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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
THE DESERTED LAND

LIVERY self Interested group in the
IL present economic melee insists that
it. and it alone. is tho producer of the
country's wealth. But it is tho land
that produces wealth wat the farms
and fields give up is more important
than the output Of mines or mills. It
is when tho land is neglected or under
manned that nations grow actually
poorer. And there is n tragic neglect
Of the land in the United States.
How general it is was indicated in.
the estimates given out yesterday ny
Frederic Rasmussen. scCrctar: of tho
state Department of Agriculture. who
has reason to believe that in pcunsyl
vania alone there will be n Shortage Of
1000, 600 bushels of wheat in the COM
ing crops. The farms of the country
have been unable to compete with the
cities and their manufacturing indus
tries. and 50 ii happens that the greater
part of our national energy is being de-
voted to producing the materials Of bar,
ter while production of the essentials
of life is steadily falling off.
So long as the industries of tho coun-
try arc operating prospcrously and so
long as We have large SUPP lies of raw
materials the country will not go hun
CRY. But II will have to continue to
pay high prices for food until the land
Is made to produce more than il is pro
duciug now. If wheat crops continue
to grow shorter we cannot rely on
Canada without being prepared tp pay
heavily. since Canadian supplies of all
! A,,ta 49,. Il. IL
whore tho people are feeling pinch
due to los~oncd production that may not
be folt on this Side of tho world for a
year or moro. There is said to be wheat
in Russia. Rut middle Europe is cry
ing out for it,
If American farmers arc to go on
| producing they will have to find a way
, in which to pay labor wage higher
| than was over paid before. This is be-
! cause of tho rocketing schedules in other
| industries, which continue to beckon for
the mon and women who formerly were
content with hard work and low pay
The farmers are putting themselves on
business basis. They. too. are or
ganiznG. and in the future. under the
direction of experts. they arc not likcly
to sell their produce at loss. 1t is
tho consumer who will have to pay.
Labor is drifting away from the land.
But drift backward from the cities is
noticeable among men. who are desert
! ing business and some of the profes-
Sions To take their chances as farmers
with the hope that hard work and ex-
pcrience will bring them a livelihood
and the complete independence that only
a moderately successful farmer can
know. A man with few acres under
cultivation may be denied good deal
of what passes for pleasure in cities.
and he may have to work long before
and long after the whistles blow. But
! nc will continue to be the one entirely
independent American.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
NEBRASKA AND PENRoSE

TT WOULD be odd if Mr.. Pcnrose.
Il who austerely refused TO accent Mr..
Hoover for the presidency had finally
to accept the unruly Senator Hi John
son. The returns from Nebraska. such
as they are, bring that alternative
within the bounds Of possibility. While
these returns were arrNing Senator
Penrose was assuring his colleague. Mr..
, Watson, that he had an open mind for
presidential candidates. and thcrc were
fresh signs Of the long expected collapse
in General Woods boom.
Nebraska reproduced the phenomena
of Michigan. Its political symptoms
are the same as those which wrrc re
vealed at the primaries in Senator Now
berry's state. when johnson was car
ried forward to the first rank of possi .
bilities.
The general result will be explained
in many ways by those who happen TO
be directly affected What il really
means is that all sorts Of people in the
West and the Middle West are looking
for a new deal in politics if not for a
new deck and a now dcaIor
How far has a similar desire pro
gresscd in the eastern states We shall
know better after the Jersey primaries.
The Penro,o mind may open wider a,
time passes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

