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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
MISSOURI HARMONY

THE Reputation of Senator Reed by
= his own party naturally indicated
that his successor in Congress would be
frankly and vigorously II League of Ma
tions nan. breckenridge Long. the
Democratic nominee for the Missouri
sepatorship, obviously fills the require
ments.
The especially interesting feature Of
his candidacy. however. is his relation
to his Republican opponent who comes
up for re election. Senator Spencer is
league supporter. He voted twice for
the treaty. Therefore. unless Mr.. Long
differs from him ON some fine points of
reservations or narrow mindedly insists
on crossing no more "t's" or dotting
no more 'i's," what is there to dis
tinguish his program from his rivals:
Whatever may be the political com
plexion of Missouri in November, her
senatorial vote will be cast for the
league. The significance of such senti-
ment is not to be dismissed lightly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
STIMULATING NAVAL LIFE
A LTHOUGH worthy Cnntain Recc,
"Did all that lav within him to

IN
"A r. N. who
ibid all that lav within him IN
Promote the comfort of his crew.
Is not only a fiction but the exponent
of an ideal perhaps unattainable. his
policies seem TO have made a consider
able impression upon JoSophus Daniels
His latest recommendation. inspired
partly Jas result of a recent cruise to
kAlaska, will certainly make life in the
United States navy more attractive.
Enlisted men are TO have six months
shore duty during the second enlist
ment period. and are to be stationed as
near as possible to the individuals
home. Furthermore. virtually every
ship in the service is to be ordered
within a reasonable length of time upon
a foreign cruise.
These reforms are commendable.
There is no reason why duty in the
navy should be made npcdleSSly dull or
why the stimulation Of changing scenes
should be accorded merely TO lucky
few. Discipline and legitimate diver
sion are not necessarily mutually de
structive
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
MEMORIAL
UNVEILED AT GRAND PRE-
Heroine of Longfelos Poem Buried Here Imortased in
Bronze in Land of Her Birth

towns who came to Grand Pre- in all
sorts of conveyances.
The statue was modelled by Henri
Herbert, n French Canadian sculptor,
resident of Montreal. The first work
on it was done by his father. Louis Phi =
lippe Hcbert, whose work is to be found
in all the large cities of Canada. The
son, who inherited his fathers genius,
was commissioned to finish it on the
death of the father few years ago.
Park Being Improved
Considerable work has been done this
summer in improving the park. A rather
ornate entrance of Normandy style OF
architecture has been built and the
roads and paths have been fringed with
Normandy poplars and many trees,
shrubs and plants such as would sym
bolize old France.
The plans include the erection later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
THE OLD GULF STREAM

MEN of science have once more
Stream. this time because of the plants
of bathers along the Atlantic coast that
the ocean is too cold for their favorite
sport to be any longer the joy that it
used TO be.
After learned Investigations, au-
thorities seem to differ as to the guilt
of the Gulf Stream for this state of
affairs; but whatever the final verdict,
it can simply be chroniClCd as one more
instance of modern humanity's habit of
blaming all unusual meteorological con
ditions upon this mysterious current.
Readers of Lorna Doone" will remem-
ber that, more than two centuries ago,
"Girt John" Ridd. suffering like all
the farmers on EXmoor from the sever
est winter ever known in those parts.
used to like to go to Lynmouth, on the
border Of Devonshire, TO hear an old
SEQ far.ng man there explain how "A
thing he called the Gulf Stream" was
reSpOn siblc.
Few of us. even in these enlightened
days. realize how vast n debt we in the
northern hemisphere owe TO this much
lnnligncd current of warm water that.
taking its mysterious rise below the
Garth iYleS, circles through tho, Gulf of
Mexico. sweeps up the Florida straits
and along the Atlantic coast of North
America. ever broadening as it goes,
ana is diverted by the outjutting shores
of Newfoundland to leap across the At
lnn,ic and disappear along the coasts of
Great Britain and Norway.
Yet it is believed that this stream,
and this stream alone, makes it pos
sibe for human beings to live and
work and be happy and prosperous over
n much greater part of their hemisphere
than is habitable in the southern half
OF the hlohe.
Forty degrees north of the Equator
10 find such cities as Philadelphia.
Baltimore and New York, not to men
tion tho most thickly inhabited parts of
Europe. The same distance south of
the Equator we find no great cities. no
progressive peoples, no real civilization.
Montcvidco is 81 degrees south and the
Cape of Good Hope is in the same
latitude.
At II degrees north we find London :
at II south, nothing but the Falkland
Islands--a dreary and dCsolate group,
containing only 20O0 Inhabitants, with
900 persons in its capital.
Ten more degrees show even more
plainly what the Gulf Stream has ac-
complshcd for us. At 60 north we find
Christiana, Norway, and Petrograd,
Russia. At so south--nOthing. The
charts of the South Atlantic end at 60
degrees. For the greater part of the
year the waters there are locked tight
in the grip of the ice king. Cape Horn
is 24O miles nearer the Equator than
his GO. degree line.
Rat at 20 degrees we come to the
greatest contrast of all.
North Of the Equator, where the
Gulf Stream leaves the shore of Nor
way, farmers raise and ripcn tobacco
in n good year
The same distance south. Scott and
Amundscn found the never melting
Great Barrier, that forbidding edge of
the eternal ice plains.
Let us not, then, blame the Gulf
Stream all of the time. Give il a little
credit once in while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

