
Congress But lot not Mr. Mann be unduly
harsh. The best of us will make msteaks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

TIE National Housewives League has
called for a boycott Of an food dealers who
do not ,ut retail prices 10 conform with
those of wholesalers. But even that won't
bring back the free lunches OF bygone days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

Of the majority,
In the end everybody viii compromise
The rcddcst Bolshcvik viii learn io reason
The most violent imperialst will have
som" of In" greed shaken out OF him.
Tn" future of civilization will depend
not 30 much Upon lcgalsti" rules and
regulations as upon AN enlightened human
consciousness; upon the ability ANA dis.
position of ono man TO ge, his ncighbor's
viewpoint and to understand his obligl.
tions to others whether nc bc the ruler
Of a State. captain Of industry or Il
mechanic ON a strike No ono will ever hc
able 10 measure the misery and loss that
spring from misunderstanding. Workers
and those who direct industries often diS.
play an absolutely tragic ignorance OF
| each others affairs and difficulties Eco.
uomir warfare iu the form Of strikes is
IN" usual result
Everybody loses. Every body VIII always
lose.
Nations tno~ world over arc now pre-.
pairing for great mental rcadiustmcn,s
individuals will have TO Il" tho same thing
( Meanwhile any one who talks about hold
.uG ON 20 the advantages gained through
'hc war whether ho bc capitals,
anxious 20 keep up prices or worker i'm
'crostoI i'm maintaining a high wage SEIZED
! u'o- hasn't learned the lessons Of tho time
Because the advantages gained through tho
war were artificial advantages. War pros
/ por.'N was - shadow and a dciusiOu. What
is needed now arc the new advantages that
/ can come only through humane Co-unara
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

Tho Corner Saloon Glee club is sad
over tie fac, thai i' will soon have TO cut
smile from its repertoire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-31

Tho capitalist is usually the employee
II is only the outward signs OF his success
that the agitators sec, They never rcmcnI
bcr that behind every man who owns
business are years OF deprivation, Of hard
work. OF auNict.cs of strain and wcuy
effort He is rarely the child of happy
fortune. lie is mc'e likely to be an eN.
trcm"ly tired man who worked long hours
during most OF his life until he finally won.
He is the creative spirit in industry. rIc
has contributed more than he is usually
credited with to tho strength and riches
Of the country. When he actually gets
acquainted with his workers he viii have
corrected an error that may fairly ne
charged against him. And whom the
workers follow his example and realize that
the life Of the boss is also full OF trouble
we shall have passed the age of strikes and
moved into the age of cooperation. Then
high wages will not have 10 he dependent
upon war.
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| \DERST A\Dl\C NEEDED TO
AVERT INDUSTRIAL STRESS
Lesson, in Compromise Which the Peace
Conference Can Teach Employers
and Their Workers

NoIHING could more 'ividly reNea the
sources Of labor unrest here and else
where in the world than the defiant pro.
nouncrmcuts Of leaders on both sides Of
the endless .0ntro' crsv who are saHirg
that ihe> will hold on 80 advantages
gained through the. war Labor men on
the one hand and the captains and generals
OF industry on the other are victims or
'hc same mistake. They are attempting 10
measure tn" uncertain future I'm terms
Of the present.
" Ii idle to suppose that rigid economic
Standards SGT up now can remain fixed in
world OF change and vast movement
No man can say what he viii or will not
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The Haverford Comes Home

