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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
THE LEAGUES BEST MOVE

CENATOR HARDING, Governor Cox,
~ Elihu Root. Herbert Hoover, Senator
johnson, Senator Lodge, ex President Taft
and President Wilson can all afford to sub
scribe without the least fear of inconsist
ency to the announced purpose Of the
League of Nations to publish all the secret
treaties to which any member of the inter
national society is a party.
Much as Hiram Johnson. for instance,
processes to detest The league, 1t is difficult
to conceive what logical argument he can
advance against such a wholesale exposure
of underhand covenants. AS for the friends
of the league, whether they are mild or wild
reservationists, advocates of many amend
mentS few amendments or none ut all they
will bctray their principles by withholding
applause for move promising achievement
of outspoken diplomacy.
Furthermore it is significant that this
broadside of revelations is not specifically
demanded by the league covenant, which
prpscribes that all treaty engagements en-
tered into after the formation of the society
shall be published. The extension Of this
program to include all past contracts is an
epoch making Interpretation of the spirit
rather than the letter of the much discussed
document to which forty two nations have
already subscribed
BY all odds this plan. if faithfully exc.
cutcd, will mark the most signal accom-
plishment Of the league since its formation.
The pity Of it is that this emphatic tribute
10 liberalism was not paid long ago.
1t is somewhat embarrassing to reflect
that the policy of disclosing secret treaties
was inauguratcd by the Bolshevists Sub
scrption to most of their ideas is revolving
to millions of civilized human beings. but
the excellence of this procedure is not to be
denied.
As nation outside the league. the United
States need not fear the publication of
secret dealings with member nations for the
very wholesome reason that no such furtive
paCts exist. The treaty making power of the
Senate absolutely prevents such transactions,
n fact worth remembering in these days
when much of the criticism of the upper
house can hardly be called restrained Our
skirts are clear. Had Europe's previously
been as unspotted in this regard some OF
the most inaammable causes of wars would
have ceased to function. AS it is, the re-
form is thoroughly heartening as contirma
tiOn of the professed design of the league
ITO promote international co operation and
to achieve international peace and security"
1t is proof Of good faith which some en-
tirely honest critics of the league have
sought to silence by their doubts Of the
whole scheme. If the policy announced
from London is scrupulously carried out. il
will be the height of Misrepresentation to de-
scribe the league, despite the need of i'm
pOrtant repairs, as moribund.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
COx'S LATEST FOLLY

THERE is no doubt that farmers should
4 be more fully represented in public
~fhce. Congress and the state legislatures
are dominated by lawyers. They would be
much more representative if larger pro
portion of men engaged in other occupations
were elected to membership.
But Governor Cox is going little too
far when he says that if elected he will ap-
point ''dirt farmers" to the Federal Reserve
banking board He might almost as well
talk'of appointing dirt farmers TO the
bench of the federal courts.
Banking is a business which requires spe-
cial training, or special experience. A mau
who knows nothing about it would be use
less on the Federal Reserve board. If he
tried to interfere in what was done lie
would be worse than useless. His influence
would be pernicous.
But if the Democratic candidate pursues
his present demagogic course we may soon
expect to hear him promising to appoint
members of the American Federation of
Labor to the district courts on the theory
that labor should be represented on the
courts which interpret and enforce the laws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
WHO PAYS WIFE'S POLL TAxo

DECAUSE of the fraudulent use of poIl
tax receipts by repeaters the General
Assembly of 1897 made it unlawful for any
person to pay the poll tax for another save
on the written order of the elector made and
signed ut least thirty days before the cleo
ton.
This law will prevent husband from
paying his wife's poll tax. The Mayor an.
parPntly had it in mind when he declined
to pay his wife's tax when she registered
yesterday. He told her 1t was her vote and
that She must pay the tax. He might have
given an object lesson in the operation Of
the law by telling his wife that he would
pay the tax if she would sign an order
direcI ug him to do it; but apparently he
did not thicl: this was necessary
There is nothing in the law, however,
which will prevent n husband from giving
his wife fifty cents with which to pay the
tax, or which will prevent the wife from
taking the fifty cents from the household
funds to pay it. The law is satisfied so
long as the woman voter pays the tax her
hclf or authorizes some one else in writing
to do it for her.
But she must remember to keep her tax
receipt so that she can take it to the
polls with her on election day as evidence
that she Is qualified voter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
THE SIS