WHEREAS. There is possible no
evnct definition of profitcering: and
WHEREAS. Popular opinion, reacting
against injustice, has little of either
time or patience to differentiate be-
tween sheep and goats: be it RE
SOLVED. That it behooves all middle
men (whO are in most cases necessary
to bring about efficient distribution of
commodities) to see to it that the ras-
Gals and extortionists among them are
disciplined and forced to content them
selves with a fair return for their
merchandising.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

I According TO tradition. Luke. ac-
credited as the author of the third
gospel, was a physician.
Q. Fernao de Magalhaes was the name
of the leader of the first expedit lion
to circumnavigate the globe. The
more familiar Spanish form of
the surname is Magellan.
q. The squadron sailed from San Lucar,
Spain, in 1919.
4. In the battle of the Plains of Abra =
ham. which resulted in the capture
of Quebec by the English, both
the English commander, Wolfe,
and the French commander, Mont
calm, were killed. The engagement
was fought In 1859.
s. Philip Freneau was an early Ameri-
can poet. a native of Freehold,
n. j. His dates are l752-lS32
6. Alfred Stevens, the noted modern
painter, was a Belgian,
7, william Henry Harrison had the
shortest term Uf anv American
President. He caught cold nm
Inauguration day and died one
month later,
8. Henry Fielding, the famous English
novelist of the eighteenth century
wrote Tom Jones"
q, A hemistitch Is half line of verso
10. Lupine means woinsh. -, '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

I. When and by whom was mention
first made of the existence OF Pc
troleum in America?
., Who was Ten Cent Jimmy?'
8. OF what important Irish city Is
oueehstown the seaport?
4. What IRE the two plurals of the
word phalRnX?
&. In what year did the Russian Soviet
Government make peace with Ger
many?
6. Where Is san Sebastian where a
meeting of the council of the
League of Nations has been
called?
7, who wrote the first article express
ing proper appreciation of Lin
coins Gettysburg speech.
8. What was the real name of Bill
Nye?
o, What is the taffrail of a ship?
10. Which one of the thirteen origina
colonies was the last to be set
tied?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
A FouR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
frate its attention:
The DeidUdre riUer bridge.
A d,.Ndock big enough TO dccommo-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
TEN.
A conventton hdH.
a building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the trdter supply.
Homes TO accommodate the populd-
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Among those who are doing their
utmost to bring the prohibition act into
diSrepute must be counted those inter
nal revenue officers who. as in a case
recently noted in Pittsburgh. violate
the constitution of the United States
by entering homes without complaint
or warrant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Produce reports show that the
farmer gets his" only in the slangy
sense. Vegetables sell in the market
for four and FIVE times the price he
gets for them. The reason is that he
sells as an individual to an organized
group of commission men. One remedy
would be for the farmers to do a little
organizing themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Rehcarsals for the Pilgrim cent

