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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
FRUIT and VEGETABLES

Beets, Sc bunch, 2 for 15c; leaf let
tuce, zoe h.; onions, &c Id; parsley, 15c
bunch; green mangoes, for SC; gar
lie Csc h.; new cabbage, sc h.; sweet
potatoes, 10c h.; cucumbers, 15c; ripe
tomatoes, &c h.; green beans, 15c ID. !;
turnips, 10 cents per pound; carrots,
SC h.; 2 lbs, 15c; egg plant 15c, 2
for Csc; new potatoes, &c h.; SOC
peck; green corn, home grown. soc
dozen; cauliflower, Soc h; celery.
loo bunch.
FRUITS.
Bananas, l5c pound; lemons, 30c a
dozen; oranges, Coo dozen; cante-
loupes, 10-12c each; fresh peaches. 10c
h., 3 for 25c; California plums, 19c;
Maiden Blush apples, 10c h.; honey
dew melons, soc each; Bartlett pears,
2 lbs. for CSC; white grapes, 40c H.;
Tokay grapes, 40c h.; Nectarines. soc
h.; grapefruit, zoe each.
PRODUCE BUYING
Country butter, SOC pound; eggs
60c dozen; old and young chickens,
&c pound.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
Sage Tea Turns
Gray Hair Dark
It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring
Back Color and lustre to
Hair.

That beautiful, even shade OF dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
phur. Your hair is ySur charm. 1t
mikes or mars the face. When 1t
fades, turns gray or streaked, just an
application or two of Sage and Sui
phur enhances it's appearance a hun
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mixture;
you can get this famous old recipe i'm
proved by the addition of other in
gradients at small cost, all ready for
use. 1t is called Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound. This can always
be depended upon to bring back the
natural color and lustre of your hair.
Everybody uses 'Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with 1t and draw this through
the hair, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning the gray hair has
disappeared, and after another appli-
cation it becomes beautifully dark and
appears glossy and lustrous.-Adver-
tisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
LIVE STOCK PRICES
(Ry Associated PresS)


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. %. - Hogs
Receipts 10000; lower Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 500; steady. Calves-Receipts
500 steady. Sheep Receipts, 500;
strong.
Hoss-Mixed loads. $50 lbs, $13.25
613.4O: top price, heavies, s13 rs;
most sales, all weights, $13.25 013.35;
good mixed, $50 lbs. and up, $1,000;
assorted, 10 to 100 lbs, $12 rs
61340; assorted 220 to 225 lbs, s13.35
@1350; fat hogs, weighing down to
140 Tbs, s13.00613.25 fat back pigs,
under 140 lbs, $3.50 down; light pigs
and sows, according to quality, Sic
1915; sales on truck market, $4,000
1875; best heavy hogs year ago, r.
so: best light hogs a year ago, $12,65;
on sales year ago, s126o@12,75.
cattte-Killing steers, best long
yearlings, SIT 90; 1900 lbs. up, $1,000
Q1700: good to choice, 1880 lbs. up,
sl400@15.5O; common to medium,
1850 lbs. up, 50@13.50; good to
choice, 1000 to 1900 lbs, $12.50@
400; common to medium, 1000 to
1,40O lbs, $1,000 q 1900: good to
choice, 1000 to 100 lbs, 10000
1900; common to medium, 1000 to
100 lbs. s9@10,50; good to best,
under 1000 lbs. $10.O0@13.0O; poor
to fair, under 1000 lbs. S6.00@S00;
good to best yearlings, $11.O0@1400.
Heifers-Good to best, 500 lbs. up.
sS.50@1OOO; common to medium,
under 500 lbs, S6.50GS.00; good to
hest, under 500 lbs, $750@11OO;
poor to fair. under 1000 lbs. $1,000
@12O0; good to choice. under 1000
lbs, S1l756$1375: common to med.
ium, under 600 lbs, s6.00@sS.00.
Cows-Good to best. 1850 lbs. uE
s6.OO9750; common to medium,
1850 lbs, up, $500 a 700; choice.
under 1850 lbs, $6.50075O; poor to
good cutters, under 1850 lbs. $4,000
500; poor to good Gamers. $1,000
$3.50
Bulls-Good to best, 1900 lbs. up.
$65067.50; good to choice under 1 300
pounds, S650@7,O0; fair to medium,
under 1900 lbs, $500 600; common
to good bolognas, $400d $50.
Calves-Good to choice veals under
200 lbs, $15.00016.50 good bolognas,
medium veals, under 200 lbs, $1,000
$500; good to choice heavy calves.
$500 a 900; common to medium
heavy calves, S5.00@7.50; common to
@I3.O0.
Suckers and Feeder cattIe-Good
to choice steers, ooo IDS. up, 4o.ooU
900; common to fair steers, 500 lbs.
up, $6.50@7.5O.
Good to Choice Steers-Cnder 800
lbs, $7:50@S; common to fair steers,
under 500 lbs. s5.50@700; me-
dunn to good heifers. $5.50@6.50;
medium to good cows, $4.5005.50;
good to choice steers. under 800 lbs,
SS50@$950; common to fair steers.
under 500 lbs, S7.000SS,00: stock
calves, $50 to 400 lbs, $7.00@9.00.
Native Sheep and Lambs-Good to
choice wether sheep, $42504 .50;
good to choice eve sheep, $425G $50;
common to medium sheep, selected
ewes and wether lambs, $10.50@11.00
bucks. per 100 lbs, s3.oo@4.O0; good
to choice lambs, $9.50@1o00; com
mon to medium lambs, $S.00@9.00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
Boston Commercial Report
Sees Hope in Labor Views
tBy Associated Press)