DlTILADELPlIIA'S hands were tied in the
l. matter of welcoming the 1laNCrford
WhatSa greeting we could have given her
mon If they had been permitted to parade
through the center of the city, past lndc-
pCndence IIall--thc symbol of all they fought
for--and down tho shining sweep of Broad
street. And yet. although we were moroseIy
forbidden TO come in contact with them
tt sounds rather like the orders given To
citizens OF Cobltnz), what hne human
note there in the mass of humber 'i'l-
zcns that greeted the transport At the foot
OF Washington avenue. | wish Mr. Baker
might have been there--thc scene would nave
made him moro tender toward those loyal
PhiIadephians who don't quite So" why most
Of the transports should dockta'-Wcli' at
another Atlantis port
DHILADELPIlIANS we're thinking of one
L th,ng above all else yesterday morning
But | hadn't intended TO go down to sec
the HavcrfOrd come in, I had Travelled ON
her myself and know her genital habits "i
procrastination. ] shrcwdly suspected "h'
would arrive at her dock long after the h"ur
announced Days ago, when we were toId
she would arrive on the 27th. smiled know
inplv, When She was off the tapeS ana
word was telegraphed Of Il disabled steering
gear" | chuclled The iorlal old snip was
herself again, 1t is almost incrediple tha'
AN enemy submarine S"ouIu I'tu ,..,,D
Ire l''l nsn az "ea, ,',,,,,,,I.,. ,,n,,;d hoy,
Nouo, ~, -, o,roy l., ,ani,, fearing
' I',,,, ~ - s,,,rol,, ~, larnrless vessel
rE,,'e , u. -, Io,.o c,,itural.d I, himself
,,,I .v ~, 1ois,,ro,,, as tha,, How many
W." -, -, TO- ,,,,,,,. Love Ccd hcr dirllrcd
',',, ."o", -" s',sro,,iny her "a he one of
~ ~ , ',H..' 80 a., Con, ant IN lurc irnocont
% %pt's'S , - ha,i,, a., ioi,.rfrtr hIandIy on
Hup'.I"' .''' W Thi is ,n I'M n,turcd iihe
we we Pui ,,.a. .ho h,s, Ga travel ON
$40" n, sunn o. ,,o.,,o,,,i,,io ,rnrrnsg a,.,,s :
,,'' u''' -" i t,.'' ',an cro,,o,t ,,L,ru, AND
o'u' NV, no t.,,' 80 ~. s,,i,,,o socrrit,.
vas "''''''''''
J,I'T paesnG along Pine street, about
r thir,,. tsb.cco vhiffs after breakfast, saw
- atda,. ~, out rrn,, tho peirce Schoo,
w. ~ ,tI ,a,I,la - continue excitement Eyi-
han,,, ,hc,, had becn Ie, off for the dav
.H,-h, ,hou y~o do with these old hool, a''
haari aDn sa, no we have ia car, thca,
Iaar,I cbattcr tba, thev wero bound for
Wasbinptor ayenue And then on Broad
street | saw little groups OF pedestrians
burrylnr southward over that spacious
thoroughrare there was a feeling OF suspense
bannenine" that passes so quickly from brain
10 hrain | could not resist temptation to
90 down and join the throng
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high The race with machinery has been
q little too swift. Harsh and unregulatcd
competition Between industrial groups has
imposed upon many workers a sort OF
pressure beyond normal human endurance.
In European industralism especially, the
strain has been ALMOST intolerahle.
The result has been bad for civilization.
II has been bad for the race.
The Peace Conference would bc justified
wages But no set OF rules can provide a
remedy for tho complication suggested in
the address OF the Philadelphia woman,
Time and tho evolution OF industry in peace
will have TO decide the various questions OF
prices and wages.
WORKERS and their employers too often
have been alike in demanding the impossi.
bic. We shall get over the difficult places
in the immediate future with far greater
case IL those who employ men will accept
the new point Of view toward which a vast
part of the world is struggling and realize
at last that the man who labors has the
same hopes and purposes as the man who
pays his wagcs--the same love OF life and
the same concerns for his children and the
same fundamental problems in his every.
day existence.
Similarly the world would bc better If
workers and thcir leaders could get rid Of
the fantastic preiudices which they have
been taught 10 nurture against the
capitalist"
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Member Of the Associated Pres,
THE CITY MADE COOD

Phil,d,lphia, FRIDAY, Jsnusr. 81, 1910
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-12-05
COUNTY SEAT NEWS ITEMS.