made IL without them, but they could
not have received their generous wages
but for the inventive and organizing
genius Of Mr., Ford, The hand and the
brain have 90 operated as parts of one
body. ff the hand shall say, Because
| am not the brain, | am not of the
body is IL therefore not of the body?
You cannot separate the different mem
bcrs Of the industrial body without Grip
plng il. The hand cannot do the work
Of the brain and the brain canpot do
the work of the hand They must CO.
operate. aud the two working together
create wealth
The Tamaqua philosophers know this
when they are seated quietly by their
hrcsidcs. but they unfortunately forget
it when they forcgathcr to pass resolu
tions and write proclamations after the
manner Of European radicals whose
minds were distorted by contemplation
Of conditions the like Of which do not
exist here and. thank heaven, never will
exist
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Tuesdays and Fridays are the GUS
tomary days for meetings of the
presidential cabinet.
2. Riviera means bank or shore. The
word Is Italian. It's specific
geographic application is to the
strlp, or coast Forming the north
border of the Gulf of Genoa and
extending from Spezia, Italy. TO
Cannes. France
j. Frumenty is hulled wheat boiled in
milk and seasoned with cinnamon,
sugar etc.
4. Fiume was never a part of the
republic Of Venice. 1t was orig
inally in the Roman empire. passed
under Frankish control and was
Incorporated in the dommions of
the house of Austria in l47l, In
l'I9 1t became corpus separa :
tus' or separate body of the Hun
garian crown.
3. The first name of Captain Cook tho
famous British navigator, was
James.
g. Under favorable conditions toads
VIII live thirty years or more.
I. Climactic means pertaining to a
cIinaN; climatic, pertaining to
8. The Romans expressed the number
100 by c.
., The Tasmanian devil IL mar.
supial, or pouch-carrying animal,
OF the island of Tasmania. II has
coarse jet-black fur. Although
scarcely larger than a badger, II
Is very savage and will destroy
sheep.
10. The United States constitution did
not specifically guarantee freedom
OF speach or of the press. Thai
guarantee was provided in the
nrst or the amendments, declared
In force on December IS. 1871,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
I'VE, THE PEOPLE," HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY
Their Proclamation From Tamaqua
Is a Curious Mixture Of Error
and Arroaanee
WHO are the people?

WHO arc the people?
w II is desirable that all know tho
answer TO this question, for we have
received n remarkable document nd o.
dressed TO the merchants, bankers
and editors. and beginning with the
following statement;
We the people. who mako and
have made possible your existence
as merchants bankers and editors
have the following to say and ask
your careful consideration thereof.
The document comes from the Tama
qua branch of the Plumb Plan League.
and it was adopted by the league at n
recent meeting. William II. Corrcll,
tho secretary. informs us that there arc
upward Of 400 electors" in the league.
representing fourteen different crafts,
and that they have determined that
the merchants, bankers and editors
whom they have patronizcd for many
years shall at this time support them in
their efforts.
"Dctcrmincd' and "shall" are strong
words. but none too strong il they ar"
uttered by tn" people, for the people
give orders in this country and tho gov
crnmcnt obeys.
But Schuylkill county contains more
than 10000 electors When 400 Of
them. representing fourteen different
crafts, introduce their demand upon
merchants, bankers and editors with
the phrase. I'VE, the people," their
assumption TO be the people" at once
challenges examination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

of Magellan. for the Panama canal was
not yet opened. When the war came
they steamed cast aud up through the
1sthmus and across the Atlantic,
During the conflict the Yale and Har-
ward were American transports for the
brief run across the English channel.
Then came a return North Atlantic pas
sage, and now they will journey back
through the canal and to the Pacific
once more.
''Coastwisc" is indeed a modest dos .
ignation for such rovers. Their pic
turcsquc story is only a fraction Of the
tiavorful and cxhilarating maritime
history yet to be written.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
oMENs or SUFFRAGE

MRS. MARY ROBERTS RINE-
41 HART is clover woman with a
discerning mind and no conspicuous
projudiccS. Yet hor chances Of seat
as delegate at large in the Republican
national convention have declined in
PRECISE ratio with tho prospects Of Suf-
fragp ratification in Delaware.
When it seemed that the votes
amendment might 60 through in Gov
crnor TownScnd'S state. Mrs. Rinc-
hart was being assured that she would
go to Chicago. When rival political
personalities entered the fight at Della
ware and permanently split the rank,
of the suffrage supporters, tho party
powers at Harrisburg decided quite
roincidontaly that insupprable tech
nical difficulties caused her elimination
as potential delegate.
Practircd politicians, in other words
seem 10 assume that suffrage is do.
fcatod for 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
A ROMANCE OE SHIPS