BOSTON, Oct. 22.-The CONNER
cial Bulletin tomorrow will say:
THE demand for wool continued
moderate, with prices changed but lit
tie. The choice Australian woods,
bought largely by America, are firmer
since the opening in Melbourne, al
though the average to inferior woods
have shown a declining tendency and
Withdrawals have been heavy.
The goods market here is still, but
the willingness of operatives in the
mills to accept cuts in wages of Is to
90 per cent in order to keep mills run
ming is one of the hopeful signs at the
moment
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Farm Sale Calendar
SATURDAY., October %.

SATURDAY, october %.
Walter B. Fulghum, registered Big
Type Poland China Hogs, at the
Walter B. Fulghum farm, just west of
Earlham on the National road, at
1890 p. m. Lunch served before
sale.
Monday, October IS
Otto Lacey and J. G. Blossom, 21a
miles northeast of Whitewater, disso-
luton cleanup sale of live stock, grain,
hay, corn in field, ETC., at 10 o'clock
sharp.
Tuesday, October 26.
D. r. Funk. at Riverdale farm. 7
miles northeast of Richmond; mules.
cows and hogs, at 1890
Villa Whitman, miles south of
Centerville, 9 miles northeast of Con-
nersville. General sale, l o'clock.
Combination Sale, Bentonville.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
Strong Man Needed
to Fill Office of Poor
Election Inspector
Pity the poor election inspector.

