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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks Win Thinking PIiladclps Subjects They
Kno,U Best

of them will avail themselves of thc oppor-
tunity to assist the federal authorities to
effectively wipe out the Illicit traffic
','Whcn our agents first started out to
gather evidence against those dealing in
liquor illegally many looked upon them with
disgust. Now the average citizen realizes
they nrc doing an important work and in
Tarlaoly they get all the needed assistance.
In the early days of prohibition 1t was not
unusual to have our agents attacked while
conducting raids. but this practice, too, is
becoming thing Of the past.
The stills in private homes are a source
OF much work. Many people operate the
stills and use the manufactured liquor for
Their own personal use. While we are not
overlooking them, nevertheless tho fellows we
want nr" those who diStiI the liquors Cnd
then dispose Of them for sale.
Fines Pay Bureau Cost
"Prohibition will pay for itself in few
Years. The severe penalties in fines being
imposed is helping wonderfully to meet the
expenses Of enforcing this necessary law.
The average druggist is not violating tho
law. Where, we do get one. however, who
-, we must be severe. for these people can
do vast amount of harm and the crooked
ones must be driven from the field Fears
that physicians would use their professional
office to Haunt prohibition are ill., founded.
The reputable doctor who will write whisky
prescription is pretty sure that il is needed
incidentally, and he will not prescribe il
where he believes it will be used for beverage
purposes.
The men on whom the duty to enforce
prohibition is placed are the finest type of
citizen. and now that the lrsS efficient ones
are siitcd from tho service we may expect
mat prohibition will be enforced to the
l"'t'r ana the chances TO corrupt the law
cnlorrcrs is very nearly nil.
"With the vile liquors now being sold
for whisky the people can rely on tho ou
lhori'ieS to driv" many Of tho Illicit dealers
IRON the business. This is being done grad.
saloon Will be but recollection"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
THAT RENTALS DECISION

THE decision Of the Superior Court re-
i vcrsins the action Of the Public Service
Commission in ordering the underlying tran
sit companies to submit their leases with
the Y. r. T. to it for consideration Is to be
reviewed by the Supreme Court.
The Importance OF the issues involved IL
such that a ruling of the highest court to
which the questions can be taken should be
secured.
The opinion handed down with the Su
rcrior Court decision leaves the whole Ques-
tion in confusion. The learned judge wrote
that the court was not prepared to accept
as sound the broad proposition of the coun-
sel for the underlying companies that the
Public Service Commission had no jurisdic-
ton over them. He further wrote that the
Public Service Commission. in asccrtainng
fair valuo of the property, should not
necessarily be obliged to consider the private
contracts between the operating company and
its lessons. And he declared that tho con-
tracts in question could not be attacked
before the administrative body with the
avowGd end of having the rentals reduced.
In conclusion, he said that 'thc commission
has ample power. without doing violence to
any legal principles, to compel the rendition
Of adequate service at fair rates over the
property owned by the appellant Chat is, the
underlying) companies, and there may come
n time soon wnsn, without ONCrbtepplnR ltS
power. it may with rropricty take action the
result of which would very seriously affect
the rentals under the contracts in question
We shall not attempt to discover what the
meaning of this opinion *, because 1t is
impossible to discover from it whether the
Superior Court has decided that the Public
Service Commission has or has not tn" au
thority 10 inquire into tho terms of the
leases. Some Of the sentences seem to sus-
tain tho authority of the commission and
others seem 10 deny it.
The supreme Court will have an oppor-
tunity to clarity the situation. If the Public
Service Commission has power under the law
to make the inquiry which it started. that
court is expected to say SO. II the action
before the court is brought in the wrong
way. tho court is expected to indicate what
procedure is necessary to bring the issue up
for adjudication. In the meantime it is
hoped that the city solicitor. who has inter-
vened, will be more Jealous in protecting the
interest Of the public before the Supreme
Court than he seems to have been before the
court which has just overrulcd the order of
the Public Service Commission
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
KICKING MOORE UPSTAIRS

