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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-10-27

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
TRANSIT TAlKFESTS

TT CAN never h" said of transit plans
i in Philadelphia that they arc in
sufficiently discussed. Even relief
measures which are inexpensive and
commend themselves to ordinary com
mon sense are provocativ" of solemn
and interninabla powwOws.
In Harrisburg yesterday rcroutinG
changes. some of which were first pro.
posed many months ago. were rofcrrcd
to the Public Service Commission. EN-
pert, opinion is, of course. a good thing.
and the commission has a crcditablC roc
ord of wisdom. But why should COun-
Gil have gone to sleep over the CX-
tremely simple suggestion that it should
sanction relocating of tracks around
the City Hall aud the diversion Of some
OF The west bound Market street cars
out Filbert street?
Action on this subject would not have
settled the mournfully complicated prob
lens concerning tn" high power lines.
the leases and the responsibilities uf the
municipality and the L. Il. r. But it
would have been assurance of some
progress, however modest.
III transit reformation on grand e
lose scale is to suffer delay. must minor
remedial projects also be hatCdt
Is a partial solution of some details
OF "a problem such revolutionary pro o
ceediDg that il cannot even be attempted
without pondcrous sessions aud wpari.
some gabbIe?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
BETTER UNSAlD

TT MIR. HAYS. the national Repub-
L lean chairman. supposed that he was
tossing of an immortal "pigram when
he Snid that his party leaders were
thinking Of tho nations stomach and
not Of the heart of the world. he lahorcd
under II gricvou, dCluSion. Much Of the
staying power of IN cpigram depends on
sound. and in this instance agreeable
sound is lacking. Moreover. what Mr..
HAYS asserts is not quite true.
We have progressed beyond tt" time
when the emblem Of Il full diuno. pail
was considered adequate 10 suggest til"
ultimate Of human drsir" aud achieve
mcnt. Tho country isn't hungry, even
though prices are high. Political lead
crS VIII" know their job realize that the
uation hes II mind as we'll ~ u stomach
to be satisfied aud that consciousness
Of this obvious fncf is necessary to the
srsccss aud efficiency of any political
PARTY.
Had Mr.. Hays been wiser and better
acquainted with leaders whose opinions
are not the opinions of Mr.. pcnrOsc he
might have said that his party actually
desires 10 appeal to this national mind.
Then he would have been speaking
truth Mr. Pcnrosc might not agree
with him. But it is TO the national
mind that senator johnson has been
appealing with Sophistrics-but with
results that must BE- disQui"ting to Mr..
l'curOSC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
ANOTHER BIG DAY

-SENATOR Johnson, who has been
~ claiming all along that he is being
fought by highly creased, we'll moncyed
organizations, brings the full force of
a powerful and lavishly financed or.
ganization Of his own into play against
Mr.. Hoover at today's primaries in
California.
II was in Mr.. Johuson's state that
tho Hoover hoom was launched. And
vet the original Hoover men are still
fighting without any of the facilities
known to the practiccd politician and
none of the machinery that Is depended
on to carry elections.
A majority for johnson in California
will mean little in general way, since
in his home state and elsewhere the
Hoover men are hurricdly mobilized
volunteers opposed TO goose. stepping
regiments.
IN Indiana. Hoover. Johnson. Wood
and I.owdcn are on the ticket together
lf Hoover holds his own at the two
state primaries he will be revealed rs
a candidate who could loaf aud win at
the general election with even the half.
hearted support of the party organza .
tiOn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
THE GIRLS "Y"

