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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

State Health Commissioner Wells II
probably right in his declaration that
some persons are acting Ike madmen
in their insistencc on closer inspection Of
meats sold in our markets. He cmpha-
sizes that the Federal inspection is a
guarantee against the danger from tubcr-
cularly infected beef, and also Inns found
that the beef of cattle or oxen that If
but slightly affected with tuberculosis
is not dangerous nor is it ut all likely to
have any evil effect on the health OF the
consumers. He declares that the meat
from outside-thnt supplied by packers,
for examples entirely safe when II
bears the stamp Of Federal inspector,
as must all that is shipped into the State
for sale.
MIR. Wells sees the only possible source
of danger from meat to be in that butcher
ed and sold by our farmers without in
spection. How great this peril is the
health officer does not say. but let us
hope that he will not find il necessary
to cut out the local susply Of meat, nor
impose any unnecessary conditions on
the farmer-butchers that will impel them
to advance their prices.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

Harding. yielding to the Establishments
Of Mrs. Carrie G. Gait. has shifted from
his position for suffrage through referen-
dunn only and has sent words OF cheer to
the national woman leader, piedging her
that he will do anything possible to have
the Tennessee Legislature adopt the
suffrage amendment. AS the Tennessee
Legislature is very largely Democratic,
and as it has already responded favorably
to President Wilson request for special
session with the view of immediate ratl-
fication it looks as if Mr.. Harding
delayed Withdrawal of opposition to
the Federal amendment was simply
ridiculous bid for the suffrage vote IN
November. Perhaps. too, the Marion
candidate forsook his anti-amendment
suffrage stand at the opportunities OF
Chairman Hays and the Executive Com
.mittee of the Republican National Com
mittee to whom the only principle at issue
seems to be: Get votes; get them any
way, but get EN-"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
Lure of the Campmeeting.

The members of the Methodist faith
evidently find the campmeeting sessions
held at Brandywine Summit spiritually
helpful and socially enjoyable ne year
by year the affair grows in interest.
The fine old trees that have reverberated
to the famous hymns such as Rock OF
Ages and Jesus, Lover of My Soul, T
almost half a century, have sheltered
t~o or three generations of persons who
have found in the wooded temple an ideal
place td commune with the Father un-
disturbed and far removed from the
vexatious that we otherwise seemingly
cannot shut out of more formal daily
lives.
This formof worship. in the very heart
Of nature. is SO strong in its appeal that
many men and wQmen, followers of
John Wesley, have not missed attending
Brandywine Summit campmeeting Tor
many years
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
Evening Yesterday / SSOU
The Honor System in Prisons

The experiment of applying the honor
svstcm to the management and disciplihe
az the New Castle county workhouse by
Warden Plummer, with the consent oil
the trustees of the institution, Will be
watched with a great deal of interest by
the community. and especially 10y these
who make study of penalogy Inc
honor system placing the prisoners on
their honor as to their general conduct
and allowing them large range OF per
spual liberty. or nj least absence OF person
Al restraint in complying with the prison
regulations not new thing. although
this "a tho first time it has been applied
Al our loca prison II was inauguratcd
Nv Thomas Mott Osborne during ms
service as warden Of the famous Sing sing
prison. but We believe there are grave
doubts about II having proved an uneaiall-
fed success, or any kind of q success,
m fact. at that Institution.
However, Warden Plummer and me
trustees Of the workhouse have decided
70 give the honor system fair trlal.
And so the community doubtless will
with patience await the outcome
ready to applaud if good shall attend the
innovation. and to condemn if results
prove otherwise
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