CENATOR rENROSE has many reasons
~ to think the people Of Philadelphia guilt
bic in political matters. but he can hardly
expect them not to see through his purpose
in proposing Mayor Moore for a cabinet job
under President Harding.
This Is the senator's cute little way of
kicking Mr.. Moore upstairs. Having caught
a tartar, he would get rid of him from job
where he seriously interfares with the plans
OF the big boss for running the affairs Of the
city according TO the desires Of such lesser
lights as Judge Brown. Tom Cunningham
and their ik. Landing him in a cabinet job
would be one method of escape. Then with
the senator, through these lieutcnantS. con
trolling Council and the Legislature, it would
not be difficult to put q more amcnnble man
In the Mayors Office 10 do the biIdia" Of
the combine
Very pretty. this kind OF food for gud-
Eeoos, but it would be astonishing II Mr..
Moore were 10 bite. In the first place. Il
seat in the cabinet is not so big a Job as the
one he now holds. But over and above every
thing else is the consideration that the people
accepted him at his word when he announced
what he would do in cleaning up c-nokcl
political control al City Hall il elected, and
he could hardly under the circumstances
leave that job unfinished without Gi4crcdit
10 himself. The senator's bait is not aIlurinr
enough to hide the tran
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
TOLLS FOR STREET HOLES

TNl1E S2OS,00O paid hy the city within the
last eleven months to claimants injured
in consequence OF detective paving is in
effect, double charge. Legal settlement Of
TIVE various cases contributes nothing what
ever to street repairs. That necessary work
involves another drain upon the city
treasury.
Obviously such n system Of Gupitcatious
IL wRsteful and its cost!incss emphasizes the
obligation Of the municipality to keep its
thcroushfarcs free of holes aud other dan.
GCrouS defects.
That something has been done In this
direction is revealed by comparison Of
those damage claims recognized as valid in
1920 and 1919. In the latter year the cost
TO the city was $4S5,TTO.
But the present bills are still too liCh.
Moreover, the time and money sQuan lrrcd
in litigation over fake claims are consider
able. While profesS!ona claimants de.
lighted to magnify slight injuries, exist
wherever there are large public scmipUbic
or private institutions. systematic vicrim-
izing attempts are Unquestonab,y checked
when the particular business or utility IS
we'll conducted
One effective way 70 combat the damage
hunters Is TO maintain the streets Of Phila-
dclphia IN such excellent condition that tho
H'ertness and energy Of tie rry rs n care
,aker will inspire genera respect. This
ideal Is as yet unreal :od.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
REFLECTIONS

r WATCHED a man
/ Feeding some goldfish in lily tank.
lie dropped the food, and az it slowly sank
Unfortunate they iOstled one another,
Striving to seize the crumbs before each
other.
! asked him then
IL he'd observed his fish? What lives they
led?
II some were good, some bad? How they
were bred?
n in his fish some character were seen?
II some lived well and others were uhclcan I?
lie laughed at me.
I neither know, he said. nor care.
How these things live, whnt characters they
bear.
So that they breed a healthy stock, and
strong,
What matters it If they do right or wrong,
I have law
Rcyond all laws and morals of their own.
BY which the good fish from the bad are
known.
II the breeds weak kill them on. and then
With better fish stock the tank again.
Ill. y. VI. Hardy, in the ChapbOok, Lon
don.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
"ENEMY CHILDREN"

A FAIRS in the Old World have been
n taking some queer turns. No man living
can say what the world will look like in FIVE
years. We ourselves may yet need friends
in unexpected quarters. To do right because
it is right; to be generous and without hate
or bigotry and to be without fear of any
sort-such should be the aims of the people
OF the United States.
One cannot but be reminded again OF the
strangeness Of our position in the world by
n reading Of an extraordinarily moving SEN
tenCe uttered by Mr.. Hoover at q meeting
held in Boston to aid the work Of relief for
children in central Europe.
Il would rather have the American flag
implanted in the hearts of the little children
in Europe" Hoover said, "than flying over
any citadel Of victory! :"
Certainly flag could have no prouder
place than that to which Hoover would
carry ours. And yet there are people who
stlll question the virtue Of n movement in
augUratcd in the interest Of "enemy chill
drcu.'
Enemy children. No one who knows any
thing OF the life of inner Europe can read
thes" two words without n sense Of sorrow
md despair. The children who are in need
are dwarf"d. tubcrcular, half-starvcd, or
phancd and doomed to endless misery be-
cause of war about which, of course they
knew nothing. So are the children in Ar
mrnin for whom the committee for relief in
the Ncur East seeks help. Memory of what
We do for these forlorn and fri"ndlrss mil
lions will remain forever in the far places
Of the "artu-more permanent than monu
m"ntS and factor Of strength surer than
big guns That is not why We should do
all that is possible TO help Hoover and the
NrNr Enst. We should give to them simply
De c,uuSc tO give Is to do right
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