Pity the poor election inspector.
Particularly the inspector for the
largest precinct in Wayne county. the
twenty-ninth, located in Richmond.
Under the law election inspectors
are required to call at the courthouse
Oct. 80 and personally take charge OF
the ballots for his polling place and
all election supplies. When the IN
spector for the twenty ninth precinct
departs from the courthouse all he
will have to carry will be:
Carries Heavy Burdens.
Over 500 state and 500 county bal
lots "a fourth more than the number
of registered voters), weighing approx
imately 20 pounds.
Two bottles of ink (the corks gen
orally come out before the Inspector
reaches his destination)
All of the original applications for
registration, which will weigh four or
five pounds.
The two precinct registration books,
each about three feet square.
A large roll of instructions to Vot-
ers.
A box containing election supplies.
including -oll sheets. tally papers,
blank affidavits, certificates OF cleo
ton, pencils, pens and blotters. This
box weighs several pounds
Must Call at Courthouse.
INSPECTORS are required to call Tor
ballots and election supplies oct. 81
between the hours of 10 a. m. and
$50 D. m. Those who fail to call at
the courthouse that day cam be pen
allied.
Township trustees, by virtue OF
their office, must serve as the IN
snector of the precinct in which he
resides. Under the law inspectors
shall receive $12 per day for their
services, but the attorney general has
Just ruled that township trustees are
not entitled to receive extra pay for
serving as election inspectors.
The ballots which have been recelv'
ed by the county clerk for the cleo
ton in Wayne county weigh ton ano
a half.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
GRAIN PRICES
Furnished by e. w. WAGNER & CO,
sass 212 Union National Bank

CHICAGO, Oct 22.-Grain markets
over night are a question OF coal
strike settlement should the news be
favorable over night some kind OF
grain bulge may result, thus some fur-
Their covering may arrive against the
close. Cotton is strong on the idea
that both sides are getting together.
Outside of some two million wheat
sold abroad past "a hours there Is
little bull news. Argentine ships o.
100000 corn this week and Chicago
remains well stocked with cash corn
and oats Beyond giving the markets
chance to jump at signs of strike
settlement, we see no serious bulllsh
conditions. Western hog prices con-
t1nue to break, outside buying OF
grains is poor.
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- Thursday, October 20.
w. D. Brawley, 5 miles northeast of
New Paris. and 5 miles west of FL
dorado; horses, Jersey cattle. hogs.
general farm sale, at 10 o'clock.
Friday, Oct. 20.
At one o'clock; 40 Big Type Poland
China Hogs. One mile north of Rich
mond on the Williamsburg pike
w. B. Krone
Saturday, Oct. 80
Wood Eliason at Pearl Wood Stock
farm, north of Centerville. Big Type
Poland China hog sale.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Ed. Hutchings, 3R miles north OF
Richmond on Cart road; closing out
sale.
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(BN Associated PreSsl

CHICAGO, Oct. 22-Butter market
easy; creamery firsts. 37@54c.
Eggs-Receipts 1,605 cases; market
unchanged.
Live Poultry-Market lower; fowls,
22c; springs, 27c; turkeys, sec
Enthusiastically; receipts So cars
Wisconsin and Minnesota white, sack.
ed, $1.6501.S0; bulk, $16061.70;
South Dakota early Ohios, S165@1.SO;
Idaho rurals, S215; Michigan white,
bulk, S17001SO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
(BV Associated PreSSl

EAST BUFFALO, Oct. 22.-Cattle-
Receipts, 700; steady; calves, receipts
500; s1.25 lower; $6@165O. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1900; pigs, CSC lower; others.
81 lower; heavy, $14@1425; mixed
and Workers, s14; light ditto, S13.5O0
IA; pigs, 1880 roughs, S115O012:
stays, $S@10. Sheep and Lambs-Re-
ceipts. $500; ewes, CSC higher; lambs,
$7G 1880; yearlings, s6@S: wethers,
S6G6.50; ewes, $315.75; mixed sheep,
$5.7566.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
(By Associated Press)

TOLEDO, O., Oct 22.-Clover Seed
Prime cash. s1230; Dec, $3.50;
Jan, 1925; Feb, $3.50; Mar, $500;
ct. 1890; Dec, s13.15. Alsike-
Prime cash, SIT SO; Dec. $3.50; Mar,
$1710; Oct, $3.50; Dec, s1720. Tim
cthy-Prime cash 1918, s3.2212; Mar,
$40; Ct, $3.50; Dec, $3.50.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct 22.-Hogs-
Receipts, 2,450; market, lower; heav-
les, $14.25@14.50: heavy Workers,
S14.25@ 1850; light Workers, $1325m
1880; pigs, $13.25@135O Sheep and
lambs-Receipts, 500; market, steady:
top sheep 81; top lambs, $12. Calves
Receipts, 25O; market, steady; top,
$3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
Sore Throat, Colds
Quickly Checked BY HamIln's
Wizard OIL