IN THE rescue of forty two men and officers
from the disabled So there is new glory
not only for the navy but for all men who go
down to the sea in ships and there learn
courage and fortitude and ways in which to
fight the eternal elements almost to n stand
still
The narrative of submarines crew wait
ing death on the ocean floor without panic or
q break in discipline. of an army ship that
happened along and knew her business of
man in boat who talked cooly by tele
phone with sailors Gagged and apparently
doomed under $50 feet of running sea, of
destroyers that leaped from moorings at
League Island and fed away to help at fifty
miles an hour, and vast surgical operation
with giant implements done in the oceans
drift will shine for long time in naval
Annals. LandSmcn ought to be better for
merely reading it. Therein is revealed a feat
Of co ordinated energies that has not often
been equaled.
4. A good many men and things may be going
wrong nowadays. But some of us at least
are there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
MUST THEY KISS 1T GOODBYE

TIME anthracite operators raised the price
= of coal on April in anticipation of an
Increase in wages under the award of an
arbitration commission. They are said to
have collected $40 900 600 in the past five
months as result of the sum they added
to the price of each ton Of coal they have
sold
The wage award calls for only SIS 600. 900
for the same period After giving the back
pay to the miners the operators TiIl have
$22,OOO,OO0 surplus profit taken from the
pockets of the consumers
What are they going TO do with it?
The consumers would like TO have an an
swer to this question. The commission
which made the award announced that the
increase in wages ought to be followed by
reduction in the price of coal because it
knew that the increase in price made last
April was more than double the amount
needed to cover the extra pay to the miners.
But reduction in the price of coal dating
\ffom September l would not return the SD,
zoo, 900 to the pockets Of those who paid it
The probable answer to the question is
that the operators will keep the money they
have got and add it to their profits for the
year. They have done the like in the past,
for after the courts decided that the state
tax of six cents n ton was ILLEGAL. there
was virtually no refund to the consumers
OF the twenty five cents n ton that had been
added to the price to cover the tax The
public has learned to kiss good by TO all
money paid out for coal. And yet tho
operators wonder why they are not popular
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
schwab's Philosophy In China

Schwab versus Confucius-the fight is
about to start. The largest book order re.
ceiyed from China by his publisher for
several years Is for a shipment Of Charles
NJ. Schwab's Succeeding With What You
Have" the little book telling something of
the steel kings philosophy of life, which
is to say his philosophy of work. The letter
accompanying the order says:
There is at the present time q great
political and educational awakening of
China, evidenced by the students movement
and other signs of the times. We have a
large army of young men who have edu
cation enough to fit them for useful and
prominent work in the different lines of
affairs in this country, but who need to be
given an added spur of ambition, the lifting
touch of large ideals and especially to be
imbued with the quality of stcadfastness.
perseverance, the power of sustained effort
through early encouragement"
Mr.. schwabs Succeeding With What
You Have is to help in that achievement
The buyer of this order Of books has re-
ouested the publishers to communicate to
Mr. Schwab its request for a special mes
sage from him to be delivered to the Young
men of China.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
WAKE UP, CAMPAICNERS!

