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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
MELONS AND MERIT

TT is always interesting to see an indi-
vidual make good on his own merits and
resources. The same thing applies to cor
porations. Trusts may be feared. They are
hardly to be admired. Who or what
couldn't succeed with unlimited backing and
in field exclusively controlled?
Dim memories are still held Of the DAYS
when the Standard Oil Company was split
into component parts. There was no telling
how those various detached corporations
would make out. II can now, however, be
reported with considerable conviction that
not all Of the independent" organizations
have suffered keenly.
The Standard Oil Company Of Indiana.
for instance, has done very well. A stock
dividend was this week declared Of one
share and half for every share held. The
par value of this largess amounted to S45,-
600, 900. Immediately after the distribution
a counter bid of $500 share raised the
value of the stockholders remuneration to
S14i, 900. 900.
Plainly a fragment of a dissolved trust
is well out of the woods. Indeed, II may be
said to be disporting itself right merrily in
the honey dew melon patch. With gasoline
at thirty four cents gallon. indulgence
assumes something of the aspect of high
carnival
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
Room at the Top

From the Freeman
NJ. Millerand has taken on the presidency
of the French Republic in succession to NJ
Paul Deschanel, who has retired in diapi-
dated state of health. Things are coming to
the pass where jobs Of this sort will pres
entity be listed among the evtra hazardous
occupations. NJ. Deschanel falls out of a car
window. Mr.. Cox's train jumps the track
and gives him more or less Of jolt, Mr.
Wilson returns from a trip inca pacitated and
has remained In mysterious and questionable
aloofness ever since; no one can quite make
out what IL the matter with Mr.. Lloyd
George, and the actuarial expectation on the
health OF crowned heads is much below par
and has been for some time. 1t is vox
pOpuli that NJ. Millerand had to be blind
folded and backed into the traces, having
preference for something more robust in the
way of job. One notices that openings Of
this kind which used to be much sought after
are now apt to go begging The British am
bassadorship at Washington, for instance,
ten years ago would have been schemed for
at a great rate but when Lord Grey retired
after his tenure of few months il seemed
about as desirable as the vice presidency of
the United States, and fully as hard to fill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
GRAPES FROM THORNS

WHEN the golden wood on golden days
w Lay still in the sun;
When sumaCh in the swamp was all ablaZe
Came one
VIII bent to me. Bright was my amaze
At the wonder and the beauty of his ways.
He with his Spanish eyes and scarlet cloak
Showed me the magic blue in bonfire smoke :;
Showed me polished Chestnuts under stiff
faded leaves;
There are fallen moon pumpkins and corn
in sheaves.'
And "Lsten-the bells are ringing in the
Promise you will always wear a leaf. green
gown
Here in the golden woods | walk alone.
For he of the Spanish eyes and scarlet cloak
is gone
Sorry enough was to see him go,
For in my own way ] loved him so.
But sorrer far was ! 10 know that he
Saw not the beauty that he showed to me.
To bind me, hold me fast, he used ID merely
To use it thus he saw SO clearly
Beauty Is a chain. Invisible but strong.
To bind her to me. To make her love me
long"
The barberry bush is hung with jewels
bright.
The Tipening apples fall
In the lane by the wandering gray wall.
Across the river the hills stretch out. They
Like old drowsy dragons, browsing in a
dream.
Black crows turn westward in the amber
light.
They scatter, cawing in their somber fight.
On the hilltop whore the tall pines sing
The small quicksilver squirrels bring
Nuts for the long white nights to come
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
A ROUSING RACE
DOETs. cmotionalists and sentime

