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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
GoMPERS ON THE RAILROADS

CAMUEL GOMPERS, in discussing
~ the wage award of the railroad
labor board and the request OF the rail-
roads for increased freight and passen-
ger rates to meet it, takes the position
which Judge Brandeis occupied some
years ago when he said that 81 1000
a day was wasted by inefficient man
agcment of the roads.
Mr. Gompers refers to the trans
pOrtation breakdown" as IAN indict'
mpnt of railroad executive brains"
The unsatisfactory transportation sit
uation is certainly evidence Of a break
down of some kind.
1t has been said that but for govern
mental interference the railroads would
be in condition to meet the demands
upon them. This is true, but it is not
pthe whole truth.
The government interfered in the
past because certain railroad managers
treated the public with contempt.
There was a period when some men in
control of the roads were not interested
in transportation. They were stock =
iobbers who manipulated issues of stock.
and bonds to make milliols for them
selves. They combined roads, not for
the good of the service, but as an ex =
cuse for issuing more securities to
themselves and then selling them to the
public.
1t was this scanS Sllous situation which
provoked governmental interference,
and the demand that no securities be
issued without the permission of the
public authorities and the insistpnce on
rates made in the interest of the rail
road users rather than in order to earn
dividends on speculative shares. The
roads today inherit the evils of such
past management. The great railroad
executives of the future will be those
who study transportation problems
rather than the stock ticker tape.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
TENTH-INNlNG YACHTING

THE deities of good sport have OBJ
l. viously accorded special attention
10 the classic yachting contest The cup
races magnfccutly Justify the popular
interest aroused when they bring forth
snlps so evenly matched aS Shamrork
end ResOlute.
The latter's victory yesterday was
richly satisfying Perhaps even the
challenger owner himself was secretly
almost as pleased with the result rs the
winners. For the essence of real. un
adulterated sport is the breaking of
i tie.
The Americas Cup struggle has in
,aded the tenth inning class. From the
point of view Of legitimate thrills, no
higher distinction can be sought.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
HARDLNGiS SPEECH UPSETS
GOV. COXiS CAMPAIGN PLAN
Belief Growing That Democratic Nominee Will Find 1t Hart
to Make Liberalism the Issue at Expense of League
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT
STAFF Correspondent Of the Evening Public Ledger
Copurioht. 1890, By Pablio Ledger Co.

the world. Let us restore the cabinet
to- its ancient functions. Let us give
the parties back the authority they once
had.
Let us do all this, says Mr.. Harding,
presenting the new conservatism so that
this country will never again run the
risk from which 1t just escaped of be-
ing involved by one man in a policy
of European alliances entailing un-
known political adventures all over the
world.
Candidate Average American
And Mr.. Harding is rescuing con-
servatism from its former disrepute all
the easier. because he is what he is,
an average sort of American, living,
as the average sort of American does
everywhere except in the big cities, in
small town, unpretentiously occupy
ing house that did not cost more than
middle class neighbors.
II WISH" said Mrs. Harding today,
that all the people could see us here
and how we live." The movies and the
newspapers are attending to the realiza-
ton of her wish. They are presenting
rather typical American life with its
roots firm in the past of this country.
They are helping to make the Harding
conservatism, which has to do with
the institutions of the country, persua-
sive.
Behind the present concern over
American institutions may lurk, of
course, the old reaction which serves
class interests and privileges. But
that is something Governor Cox will
have to demonstrate. At present he
just uses the names reaction and prog
ress. He will have to prove that the
word reaction properly applies to Mr..
Harding's program Of a return to the
government Of the constitution.
On the other side, Governor Cox will
have to chow what progress is. Here
| in Columbus men friendly to him say
ernor.' But his record as governor
is similar to that. of many other pro
gressive governors made several years
ago, except in his handling of labor
during the great strikes, and it may be
difficult to give IL significance in the
national field so as to make an effectiv,
issue of progress against reaction. 1t IL
that job which Governor Cox Is strug
Cling with at Dayton. Unless the gov.
ernor can shift the ground during tn,
campaign he is not likely to be able t
subordinate the league as the issue. b,
coming out squarely against the lcagu,
and presenting it as an example of tn,
dangers confronting this country wher
il drifts away from constitutional t
one man government, Mr.. Harding ha
brought his whole campaign togethe
around one consistent principle. Fo
the first time in many years the Repub
lican party has a clear, definite poin
Of view.
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is regularly made beforehand upon
whole hron dsido of yirtrea