TT WAS unfortunate that discussions
in the directorate of one Of the in
stitutions of the Young Women ;
Christian Association in this city
served for n time to obscure the hiph
purposes of the national organization
and its branches in Philadelphia and
elsewhere.
The girls W" concerned a, il i
with the welfare aud the future of
young women who must earn their
living is growing force for good. II
encourages and reflects clean spjritrd
aspirations of the sort that We like to
regard as peculiarly American. The
association has room for rich and poor.
and because young women of all classes
have found in it the means for new
contacts and understandings il is nat
ural that its major efforts are in behalf
of girls who ordinarily arc deprived of
friendship, rational enjoyment or whole
some environment in th" large cities.
The campaign of tho Y. W. G. A..
which begins today. is no ordinary
drive for money. It represents an or
ganized effort TO carry forward an On
lighteDed, humane and constructive
purpose. The community owes u duty
and debt to the girls and young
women who do so large share Of its
work. The funds needed for boarding
homes and helpful service Of all sorts
ought TO be contributed quickly and
rheerfuIly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
FAIR FLANK MOVEMENT

THE gcntlcr sex is noted for it's grasp
l. Of realities. Perhaps that explains
the diversion of sufragst attention
from the state of Delaware to the state
Of Connecticut. despite the fact that the
Legislature of the former commonwealth
is to rcconvcnc tomorrow.
Th" latest plan. according to Mrs.
Gait. lis not to drive Governor Hol-
comb to call an extra session. but to
persuade him to do So" This is Il uico
but not negligible distinction. and If
emphasis upon II bears substantial fruit
respect for feminine political deXterity
is certain to rise.
Meanwhile the role played by Della
ware has surely wancd in dignity. The
little state cnjoycd for ~ while the
sweets Of exceptional publicity. Poll
tics sIpcrvcncd aud Dover ceased to
thrill with notions of its OWN impor-
tnncc. 1t would be amusing if the Con
rccticut governor should weaken and
Delaware should shake of its lCthargy
simultaneously
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
,4ERE GOES ANOTHER ONE!

nyERALLS aud overall clubs have
~ lost the place which, for a glorious
day or two, they held on the front pages
Of American newspapers. An awaken
ing was Inevitable.
A great many people who had plenty
OF clothes 20 wear bought oyeralls which
they will never use again. Men who
actually need and use oVeralls fluid that
he prices have gone rocketing. Until
g supply meets the demand again these
Elices win not fall. The same rule
'- - alies elsewhere. Too much was
missed for the blue denim clubs,
-~> for example, could overalls bring
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

sentiment Of the people. The religious
conventions do not elect delegates to
political conventions and so have been
ignored. But the people whom the re-
ligious conventions represent do vote,
and those conventions are dcvotiug
themselves more and more to discussion
of questions which must be solved by
political action and less aud less to
hair. splitting doctriual arguments.
The sentiment of the church going
people backed the prohibitory amend
ment to the constitution. The politi-
clans did not dare disregard it.
If they attempt to disregard that
sentiment on other pressing problems
they are likely to awake some morning
to find themselves in impotcnt and in
famous isolation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
What DO You KnotU?
QUIZ

/. Who wrote the words of Marching
Through Georgia?
.. In what part OF England Is the inn
portant city OF Manchester?
=. Who was tho first American Rrcsi-
dent nominated by convention?
I. What Is the oldest theatre In the
United States?
8. Who said Necessity has no law. |
know some attorneys of the
name?
6. Why is tipStaff so called?
I. What day was described by General
l.udcndorff as the darkest in the
history of the German army?
s. How did muslin get its name?
.. Who was Hcra in Greek mythology? ?
10. How many grains make penny
weight in troy measure?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. Greece has been AN independent
kingdom for ninety years.
:. The present leader of the Demo-
cratic minority in the Senate is
Oscar w. Underwood.
j. According to a theory lately ad-
vanced by DR.. Irving Langmuir,
tho smallest quantity of matter is
quantcl. which Is said to consist
OF positive and negative matter
present everywhere in space. mov-
ing in all directions with the
velocity of light and capable of
passing through matter. They
constitute what has heretofore
been known as the ether of space.
4. The Paris uprising known as the
commune lasted from March IS to
May 81. 1871.
b. y Ilangc is n rib or rim for strength,
for "A guide, for attachment to
another object.
q. The plurals of the word focus are
focuses and foci
Z. Hostiltes in the Spanish American n
war lasted from the latter part
of April until August l3. 1898.
s. TChcran is the capital of Persia.
y. TIL" Colorado river flows through the
Grand Canyon.
10. More SignerS of the Declaration of
Independence were from Pennsyl.
Nania than from any other state.
Pennsylvania had nine signatories.
Virginia had seven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
WHERE HOOVER SHINES