The fact that $4,000 persons found the
kcnt-Sussex Agricultural Fair at Hnr-
rington interesting enough to attend IN
ono day may be taken as an earnest that
the farmers and townspeCple OF the lower
part of the State are deeply concerned
in such expcsitions, which display the
fertility of the soil through the excellence
of it's products. This is but the first
effort of the down-State farmers to make
an exhibit at Harrington, ard IT has been
more successful than could hare been
anticir. .ed when the project was first
discussed. Now that IL is shown that
such an exhibition is wanted, there doubt
less will be others each succeeding sum-
mer,
We hope the managers of the Harring-
ton fair will profit by the mistakes of
Others who have failed 10 make similar
exhibitions interesting and keep out OF
theirs the vulgar disgusting shows Of
fakirs, offensive vendors Of cheap worth
less junk, card sharrs and other crooks
who seek to gain easy money from the
incredulous 1t has been these features
unfit sidcshows and hrazen faklrs that
have written failure on hundreds a
honest attempts to bring the farmers to-
gethcr for their mutual benefit, and they
will kill every show wherever they are
tolerated. And they should.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
WHY II Nav be Aimed at Wood.

The order issued by Secretary OF
War Baker, declaring that officers of
the army and navy must respect the law
that prohibits their active participation
in political campaigns. is denounced by
partisan Republicans as being directed
specifically to General Leonard Wood,
recently leading aspirant 10 the Re
pubHcan nomination for President If this
accusation is true. there Is nothing wrong
in the action Of Secretary Baker, as
General Wood is as amenable to law and
to army regulations as the humblest
soldier in the service.
Also. General Wood in q measure made
it incumbent upon Secretary Baker to call
attention to the law. 1t was announced,
without bringing any denial from him,
that be would take the stump for
Harding" And what a spectacle 1t
would be for high officer Of the army TO
go upon the hastings and make partisan
harangues throughout the country.
If General Wood desires to take active
part in the Republican campaign ne may
do SO by resigning from the army.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
Farm r's Day at State College.

Farmers Day at Delaware College
is announced for Thursday of nVst week,
when there will be special exetcises Of
vital interest to the farmers%hf Della
ware. Part Of the demonstrations will
show the effect Of different fertilizers on
different crops and the merits Of rotation
will be illustrated
II is expected that 1000 farmers will
accept the invitation TO the days picnic
and AN inspection of the work Of the
college farm. With the active oo-opera-
ton of the farmers and fruitgrovers of
the State, Delaware College would be-
come enormously valuable TO them in their
work. 1t is indeed becoming one Of the
most useful agencies in developing the
agricultural resources Of the State. multi
PLYING the yield Of the soil and increasing
the value Of the crops.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

The announcement that there IS a big
crop Of cantaloupes IN Kent ard sussex-
especially in the latter county--is indeed
welcome news. Until the season adj
vances enough for Delaware melons TO
ripen, people who appreciate this fruit
of the vine and accept that shipped from
other States are just waiting" With
such a huge yield so near home the prices
should come down considerably. 50 that
all NAV share these luscious products of
Delaware's soii which produces the finest
melons grown anywhere under the sum
mers sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
Just Folks
BY Edgar A. Guest
WHEN MOTHERS SEWING

When mothers sewing buttons on
Their little garments, one by one,
! settle down contented there
And watch her in her rocking char;
She's at the tfsk she likes the best
Each little waist and undcrvest
She fondlee in mothers way,
And notes each sign Of sturdy play
And shakes her head and says TO me:
II wonder how this came to be2"
There's something in her patient eyes,
As in and out her needle flies,
Which seems to tell the Joy she takes
In every little stitch she makes;
An hour of peace has settled down,
flushed ia the claIner Of the town,
And even ! am different then,
For forsnke the ways Of men
And SEQ about the garments there
Bright visions of a happy pair.
Buttons are closely linked TO Joy.
Each little girl and little boy
Who dnres TO climb the garden fence
Buys that delight ut their expense
Buttons are childhoods tattlt tales
Swifter than kilograms or maiis
They hy to tell Of moments glad
That little boys and girls have had,
And mother reads the stories there
From every vacant space and tear.
She swectly smiles and says TO mo:
How sturdy they have grown 10 bel
IL keeps me busy To repair
The shirts and things they have To wear.
| chuckle as watch her sew,
For 10y has set tho room aglow,
And i'm the picture | can sec
The strength which means 30 much To me
Tho scene is good 10 look upon
When mothers sewing buttons on.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
WOMEN OF TENNESSEE TO THE
RESCUE.