is regularly made beforehand upon
whole broadside OF virtues. 49,
Mr.. Catherine, however, happily de-
parts .from conventionality in an i'm
portant particular. 1t is not only the
debt of the ideal superintendent to the
city. but the debt of Philadelphia to
the school head with which he is con
ccrned. The present salary attached to
the position is $4,000 a year. Mr..
Catherine advocates at least S12.OOO,
which even then would be a sum in
ferior to that paid for similar services
in other large cities.
Here is the suggestion of specific
reform, the practical effect of which
would conccivably surpass rather futile
cries for protection. When 1t pays
what it should, the prospect Of procur-
ing the right sort Of superintendent to
succeed Doctor CARRIER will be perccpti-
bly, frightened.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
A FoUR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
tho new administration to concen-
trate its attention:
The DeidUdre river bridge.
A drydock big enough to dCcommo-
date the lc-OeSt ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
ten.
A convention hall
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the Doter supply.
Homes to dcco immediate the poputd-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
The World Waits

A Ill the saucy breezes since the day
"A began
Have been coaxing-coaxing-"Catch
us If you can"
All the madcap wavelets champ upon
the bay.
Calling-calling-calling- with
us to play
All the wayward cloudlets scud across
the blue,
Dimpling feetly-feetly-"We would
shadow you"
All the world is reaching, like a child,
tip-toe,
For some one to love it-Can we help
but go?
Glare Shipman in the Toronto Mail
and Empire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The man who jumped off a ferry
boat ION dare" and was fished out Of
the river with boathook insisted that
ne was acting strictly within his rights
ana strongly resented his arrest that
followed. lie has our sincere sym
pathy; ther' are times when il would
appear mat the operations of the fool
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The German foreign minister saws
that Germany is going to keep her word
because the powers are really serious
in their threats to occupy more German
territory if she doesn't; which is sim
ply another illustration of the fact that
force, is the only language she under
stands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Erwin Bergdoll's only grievance at
Governors Island so far is that he has
not been given sufficient work. He has
therefore been assigned to one of the
shops after his daily stint of what he
calls broom pushing" is over. Nv
comparison with his brother, the Young
man Is likely to achieve popularity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The country has grown so accus-
toned to being sincerely grateful for
every evidence of plain common sense
that a huge sigh of relief goes up on
receipt of the information that railroad
men have decided to accept the 5000,
000,0 900 offered to them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The London Daily Mirror is print
Ing pictures of the yacht race trans
mitted by photo -telegraphy. In Just
a little while we shall be able to sit in
our favorite moving picture theatre and
see the race as it happens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Being convinced that old jokes have
the tang of old wine, are as worth while
as old books and as comfortable as old
shoes, in response to numerous re-
quests we cheerfully rise to announce
that Council does not believe in signs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Mussulmans Of the Caucasus have
Joined the Cossacks in an effort to drive
off the Bolshevists; which may indicate
that the Mussulman is far from being
poor fish when you once get under his
she'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

What the Moscow Soviet Govern
ment asks the world to believe Is that
its war on Poland is for the benefit of
the Polish people. And the rest of the
world will believe it just as soon as II
is convinced that black is white.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The San Jose (Calif.) pauper who
left money for thirty piece band to
play at his funeral was determined that
somebody should be sorry he died.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The action of the trolley company
employees in temporarily passing up an
increase in pay furnishes additional
evidence that the decent thing is always
the sensible thing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

A rolling stone gathers no moss,
but IL Is different with rolling pillows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

While deploring the fact that crime
seems to be rampant, let us also be
thankful that the superior horrors of
war aren't crowding it off the front
pages Of the newspapers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

If the innocent porkers" found
wandering in Paramount Park had been
landed in the Zoo the indignity might
have made them the wild boars" the
policemen thought them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Experts declare that the trouble
with the fire ladder that broke was that
Il was vanished before 1t was dry.
we have known public men with the
same complaint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
CHOOSING A SCHOOL HEAD

ToSEPH W. CATHERINE, of the
~ Board of Education, enumcrates the
ualitics which he deems essential in
erintendent of public schools in this
Il q His ideal portrait is theoretically
liar, The public is never at a loss
re the type OF man it desires for
Va tArtant public post. Insistenfe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
What DO You Kno,o?