Sore throat and chest colds
should never be neglected. Few
people realize how often they re-
suit seriously if not promptly
checked. Hamlin's Wizard Oil is
a safe, simple and effective treat
ment. Used as a gargle for sore
throat it brings quick relief. Rubbed
on the chest it will often loosen up
a hard, deep seated cold in one
night. Keep a bottle on the shelf.
Wizard OIL is good dependable prep
aration to have in the medicine chest for
first aid when the doctor may be far
away. How often sprains, bruises. cuts
anc burns occur in every family. as we'll
as little troubles like earachs. tootnache.
cold sores. canker sores. stiff neck. and
tired aching feet. Soothing. healing Wiz
ard Oil will always bring quick relief.
Generous size bottle 35c
II you are troubled with constipation
or sick headache try Hamlins Wizard
Liver Whips. Just pleasant little pi.ik
pills at druggists for soc. Guaranteed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
Richmond flour mills are payin:
$2.1O for No. 2.
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
FURNISHED by WhelanI


Oats, 4Sc; rye, $1.40; straw, per
ton, $1,000; corn, soc per bushel.
SELLING
Cottonseed meal, a ton, $6S.00: per
cwt. $3.50; Oil meal, per ton, $500;
cwt., $685.; Tankage, SO per cent, $103
per ton; cwt., $5.25; Tankage, 60 per
cent, Sis per ton; cwt., $3.50; Dairy
Feed, per ton, $4S.00; per cwt., $3.50
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MAR K ETS

.Cattle-Market steady; fair to good
shippers, $10.o0@$11.00; good to
choice butchers, $9.0o@s1o.00; fair to
medium butchers, $S.00@$9.00; good
to choice heifers, $9.00@$10.00; fair
to good heifers, $700@$8.00; fair to
good fat cows, $5.00@s7.00; Bologna
cows, bulls. $4000$5.00; butchers
bulls, $8.00@$9.00; Bologna bulls, SEQ
$3.50; calves, $1000@13.0O.
Sheep-Market steady; lambs, $500
m$1100
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(By Associated Press)
Ruiidino.

CINCINNATI, O., Oct 22.-Wheat-
No. red, s224@226; No. red, 1920
@223; other grades as to quality.
$175@2.1O. Corn-No white, 951s
096c: No 3 white, 94095c; No. 4
white, 92094c Corn-No. 2 yellow,
93@94c; No. 3 yellow, 92@93c; No. 4
yellow, 90@92c Corn-No. 2 mixed,
$4,000. Rye-Firm: $1.67@1,6S. Hay
STEADY; S23@31.5O.
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PRODUCE MARKET
(By Associated Press)

(BV Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 22-Butter-
Fresh prints, 57959c a h.; packing
stock, 30G33
Eggs-57 q sc a Dozen
Poultry-Large broilers, 80 cents:
springs, 22G24c; turkeys, 32037c
duck, 20M22c; young geese. $4,000;
squads, per dozen, II lbs. to dozen, Sc;
roosters, 16c; fowls, 22@24c; under 4
lbs, lie; geese, 1Sc; springs, 22@
&c
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DAYTON MARKET
Corrected by Mclean G. Company
Dayton, o. Bell Phone, East %
Home 1925

DAYTON, O., Oct. 22.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, six cars; market, 81 lower;
choice heavies, s12.50: butchers and
packers $3.50; heavy workers., $1,000;
light workers., $11.00@11.50; choice fat
sows, s10.0O@11.50; common to fair
sows, s9.0o@10.00; pigs, s9.oo@11.o0;
stays, $6.00@8.00.
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(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO. Oct. 2.-Wheat-No. 1
r e.$d20462.O41a No. 2 red. 5000
2O4 Corn-No. 2 mixed, S31a @S4A;
No. yellow, SASS. Oats-No. 2
white, 53G53a4; No. 3 white, 50h q
81 Pork, nominal; ribs, $16.50W
1875; lard, S2037.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22

