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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
ROTTEN HOSE
THE legitimate fruit of rotten politics

THE legitimate fruit of rotten politics
L is rotten hose.
A government run by contractors for
the profit OF contractors is bound to
consider the profit before it considers
the public service.
The bursting of the hose at the fire
this week is not unprecedented. The
fremen have been compelled to use
rotten hose for long time. There
have been nominal Investigations. but
the hose continues to burst when the
water is turned on.
II is about time that a thorough in
0uiry was made into the condition of
all the fire hose in the city and into the
identity of the contractors who supplied
1t. Then we shall have the information
necessary to guide the director of public
safety when he awards contracts for
new supplies.
1t is possible to make hose which will
stand up against water pressure for a
reasonable length of time. and it is
possible for the city TO make it's speci =
fieations sufficiently explicit to get such
hose If the men who buy it insist that
the kind of goods specified be delivered.
Director Cortelyou is already having
the fire hose examined. but he should
mot stop there. Examine the SpCcifira-
tions and the record of the contractors
themselves.
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awake the traditional military enemy
of Christianity.

In the midst Of the huge designs
bolshevism, indeed, may fall, but should
it's extinction be elimination Of Rus
sian nationalist triumphs the applause
Of sane civilization may be stilled by n
new, menace, or rather the old one re-
vived.
\ Russo German alliance is a con-
ccption which has for fully fifty years
disturbed visions of world tranquility.
The partnership of France, Britain and
Russia was unnatural in many aspects.
Freedom loving nations condoned 1t in
a tragic emergency. II was hard, how
ever, to reconcile the association with
logic.
II is the possibility of a regrouping
of the powers along lines which the
folly of William III obstructed which
Invests the present plight Of the En-
tentc with such particular peril. Cour-
age, vision and, above all, recognition
of palpable facts will forestall it. De-
lusions concerning the undercurrents Of
Russo. German policy are instinct with
fatality. The prime necessity is to
soliiify by the Treaty of Versailles, from
which now can be drawn far too many
mocking analogies with the peace" of
4 n,innS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
The Honeymoon Hills

THE sun that swooned upon the hiI!''
l. The hills of Sassafras, ,,
In the hush that came with the cios0
of day. =.
Flamed red like the bushes of love d.
play,
As over the hills we made our way
High hills of Sassafras.
The stars that hovered o'er the MIS-
The hills of Sassafras,
Seemed like confetti afioat IN ar u,.r.
Or meshed in the strands of s'r'
dark hair; ,oir
And oh, but my love, my love was ~"
Midst hills of Sassafras
The moon that hung above the hills
The hills of Sassafras, - and
AS the throat of my dear was rounu "'
white; .,ors's
And brimmed, like the goblet OF '0'''
delight, ,i,bt
1t split its wine on the breast OIL h'eA
And hills of Sassafras.
The mists of morn that veiled the H"A'
Gray hills of Sassafras, .od 10
Were as the sighs that we pauSe'
sigh ..o has.
When a rose showed faint in the Oa
toned sky, bads
And, the honeymoon Ger, VIC
good-by s
To hills of Sassafras. uni-
Harrison Owen. in the sydhe'
letin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
A CONSOLATION PRIZE
FIELD MALONE had