QUIZ
J. What is the highest flying of all
2. What is the meaning OF .ho, ro,,o,.
ana from what language does IL
ing cards? Vi pay
g. In what part OF Spain was the late
Empress Eugene born? '"''
B. Who wrote the poem "Abou IA,
Adhem"? 'ou Den
o. 70 what race do the majority Of the
inhapitantS OF the Philippine
T. Wnat planets revolve In their orbits
between the earth and the sun?
8. What is the Latin Monetarv ITr,or .
8. In what year did tha Ero,ot 49,.
Indian War end? anu
10, What is the original meanin, =, ~.
word blanc.mange? "s vi INC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

One or two expert gunmen, If they
should happen to be around during
hold-u might do much to discourage
the bandit business. Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

There Is increasing evidence that
Poland was not fighting the Bolshev-
lists, but all Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

The. presumption is that in the
matter Of the Polish armistice the Rus
sian Reds are asking for more than they
expect to get.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

o SuI<
/. Eugenie was empress n, Tho Eranoh
Tor more than seventeen years.
q Conalt IS a reddish-gray metal, SIM
liar In many respects TO nickel II
Is also the deep-blue pigment n1ade
from the metallic cobalt
q. Mandaiay Is the capital of Burma,
situated on the Irrawaddy river IN
about latitude 20 north. -
l. The two main divisions of the bu-
man brain are the cerebrum and
the cerebellum. a"u
8. The, greatest height of the rock of
Gibraltar is 1899 feet. NV" u
6. The French republic does no, ho,o
a vice president
7, Three pronunciatlons of the word
sough are permissible. II NAV he
sounded as though 1t were snsIIad
"suf," SOW" or ''soooh " TSa
word describes a moaning. whis.
tiing or rushing sound, as OF wind
In trees, etc. "'''
8. The loss of PHILADELPHIA In the
American Revolution resulted from
the defeat of the American troons
at Brandywine.
8. Gabrielle Rejane was a celebratsd
French actress. She died in 1920.
10. Prague Is the capital Of the new
republic OF Czecho-Sloyakia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

An autocrat In Eu-
A Definition rope nowadays Is
any one who insists
on winning in one of the various and
sundry wars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Bone dry does not appear to be dry
enough for the Prohibition party.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
SHORT CUTS

Add Pests - The man or woman
with carrying" voice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

When the Prohibitionists assured
Mr.. Bryan that with his help they
would sweep the country, what they had
in mind was probably dry cleaning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Has anybody seen any tears shed
BY Champ Clark over the walloping
Bryan got in San Francisco?
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II work could be made sporting
event there would be no labor troubles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Report has 1t that Warsaw has
been evacuated. That Warsaw saw
war is due to wars reverses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Jazz seems to be standing up pretty
well under the High Cost of Living.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Sandy Hook knows one triangular
affair that doesn't lead to the divorce
court.
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Hush!

Railway managers,
Hush! says Mr.. Gompers,
need to be more eff
cient and they need to put more heart
and energy into their work. We have
yet to hear of railway managers who
quit and insisted on remaining idle
until they had finished debate over
questions that might have been settled
more satisfactorily while work pro
ceeded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
DR.. KEEN's NEW HoNoRs
An Address That VIII Doubtless
Provoke controversy-Prohlbl.
tlon In the Presidential Cam
paIgn-ststes That Have
Tried II Before
Ry GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

DR. w. w. KEEN, of this city, who
- is in Paris attending the sessions Of
the International Surgical Society. had
the high honor Of being chosen chair
man of this conference of the surgeons
of the world.
Doctor Keen Is as we'll known among
men Of his profession in Europe as he
Is in this country. This is not only be, :.
cause Of his position as professor OF
surgery at Jefferson Medical College,
and his pre- cminence as a surgeon, but
he has written number of surgicaI
textbooks which have been translated
and accepted as high authority by Eu-
ronean universities.
Doctor Keen has been a voluminous
author of articles in medical journals in
the last forty years. He Is now past
his eighty third birthday.
Numerous foreign honors have been
bestowed upon him. He is honorary
fellow Of the Royal College of Surgeons
Of London. the Clinical Society OF
London. the Surgical Society of Paris
and the Belgium Surgical Society.
Prior to the world war he was an
honorary member Of the German Sur
gical Society, but I have the impress
sion that he resigned from 1t just prior
to or after our entrance into the great
conflict.
In cranial surgery he. is regarded as
head of his profession in the United
States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is
ercfusively entitled to the use TOR
repu ublication of all nens dispatches
credited to il or not othcrcisc credited
in this paper. and also Ire local neTS
published therein.
All rights Of republication Of Special
dispdtches herein are also reserrcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