FT,HOUGH everybody has admitted
L that Hoover is no Bryan IN the
stump, nor yet Dopcw after dinner.
nobody has thus far risen to declare that
he is anything but Il wonderful cxccu-
tive.
Since Old Guardsmcn have been
among the loudcst in complaining that
the nation has suffered from plethora
Of oratory and rhetoric emanating from
the White House during the last few
years with a minimum of administra
tive execution, perhaps they can explain
why Hoover's chief qualification dis
qualities him with them TO the point of
'thumbs down"
What more than superb executive
ability is needed in the White House
lob during the next four years?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
FoUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

| Things on which the people expect
the new administration 20 Concen-
trate its attention:
The Deld,cure riUer bridge.
A drudock big enough 10 dccommo.
date the largest ships.
Development Of tho rapid trd,sSit syS.
tenn.
A conpentton hall.
a buildiro for the Free Library
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the tCdtcr supply
HomeS to accom- oddte the populd-
fion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

down the cost Of automobiles, houses,
diamond rings, grand opera, movies dc
luxe aud all the other expensive things
that have come to be regarded as essen
tials of life in our, SO to speak, impov-
crishcd country?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
A TALE OF SWEETNESS
Sugars Use az a Food Staple
First Became General with
the Introduction Of Tea
and Coffee

THE unsung song of the woman with
A the market basket has for refrain,
IF sugar goes much higher we will all
be raising cane.|'
Which. it 1t were an economic fact
instead of a piece Of frivolousness,
might point the way to lower prices.
Another way to bring down prices is
to decrease consumption.
There is difference of opinion as to
which method would be more conducive
70 the health of the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

A TTORNEY GENERAL PALMER
"A has uncarthcd another plot. this
being plot number heaven knows what.
Tho attorney general is our greatest
discovcrcr of plots and our poorest dis
covcrcr of plottcrs.
The Reds plot and plot and plot and
the attorney general exposes them and
exposes them and exposes them.
Every time they plot there is the
gllnnt attorney general right on their
heels with an exposure.
But he never puts any of the plottCrs
in Jail.
Whether it is revolution that the at
torncy general discovers or simply
wholesale murder of officials. he tells
Il all to the papers and lets it go at
that.
And lot no one question the wisdom
or efficacy of the attorney general $
Since he began keeping close watch on
the Reds aud exposing them there has
been no revolution aud no wholesale
murder of officials.
=. The government at Washington still
lives.
We go to bed calmly at night. know
ing that whatever the rCvolutionists are
doing We shall read all about it in the
papers next morning.
u makes good reading.
Except for the attorney general the
government would have fallen mt least
six times this year.
And the Census Bureau would have
had an idle time of it not finding enough
people left to keep them busy cnumerat
ing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

Wooden ships are to be used for
coal transportation be
cause coal is a cargo that won't be
spoiled by leakage" This might sug-
gost that "all hands" may develop
hardness at the pumns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

A SSUREDLY it must be conceded
a that the world got along very we'll
for many centuries without sugar as
VIC know 1t today.
Once upon time IL was used al =
most exclusively as medicine. II took
a more complex civilization to turn II
into. bribc to small boy TO take
medicine.
The art Of boiling sugar was known
in GanSctic India, from which 1t was
carried TO China in the first half Of
the seventh century. There is cvi-
Gcncc that sugar refining was not
known at that time. II has been con {.
iCcturCd that the art of sugar rein :
ing, which the farther East learned
from the Arabs. was developed by
physicians, in whose pharmacopoeia
sugar had an important place.
Under the Arabs the growth and
manufacture of the cane spread from
India to Morocco and were also in &.
trodu"ed into Sicily and Andalusia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