circumstance, not Of military mania. France
is sometimes charged with having returned
TO militarism. But IL IL fair TO look at a
small group Of politicians and call them
France? And is It to be supposed that a
land that has been trampled in every mile
by invading foes and invading friends. that
has been hurt and dcspoilcd in a hundred
ways of which people seldom think In sue
cessivc wars. will put away its arms with
out any question. or that u people shall for
get overnight terrors and martyrdomS that
even the little children did not escape?
Whatever the occasional French dipo-
matiSt may desire, the French people desire
only To live IN peace and honor. Like oil
The other plain people in the world, they
need only the assurance that Il general move
ncnt for disarmament would give them. So
the United States. II, following the suggcs-
tion of General Bliss, il again forccfully and
hraveIy advanced new scheme for the
abolition Of mlitarism. would probably find
untold millions everywhere in the world
turning TO it with the fcrvor of gratitude
that made all nations one in 1918.
Some way must be found out Of the FOG.
When the war was at its height men like
Wilson. Taft. Bryce. Morley SHUTS and
Cecil told the world that it's civilization could
not withstand another great war. But their
warnings were drowned in the Clamor and
now few people even remember what they
sad. General Bliss repeats what these wise
and humane men wrote and preached. lie
is far nobler figure than those other gen
cra's everywhere who have been giving all
their time to au enthusiastic discussion of
supertanks. toxic gas, germ warfare and the
lkc--as il tanks and gas and guns ever
solved anything for mankind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
JOHN w. CROlLY
On Prohibition Enforcement

DROIIIBITION is rapidly becoming a
i reality and In n few years the saloon viii!
be thing of the past. For the present,
however. the life Of prohibition enforcement
opinion OF John W. Crolly, assistant pro-
hibtion enforcement officer for this district.
''The average citizen il giving us his
moral support and with it goes determine :
tion to uphold the law because it is the law,
despite what personal opinions may have
been he says. 1T is foolish to expect We
could wipe out the liquor traffic in year
when you consider how long saloons have
existed here.
Yet in the last year, with prohibition in
effect. hundreds Of saloons have closed their
doors. Many Of them were landmarks in the
city and have been In active operation for
years. Drug stores. candy stores and other
useful businesses are now occupying the
premises formerly used by prominent saloons.
Are Accepting Inevitable
"Thc saloons have been our chief cause of
worry, but | am sure the saoonkpcpers are
now beginning to realize that prohibition is
actually here and are rapidly becoming re-
signed to their fate. Many Of them. never
theless, are still selling whisky in violation
court as fast us we know how.
The two Philadelphia saloonkocpcrs who
are serving Jail sentences for selling liquor
contrary to the law are examples of what
other viOlators may expect.
I'm the future we will be concerned chiefly
with bootlcggers and the operators of spcak. .
easies, who will eventually be the chief OK
ponents of the illegal traffic in liquor
''At present the enforcement of prohibition
is purely governmental matter Very
enact appropriate legislation to make the
violators liable in the state courts as well rs
federal The states have concurrent power
to enforce prohibition, and | am sure many
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
A TOCR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
pHTIADETpHI