Bret Harte, when the inspiration was
on him, would hire a cab for the night,
and drive through the darkness with
out stopping until the struggle for
ideas was over, and he grew calm en-
ough to write. Nothing pleased him
more than to be taken for an English
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22

Count Tolstoy went barefoot and
hatless the year round. He was fond
of French perfumes, and kept his linen
scented with sachet powder. There
was always flower on his desk as
he wrote. Although very rich, he wore
the cheapest clothes he could buy.
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(BN ASSOCiateI PrnSSl

CINCINNATI. O., Oct 22.-Butter
Fat-I1igher. Whole milk creamery,
extra, soc. Eggs-Prime firsts, &c;
firsts, Coo; seconds, SEC. Poultry
Firm; springers, sec; hens, 22c; tur-
KEYS, 4Oc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22

Steady; No. timothy. $27.50028.0o;
No. 2 timothy, $26.50Q2700; No. l
clover, $24.50@25.00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-22

BUTTER QUOTATIONS
The wholesale price for creamery
butter is 58c pound. Butter fats
delivered in Richmond, bring 48c a
pound
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LOCAL HAY MARKET
Steady; No. timothy, S25; Clover,
$4,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 22.-Hay -
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LIBERTY BONDS

(By Associated PresS)
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-Final prices
on Liberty bonds today were:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
POLAND FACES FACTS
request for an armisti

DOLAND'S request for an armistice
L is recognition of realities. The
crisis, the seriousness of which cannot
be minimizcd, is one in which the wear
isomely familiar arguments for and
against the principle and methods OF
bolshevism are not vitally involved.
Poland as n nation reborn after CEN
turies of injustice and oppression has
valid claims upon the sympathy of civ
ilization. The majority of the inhabi-
tants Of this planet are opposed to the
principles under which bolshevism op-
crates. But these conditions furnish
merely the general background of the
drama. The actual action CRATES rasp-
ingly against preconceived sentiments.
For the unacceptable fact is that Po-
land, perhaps light headed with sudden
authority, has been engaged in a war
Of aggression in territory in which the
Polish population is decidedly in the
minority.
From the government Of Lenine two
offers of peace have been made. The
first was rejected some weeks ago when
the prospects of a Polish military col
lapse were less alarming than they are
today. The second, conducted through
Great Britain, is said to have been rem
dered unacceptable by unreasonable con :
ditions. But what these qualifications
are has never been revealed.
In the meantime the Soviet advance
has gained momentum and Europe is
reported to be panicky over the threat
Of new war.
Such lethal undertaking would in
effect be a reputation of the high pur-
poses involved in the world struggle for
real peace. Furthermore, although the
catastrophe is discussed by aarmists
and propagandists, it's ghastly realiza-
tion would very likely be resisted by
war sick populations.
1t is obvious that some truce on the
eastern Polish frontier must be speedily
established. Rights or wrongs of this
left over" war apart, its mere exist
ence has the nature of n crime. Posi-
bly, peace between Russia and Poland
may prove to be base on which a
| firm ediice of reconstruction may rest.
If drastic remedy can evolve, as is
not inconceivable, from a situation so
acute, clear thinking will gain new
| impetus.
The first step is the cessation OF
strife. Not until then can the merits
of the case, long so obscured on both
sides with Misrepresentation and special
pleading, be appraised.
Peace is perhaps the most damaging
thing which can come to the Soviet
republic. 1t is the nationalistic wal
against Poland which has united Rus,
sia, regardless of political persuasions
Peace will turn examination and criti'
cism inward, and is likely to beget In
the former empire the much needed
sense of realism now inspiring the Poles
! 70 cry aults.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
THE GARMENTS GOOD SENSE