DUDLEY FIELD MALONE had his
u speech accepting the nomination for
the presidency by the Farmer Labor
party all prepared, and vas walking up
the aisle in the convention hall in Chi
cago to deliver il. when some one told
him that P. T. Christensen had been
nominated.
As he has a strong heart, he survived
the shock.
Now Mr., Malone has received a sort
of consolation prize in the shape Of the
nomination for the governorship of New
York from the party which turned him
down for the presidency. The chief
value of the nomination lies in its open
ing to him Of an opportunity to deliver
the acceptance speech which he had
prepared for Chicago. 4 little revamp-
ing will make it answer very well, but
he will have to beware of the tricks of
memory and exert himself to the utmost
to avoid announcing that he accepts
the national leadership of the farmers
and laborers In this momentous cam
paign" up Salt River.
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is more, ] have not the slightest doubt
| that with even ordinary good for
tune it will reach this high mark.
So much on the ole hand for setting
the principles of good business up In
railroading. It is a good hand. But why
destroy its effect by looking at the other?
| There is a distinct point where a rail-
road ceases to be business-such as
factory or store or hotel or
theatre. It is the point where it be.
comes something higher; a public
utility, q social necessity. If You please,
There a factor other than that Of mere
! profit and lbss---of dollars and Of cents
| must enter into the reckoning. II
is the factor of social necessity; and
that is the factor that has been dis
turbed, and seriously disturbed, by the
new proposal to upset our passenger
rate schedules across the land.
Not for a moment am I so blind to
hard facts as to believe that railroads
can long operate. without dollars and
cents; and sufficient number Of them
| to pay expenses and leave a little de-
cent profit for the men who have had
! the courage and the vision to put dol
| lars and cents into the building of them.
But do believe that the apportioning
| of the income of these should be done
with due and definite regard for the
social factor in the situation-in its
every possible phase. We talk glbly
about naturalization on the one hand;
and upon the otber-oh. that bad
hand do everything to discourage the
one factor that lends most strongly to
practical naturalization travel upon
a huge and increasing scale. Little
Italy long ago saw that to which we
seemingly are so very blind. She made
her high mileage scale upon the shorter
journeys of the tourist. After certain
point his further miles became mex.
pensive indeed.
travel a Binding Force
eve want our people to travel all
over the land" said a high Italian rail.
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game Of spoils politics in its way. The
state spoilsmen made the nomination.
II Mr.. White intends to have 1t un-
derstood that 'progressivism this year
means that the battle is to be fought on
he issue of the distribution of the spoils
by the worst set of political gangsters
in the country, the voters would be glad
to know It as soon as possible.
'Progressivism used to mean GER
tain degree of idcalism, but neither
Murphy nor Taggart nor Nugcnt nor
Brennan would recognize an ideal If he
met one in broad daylight on a public
highway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
THE POOR MANS LAWYER

THE director of the department OF
i public welfare is making progress
toward the organization Of the Legal Aid
Bureau for the relief Of persons who do
not understand their legal rights.
The purpose of the bureau is to pro
vide legal advice without charge for the
poor and i'll informed who may chance
to get into trouble. If the magistrates
CO operate with Director Tustin and
send to the bureau those person,
brought before them who are in need Of
help ii can do n valuable service 10 tho
community.
Many an ignorant person suffers in
silence rather than resist injustice BE- -
cause he cannot afford to hire q lawyer
and does not know whcro to go for
advice he needs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers 10 restcroayS Uu'H
1. The native name of the italian city
known to English speaking people
as Leghorn Is Livorno.
.. A beryl is a precious stone pale
green, passing into light blue, vel.
low and white, The mineral
species TO which 1t belongs includes
also the emerald
q. A punka is a portable fan, usually
OF leaf of palmyra. It is also
large swinging cloth fan on u
largely used in India. The word
is derived from the Hindu
''pankha."
4 The leading Mexican general in the
Mexican War of 1846-lS4S was
Snnta Ana.
4 The first permanent settlement or
the English in New England was
made at Plymouth In 1920.
John Hay, secretary OF state during
parts OF the administrations or
Mckinley and Roosevelt, is par
sicularly associated as statesman
with the trade policy OF the open
door" In China.
T. one hundred and twenty-five yes-
sells were launched at the Hog
island shipyard in less than two
years.
The giraffS is a native of Africa,
dlffused from Nubla to the Cape OF
Good Hope.
a, Thomas Darlington Macaulay was
the fun name OF the famous
IN sabotage is willful injury done by a
workman TO his employers prop
erty or interests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
FlATTERING FIGURES