Things on which the people rIr-rt tive
administration TO concentrate Its H.t.nt!on!
The islGTore riUcr bridge.
drpdock bio enough 70 accom- N oidtJ the
largest ships.
DsUcloptr srt Of the rOpii t-uVsit system,
convention hat,
buiidiro tor the Free Ltbr1ry.
AU Art Museum.
R-idr0C-tsrt % 'hs trhtev sTpriy
Homes 10 accommodate 'hs reputation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
Answers to SATURDAYS o,Iv

J. y n"ttrar% I"tr@i.%, is an American rregarIou.
uuhWun" allied TO the qwtng, +,
. smelly Gnifi ny inhNhis tropical rcgIors ' II
- HHssrnRrh Is tn" nam" ~ u1,nI hv ,ha
- Nco'ch and Irish TO the ErrIisb ~ ''v
s. congress has been rD,l,tr,.I ,u I,
present power Of levylug and roIis,i r y
income taxes since the sj,,tco,,6
, wa" pro- lailn"d In 1913.
= Ihe word schedule may Ire ,rorl,,,,,,,,
as though It were spelled .sho,,'rn .s!hod,In,,,' ,n
Skrou,@ The former IIounn'' jo, I' ~
EngI ,"h the latter American 10 ''o
D. JH'k 'ade was the leader Of CaIo,, 40
belil0n, Il rising chiefly Of Eerti.i ,o Ir
WSni'h occurred In England in i:Jn
'ade was killed ana tho rehalIIm, 'In0' o,,,,
pressed the same year " '"P
o. me HLe,hhl Jlhgocs were the war rort.
III England who in 1877 v,re or',. p,. "
over thc alleged purpose Of },,.ei,' ,a,,''rn ~,
take 'onHtaulinope The wo,G G"Ir," Ii,,,,, , 20
wa" applied to them iu Ier'eroJ,,.ab J',b', >
tnE music han song with the r"rr.I', "
We don't want to nEh. b,It ~ -, ,,"'"'
II We d. we've got tn, sj,I,"' J"S"
got the men, we've got the nIonc, ~, =, =,
= I4oueSi"ne ~ magnetic OXlu. or ir,I W.
). \ matrlar"hy X a social urganI1ntim, .
Wynrh The mother is tho head OF or ,hr 3'
., \ cnlHonct Is a short, light so,r
10. Ala'n Rene i.c Sage wrote tL,H r,,,. .
story "G!l Blas" ''' '"ihous
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
Old Stuff

FROM tho Kansas city Star.
The experts announce, after Il protracted
conference, that the country must not look
for any quick decline in prices. Ii that's
what the experts have been trying to yet up
Cnmrage to say they could have saved Them
selves lot OF worry. The country knew
that long time ago, and 1t also knows now
the priCe Of experts either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

with the support of the public sentiment OF
the nation behind it. Mr.. Harding is to
have the advice Of men OF all shades Of opin-
ion and Of all parties. Even Mr.. Bryan is
one of the men 70 be consulted. It is evident
that an attempt is 10 be made to take the
question out Of partisan politics and to make
the foreign policy American rather than
Republican or Democratic. Every good
American is hoping that II will succeed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
A plea TO tho War Department

"a, . Former Captain, United Statcs Army
tIire IA n name that belongs with tho tbroo
Bergdoll, Won Rintclen, and Smith.
Mercy and clcmency grant unto me
And Bergdol, Won Rntclen. aud Smith
Though I deserted ! cannot deny:
,rhomgh cmbc2HIcd wad on tho sly.
Please TO remcnlhCr, though was SPY.
Bergdoll, Won Rintclen, and Smith.
v-E. Z. A. In N. Y. Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The SteubenvilIc COhioD bandit who,
finding that a prospective victim was with
ont cash handed him Il ten dollar bill. il a
distinct improvement on the local article,
who is peevishly prone brutally to attack the
turns,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The Chicago choir boy who sang
Mother o Mine" before going to the gal.
lows might have been spared the trip il he
had listened to her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

A great chance for polite fiction Is pre-,
scented to the Annapolis middies Segregated
ON the receiving ship Rena Mercedes. lhey
are required to write answers to the charges
Of hazng made against them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