The Susan b. Anthony ladies are not
to have it all their own way IN Ten
nessee. The antis, who lack neither
courage nor the gift Of tongues, will
carry the war into Ohio and will either
force Governor Cox TO declare himself
a neutral or set the political woods afirc
in Andrew Iackson's old State.
We commend TO all candidates tho
straightforward language of these Ten
nesssee ladies. Though truly feminine,
they are not psissyfooiors. They say
what they mean and they mean what
they say Their vocabulary u refresh
inglv luminous. free from reservations
and subject to no ambiguous interpreta-
tions. They speak plain truths in a
way that cannot be misunderstood.
The Anthonies have walked up South
ern hornets nest, and if Governor Cox
il a wise man, he will hasten 90 abandon
his campaign in Tennessee. II is danger
Gus ground In North Carolina Senator
Ovcrman. who opposes the Nineteenth
Amendment, has been renomlnated over
his suffrage opponent, and IN the ouber-
Material contest, IN which there were
two anti-suffragc candidates and one
suffrage champion. the latter was beaten,
in spite of the fact that the antI-suffrage
vote was divided between two asplrants.
Louisiana, notwithstanding all the wheed-
ling and the bullying and the political
bribing, turned Susan's picture 10 the
wall. And now the women of Tennessee
announce that they do not propose TO
have their State used 10 bctray the inter-
ests and the safety Of the South.
These Tennessee women have formu-
lated a direct issue which they are TAX
ing straight up to Governor Cox's front
porch. Good luck TO theml They are
lighting a battle which many Democratic
men have abandoned from faint-hearted-
ness. expodiency or indifference 10 the
future.-Baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
PRESS COMMENTS
OLD FAMILIAR FACES.

There is much chuckling among the
Wilsonphobes because former Senator
Joseph w. Bailey got some 5000 votes
more. than bis nearest competitor as
candidate for governor in the Texas
Democratic primary. Mr.. Bailey has
genius Tor being "agin" almost every
thing. For time Mr. Wilson Was his
fAvorte hatred. In the last two months,
however, he seems to have neglected
that. In his campaign for Governor the
open shop was perhaps his chief policy
and various local issues were his. He ~
en- anti-suffrnRist, anti-prohibitionist q
sort of universal anti" He is . man OF
ability, practiced orator. He YVES the
nucleus OF many dissatisfactions and he
has retained considerable following of
his own. There were three candidates
against him. That division in the Demo
cratic Party was his opportunity As be
didn't get majority, there will be
another primary in August. Presumably
"the unbowed, bright, unsubmissive head
of Mr.. Bailey will then be submerged
News comes from another ancient
acquaintance, Mr.. Thomas i. Watson
of McDuhie county is candidate for
United States Senator from Georgia TO
succeed Senator Hoke Smith, Only last
May there WAS union between these two
illustrious statesmen and their forces IN the
Georgia Democratic State Convention.
They were one in the sacred purpose OF
belaboring the administration II Mr..
Smith hoped To make use of the large
number of Watsonians to re-elect himself
To the Senate he must be of q remarkably
trustful disposition. MIR. Watson speaks
for himself He can hammer the League
of Nations harder than even Mr.. Smith,
and he is not without a regrettable ten
denoy to hammer Mr.. Smith also. The
situation is depressing to students OF these
familiar Georgian figures Both OF them
can { be elected 10 the Senate. 1twould
be painful TO think that perhaps Neither
nf fhaup eap -Sew York Ttfnpe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

The subject of pcnalogy has for many
years claimed large share Of public
attention, especially from these who
labored earnestly for the inauguration Of
needed reforms. In general the results Of
their missionary work have been practical
and beneficial One has only to con-
trast prison conditions Of long ago with
those Of today To note the difference.
Cruel punshments have been abandoned
profitable labor has been substituted fer
derroralizing idleness and many measures
have been introduced having for their
special purpose the reform of those who
were committed to prison for violation OF
wise laws enacted for the protection OF
person and property.
These purposes are sound. II cannot
be disputed that it is far better to send
a man out into the world after he has
paid his debt to an outraged law with a
better mind and a desire to live an honest
and honorable life. than 10 release hun
with his mind full of bitterness against
society in general and a determination to
do all in his power for it's grievous injury.
But how best to accomplish this reform
has ever been question, and it IS not to
be claimed today that the problem has
been solved
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