DALDNESS in facts-in contrast tc
- its effect on human bcinGs-orca
siopally makes a fine showing. This i,
certainly true with respect to Phila
delphia. reported by the census takcr a.
the third city in the country. in the dis
play of modern street paving. New
York and Chicago. larger communities.
both in area and population. are. a.
might be expected. in the lead.
That the digntied statistics do not
20 into particulars Of the condition of
the metropolitan thOroughfares is a fact
' ministering at once to our relief and
our shamc-relef that the disgrace Of
Philadelphia is not incorporated in the
census tones; shame that the whole
truth would BE- so discrcditabe an sx-
posure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

II is as a partisan that Mr.. Com :
pprs speaks when he protests against the
laying off Of mcn at time when, we
need every possible ounce of producc
ton" As an economist he must real
ize that it is wastcfulncss to keep men
at work that is not needed and the part
Of common sense to put men at work
where there is demand for their labor.
As n concrete example. it would be a
mistake to have more brakemen than
there are freight cars and the part, OF
wisdom to put more men at work build e
ing them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The Young Lady Next Door But
One was reading the political news.
"It's funny how mistakes get into the
pnppr," said she. Here it says.
Heads are being laid on the block and
the departments are being combed; or
course, you understand. it is the heads
that are being Combed.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
"PROGRESSlVISM"
0DRoGRESSIvISIl and

"PRoGRESSlvlSN and not the
Il League Of Nations is TO be tho
Democrats trump card in rho 1920
campaign" says George White. the
chairman Of the national committee.
When one recalls how Mr. Cox vas
nominated one wonders just what Mr..
White means by 'progrcssivism.
II it had not been for the support of
Murphy, the Tammany boss Nugcnt,
the machine leader of New Jersey
TaRgart, the Democratic saint Of In =
diana. aud Brennan, the heir to Roger
Sullivan s machine and methods in Iii
nois. Mr.. Cox would have been merely
an "also ran"
The Tammany idea Of progress siv. O..
ism was explained in Portland. Ore
the day before Mr.. Cox was nominated
by Samuel Marks, a Tammany delegate
and district leader, who was on his way
home after having given his credentials
10 an alternate. Here is what Mr..
Marks said to reporter for the Port
land Oregonisn while McAdoo was still
In the running:
/ should have been made collector
OF customs of New York. but vas
thrown lown do YOU think I'd favor
McAdoo after that? was the sug-
Bestion Of the organization and was
appointed but not confirmed, for
Roper consolidated the two districts
and dltchsd me. Tammany doesn't
do business that way, and Tammany
has received Tothing from the Wilson
administration, as | told MCAdoo
some time ago You can't run an
\organization without patronage, and
She boys in the downtown districts
wouldn't support McAdoo after the
way they've been treated.
Mr.. Marks said he favored Cox, ant
be was merely expressing the wishes o
the rammlny delegation for the pomi
nation Of man who would play th'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The economic blockade suggested by
Arthur J. Balfour in connection with
the league is not new thing: 1t was
spoken of as an effective weapon when
tho league was newly born; but it has
been willfully kept in the background by
foes Of the league. who profess to see
warfare dictated by the league "hen-
over differences arise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
A FoUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

\ ThinEs on which the people expect
the new administration TO concen-
tynte Its attention.;
The DeiuUGro ytver bridge
A drydook bi1 enough 10 accom- rn'o-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
fem.
A corvcntion hdH.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the t1uter supply.
Homes to accommodate the poputd-
ton
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Surprise is expressed that a thief
who broke the window of an Atlantic
CITY pawnshop and took everything in
sight took the trouble to carry of some
smitcascs. II apparently didn't occur
to anybody but the thief that the suit
cases would br useful in carrying the
stuff away. But it is a wonder he
didn't leave note thanking the pawn
broker for his kindness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The differences between Finland
and Sweden present an object lesson to
the rest of the world. Under old time
conditions they would bf at war: But
the League of Nations is considering
their case and they are pledged to re-
frnin from war for at least three months
after a decision has been handed down.
And much may happen in three months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