DUETS. cmotionalists and sentimentalists
generally were decidedly embarrassed by
the Americas cup races. Odes turned to
satires. Thrills were about as tense and
unprecedented as a session Of the electoral
college The usually good natured public,
pleased, of course. that the trophy had been
successfully defended, wondered leniently il
stewardship and the quality of wind driven
craft were to be concusvely tested by exotic
yachts upon carefully nursed ocean, coaxed
down to nearly a dead calm.
By no means. The real thing is taking
place in the more properly agtated ocean off
Halifax today.
Nobody goes to Halifax for fine weather
and caressing zephyrs. The Yankee schooner
Esperanto and the Canadian two master
Delawanna are seeking for no such doubt
fuI favors.
Today's race, the first Of a series Of three
will not be sailed unless the wind Is blowing
Mt least nine knots an hour. and even TWEEN
ty-fye knots will be Justify welcomed
Shippers Welch, American, and Himmel-
man. Canadian, intend to show what the
stout. modern. rakish windjammer is capable
of on bona fide Atlantic.
The race Is one of the last of the notable
international contests of 1920. No matter
who is the victor, apologies for the condi-
tions under which the race is entered are
out of order. The championship of the
North Atlantic coast fishing fleet is at stake.
WHAT'S pewter cup, anyway?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
LIEUT.. COL. JOHN A. WAGNER,
On Work Of the Schuylkill Arsena,

PHILADELPHIA has an institution
+ within fifteen minutes ride Of City Hall
which furnishes the flags. uniforms and
equipment for the greater part OF the oo on1ea nea
and product this year valued at Slo,ooo,-
600 of whose work Philadelphians seem to
know little or nothing.
The authority for this statement Is Lieu-
tenant Colonel John A. Wagner. newly ap-
pointed commandant Of the Schuylkill Ar
senal the institution to which he rerers as
being unappreciatcd In this city. An I'M
mense undertaking during the war, the ar.
senal, according to Colonel Wagner, has not
fallen away to comparative nothingness as
did some wartime enterprises but II now
only hindered in expansion by the difficulty
in getting labor.
''The Schuylkill Arsenal was founded in
179S." Colonel Wagner said, Occupying
then az now the area between Grays Ferry
road, the river, the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks and Peltz street. The government
Goes not own the property, but received 1t by
a deed at the time of it's opening from a
James McIIenry. 1t forms one unit, and
nv far the largest, of the Philadelphia depot
OF the quartermaster's corps under the com
mand OF Colonel J. B. Houston. Its period
of great Industrial expansion started in 1907.
SIN the old days coats were the only arti-
ties manufactured, and at one time there
we're only sixty employees in the arsenal.
Now there are 1900 employees. and they
manufacture practically every piece Of cloth
Ing that a United States soldier wears, in
addition to the government flags and all the
tents now being manufactured. More ma
chinery is even now being installed In the
thirty or more buildings and 1t is for this
reason that the need for more operators Is
becoming SO strongly felt.
Workers Well Treated
1--WE get our workers by means Of the civil
service. not through educational examina
tiOns OF any sort, but merely tests of their
character and experience. They work eight
hours a day. have the usual thirty day gov
ernment vacation and receive S240 bonus a
year.
'The buildings are all old, but they are
equipped in the most up to date manner. and
the rooms are models for people to work in.
Three OF the buildings are devoted almost
completely to manufacturing. Others are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
A NEW ROLE FOR THE STATE

DROSPECTS of a tangible and long
l. needed business reform are contained in
the plan 70 invest the state with the fuuc-
tions OF guaranteeing projecting and iuves-
tigating titles 70 land. II il expected that
the new Legislature will at last take up this
matter, held in abeyancc during the 1919
session.
In the interim the commission appointed
by the Governor TO inquire into the system
Of recording deeds has evolved a program
based largely on the TOrrens method on.
eratiye in several other states of greatly
facilitating, cxpediting and simplifying prop
erty transfers By this new process many
long rooted complexities and u great deal
Of red tape will be removed,
The salient feature of the scheme Is n
rourt consisting of three judges who shall
sit in Harrisburg or at various county seats.
This tribunal shall have power 10 pass
Judgment upon disputed titles The opinion
will not only safeguard the title Of the pur-
chaser who applies, but will be insurance
also for any subsequent buyer.
At the outset the system will be voluntary.
It's popularity as an instrument for clearing
up property titles definitely and with
hnality, is hardly to be questioned. The
right ef the state to enter the title insur-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

