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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

afflicted noncombatants in enemy territory
rsked as greatly as the Pilgrims did in the
voyage over almost unknown waters. They
had to go against the suspicion and contempt
cf their own aroused and injured peoples.
But they went, because the spirit that was
in them would give them no rest
They set spiritual things above all ma
teral values, said Mr.. Lodge of the May
flowers company. So they did. THE two
most important things we can learn from the
Pilgrims" said DR.. FoFbush. lis to shoul-
and Considerate 70 one another That is
true. But it is only necessary to look about
the world. to listen to the courageous voices
that are lifted in ii constantly TO make them
selves heard even above the tumult Of
bigotry, ignorance and selfshncss to know
that the long pilgrimage of man toward
worthy ideal of life and conduct has not
ended and is not in danger of being aban
doned
Every man who unqucstioningly risked his
life, his peace his reputation and his com
fort for a principlC--and there are some mil
lions Of them in our own country alone--is
a unit III the great fellowship associated by
tradition with the MayfowCr. For the Pill
grimS were for the most part humble aud
devoted people, 1t was the Puritans who
were self assured and domineering The
Puritans, rather than their associates in the
founding of New England, formulated the
rigid codes of the time and the laws that
sine" have been called blue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
CALDER ON COAL

WHAT could the state do il, following the
w suggestion of Senator Calder, it at
tempted to use the power of the Legislature
to eliminate disorder and moral lawlcssness
and inetiiciency in the anthracite fields?
That question will present itself naturally
to any ono who saw in the angry comment
of Mr.. Calder and Mr.. Edge and in their
threat TO appeal for natiOnali2cd coal the
inevitable result of hcadlong proiitccrinG in
the industry. Socialistc dogma from con-
servativc Republicans is astonishing. But
in this instance it merely reveals tho effect
which any close scrutiny Of conditions in
the anthracite fields is likely to have upon
a rational mind.
The state, If it undertook to reform and
regulate the coal business within its bor-
derS in the interest of the general consumer,
would have to begin from the diagnosis of
Mr.. Hoover, who found in the course of a
thorough examination Of disturbing factors
that medieval rules Of distribution and CON
trOl still govern the output and sale of fuel
in the United States. Important as coal is.
not only to the householder but to all indus
try. il is still regarded at tn" source as some
thing put in the ground for the exclusive
advantage Of spectators and investors Thus
the great areas of untouched coal lands are
acquired and held by corporations which aim
not to increase the coal supply, but TO rc~
strict it. Many leases held in Pennsylvania
w"r" made to protect existing mines against
possible competition. Yet, even if these
leases were voidcd and If competitive opera
ton was made possible on large scale,
thcro would still be tho eternal problem Of
alliances. open and secret, between the rail
and mining companies formed, of course. with
a view to making life hard or uncertain for
the independents. There would be, too. the
disposition of I'll" independents and Of all
lease holders and operators to organize in
air tight rings for safety and large profits.
The law of supply and demand does not
operate normally in the coal industry. 1t
was shclved years ago. j the state could
find n way by which all coal lands might be
thrown open for competitive" operation, and
IT, having done that, it could compel the
rail companies to deliver cars wherever and
whenever they were needed, coal would not
b" selling at $3.50 ton and spectators
would not have it in their power to gamble
cndlNSSly with the fuel without which in
duStrics cannot operate.
But before any such reforms are possible
We shall have to send men Of brains to Har-
risburg. The problem in the anthracite field-
is one for economists aud statesmen. Ward
hCelers will never be able to solve il; and
what is more they will never even try
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
THE LONG PILGRIMAGE

Sh.>A l'l' I''''H : adar"-' yesterday at
- te '-'r"E''H4Fy r"'"hro''"n Of th" piI-
Gr.m, 'ah'hs ar iNm"HD' spirited and
F"ho'arIy as u was lndi"ated that even 81
'houSnt'uI n man ~ N" Sag" "t Massa"hU-
S"t'S mas ta,,H 'H'" ono Of III" 'omm"H"St
o. errors II" 'p"H" "t III" Pilgrims as Il
fh"F ir"nr"'"hte" vanished type. an aban-
a"n'd cause, "a a-aHn"arins element Of
humaH rlHro''TF. N ID" address delivered
- iAlS G''y o% 'r. f"rbH'", "i S"aTt"mor",
ana. 'hH''G' III a. 'ar various current dis
'''''IS "' tH' I'' o. IL" "7St pioneers IN
Ng" hns'ano' ing t1eFr Is az "Iho'Hs note Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
Member Of the Associated Press
THE RIGHT VIEW ON TRANSIT