What the world appears to be suf-
faring from is u case of nerves. In the
interval between active war and assured
peace 1t scares at shadows. political.
industrial and social. But 1t is pretty
good old world just the same, ana 1t VIII
eventually find itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Those who criticize the supreme
council and through it the League OF
Nations lose sight Of the fact that II the
United States had from tho first been q
working member of the league It would
now be doing much of the work that de-
wolves on the council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

There is one argument to Justify
the increased passenger rates threat
pncd by the railroads. and one alone.
Reduced passenger traffic may give them
an opportunity to concentrate on
freight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

There is heartening promise in the
action Of local commercial bodies IN
inaugurating a drive to break freight
congestion. II the movement becomes
nation wide we may reap the benefit OF
our bounteous crops
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

When we noted the fact that It
cost lot of money to clean City Hal
we were not thinking of the possibility
that the Mayor would do it with an ak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

One fire develops a faulty ladder I;
another develops poor hose; third may
show something wrong with the. rur,,
chasing department just one darned
thing after another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

There is possibility that the police
could more readily destroy the auto
bandits field of endeavor II they pulled
down their fences"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Resolute lost race when she
parted her throat halyard. Maybe
Shamrock lost because she caterwauled
her feline or something.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

II was as IL we're Ponzi asinorum
that the clients of the quick millionaire,
used in crossing over the chasm OF
speculation to the land of opulence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Editorial Writer Cox. is having an
awful lot of trouble with that leader
of his.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
SHORT CUTs

Those who get their money cry in
effect, "Banzai, Ponzi ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The one thing Poland did was to
give everybody a chance to say II told
YOU so ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

villa. having made his pile as
bandit, may now be expected to become
conservative and reactionary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The Mayor is now a knight of the
Raisin. Ware men have information
as to what he is raisin'.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. In what year DID the great mutiny
IN India occur?
Q Who presides over the United states
Senate I'm the absence OF the vice
President or when he exercises the
Office of President?
4 which two nations, and in when
order have the greatest merchant
marine fleets?
. To what country did the Virgin
islands in the West indies belong
before they we're acquired by the
United States?
8. What Is a dahabeeyah?
G. What is the plural of the word
Esquimau?
7. What Is a halberd?
8. What is a marquee?
0. Who was Jack Sheppard?
10, In the reign of what emperor did
the Roman empire reach us
greatest territorial extent?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

The virtue in the drop in prices
will not he perceived by those who have
been dropped from the payroll.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
IN RAISING RATES
ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE
Trauel Vital Naonalzing Force and Vision You'd Safe
guard Public Interest, Says Writer
BY EDWARD HUNeERFoRp

Edrard Hungerford IN advancing
the SomewhQt unusual suggestion
featured In the tolloring redda Bile
and interesting story. speaks rith
some expert knowlcdoe. After long
experience as a newspaper man he
ras press representative OF the
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Co. from
1901 to 1911. Since 1912 he has
been ddrertiSinq manager of the
Wells, Fargo d Co. express com pdny.
What one familiar ,cith freight con-
ditions has to sag in favor Of pas
sengcr traffic may therefore be con-
sidercd as pithout prejudice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Tn ITS brOadest sense seeing America
i means infinitely more than following
the beaten paths of travel mapped out
by tourists agents and railroad guide
books,
There are vast tracts of virgin terri
tory between the oceans and within our
northern and southern borders that
have never known the impress of a
white man $ foot. In northern Montana
there are unknown peaks; in the tri-
angle Of southern Nevada there is vast
area that is nameless and unexplored.
Within the last half dozen years
travellers have been made acquainted
with the most wonderful assembling. of
natural bridges in the world in Utah.
There are thousands of square miles of
virgin territory still waiting to welcome
adventurous spirits and yield their
mysteries, as well as terrors, 10 those
with the will to do and dare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