- fact, and Judged entirely by the
temper of states that two genera
tions ago tried prohibition and then
abandoned 1t, it is not surprising that
persistent threats are being made
against the integrity Of the Volstead act.
From the purely historical standpoint
some facts in this connection are in
tcresting and may account for the light
wines and beer sentiment.
Illinois enacted prohibition in 1855,
but defeated it at the polls in the same
year.
New York passed law in 1854, tried
it for two years and abandoned 1t.
Massachusetts had prohibition for fif-
teen years and then repealed 1t. An
effort to restore it was voted down by
an overwhelming majority in April,
1880.
Connecticut enacted the law in 1854,
ttried to enforce 1t for about eighteen
years and then repealed It in 1872.
Ohio enacted prohibition in 1855 and
after few months wiped il out. Della
ware tried it in 1855, but recalled 1t in
1857.
Rhode Island enacted prohibition in
1853 and repealed it in 1868. She re-
enacted it in 1883 and later on wiped 1t
off the statute books.
Michigan passed the law in 1893 and
abandoned it in 1875.
Indiana and Nebraska in 1855 passed
prohibitory measures, but neither OF
them kept the law upon their statute
books for any length of time.
There Is not much doubt that the
heirs, the survivors and the children OF
survivors of these who voted against
prohibition in those distant days, with
! the assistance of friends and the In
fuPncc of those with financial interest
in the liquor traffic, are in grea'
measure responsible for the 'ligh
wines and beer talk about which 50
much has been heard since prohibition
went into effect.
IL seems certain now that pretty
vigorous stab will be made in the mex
Congress to amend the Volstead act !,
favor of an alcoholic content that vii
lcome. near answering the demands Q
the wet" element.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
Two Men

To Republicans the
Two Men silence of Hi John J.
~. son seems merely
odd. To Democrats the silence Of MI
Bryan Is ominous. tT-'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Philadelphia. Saturday, July ?i. 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24
LIS opening address In Paris as

LIS opening address In Paris as
IL chairman of the world surgeons
was upon "The influence Of alcohol on
the human body"
Doctor Keen is directing attention:
pro and con. to the question OF alcohol
before one of the most distinguished
scientific bodies in the world.
This, too. in country pre- e-eminent
among the countries of the world for
the manufacture and consumption OF
alcoholic beverages. :,
His address will unquestionably put
a flea in the ear OF every surgeon under
whose eye his address will come. 1t
will provoke controversies and antag'
onisms Just as 1t has always done
among those who have decided views
one way or the other upon this ques-
ton.
In this country, the question of pro-
hibition will prove as great an issue in
the presidential campaign as either the
League of Nations, femhlc suffrage or
the labor question.
1t may not be as noisy MS the others,
but it will be there with bells on just
the Same
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

GOVERNOR EDWARDS, of New
" Jersey has come in for nation
wide drubbing by the "drys" for his at
titude on prohibition.
But Governor Edwards is not the
first Jerseyite of high distinction to be
keelhauled on the subject.
Attorney General Griggs, Republi-
can and Jerseyman, was flayed un-
mercifully everywhere by advocates OF
prohibition when he annuled the first
bill passed by Congress prohibiting the
army Canteen.
New Jersey led in the bitterness of
the attacks. DR.. David II. King, a
well known Presbyterian divine. took q
hard fall out of the attorney general
of the United States beside which the
thunderbolts launched by political
enemies against Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer were as pith pointed
arrows. He said, among other things,
speaking Of Mr.. Griggs:
"Shame on the littlcncss of the man
4 who can be made tool for the saloon
power. | am ashamed to own him as q
citizen of New Jersey. I hope this act
will be like the mark of Cain on him
running forever his political future"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-24

Under plans now being considered.
the schools in the new museum would
be small and incidental, And it is in
trre>ting to observe that tn" University
Of PENNSYLVANIA is establishing Il new
school Of fine arts which will be opened
in the autumn.
The University already has one of
the greatest architectural schools in the
world and it is natural enough that
those who are best able to understand
tho nature of the work it has done
should desire to make it inclusive of
other arts. .-...
Yet in any one who even dimly un-
derstands the theories of art education