]. According to Scotch superstitution Hal,
loween. October 81, Is the time uhen
witches devils. fairies and other inns
or earth and air hold their annual
.. Pixies Peak ia named infer zshr,o,
who discovered 1t In 1906
3. The "Marseilaise" was written In tr,but.
70 the enthusiasm OF the French reyo
lutinnary volunteers who marched m
Paris from Marseilles In 1T92. Rouget
de l.sle, captain OF engineers com
uoseh the song in Straqbourg on AnriI
"a, l7o2' It's original title was "Chant
de Gucrre pour l'Armee du Rhin' (War
Song for the Army Of the Rhinc'D. 'N
4. Sir John Sucking was an English ro,,o,
lst poet ana man OF fashion Of the cour,
Is THE Prince Of Darkness is a gentle.
man" Sucking died. supposedly by hi,
own hand, In Paris, in 1919 '''
&. Tho Latin phrase "multum In perye"
means much in little"
6. Columbus died in Valladolld, north osn-
tral Spain. In 1905.
Z. A mouffion is wild mountain sheen OF
Southern Europe.
s. A parabola Is plane curve formal h.,
the intersection of cone with a plane
parallel to its side. ''"'S
0. The War OF 1912 ended Officially with
the signing Of the Treaty OF C;hent bv
representatives OF the United States ana
Great Great, drh, britain n, n Dseember, 1914, but
OF New Orleans was won by the AmerI'
cans under Andrew jackson
10. A Punic peace means a peace In wh,o,,
the yanamished nation Is virtually de.
wars between Rome and CsrthssNs
After the last CT these conflicts the c7tv
OF Carthage was razed. 80 ""
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

and other Republicans are not as fully aware
as Mr.. Wilson Of the need of a new scheme
of international relations founded for that
great purpose Is to be utterly blinded by
prejudice. Where the leading Democrats
and the leading Republicans disagree is in
the matter of method.
Mr. Harding and his advisers have sought
to 60 slowly and with care because 1t Is
their aim, first of all, to safeguard the power
which. embodied in the United States alone,
can make that experiment successful and
workable 1t has been a Democratic habit
of late TO look only at the surface of the
general question. The party has been hyp-
Noticed by the cloqucnce of the President,
and what is far more dangerous, it has
chosen TO disregard the complications created
by two years of delay In Europe. Inter
woven with the very mechanism OF the
League Of Nations as il is now organized are
schemes Of the very Imperialism about which
Mr.. Wilson complains
To what extent shall we be able to re-
establish the ideals and aims out Of which
the original plan grew? Will European
governments rclnquish all new policies of
imperialistic expansion even IL we enter the
league? These are questions which the Re-
publicans prefer to put before the world
before they enter into a system of co opera
tlOu tnat might re eStdDllSn ana relntTenCn
rather than hinder the old order in Europe.
Is it just to suppose that there is any wrong
in that or any betrayal of American ideals?
1t is not fair to ask the United States to
be the assistant jailer Of nations. There
must be new beginning in Europe. What
is needed at Washington is a government
that will be able to scrutiuize the whole
question Of our foreign relationships with
fresh eyes, n government that will not be
under any obligations or inhibitions because
of past promises or performances That Is
why Mr.. Harding should be elected with
Republican Senate. The defeat of the Dem
ocrats need involve no reputation of the
idcalism expressed by Mr.. Wilson and no
discredit to the President whose official work,
so far as he will be able to complete it. is
completed. And why Americans are not
asked to decide the election on this simple,
clearly visible issue is more than rational
mind can understand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

J. What American state was former,v
governed by its own Presidents?
= In what general direction does the river
u what Is the literal meaning of the word
4. What Is an umlaut?
native? se I"
6. What Is the meaning of the Fr,nch
phrase "savoir vivre"?
I. How many units make a rcore?
s. What is paean?
y. Into what two republics is the island OF
Haiti divided? -
10. Why is the heliotrope so called?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

ance field Is established by an amendment to
the Pennsylvania constitution adopted in
1915. The expense of the entire title
clearing machinery is estimated to be about
$4,000. 1t Is seldom that so highly prac-
tical reform can be so comparatively
cheaply executed.
Now that the whole subject has been thor.
oughly examined. the lawmakers at Harris
burg cannot afford to delay favorable action
on the bill without surrendering claims to be
progressive legislators.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