Every time Republican aspirant to
Office goes from Wilmington into lower
Delaware, he returns with the statement
that he found conditions satisfactory to
Republicans. If any leader has found
any interest whatever in the Chicago
ticket, except possibly among the poll
ticians who hope to profit by the election,
he must have highly developed faculty
of INTERPRETATION
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
COOLIDGE'S FEALTY QUESTIONED

Some of the things stated by Vice
Presidential Candidate Coolidge IN ac-
cepting the Republican nomination are
so Democratic that he Is in danger OF
being charged with wisconsin BY
members of the G. o. p The idea OF
any Republican candidate suggesting
that prosperity is to be assured only BY
work and production. Production IN
deed! What has became of protection
under which the foreigner pays the tax:
-Philadelphia Record.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
EVENING SMILE.
WHY INDEEDY

Mrs. Smarte believed in being m the
fashion More, If she could forestail the
latest" 10y even half a day she was happy
woman
Her husband was getting sick Of i.
He didn't mind a woman looking AZ
tractive, but when il came IN he VIE
his uife'- becoming the talk Of the
neighborhood. he drew the line.
So one morning, when she appeared
before him in the newest addition To her
wardrobe, even more weird and wonder
full than usual, he made CASUAL remark
tfOne thing always puzzles me, nc
said
What's that. DEAR" asked the lady,
in an lminterested voice, ~ she Razed
in the min ror and wondered if her gown
was hanging sufficiently erookediy at the
back To be really smart.
"Why is n scareorow always repre-
scented a. being mani" retorted The
wretch mfeelingly London Answers
Candidate Election day is also my
birthday" Friend Good ! hope you
will have many happy returns. -baiti-
more American.
Hes not much Of an orator, then?'
"No." Not strong on gesturesF Well
I've seen him make some very effective
gestures with fountain pen and check
book. kansas City Journal.
Parke-''Dont you think Gabson has
slight touch Of vllgarity7" Lane Oh,
decidedly so He's the kind Of man one
might ask to ones home, but never to
ones club Judge.
Boreleigh-'I expect 70 start for Europe
tomorrow. Can / do anything fos your
Miss Bhlnt-"Yes, you can take pan tic'iiar
care not TO miss the steamer boston
Transcript
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

Apropos of Candidate Harding's atti-
tude towards the League of Nations, the
New. York World asked: Where do you
stand. Senator Harding? Are you with
Taft or are YOU with Johnson" Towhich
tbe New York sun replies He stands
only with the American people" The
inference then. must be that ex-President
Taft and Senator johnson are not OF 1.-THE
American people"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
With the honor system there have beef

With the honor system there have been
introduced into prison management other
changes, all directed to amelioratlng the
conditions of prison life and making them
less irksome to prisoners than they were
under former administrations. Various
forms of recreation are provided, such as
games and other pastines, including out
door activities. That these afe bene-
fetal and calculated to inspire law
breakers under punishment with desires
for better living in the future is not
doubted. But the honor system goes
much farther, and tends to make OF a
law-breaker very much Of free man,
instead of prisoner. so long as he faith
fully observes the terms Of his virtual
parole.
All this sounds very assuring. Ger
tainly it is altrustic in a high degree.
But altrlIism frequently is crowded to
the wall by practical considerations, and
80 il may be called into question in
connection with some Of the innovations
IN modern prison management.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
LINCOLN AND WORLD PEACE.