IF the scientists deny, as is their right,
that autumn has now begun, it is none
the less a political truth that the summer
campaign ended yesterday. In accordance
with tradition, n distinct livcning up of
Republican and Democratic offensiyes and
defensives il now to be expected. Theo-
-etieally at least the scurryng for position
-hich marks the opening stages of the pres
fential battle is over.
Neither candidate, each at the outset in
nature of a surprise. is now unknown.
has become clear that Mr.. Cox's readi.
y IS of speech is not backed by any limos
rg amount of reflection and that Mr.. Hard
ng Is one of the least bumptous of candi.
iates in the annals of American politics
But beyond these disclosures, which arc
veil worth consideration, the general char
sr of the c"mnaign is either uudetnrr, IN cd
( else its whole complexion is going to be
of q depressing dullness.
The cross firing of the summer was
largely uninspiring. The injection during
the last days of the moth eaten doodle"
issue ominously forecasts departure by
both parties from fundamentals, decision
upon which is of grayest import to the ma
tion. With election day only two months
On. both parties owe II to their constituents
and TO their own self respect to conduct the
Arht upon vital subjects.
Surely the1e is no lack of them! The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

with the light Of pain and resolution In their
eyes. There will be housecleaning amid all
the lesser machinery of elections before many
years unless we are mistaken.
It has been due for a hundred years.
And it will come.
The newly enfranchised citizens in this
city cannot be blamed for their dif6dence
and their hesitation. They have entered
politics as they might enter a strange and
unfriendly house or n country of violent
legends-cautously and with a sense OF
being out Of place. The receptions accorded
them at the polls and in the party COM
mittees have not been such as to quickly
reassure them.
Women are patient. They have to be.
And they have wisdom of their own and n
fighting spirit of which Mr.. Hall and Mr..
Knight will learn later along. How many
of them stayed behind at home, to read of
how their sisters Jared, before risking the
departures and adventures that are distaste-
full to all normal women? No one knows.
But the march has started and the army
will grow.
Successors to the present lords Of the
political world will not make women feel
strange and uncomfortable by eyeing them
as invaders. ignorant of the language and
customs of an exclusive world. More than
one man discovered new sort of independ-
ence in his wife when he tried to tell her
or the registrars what her political beliefs
were. And Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Knight and
the rest of the city committeeman must be
wondering yet about the directness and skill
which characterized the demand of the Re-
publican women for recognition which
should have been given them though it was
withheld.
Woman suffrage in Philadelphia may
prove surprising in more ways than one.
But one may venture to believe that no one
will find it more surprising than the poll
tcians who think they know most about it.
Where the feminine mind is invoked you
never can tell what may happen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l, The total number OF members In the
House OF Representatives is 4S5.
z Ancient Babylon was located on the River
Euphrates.
g. Massachusetts Is the most easterly state
from which any American President
was ever elected The two Presidents
chosen from this state were John
Adams and John Quincy Adams.
4. The names of the Siamese twins were
Eng and Chang.
o. George IL the real name OF Babe" Ruth.
b. Alabaster is the name OF several varieties
or carbonate or sulphate OF lime.
Z. Hera was the wife of Zeus In Greek
mythology, corresponding to Juno the
wife of Jupiter in Roman mythology
g. Guinea pig H. misnomer, since Guinea
should In this case be Guiana, and tho
little animal Is not n pig at all but
rodent.
., According to the legend. Rip Van WinkIS
slept for twenty years In the CatsHih
mountains In New York state, .,
TO- A votiye offering is one made IN fulnll'
ment OF vow or conseerated by = VOW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
/ SHALL GO BACK
T SHALL go back again to tbo b,oo, ..

SHALL go back again to the bleak sboro
And build little 'hanty on the sand
IN such way that the EXTREMIST hand
0t brittle s'awccd shall escape nv door U"nu
but BY yard or two, and never more
1naIo ? Sho,I re- return urn to take you by the hand.
Ana 'an bsnrior Ev SInr ;L 10 what | understand,
The love that stood a moment in vo,,r 49,
Inc words that lay moment on vy"s. yoM.
tongue, y" your
Are on, one with all that in a moment die.
~ 4ttie iYderSaid and ovcrsung; '''S'
'IH Trcbomdd Snaa ma the sulIen rocks and skies
was young. ""eh
Mirror. heedys
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The equal suffrage amendment has not
made citizens of the women. but has merely
conferred on them one of the privileges Of
citizenship They were already citizens for
the federal constitution declares that "aIl
persons born or naturaized in the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction there II
are citizens Of the United States and Of
the state wherein they reside
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