Figures published by the Depart
mNnt Of Labor show that the cost of
living has gone up 96 per cent. We
may now expect to hear from Attorney
General Palmer that but for his labors
it would have gone up to % per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
HOW DOES 1T
STRIKE YOU? .
VOU know the hero of the popular

VOU know the hero of the popular
- magazine story. the fiction that ap-
pcalS to the American instinct for sue
cess.
What n confident bcggar he is
How every obstacle disappears before
his smiling self assurance.
The rule is confidence, confidence and
still more confidence.
Apply it in the campaign and YOU will
know. perhaps. why Hiram Johnson is
going just to miss the nomination for
the presidency.
Hiram is pessimist.
lie did not 90 AT this business of get .
ting himself nominated rs If nothing
could stop him.
He saw obstacles.
Ne undcreStmatcd right along his
own strength. ,
lie had little money and he could not
forget it.
The machine was against him and
that fact oppressed him.
lie had stunned against purity regular
ity aud he had an ever present con e
seriousness of his sin.
The odds were against him and he
never got it out of his mind.
Michigan was not preceded by any
confident claims of victory.
New Jersey he expected To lose.
Now man who comes within II few
hundred votes Of carrying u state has
no right to expect to lose it.
He should be sure that he would
win it.
lie entered New Jersey. thought it
hopeless. practically backed out, and
then went at it again.
And that period of distrust cost him
the state. -.
The hero of an "Amcricun magazine
story never takes life like that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

D'Annunzio is shedding no tears
over the reported failure of the Adriatic
parloy between Italian and Jugo- Slav
premicrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

1t has just occurred to us that the
shadow Of the moon on Sunday night
was that of revenue officer trying to
nut an end to moonshine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

Clean up week on all thorough
fares While the Department of High
ways goes to work on the streets and
alleys John X. Mclean piles into
Dave" Lane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

War activities are largely respon =
siblo for the exodus from town and
country to the big cities as shown by
the 1920 census. Food necessities may
bring about change before the next
census.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

We failed to learn at the fashion
show last night what kind OF headgear
truck horses are going to wear next
July.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

The local car robbers who ignored
everything but raisinS probably believed
the stories told about home made
hOOCh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

~ glory in myself Gxclaims
D'Annunzio. Had anybody been accus-
ing him of excessive mOdcSty?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

The Maryland and Indiana prima.
rios were interesting as preliminary
bouts, but the big show is in Califor-
MIA today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

lust how far could Knox be cx-
pcctcd to run with the ball and chain
Of hi, peace resolution?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

One never can tell. Just how
strongly Pcnrose insists on Knox
NAV depend on Sproul.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

Jack Frost loves us so much that
he just cant make up his mind to leave
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

HN THE other hand there Is Wood
" He has been confident enough to
satisfy the standards of our most exact
ing magazine.
His confidence has been, however, of
the military sort.
II runs like this Such forces being dis
nosed here and such forces there and
such forces being in reserve. to be
brought up at the proper moment, aud
We cannot lose.
with Colonel Proctor in command
Of the center at Chicago, Colonel Gould
in command of tho right at New York
and Colonel Hitchcock in command of
the left in the South and himself nt
general headquarters, there was an in :
vincible line:
His confidence has had material in &.
stead of moral bases.
His opponents We're excellent cannon
fodder, not spirits Of evil like John =
son s.
But life does not work out in those
terms. either.
Marshal Foch's rule is cxceIlent-"I
won the war by smoking my pipe !"
General Wood might have won tho
nomination If he had smoked his pine a
little more.
The public has right TO have win
ming the presidency gay business, not
thing Of mighty and crushing often
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