TN CONNECTION with this expert
l. ence of Archbishop Mannix an in
teresting mathematical calculation by
DR.. J. Buchheister. q German scientist:
on the physical energy or force excrted
by the human body under certain con-
ditions. particularly mountain climbing.
is interesting.
While tho work performed is merely
by the muscles Of thP legs. the contrac-
tions Of the muscle of the heart have
to be taken into account.
The hearts function consists. as is
we'll known. in propelling the blood col
lccting in the heart into the arteries
and lungs.
This is effected at an initial velocity
of one and a half beats per second.
which in the Casc Of an adult is work
Of four foot pounds for each contrac-
tion.
The pulsationS Of an adult are on the
average sevcnty'two per minute. but IN
ascending heights. owing to the addi-
tional cxcrtion. their number is in
creased to an extraordinary extent.
SuppoSing Archbishop Mannix to
weigh 1GS pounds. in making an ascent
of 1000 feet from the foot of the canyon
it is not that great, howevcr-he had
to cxpend an amount of physical force,
according to Doctor Buchheister's fig
ures, found by multiplying his weight
by the height In his case il would be
16S pounds and a height of 1000 feet.
equivalent to 1,176,000 foot pounds.
In other words, he had to lift 1,176, 900
pounds one foot.
Iu this estimate there is not included
tho physical force spent in overcoming
the friction on the ground, keeping the
body erect at dizzy heights and sus-
tanning the weight of necessary cloth
ing.
The archbishop performed some feat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31

Philsd.lphi,. Saturday. July 81. 1920
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-29
CITY REPRESENTED
 AT WATER HEARING
Commission Sets January "A for Election on Purchase of
 WaterWOrkS

Hearing of the Waterworks petition for an increase in rates of 30 per c. mt lin Birmingham was being conducted 1 y the Alabama public service commission in Montgomery yesterday. Ellis Brown, l. w. Ross and Judge Horace C. Will kinson were in Montgomery repres mt ing the city.
 Special election on the ratification of the contract between the city and the Birmingham Waterworks company, which allows the city to acquire the property of the company by purchase, has been set by the city commissioners for January 24.
 City Attorney Fred G. Moore was in- structed to prepare the formal call for the election by the city commissioners at their regula1 meeting yesterday. The special election will be advertised by II. s. Ryall. clerk of the commission, in the next day or two
 The meeting of the commission yes tcrday morning consumed about five minutes. The afternoon meeting con stunned about twice that much, and the members adjourned until Thursday, when they will take up the discussion of the new traffic code. Only three of the commissioners were present
 Preparations for the special election was .he most Important matter con sidsred Under the terms of the con tract which allows the city to purchase the holdings of the company for 7.750, 900. the people must ratify the con- tract by their vote before 1t can he- come effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-29
MACHINE GUN co.
New Unit of Alabama National Guard
 to Complete Local Battalion

According to a statement from Maj. William l.. Baldwin, q machine gun com pany will be mustered in Birmingham within the next few days. This will complete the Birmingham infantry bat taIion, comprised of three infantry com panies and one machine gun company. James J. Jackson. local attorney, will be the captain of the new unit It is very gratifying to Major Baldwin and the other battalion officers to get Captain Jackson, who was formerly an artillery officer, and is well known throughout the state. He Is also active in American Legion circles, and his work with the Civic Association has made him Very valuable member to that body.
 Major Baldwin stated that Captain Jackson only recently consented to join
 the national guard, having always de clined on business reasons. but the re. cent emergency. Major Baldwin said has
 shown that it is just as important as ever to have state troops, and the class of men wanted for officers are the busy active men. It is just as much a dut, to keep up the splendid record of ths Alabama soldiers as it was to make i on the fields of France
 Ten or fifteen more men are needed for the new company. and former servic. men who are interested should see Cap tain Jackson at his office in the Jef ferson County Bank building. Captain Jackson is especially anxious to have . few more former machine gun men.