l, What person In modern times tasted forty
days and lived?
2. How many psalms are In the Bible?
3. What Is sesame?
4. Name three Of the worlds greatest water
falls
5 Who was the author of the "Elegy Writ.
:, ten In a Country Churchyard"?
s, How does Key West get its name?
7. What city Is the American headquarters
of the game of cricket?
8, Who was Lavoisier?
3. What architectural style has for its dis
tlnguishing feature columns with cap-
tails carved in scrolls?
10, Who was the first American President 10
fail of reelection?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

American people, accustomed to regard pres
idential campaigns as animated, have c right
to demand that the heavy artillery on both
sides will blow away the musty drool. A
few real thrills are in order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Coroner knight thinks that the leaders
Of the Republican women's state committee
SHOULD mind their own business" viii
the coroner please tell them what their
business is?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The treasurer of the Democratic Ma.
tional Committee is trying to make William
Barnes, of Albany, the villain of the Re
publican party. but as so many Republicans
nave accused him Of the same crime it will
Of it, wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Thanks to Director Furbush, the last
remaining pigs within the city limits will
soon be taken away. Unfortunately til,
director has control only over the four.
footed kind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

New York's new temperance cafes
appear to deserve their designation about as
well as the familiar Sabbath vaudeville Of
Manhattan deserves to be called sacred con
certs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

That man who demanded twenty five
cents as reward for stopping a runaway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

That woman who donned the trousers
to register was doing, in fact only what the
ambitious women leaders hope the new
voters will do metaphorically when they
get used to their new powers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The work of repaving alleys is soon
TO begin, but it will be difficult to establish
sanitary conditions in the whole city until
the narrow alleys south of Market street
are cleaned out and paved in such way
that they can be kept clean.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
SHORT CUTS

What grinds us most is that the coal
operators not only pass the buck to the
dearly beloved public, but charge 100 per
cent commission for doing it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Senator Harding says he believes In
team work: Well he is getting it from
the national committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Who is getting the money in the coal
gouge?, That question is going to be pretty
general from now on. And it will be about
as easy to answer as the classic inquiry
relative to the age of Ann.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Ignore frontiers say the continental
advisers of the Polish generals now fighting
Russia. That, If memory serves. is about
what the BolSheviki have been doing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

No matter what the weather man sars
the autumn of every presidential campaign
year is certain to be moist. Witness tRe
quadrennal supply of mud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

Senator Harding advocates a real in
ternational court, Here's hoping that such
n court will be established 1t is what Tho
opponents of war have long been striving
Cor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The American Bar Association has de.
cidet that the League of Nations is a
political issue. Wen let it 80 at that.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The woman who gives her age to ths
registration clerks can't keep it a secret.
The registry lists are open to the public,
neighbors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

The Mayor took an eight day motor
"Trip Tor rest, and information and says that
he obtained both. Lucky man!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

ID Annunzio seems to be discovering tha.
ne has worn out his welcome in Fiumc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

In reply to the second request from
Washington that the territorial rights ~
Russia be respected, the Poles say again that
strategy must govern their future policy.
Strategy in war is like charity in peace. II
can cover a multitude of sin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
Philadelphia. Friday, September }. 1920
A rOUE;YEAE rRoGRAN RAN FOR

Things on which the people expect the new
administration to concentrate Its attention;
The Deidtpdre river bridge.
drpdock big enough to ,dccontm oddte the
largest ships,
DEVELOPMENT OF the rapid transit system.
A convention hui.
bufidir1 for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
EHfdrocment Of the tCdtcr suppip.
Homes 10 dccoalm oddte the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