WHILE 50 many "f the main events
w Of the war arc still obscure. it is
perhaps useless 10 expect cuIightcpmcnt
concerning wha, may be called mar
giualia. When that field j. covered.
S however. portion Of il >houId cor
tainly be set aside for shin "biogra
phies." apart from the inevitable and
explicit record Of vessels originally de
signed for the navy
A recent brochure mako, an alurinE
start in summarizing stirring fact
about the Leviathan. the greatest liner
ever built, which was informed immc
diately after her maiden trip and later
fell into American hands and trans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
Un,Uitting Cheer

outside Of a hospital window,
~ In a tree that is gathering leaves,
A robin each day
Sings blithe roundclay,
And much appreciation receives.
His rcpertore's limited rather;
A morning and evening song;
A note for each squirm
OF succulent worm;
And the lays that to nesting belong.
The robin is happy and careless;
No kindly philanthropist he
The pretty young elf
Cares for naught but himself
And hismate and her eggs, one, two,
three.
But his song ne'erthelcss cheers and
heartens
A sad and unfortunate lot.
When a bedridden set
All their troubles forget
Does he deserve credit or not?
G. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
Why Is Johnson Radical" Wood
"ProgressiUe' and Harding and
Lolpden "Reactiondry'?

dreds Of others therefore he is a pro-
grcssive.
A somewhat Prussian type Of person,
with rather junkcr ideas that come in
evitably from army training, he repre-
sents. If he represents anything at all,
the desire for firm hand in our
government.
He appeals to a certain "discontent"
with democracy, with its looscness. its
disorder, its fermcnt, its lack of disci =
plinc. its restlessness, its threats
against peace of mind and pocket.
To his way of thinking it seems de-
srable to write rerboten all over the
landscape.
Wood could write perboten better
, than any one else and make it mean
more than any one else.
Therpforc ia he nroprcssiypp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
What DO You KnOn?
QUIZ

l. What country produces the most
rubber?
2CWhat one of the four gospels Is
thought to have been written
nearest to the time of the events
which II describes?
3. What Is a dowel?
4. Who Is the present premier OF
Canada?
5. Who was Jack Cade and when did
he live?
6. How many kings of England were
named william?
I. What Is polenta?
3. What is the characteristic of q
dormer window?
.. What two illustrous figures ir
literature died on the same day ol
the same year?
10. When did Washington deliver his
farewell address?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
A FouR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to Concen-
trats It's attention;
The Delaware river bridge.
A drudock big eHOUGh 10 nccOmrto.
date the largest ships.
pspelopmcut Gj me rapid transit sys.
TEN,
A contention hall
A building for the Free Library,
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the lCGter supply.
Homes TO accommodate the popnld-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
DOCrOR FINEGAN'S I

DOCTOR FINEGAN'S plan contcm-
Dplatcs.thc formation in Pennsylvania
Of state university. To he brought
about by the federation Of the Univer
Sity Of Pennsylvania. tho University of
Pittsburgh and State College, or by
such merger of those corporations as
may hereafter take place in accordance
with law" IF the Gownsman under
stands Doctor Fincgan Alright. il is his
purpose that each of the three institu-
tionS in question shall retain its indi-
viduality and its autonomy of govern
mCnt and curriculum as we'll. II is not
contemplated that its boards Of trustees
or its faculties shall bc either super
seeded or displaced. by way of unifying
authority. however. the plan provides
for the creation of n state council of
education. to be appointed by the Gov
crnOr. which shall be the trustees of the
state university thus created by the
union Of tho three institutions involved.
This council is to elect as its chief eX-
C"utivc officer n state commissioner of
education. and this council is to he fur
thcr charged with the duty of dividing
and disbursing among spsc three in
SttutiOns such moneys as may be made
available. and with determining, more
over. the purposes for which such ap-
preparations shall be used. Ebi burSd,
ibi pOtcHtiG.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