The formal ceremonies marking the gift
nv Americans Of the Saint-t saudens
statue Of Lincoln TO the British public
were made the occasion Of an exchange
of diplomatic pledges between the two
peoples by their spokeSmen to which
more than casual sentimental interest
will attach. Ellhu Root, who made the
presentation, said on his part that the
identical fundamental conceptions in both
countries make il impossible that IN any
great world emergency Great Britain and
America can be on opp osing sides. And
Eve may be assured from him tLinco
that whenever trials come, whenever there
is need for assurance of the inherent power,
truth and triumph of justice, humanity
and ffeedom-then the peace and friend
ship between Great Britain and America
will prove to be as Lincoln desired to
make them-perpetuai.
Possibly this conception by Republl-
can leader of Lincoln S ideals of inter
national peace may pass mchallenged at
Marion and in the United States Senate.
But did Lloyd George in his speech ac-
cepting the statue reckon with RepublI-
can party opinion on the su beet? Lin
coin, said the British Premier, was one
of those giant figures, of whom there are
so few in history who lose their nationality
in death: one of those few who belong
to mankind Such men are needed now
more than ever in the settlement OF the
world May be permitted to say that this
torn and bleeding earth today is calling for
the help of the American of Abraham Lin-
coins days?"
Lincoln, as all 90 per cent Republicans
know, belongs first in death as IN life,
IN America and 10 the Republican party.
To conceive of him as belonging to man
kind in the sense of indorsing the idea Of
world peace through American mediation
is. as the Lodges and all the rest know, an
unwarranted assumption by Lloyd George
which evidences his ignorance of Ameri-
can party politics York World,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

Despite the fines and terms in the
workhouse, some foreign-born citizens
insist that the gain to be realized from
violating the provisions of the dry law
il worth the risk. Probably these
offenders will see the matter in another
light when the penalties are multiplied
for subsequent offence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

Babe" Ruth has broken into the
movies and the announcement is made
that he has signed a contract to pose
during his leisure hours of winter for
500, 600 and a percentage. Truly it is
more profitable to bat home runs than to
have made the world safe for democracy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
THE CHANGEFUL SEA.

One day the sea a brilliant blue,
and gayly it goes skidding; the next
II has a sombre hue, it's motion
slow. forbidding. One day | camp
upon the shore and watch IT as 1t
surges, and there's such pathos IN
it's roar | feel like grooming dlrges
Next day its message Is so glad 1t
asks no mortars pity, and pro-
duce a pen and pad, and spring
buovant ditty One day the waters
nun ike wine, in froth and foam
they're boiling; the next they have
a dismal whine, as though they
needed oiling. One day they re green,
and everywhere the note of mmths
prevailing; the next they're darker
than despair, and every wave Is
waiting. Old Neptune has wondrous
lyre, that touches all emotions, and
on il, like a house afire, he plays, J
among his oceans. Now sweeter I
than the lullabies Of mothers, IN the
cleaning; and now the notes like
thunder rise, along the octaves
roaming. Old Neptune, IN his soh-
tudes. his mighty harp Is thrashin
he has q song for all our moods, a !
note for every passion.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31
REGISTRATION ROOM CHANGES

Changes in registration places an
nounced by Lambert ]. Foulk are as
follows: Fourth ward, first district, from
PIP East Fourth street to SIS French
street; Fifth ward, Tenth district, from
Northeast corner Eighth end Jefferson
street to North East Corner Eighth and
Windsor; Eleventh district, from us
West Eighth to 500 Monroe.
The district numbers have elsewhere
been incorrectly published; the above
are the correct.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

These radical changes to which we have
referred are all held to be agencies for the
moral betternent of prisoners. Well
and good But how about their effects
upon the administration Of criminal
law?
Are the penalties Of the law no longer
10 be enforced according to the letter
Of the statutes2
Are We to lose sight Of the effect of the
laws penalties as deterrent of crime?
Are We to have prison regulations that
virtually negative the punishments pro-
vided by law and solemnly imposed by
the courts? Should actual punishment
be submerged in the plans for reforma-
ton?
II the law is TO impose no punishment
worthy of the name beyond the exclusion
Of the criminal from his former personal
and social freedom for a period, and
imprisonment be made pleasant instead
of sternly repressive, how can the penalties
provided by law operate to deter those
not criminal, but criminally inclined,
from becoming transgressors?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-31

A campaign picture shows Candidate
Coolidge down at his fathers old spring
house, milking. The print reveals the
governor on the right side of the COW; all
front porch platitudes. on the other hand,
picture Harding on the wrong side Of the
league