No wonder Cox is getting nervous. 1t
IL only two months to election and the
DemocKatic National Committee is not vet
organiEsd for conducting the campaign. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03

These. as the inrurable optinRstS used to
say when the war ragged, are great times to
live in. The sudden improvement of man
ncrs in the registration places was in itself
almost enough to Justify the ratification Of
the Anthony amendment. There was less
Of the atmosphere of horse auction about
the altarS of democracy and less of the
lingo Of 3 clock in the morning poker
game. \ great many registrars brushed
their hair most carefully yesterday morning
and, when you remembered the high cost of
living. the number of new suits worn at the
polls was truly astounding.
The newspapers told monotonously of this
and that officer of elections who threw
away his cigar when he entered the polling
place" Here, indeed. is a flicker from tho
dawn of a new era. The nature and char
acter of the cigars habituaIly smoked in
polling places are among the great evils Of
modern times. The odOr of election cigars
may actually have been factor in making
the duties of citizenship unpopular with men
who smoke only tobacco. II it Is eliminated
the bells should be toled for the nineteenth
amendment.
A vast number of women WINGED or
laughed wildly in astonishment when thew
were told that they would have to register
around at the corner saloon" or sin
Louie's barber shop" They went unbe.
ieyins into the murky rooms and emerged
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-23
FARM BUREAU TRIP
INTO WISCONSIN IS
VERY INSTRUCTIVE
FOURTEEN COMMISSIONERS IN
GLIDING COUNTY ENGINEER
FAPNSWORTH, MAKE THREE
DAYS TRIP-GhTHER MUCH
PROFIT FROM EXPEDITION.

The invitation Of the Farm Bureau
to be host to the township highwal
commissioners the state aid road com
mjttce of the board of supervisors ant
County Road Engineer farnsWorth Oh
good roads tour through northern
Illinois into south ern Wi constn Oct
10, 20 and u was accepted by -FOUR
teen commissioners and five supcrNis
ors. Five others unoillctaIly accom-
panied the party, Everyone was
greatly impressed by the most excel
lent earth and gravel roads seen II
the southern part of Wisconsin. Care
full study was given to the effective
system OF maintaining them.
Construction cost was nothing tt
start with. They started with what
ever the roads happened to be. Avail
able funds for construction are now
being used on places most diiilcult &c
maintain. On Wednesday 1@5 miles
Of these roads, including little con
crete. were driven over. Their" are
tfty-cight days Of such driving to SEE
all the primary roads maintained II
the same excellent condition in mat
state.
After he state highway commission
had demonstrated for year the ef
tectivcncSs of the patrol system OF
maintenance. the counties and town
ships began the same system on the
secondary roads. The patrol system
was BEGUN in 1913. The 5,0t1 miles
originally included in the system were
made up of 2,363 miles Of earth roads
col miles of gravel roads, a75 miles
Of macadam, l1S miles OF concrc'e and
twelve miles of other high type roads
Seyenty-hye hundred mites are now "
the system The principal work done
has been locating, marking and main
tanning.
The townships represented on the
tour were: Bruce, Albert Gay Strea
tor; Dayton. A. j. Ainsley. DAYTON,
pimmick. John Weldon, La sale.
Eden, Willard Rays. Tonica Farm
Ridge. II VI Glazier, Grand Ridge
Manlus, John Chapman. Seneca MI
Ter. O l.. Chapman, MarSeilles; Mis-
sion, {. jacobson. Sheridan; North
willie. s. \. Potter. Sheridan; Ottawa,
Fred Hciser. Ottawa; KicaIand, James
Adamson. | eunore; South Ottawa
Robert Hcth. ottawa; Troy Grove, II"
cot Troy Grove; NermiIlion, John
Rcdnum, Tonica; Wallace, John
O'DonueU. Ottawa, and Waltham, John
Wylie, Utica.
The FIVE others in the party were l.
c. Rinker Grand Ridge; Mr., and Mrs.
f. Trum1,o. Ottawa. Mr. Harrington,