Sylvester Niorock is again invoigh
ng against invisible government in
he United States. OF course, hc make.
10 reference to the kind cultivated by
NOn RcrustOrf in 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

General Dcnikinc, leader Of the
anti. BolShovist forces in Russia. has,
arrived in London, where he is seeking
n little house in which to rest. As
London has the same housing problem
HS Philadelphia and every other cit,
in rh" world. it would seem that the
general has set out on a campaign as
Strcnuous rs that which he has ten
p"rnrily for-aken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

That West phiIa.
FO'' 'levon fO'ty TO d"lphia grocer who
charged eleven cents
for quarter Of a pound Of sugar and
forty four cents for full pound ev-
IDENTIFY believed that good arithmetic j.
good policy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

No one will deny that they are people.
But the merchants, bankers and cdi.
tors, to say nothing of tho farmers. the
lawyers. tho physicians. the clcrgymcn.
the teachers. the bookkccpcrs and the
clerks, have hitherto assumed that they
also arc people.
Indeed, it has bccn supposed in
America that tho people" was an all
embracing term, including mon Of every
trade and profession as we'll rs those
who have neither profession nor trsde.
If group of representatives Of four
teen crafts are to assume that they are
the people. to the exclusion of the
rest of us, it will be necessary to revise
many of our fundamental political and
social theories
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
Ono hrirN

One brirk may explain the whole
economic structure; No amount Of
"protitccrinG prosecution" will bring
down the price "r food while 81 900
PENNSYLVANIA farms remain idle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

The opinion grows that Admiral
Sims might better have saved his rriti-
cisms for his memoirs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

Now that there is general agree
mcnt that tho salaries of tcurhCrs
shouId be raised and he Board Of Edu
cation has approved tho plans Of the
state superintendent Of public instruc e
tion To that end, approval by the Lcgis
laturo becomes largely matter Of
rpUtIur
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

Ovcrals with rhinestone buckle, At
Si3 80 arc being advertised in. Newark
y. j. That merchant tor ncw,paurr
correspondent is humoriSt who once
read Of putting $40 saddle ON II So
dOnkC\
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
THE GOWNSMAN
Or. Finesan's Plan and a University
OF the State

A MONG the many interesting deliver
"A anccs of Schoolman's Week re
Gently at the University, none was more
so than the announcement by Doctor
Finegan, superintendent Of the schools
of Pennsylvania. of plan TO consoli-
date and provide, by means OF state aid,
for higher education in the common
wealth. The state has three institu-
tions which already differ in measure
from the rest of its colleges aud univer-
stiles. These are, first, the University
of Pennsylvania. founded in Colonial
times as the College of Philadelphia and
rcncorporated as part of the Univcr-
Sty Of Pennsylvania. n creation of the
state. in 1901. There is. secondly. the
University of Pittsburgh, which n year
or two ago celebrated n century of hon
orable usefulness and there is. lastly,
the state College of Pennsylvania. in
the middle of the state. founded origi
nally as an agricultural college, but
widening under the influences and de-
mands Of tho time to an institution of
university dimensions These three in
Stitutions group in contrast to others in
tho state in that they are, none of them,
UNCONVENTIONAL. and in that, TO larger
degree than any others, they have of
late received financial aid from the
state. To speak Of them ms rivals is TO
misunderstood the situation. Pennsyl
vania has less education than she i'm
pcratively needs, net more; and local
claims must be met in the college as well
as in the high school. The notion that
every institution of higher learning is a
species of educational department store,
in which it is n matter of pride to keep
every Kind of goods kent in cvpry Ot hcr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

RcactionariCs are said to be active
in Pomerania, Probably training the
POmcranian pups to be wardOgs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
HOW DOES 1T
STRIKE YOU?