Tn ANNOUNCING to the =. II. T. dircc-
L tors his determination to take as speedily
as possible the steps necessary to the OPP
Grafton Of the Frankford l., Mayor Moore
evidently assumes that the lease deadlock is
brcakablc.
This is the right attitude 20 take, for
whatever the difficulties and complexities Of
the situation, nothing can be gained by
timdity and doubts.
Both the city and the transit company
will have to do some compromising. The
alternative is stagnation and n reputation
Of the public's interests.
The conference Of engineers which the
Mayor intends to call cannot, OF course, put
through the defntivc terms of n contract
between the municipality and the p. X. 7.
But the meeting should be able to clarity
certain practical questions and serve as q
useful preliminary to action in which legal
aid will be needed.
Though it may require courage to face the
transit situation Chccrfully. that attribute
Is iudisprnsab" 10 an unravcing Of the
tangc. Neither Of the parties 70 the lease
which must eventually be framed need as
vet fear that it has abused the public with
exhibits of ovcrconfdenCe.
To be ingenuously and excessively hopeful
Of progress is IN -Philadelphian, sometimes
rather regrettaby So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE

OU SEIZE the PRESENT. is ours
" The clock is ticking on the wall;
The sweet dews have bathed the morning 4
flowers,
And golden sunshine giIds them all.
Fair Mother Earth in emerald green
Her lovely form doth all adorn;
Forget the past, the might have been.
Come forth and greet the smiling morn.
Oh, seize the PRESENT. is ours.
no tides delay, my boat is near,
I'm jealous of the tretng hours,
For winter SHOWS are all too near.
Der yonder deep no clouds are seen
TO stain its depths a deeper hue
Forget the past the might have been.
Full flooded Life once more renew.
This Life is mixed with sweets and sours,
Sunshine and shadow, grief and pain;
Oh. seize the present, it is ours,
The past Is gone nor comes again.
IL in your eyes the calm serene
4 sudden moisture should annoy,
Forget the past, the might have been
II any tears, then tears OF JOY.
Frank Fsirleigh. in the Toronto Globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Inc PlIgrms on leaving pIvn,o,,r
England, intended to Rettie I'm hmortIn,
somewhere near the Hudson river ~
storms ana navigation difficulties e,on
'uaIIE prompted them 10 choose No',,
England. 0'e new
:, Admiral Sturdee commanded tbo p.,.,-
Ieet whlch destroyed the German se,,, v,"h
ufOh uhder Won Spec In the world y,a.
g. The skalds were ancient ScandIno,'ia,
composers and recters of nocnns 't,, o.
hohor OF great men. ~
:. Henry NJ. Stanley was bant,zoa 1...
l1 h12wiandS. AS q young man he 'rn, waa
"uoplSu pE New Orleans mercban5
named Henry Morton STANLEY Rou,t
l&nds changed his name TO SianIeHo "
opllse ms toster-father, who ho,ySS,o''o W
died without leaving any provision 'rr. fn..
b, The three largest cities OF E,raroo
Paris Marsolles and Lyons are
.. The word foolscap IL a corruptlon or tho
Italian 'foglio-c lpa" (follo-sized sheet1
Ihe error must have been yerv snciaII:,
as watermark OF this sort Of na,nn
from the thirteenth TO the seyentpHpn1,tL,
bells "Nh cap ana
T. Cartomancy Is fortune telling by cards
D. Anarew johnson and Milard Fillmore
were tailors In early life
.. The asteroids are small planets reyoIvIn,
around the sun between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter.
w. JEFFERSON City is the capital OF Missouri.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
BACK TO NORMAL

TUMBLES such as took place in the stock
l. market yesterday, when spectators lost
more of their paper profits, are responsible
for most Of the idle rumOrs Of business
troubles and impending industrial depression.
But the stock market is a world unto it.
self. The needs OF the country, its energy.
its resources, its spirit and its great and
actual wealth are unchanged We are
merely passing, with relatively little pain
or discomfort, to a period of normal valua.
tions in industry. We are returning to
sanity. Once we get on solid ground again
full speed in industry will hc restored al
most instantly, and meanwhile talk of posc
sible business failures and long idleness is
baseless and without reason.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
LIGHT NEEDED