1t has been suggested that automoene
drivers equip themselves with pedome!ers,
30 that the little instruments may regis's,,, \,
In miles the bumps the streets afford, az ~
were. There Is one drawback to the shg
gestion, however. The bumps are not fna'
kind They are bumps that suggest ski,ins, q,
altimeter. Indeed Il may come about. II the
streets are allowed to remain In disresns,n.
that the suggested laws to prevent low ns,hs .%
by airplanes may be made to include DIV" ~
flying by fivyers, At all events. the ma.,tSSs ma.,Ss
is worthy Of consideration BY our scieh''''
and legal sharps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
BY our own minstrel troupe

like de last day of October?
don't know, Mr.. Bones. Why Is tue
first of April like the last day of OctoberI
De fust of April Ia like de last day OF oe'
tober cos dey both Is nut celebrations.
Ti-ti-ta ,tyah
Mr.. Tambo will now oblige with the heart.
stirring ditty entitled "And What Is th'
Matter With Election Day."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
And the LIorrld Mon Lauahed

From the Kansas City Star.
How many Missouri born women walked
polls Tuesday, into which Mrs. Gelatine
Travers fell so suddenly? Mrs. Travers gave
her name and then the registrar asked,
"Agef" "Oyer twenty -one," replied Mrs,
Travers cautiously. "Bornl" 'In Mis-
Sprscinctq" Si Zone Year" "In the the city3 '%'
'Ten years" I'm the statef' Thirty
one years" btgf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

French apprehension at the course Of
England In renouncing treaty rights to con,
fscate private German property in the even'
of Germanys default In paying the indem'
nifty demanded Of her may be unwarranted'
England's course does not necessarily estap.
lish a precedent for her sister nation across
the channel. .....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER -PHILADELPHIA sA

dered to confne its activities within the four
corners Of the law creating 1t. The com
pany is not compelled to ask for an imme-
date superscdeas with its appeal.
Clearly all the facts behind this peculiar
transaction have not yet been made public.
But they should and must be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

What the Mayor must realize. before
defnitel ~ and finally turning down the rec.
concentrations OF classification experts. u,
that good men sooner or later demand good
pay; and, sooner or later, get it; II not ID
one place then In another
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
4 FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
pHII AMI aIlIt

Things on which the people expect the new
administration 70 concentrate Its attention;
The DeldtCdrc river b id0C. =,
largest ships.
A contention ran.
4 buiidino for fIs Free Iibruyp.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the ,cdte- suppiv.
Homes TO dccOmm oddte the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Any concessions England makes to Ger,
many at the present time may safely be put
down to commercial acumen rather than to
altruism,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

At least it must be admitted that the
man who goes with lighted candle to look
for gas leak will always find 1t II It Is
there. Many a wife will declare that i i'
the only thing man can be expected to find
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadepans Subjects They
KnOtU Best

used for packing, storage, warehouses and
general Offices.
The man most responsible for the great
work here il George Christie, Jr.. superin-
tcndent of the manufacturing branch, who
Il assisted by Frank A. ,Kreeger. To Mr..
Christie goes the responsibility for all the
industrial problems Of the big plant. Apro-
pos or this, we are going to establish a
school for noncommissioned officers here to
teach them the practical side Of quarter
masters corps work. When they graduate
from this school we hope they will be able
TO take charge Of different parts Of great In
d,sirial plants like this one and do the work
as thoroughly as competent, accomplished
civilians do it.
Fine Collection Of Flags
The collection of flags at the Schuylkill
Arsenal Is the pride Of the workers and
oincials there. Besides the colors. the work.
ers also make the Presidents flags, those OF
the secretary of state, the corps flags and
guldons, in fact. every flag needed BY the
army and the executives in Washington.
we have the flags of three Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson. All are diff
ierent, because each President wants 70 have
his flag distinctive. An interestinp fact in
connection with this Is that on the field on
the Roosevelt flag the American eagle ia
racing the olive branch and turning his back
on the Sheaf OF arrows, as has been the case
Win az preceding Presidents Yet on Pres
ident wilson's flag the eagle is facing the
, The arsenal has an order now for 40 COO
nags TO be used to wrap the bodies of the
so'd'er dead brought home from overseas"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