\ doctor received an award of $4,000
from French court for having his sIumher'
disturbed by American jazz in Paris res
taurant. The sum seems strangely IN
adequate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

grower in Maine" has presented a
fifty foot Christmas tree to the city OF Phia
dclphia. Why the anonymity? a phian
thrOpist deserves advertisement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The taxing of receipts instead of sales
may simplify collection, but it is mistake
to suppose that the Ultimate Consumer won't
be the one who pays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

a Camden court has decided that dead
man is not entitled to a tombstone until bis
debts are paid. In other words, no undue
interest may attach to the debt Of nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The Wildwood plumber who had to leave
his ilivvcr in Cape May until he had mane
n trip home to get the combination OF lne
lock on his steering wheel must have con-
founded the figures with his tools
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The chauffeur who by force OF crcum.
stance made his machine play tag with two
trains near Lancaster is now congratulatng
HIMSELF that he wasn't 'it"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Tho serial OF which Councilman Halls
statement of claim Is the initial chapter is
confidently expected to grow in interest with
every succeeding instalment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The trouble is anybody can tell how
war may be avoided: everybody knows !;
nobody hccdS. llcghho for somebody!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The movie actor who is suing a film
company for $4,000 because one Of his ribs
was broken in rough house scene pre-
Sumably disapprovcs of realism In art.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
A Clever MartNr

From the Toledo Blade
EHEenC '. Debs is nobody's fool. lie NAV
% be mistaken MS in Sorialism's ability to cure euro
deceived os to the advantage which bis i'o' mot
Wpsonment giy him as the leader Of
ANAL but decidAd'-' Ai'pSct minority =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The picture of his pet dog was crcmated
and buried with a Boston photographer.
Sentiment by the card.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

From the 81, Paul Dispatch,
Moonshinc drinkers are requested to throw
,l,cir empty bottles OF the road 70 as not to
LIKE trouble for the next party of the same
Iad. --,...
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

4 New Yorker has complained to the
Health Department that the apartment
house in which he lives is ovcrhcated, one o
cannot but feel that n complaint to tns
landlord would have been more than sum
cirnt in q case of that kind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Judging by the provision made for auto
mobiles, the municipal budget is in itself
kind of municipal garage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Why not limit admission to the country
for the next few years to immigrants who are
anxious to work on farms?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Food has dropped 90 per cent in price
during the last year; and the fact is re-
spcCtfully referred to those retailers who
don't keep posted on the news.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The New IInvcn post of the American
Legion which has voted against the propose"
state bonus for former service men ana ia' ia'
urged nm increase Of the relief fund for ulSi
abcd veterans of the world war has proven
it's possession of both patriotism and com
mon sense,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

4 police lieutenant charged with drunk
rnncSs pleads in defense that he just took
one drink Of high voltage gin, Though one one
may sympnthize with the victim, -, S,r'r.T Ca.,
speaking this is no defense at NIL. inc i"e'
is charged, not the intent Of the FACTOR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Cduada apparently will see 10 It that
Engand's six votes will not be cast as
a unit. Is il possible that some OF the Sen.
ats bitter sndsrs- worried unnecessarily
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13
SHORT CUTS

There is no martial law in the loca!
Limerick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The berwick. Pa, school board ha'
Gcrrccd that the school teachers OF the town
must not attend dances during the week hos
sit up late playing cards, as such praclirteo,
seriously affect their work in the schools ln1
days following. Here, at least, is one board
that refuses 10 be scared by the scarcity o.
teachers. Perhaps the members don care
whether school keeps or not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

The United States sailors who r'celyru
shore leave at Norfolk, Va, to hunt peaatt
and were later arrested on charge ..
making moonshine whisky, and those Qlhr,
sailors who, according to report lr"", ",
Washington, have been breaking ronNnS@'
for the sake Of the alcohol they contain
sumably lave had their objections 70 y,
absence of 4 grog ration intensified 9! '-'
eighteenth amendment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-13

Philadelphia. MOnd',. December u, 1870
Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-08-11

This is the song of the candidate; you hear it early, you hear it late: "Oh howdy, howdy, howdydo? And how's the wife and babies tool"