THE public will not be interested in a row
l. between the police and federal agents
for precedence in th" case that has grown
out of the raid in which Captain Tempest
gathered in $4,000 worth Of narcotics held
BY peddlcrs who sell the stun to dope ticnds.
What the public wants TO know is why,
since a federal agent seems to have been at
home in the house whore the drugs were
confscated. the place was not raidcd before
Tempest arrived?
Ii this odd circumstance can be explained
It ought to be explained at once, in justice
to an important branch Of the federal service
which has been put in an unfnvorablc and
perhaps an unjust light by current accounts
OF the raid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
JERSEY JUSTICE SLOWS UP

THE wholesome respect in which Jersey
l. Justice" is held is unlikely to be in L.
creased by delay in executing the death
penalty on Frank J. james.
The brutality, sordidnoss and premeditation
of the crime committed by him and his az.
complce Schuck ALLEVIATE the case from sen
timontal consideration. Since it is scarcely
conceivable that the appeal to be taken will
result in any soft"ning Of sentence, pro
longation of the case bears the marks Of
futility.
Speed in fixing and dating penalties has
sometimes been suhvcrsivc of Justice That
view, however, is inSupportable in the pres.
ent situation, in which the facts are not in
question, nor the underlying motive nor the
vicious magnitude Of the outrage,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
What DO You Kno,v?


J. In what year did Abraham Lincoln do
H'er ms famous Gettysburg address?
:. Name two plays by Christopher Marjouo2
D. on what island IS the city OF Port-au-
Prince situated?
4, What kind of a boat is proa?
ClarHOyanCc? ''' "oru
g. What is encaustic painting?
l. what kind OF musical instrument 10 n
cymbalo or Cembalo? '''''''' 10
s. What influential French newspaper :.
named Hfter the Barber OF Seville?
Washington? "H''oi at
10 What are Christmas waits?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
Color Value In Skunks

From a Department OF Agriculture Bulletin.
1t has been estimated that years catch
OF 66n S6npkS nnG in New York state is worth
SS,Uoo,ooo; Only, e-ffth of them are
black or short striped. If all we're Of This
higher grade they would be worth $1,000
Uoo' Experiments in breeding skunks have
shown that black parents regularly produce
PACK PACK ohsprings. 4 preserve stocked with
biacK skunks would eventually double or
treble the value of the catch of skunks in rho
territory surrounding II. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
At Long RANGE

From the Boston Transcript
A gossip is never willing TO rcncat upk;rd
remarks to your face. We recently heard
one one when accused of this try to justify her.
self ny saying: Gossip, madam, is a social
attack conducted on the approved PRINCIPLES
q, ol mo modern i warfare-you are not supposed
10 see the person at whom you are shooting"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

opinion.
Councilman Roper correctly diagnosed the
situation when he told his colleagues that
they might he able to override the veto but
that they could not override public senti-
ment
There is not the slightest possible doubt
that public sentiment supports the Mayors
veto. 1t cannot do otherwise. He exhibited
the extravaganza Of the Municipal Court
items so clearly that no defense of them is
possible. Indeed no attempt was made
to defend them. The councilmcn knew in
their own hearts that they were indefensible
by any argument which could be addressed
to thinking men. The money was set apart
to take care of political proteges of the
various leaders. and that was all there
was to it.
Sc 'n'Iferent were the counclmen to the
law that they once more voted a salary for
a probation officer who already holds an
other job. They knew when they voted 1t
that the charter expressly forbds dual Office
holding. but Judge Brown wanted the money
and they voted 1t to him. in accordance with
the terms of their understanding.
The fight is on between those who wish a
decent government Of this city and those
who are willing to wink at the exploitation
of the taxpayers in the interest Of political
gangs. Indeed, distinguished leaders have
advised the Mayor to "go easy with the
boys and to let them have a little lccway,
meaning to let them use the resources Of the
city TO pay their political debts The same
leaders have been urging the Mayor to so
easy with the protectors of vicious resorts
OF one kind or another and they have found
him as firm in the one case rs in the other.
The vote on the veto message brought the
fight Of the spoilsmen into the open. The
fight on the other issue will get into the
light of day in the course Of time, and
when it is known by the public that there
is a conspiracy on foot in this town to ham
string the Mayor unless he surrenders him
self to the forces of evil there is likely to be
such an uprising in his support as to aston
ish and bewilder the leaders who are accus-
toned to look with contempt on every high
ideal and honest purpose.
We end as we began by remarkng that
the Mayor is stronger today than he has ever
been before He knows who his friends
are and where his enemies can be found.
He is likely to fight from now on without
the fear Of being stabbed in the back by
some one in his own camp, and before he
gets through with them the men who are
conspiring against him are likely to be sorry
that they undertook to unhorsc him.
The Mayor may say as Paul Jones re-
marked on n famous occasion when he was
called upon to surrender, that he has only
just begun to fight. The history books tell
us that the other fellow surrendered to Paul
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadelphians Subjects They
KnOU Best

mand in nearly all our great railroad and
industrial corporations
The young man who has it in him to
accomplish success, who wants to do big
things in the active world and do them we'll
by all means should study law the earnest
man who wants to lead useful life will
find his outlet in the law; and the intel
lectual man who wants scope for his mental
activities will find the law an everlasting
joy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