One reason we rejoice at the emf Of the
British coal strike is because Of the disap
pointment II will cause Lenine and Trotzky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

So far from England's lenicncy to Ger
many being an example for France to FOL.
low, 1t is a gesture that should make Il
easier for France to collect what Germany
rightfully owes her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Perhaps some master mind" can fur.
nish the Public Service Commission with
an alibi.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

The League of Nations has reached
point where It can order plebiscte with
the sang froid of somebody's stenos order.
ing q nut sundae
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

II election were held on Halloween time
might be saved by holding two celebration,
at once. The iden il respectfully referred
to national efficiency experts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

You will have noticed by this time that
the temperature drops much more rapidly
than prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Come to think Of 1t, ever so many Of the
members of the builders trust appear to b
brindlcd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Halloween this year will have Its usual
parade Of nuts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

The man who can't get some joy out si
Halloween Is q poor nut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
SHORT CUTS
Squirrel Day.

On Tuesday next ever 30 many free and
Independent male citizens will let Georgiani
do it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

BY way of Halloween disguise. some
Of the girls might wash the paint of their
faces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

We. note the nut is still mistaking tn.
hunter for the squirrel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Before our government and every other
government in the world there is one duty
and one task that Oycrshadows all others.
4 way must be found by which the people
everywhere, tn" patient. faithful. hard
working, reasonable people in all countries.
can be free from the invisible tyranny of
secret diplomacy. Society must devise a
method of dealing with the organized law
lcssness of militant Imperialism. Nothing
else will greatly matter, no scheme of de.
Tense can protect nations or avert the
catastrophPs of war until that is done. So
long as governments, propaganda makers
and hate singers organized for loot are left
10 their own devices, so long as they are per-
mitted to work in darkness with the instru.
ments that poison the minds of wbg.S -
tions, international complications tnsr
threaten the peace and even the ssfety Of
the United States will continue TO arise.
1t was to bring all the secret preliminaries
to war out into the light of day for common
scrutiny that the League of Nations was
organized. To suppose or to say that Mr..
Harding, Mr., Lodge, Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Hoover
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30

Philadelphia. Saturday. October 80. 1920
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-26
DE UNA MONTANA Sc DESPRENDIO UN
PENASCO ARROJANDO FUEGO Y AZURE
Siguen los tembIores osciatorios en- 81 Estado de
Veracruz la situaci66n IS cada vez masangus-
tiosa para los habtantes de varias villas
Los donativos llegados. a Jalapa ham aliviado en- muchO la
situacion de milares de personals que ~quedaron en- la
miseria a causa de los 1!t;mos terremotos

bajos de reconstruction en- los edifi-
clos que Sc encuentran en- malas con-
diciones a consecuencia de los tent
blores que sc registraron los prlmeros
dias del mes en- curse, Y los que en- TO-
DO ell ex-Canton de Jalapa asumie-
propcrciones de verdaderos terre-
notes. Cincuenta albahilss, algunos
de ellos de Puebla, dirigidcs por el
senior Juan Salvador, maestro de
obras a quien ell Ayuntamiento jala-
peno lie ha asiCnado como sueldo Ia
cantidad de quinicntcs pesos mensua-
les, Sc encucntran Erabajando con
gran actividad. esperandose que la la
Dor de les trabajadores mencionados
SEA cficaZ. Las perdidas materialcs
habidas aqui o~casicnadas por les mo-
v;mieatos So calculan aproximada-
mentc en- un million de pesos. Los
albaniles han procedido primeramea-
to = renarar las casas cue amenazsn
ru;na. V cuyos m~oradcres Sc han AGO.
g'dc q les dHrMitorios publicos que Sc
han cetohl~aido en- aries tcatros Y en-
ell Centre R~ecreativo jalapeno.