The attorney general might try the
rest cure as cure for unrest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

II may be said for Hoover that he
is developing some very useful enemies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

TT IS to be hoped the Reds will follow
L the excellent advice of that sane and
useful person, Judge Anderson, of Bos .
ton.
In releasing on bail some alien Reds
held for deportation he suggested to
them that they take vacation from
agitatiug.
1t was bad moment for their ia e
voritc line of cndcavor. said the judge.
The country, he said. was ''sccing
red. "
Their rhetoric got painfully on the
national nerves.
Tho people took them seriously just
now.
Therefore they should stop and give
themselves and the country n rest.
Let them go out and watch the buds
bursting and the flowers blooming Just
aS they had from the beginning. and
think how much time was left in which
TO bring about that perfect society which
they so ardently adVoca:ed.
a fine idea.
Particularly is it necessary to give
Attorney General Palmer a rest
II is very trying and wearing thing
TO discover II revolution every fortnight.
The Reds" should accept Judge An
dcrsOn advice, take Il rest and give
the attorney general one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
Tw0 Ways Of Losing The Presi-
dency as Eremplifed By
Johnson and Wood
G E q

sivcs, nor n lonely "Childc Roland to
the Dark Tower Came" exploit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

n HE mlddlc. ages Venice was n
great European center of the suga
trade. Somewhere toward the cud q
tn" fifteenth century n Venetian ritiaC
received reward of JOG. 900 crowns 70
the invention of the art Of making suga
loaf.
II was probably at this period tha
sugar first reached it's peak.
There is II crown Of gratitude await
ing the American citizen who can do Il
much for sugar prices. It he can max
prices loaf on their upward journey
call it peak. and take tumble Il
may pick his own crown.
This citizen. however. has not n
Yet been given II place on the fair pric
roMmissiun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

Tn IT'S food value cane sugar resembles
starch. being considered fat former
and source of energy. with fuel
value of 1860 calorics pound. "I'rom
dietary statistics" says the New Intcr-
national Encyclopedia. "thc conclusion
is drawn that persons in well to do
families in the United States consume
about two pounds of sugar weekly"
II is we'll to note that the rnryclo-
pacdia said it in 1904. The world has
been filled with number Of things since
then.
There was slump in sugar consump-
ton during IIooverizcd periods Of the
war. There has been boom in sugar
consumption since that time.
1t j. still moot point whether n
restriction in the amount of sugar used
restriction brought about by high
prices. would be an unmiXed evil. There
is eminent medical authority for the
assertion that the body can get all the
sugar it needs from fruit and grain. But
that, too. is something that has nothing
to do with this story, which is n more
or less frivolous chronicle of hard and
uncOmpromiSing facts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

E'ARI.i in the fifteenth century the
~ Portuguese and Spaniards became
the first sugar profitccrs. They urged
tt> uItivation wherever possible. They
planted tho cune in Madeira rs carly
a l2O. They followed in the wake
Of Christopher Columbus across the
Vastly deep. Sugar cane was planted
in San Domingo in 1894 and it spread
rapidly over the West Indies and the
occupied portions of South America in
the sixteenth century.
II was from dues laid on sugar in this
territory in the first twenty years of
the sixteenth century that Charles V
of Spain got the money to build his
castles in Madrid and Toledo.
Ever SO many castles in Spain have
been built since that time on sugar
margins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04

EIGHTING what always seems to him
l. an uphill fight, he is II grim fighter.
He lacks that warmth of temperament
which optimism brings.
lie is 4 rather lonely soul. as n man
who takes obstacles too seriously is
likely 10 be.
And being so, he lacks that expansive
moss which Roosevelt had.
lie does not get the joy ont Of com
bat that Roosevelt did and 50 does not
infect the people around him and the
public generally with the gaycty thar
Roosevelt did.
His very grimnoss. proceeding from
sense of difficulties to be overcome,
makes him seem mcnacing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-04
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