TIME scene in which representatives of
l. IL 900 employees of the transit com
pany refused to press demands for in
creased wages. based upon a previous
agreement, and the enthusiasm with
which they supported Mr.. Mttcn. was
dramatic, but it was not in the invidi-
GUS sense theatrical. Sincerity and n
frank and manly co operative sense of
responsibilities was the keynote Of an
unprecedented occasion.
The situation emphasizes the invalu-
able asset of Candor as solvent for
discord between labor and employer
Mr.. Mitten 5 statement of the tinanria
status of the company was explicit
Not even money cXcrts the charm aud
magnetism of square deal. This was
plainly what the men were convinced
they had received.
Neither they nor Mr.. Mttcn arc sen
timentalists, but unqueStiouahly the
psychological atmosphere pcrvading tho
meeting contributed largely to the re-
suit. Consciousness of fair treatment
in the past was re enforced By Joint
and unaffected appreciation Of facts
stated without reserve.
The incident is an object lesson for
both workers and the men who hire
them, besides illustrating the general
indestruCtible worth of open dealing.
1t seems "A simple remedy for ills that
look formidable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

an impression VIII persist that schov'
OF hne arts should stand alone.
snould not De a detail In any iaIse
scheme OF general education. ana thaC
IN why tne various actiVities Oh ,nose
VINO are Interested IN the arts ana arr
framing should somehow De unined pc
nina genera pian for one great IN
st'tution IN which the iacilties now u,
th' CITY diSpoSai couio DC concen'ra'eu
-
Mennwhiic the puplc would De pette,
OF IL IL couid more tuiiy unders,anu
ana apprerla'e tnc WORK tnat mas prsn o,
done oy tne municipai art jury: Inc
titie OF tne poard from which Mr'
"ideher resigned IN moment OF tenn
per is misleading IN many ways. ~ Is
at once hlSh sounding and vague! But
Is because OF TINS same jury that
oriuE'S "nu p".,uihss anu streets every
", ,aoL ~ than ,hon ,.n5 ts a. aa
W '''
-,
inr ,,. nrM ~, ,a'ma y, D'uses '1at croHo
taa,,,it.,I .,,,., as ,,.i,...',.a
rothcr than pount and uo,y struc,ures
nnrtlv because the munic;noI art iurv
Ind Tho authorize to accent mr. reiect
thc original designs. Similarly n grcat
dcoI of Invaluable work has heen done
hy the iury. or indcpendently bv it's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
END THE CONTRACT SYSTEM

MAYOR MOORE expressly states
Av1 that his determination. to advertise
for bids for street cleaning and the
collection of garbage and ashes is not
to be understood as an indication of the
policy he intends to pursue.
This is fortunate. for the reason that
the Mayor could not continue the con-
tract system without being false to
every pledge that he made during his
campaign for election. campaign CON
Quoted for the purpose of bringing the
contract system to an end.
The charter expressly commands the
city to do it's own street cleaning and
|, to collect the garbage and ashes itself.
But in order to give to the city abSo-
lutte control over the matter, it permits
contracts to be awarded when they are
deemed expedient by a majority of The
Council and by the opinion of the
Mayor.
Although the bids are to be solicited
merely as a precaution, it is a mistake
for the Mayor to be toying with the
contract idea at this time. His whole
energy should be directed toward push
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legislation to enable the city to buy the
equipment which it will require to dc
the work itself. There is no time t.
lose Six months have already been
wasted. There remain less than six
months to get the equipment. to organ
tze the force of men and to buy or lease
the necessary stables and other build
ings for the accommodation of the We :
hicles to be used.
This work can be done if there is 4
disposition to do it, The Mayor, who is
pledged to carry out the provisions of
the charter, certainly has the power to
induce his director of public works to
take the matter up with a determine
tion to see it through to the end
II No emergency exists of sufficient
gravity to make it advisable for the
city to continue the contract system a
day after January |. And the contin
gency to meet which a provision for
making contracts was put in the char :
ter does not eTiSt.