London has seen a baby plane NI9l
thirty five horsepower engine run forty u.
on gallon Of gasoline at rate OF o's
hundred miles an hour. The day Is SuN
coming when the average citizen VIII =
his plane as nonchalantly as be no" ~
his tliyyer,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The Scottboro, Ala, man, eighty, Sc,
years old, who is building his own conn y, I
cause he is too old for hard work but Ds' ~
TO loaf, Is at least getting some satlSls.S
in his old age. There Is nothing gruGS' NS'
in the task for one 30 old. 1t is as S~'
matter as making a bed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Tho action Of Superintendent MLl'
stationing sleuths at railroad stations 70
that crooks do not arrive in Philaoe'Pss
during the holidays Is praiseworthy,,
does not guarantee our immunity RON
depredatlons of the crooked gentry now Sot
of town. They may arrive in stolen '''
mObilCs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
A Word for the Proflt..r

From tho Springfield Union
That there was limit beyond which even
the prohteers would not, or at least did not,
ceivcd and carried out the idea Of cnlo row.,
the holes in Swiss cheese and then sclIinre eS thS
product by measure instead of weight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Two boys, rejected by navy recruit
officers because they are undcrwcight, ID
applied in Baltimore for jail sentence
they may fatten up. 1t is far cry from
present penal institutions to the jaiIs 0l
bread and water days,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The United States Is on record as u,
opposed to recognition as an indePeDSSii n
state Of any country that was part o. \
tegral Russia" Russian Poland ws0 4
merly a part Of Integral Russia. All,
United States IL on record as being s~,l u.il
mined to support Polish territorial ihs'sl
Uncle Sam may yet realize that ~
man In the world may get twis'sa
mental processes, .--------.-tt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The Paterson, n. j., woman who,
qucsted the court to send her husband
Jail during the Christmas holidays is hrm
the belief that Santa sometimes makes
biggest hit by what he fOrgcts to bring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Perhaps one reason the nations Of
world hesitate over disarmament il Il
Germany (perforce) has set the example
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Thank goodness there are some troGb|
that, most Of us escape. The fact that theI
are bogus $1,000 and $4,000 bills in CrcI
latl0n causes us little or no cOncnrn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

A joke by Congressman Kahn, tak'
seriously by his confrcres, is responsible
an import duty on lemons in the emerged
tariff bill. Doubtless somebody sOmewha
is grateful for this lemon aid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The Department of Agriculture 2:
mates that years catch of skunks in \
York state is worth million dollars. !
lice records seem to indicate that the cal
in New York city isn't worth red cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The West Charleston, Vt, man who
internal organs arc all on the wrong 81
may not look at the matter that way at a
lie may be all right, while the rest OF
world Is little off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

What all good citizens should realij
just now is that Mayor Moore is wagng
tight,-their fght-against intrcnched cOI
ruption.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Home hootch is held responsible
the. rise in the price of mincemeat VIII
in fact, may be called the raisin detre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

1t must be put to the credit Of t
Wilmington embezzler that Bush made
whine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

We have with US today Old Man VI
ter, the cleverest guy in the world at har
ing the populace the frozen mitt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

BY way of variation we would like
have the fact stressed that the average mi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Mr.. Harding will go into the fight
his league plans with Republican swO
and Democratic Shields.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The Wilmington preacher who says t
all card players are idiots may have suife
some time from bum partner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

1t has never been expected that Enro1
would be inordinately pleased with any ID
migration laws Uncle Sam felt called up}I
to enact,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

Wonder if Santa Claus will hang q
bandits on the Municipal Christmas tree;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22

The true Christmas spirit provides
''the invisible guest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
SHORT CUTS

1t is unfair to call plumber q mot
bandit simply because he owns fiyver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-22
A Lone Star Sign Of the Times

From the Dallas News
, IL has just about gotten so in this countrv
that when a married woman has Candy II =
n sign she bought it herself. -