A crew of men under the
leadership of Joe Sorrow have
been busy the last few days NOV
ing the large steel plates that
form the walls of the county jail
to the building recently purchas-
ed by the county.
Hon. Seth D. Jones is in
Grangeville on his way to his
home at Whitebird from Spok-
ane, where he spent ten days on
business. While in Spokane,
Mr.. Jones met officials of the
Evergreen highway association
who assured him the North and
South highway would be a part
of the Evergreen highway, and
that other states through which
the Evergreen highway passes
will cooperate with Idaho looking
to the ultimate pavement of the
North and South highway.
Examination for census enum-
orators was conducted by Post
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

South half Of the Southeast
quarter of Section Twenty-one,
Township Thirty-three North,
Range Three, E. B. NJ, contain
ing 100 acres.
Also that certain piece or par
eel of land, situated and lying in
the east half of the Southwest
quarter of Section Twenty-one,
Township Thirty-three, North,
Range Three E. B. M. and parti-
cularly described as follows: be-
ginning at the northeast corner
of the southwest quarter of the
said Section Twenty-one, run
ming thence on the quarter line
So rods west; running thence
100 rods south to the section
line; thence running east SO
rods to the southeast corner of
said southwest quarter of Sec
ton Twenty-one; thence run
ming north on the quarter line
100 rods to the place of begin
ming, containing So acres.
Also the North half Of the
Northeast quarter, and the
Northeast quarter of the North
west quarter, of Section Twenty
eight, in Township Thirty-three
North, of Range Three E. B. M.
containing 1870 acres.
This sale will be made on or
after the 22d day of December
1919, and bids will be received
at the office of Felix Martzen,
Cottonwood, Idaho, in said coun-
ty, up to IL o'clock, M. of said
dav.
Terms of sale will be cash,
lawful money of the United
States of America. on confirma-
ton of sale by the Probate Court
of Idaho County, Idaho.
Rights reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Dated December 4th. 1919.
FELIX MARTZEN,
Administrator of said estate
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-12-05

master J. A. Peterson in the
l. o. O. F. hall Saturday. Eight
applicants took the examination.
They were: George Byers, John
j. Pulse, Elmer E. Cooler, Joe w.
Hazelbaker. Bert Schroeder, Mrs
w. S. Jackson, Mrs. H. L. Han
son and Mrs. John Kerr. A
similar examination was held in
various parts of the United
States to secure enumerators to
take the 1920 census of the pop
ulation, agriculture, manufac-
lures, forestry and forest pro-
ducts, and mines and quarries of
the nation.
Hon. Seth D. Jones on Tues
day sold his 12OO-acre ranch, on
the Whitebird hill, to Bob Cone
and Lloyd Leach. The ranch
comprises what is known as the
Swartz place and the Swanson
place. The deal includes deed
ed land, land subject to deed, and
livestock. Consideration was not
made public. Messers. Cone
and Leach plan to put a consider
able area of the land under
ditchs, as it is susceptible of
irrigation. Mr.. Jones retains
his extensive holdings on the
west side of Salmon river and
will continue in the livestock
business.
Apparently enjoying the best
of health, Daniel w. Gibbons, So
years old school teacher at Koos-
kia, was in Grangeville last
Thursday afternoon. At four
o'clock he was conversing with
friends in the street. At 5 he
was stricken i'll with pneumonia
and was taken to his room in the
Grangeville hotel. At 7:3O that
evening he was dead and his
body was in the morgue. Mr..
Gibbons, who had long been a
resident of Idaho county, was in
Grangeville to write county
teachers examinations. He was
born in Chillicothe, Mo. Surviv-
ing him are two sons, one of
whom, R. B. Gibbons, of Weiser,
was present at the funeral, and
by a sister, Mrs. F. Fryer, of
Portland, Ore. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
from the Maugg parlors, with
services at the grave in Prairie
View cemetery, conducted by
the Rev. H. S. Randall.