T EFT no one dismiss lightly the Nc
IL Kinlcy type Of President.
Senator johnson. il he cannot noml l.
nate himself but still is able to say who
shall bc nominated by the Republicans,
may wish to play the Mark Hanna.
In case he does he will want Nc
Kinley in the White House.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22
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the Associated PRESS is
erciusircig CntitiCd 10 the us" for
republication Of MI uc'cs dispatches
credited 10 il or not ohCrwiSc created
ip this pdpcr. and also the local ncwS
published therein.
An rights Of republication Of special
Dispatches herein are also rCsCrrCd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

Don't he discouraged. II wouldn't
be April if it didn't rain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

4 Hog Island launching Is rs com.
monplace as dinner. And as important.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-22

WE NEED some new names in poll
w tics.
Johnson is "radicaI,"
why is hC 'radical''?
Wood is progressive.
How is hc progressive
Harding and LowdCn arc "rea"tion-
ary.'
How and why?
Wherein is .Tohnson's radicality?
Hc made one speech in the Senate
favOring the government ownership of
railways,
But it was at time during the war
when a permanent cXtrnsiO Of govern
mont activities seemed more inevitable
than it does now.
johnson is not repeating that speech.
He is trying to fOrgrt about IT,
His personal associations in the SEN
ate have been with the most cOnserva-
tive elements IN the party.
In the primaries he has studiously
avoided all conflict with the rcactionary
machine.
He is selfish. ambitious man, who
derives his power from the masses.
Given intense ambition and habit
of looking TO the masses for its gratiti-
cation, and there are radical posi-
bilitics.
1t is rather what he may be than
what he is which is feared.
lie is feared like Bryan because he
is crratic.
Bryan has soft heart and soft
head.
johnson has neither soft heart nor
soft head.
who are his friends?
In the sense in which Roosevelt had
! friends, he has none.
1t is precisely because he has not
| friends that some fear him.
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THE primaries are settling one thing
l. at least. the question who is the heir
of Roosevelt.
Wood started out with fair claim
to the estate.
If he wins the presidency he will have
it. to give. devise and bequeath to his
successor. -,
But if he loses. as now seems likely
it will belong to Johnson.
And this will be true even ii johnson
is not nominated; provided. OF course.
that the man who defeats him is not
Wood.
But Johnson is not Roosevelt.
He is narrower.
He comes from another class.
He does not speak the language of the
upper classes as Roosevelt did.
He springs from the ranks and his
following is all among the masses.
He is thus less generous than Roose =
Welt. less "A man of the world, and ac-
cordingly more suspicious and I'M
plaCable.
He is colder. harder than Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was greatly loved.
Johnson inspires little love.
Men who surrounded Roosevelt in
1912 call johnson selfish.
He has not the art which Roosevelt
had of making people who come, in con
tact with him feel that he had been in e
tprestcd in them all his life, watching
their movements from afar and waiting
eagerly for the moment of contact.
He has not RoOsevelts Infinite
variety.
You feel tremendous concentration in
Johnson. ~
Roosevelt had such incxhaustible en- =
orgy that he never seemed to concen E
trate.
In johnson YOU are aware of am
bition.
Roosevelt could pursue power harder
than johnson does and yet seem more
occupied with archaeology or birds or
books than with Office.
Naked ambition is an unpleasant
sight.
dangerous quality TO johnson. Perhaps
it is this: The lack of the sense OF
proportion that Rooscvclt's infinite in
tcrests gave to him.
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TARDING and Lowdcn are both
/ L machine candidates. And it is
always customary to name the friend
Of the machine rcactionary, as 1t is
always customary TO name friend OF
Mr.. Roosevelt progressive.
You couldn't exactly call Harding
and Lowdpn radical.
You wouldn't exactly call them pro-
grcssive.
And there being only three words in
the political vocabulary, you are forced
to call them reactionary.
1t is either rcactionary for them or
nothing at all.
And in politics we must class and tag
people.
But why is a machine rcactionary?
A machine is an established institu
tion.
1t leans upon other established insti
tutions.
And other established institutions
lean upon it.
But that is not reaction.
The Lowden Harding belief is that
the institution is more important than
the man.
But that is not necessarily reaction p
ary any more than the johnson belief
that the man is more important than
the institution is radical or the Wood
belief that institutions in themselves
have TO be in iron hands which have
left their velvet gloves at home is pro
gresslye.