Rehearsals for the Pilgrim cente-
nary pageant are being held by public
school children in Boston parks. and
it is pleasing to note that the Boston
Transcript thinks it is as natural for
Alice Cecconia. Carmela Mariana and
Helen Racklawski to be Pilgrim maid
ems as it is for anybody else to he.
The melting pot has evidently made n
good job of it in Boston.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

The International Harvester Com.
pany has set aside large amount of its
stock to be distributed from time to
time among employees as bonus on the
basis of yearly earnings. First thing
we know capital and labor, fellow
workers, will be little playmates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Norristown realizes that It is going
to be big day for the town when the
Coughlin baby comes back. Sharon.
Pa. incidentally, has not yet forgotten
the thrill that came with the return Of
Billy Whitla.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

The futility Of class voting is
shown by the fact that the blacklist of
various organizations virtually includes
every member of Congress in both
houses. The wise voter votes as an
American, not as a wet or dry. "A
suffragist or an anti. n plumber or
Methodist: and the thing that de-
termines his choice of candidate is
not a single item in platform. but his
seasoned judgment concerning all mat
tiers therein contained.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

New York has shown the way to
reduce expenses in the matter of trans
portation for municipal employees by
establishing fleet of taxicabs. Verify
the way of the joy rider is being made
hard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Saturdays paper recorded the case
of man killed in a taxicab crash while
on his way to join his ship. This is
calculated to make every old salt grin
sardonically when he reads of the peris
of the deep.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Bull LGARlAN PACT EFFECTIVE
Exchange Of Peace Treaty Ratitiea'
tIons CompIeted by Belllaerents

Paris, Aug. 9.-CBy a. PD-The
peace treaty with Bulgaria was made,
formally effective by the exchange of
! lattications today among the powers
party to the pact. -,
The treaty was signed at Nfullly,
November -. 1919, and was ratified
by Bulgaria January II of this year
Frances ratification of the treaty was
completed by the favorable action of her
Senate July 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

SOMEWHERE among the "murmur-
~ ing pines and hemlocks" of which
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once
wrote for immortality statue Of
Evangeline, his tragic heroine, has re-
Gently been unveiled.
And Philadelphians also have an in
terest In the statue which was put in
place in n park at Grand Pre-, Nova
Scotia. That interest lies in the lines
of the famous poem. "Evangeline,
telling how the girl came TO
That delightfu land which Is washed by
the Dclaware's waters.
Guarding in sylvan shades the name OF
Perm. the apostle"
1t was here that Evangeline found the
dying Gabriel. her lover. in ''the aims.
house, home of the homeless and
vivid (if slightly incorreCt picture Of
the old Philadelphia comes to mind
with the lines:
Distant and, soft on her ear fell the chimes
from the helfry Of Christ Church.
While interningled with these. across the
meadows wcrH waited
Sounds Uf psalms that We're sung by the
Swedes in their church at Wicaco.'
Finally. the author says of Evan
goline and her lover that they lie side
by side in their namclcss graves and
later, "undcr the humble walls of the
little Catholic churchyard. in the heart
Of the city they lie, unknown and un-
noticed"
Unveiled by Lady Burnham
The statue which is of bronze. repre-
scnts Evangclinc about to leave her be-
loved land. her face turned slightly
backward and tears in her eyes. The
unvciling was done by Lady Burnham,
wife of Viscount Burnham, proprietor
of the London Daily Telegraph and
president of the Empire Press Union.
these being in the party of 100 or more
newspaper people from all over the
British empire, including Australia and
New Zealand. who are touring the
Dominion of Canada in special train.
Others present were a large delega-
tion from French Acadian societies,
officials of the Canadian Pacific and
Dominion Atlantic Railways and per-
sons from Halifax and surrounding
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

The revoking of a drivers license
is a good way to discourage reckless
speeding. but it doesn't begin to solve
the problem of the auto bandit who first
steals his car.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

One thing the railroads have today
that they never had before-the hearty
good will Of the whole country. Every
body wants to see them make good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

OF course it is realized that one
difficulty in the way of hiring Germany
to help fight the Bolshevists is that
Germany might not stay hired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Meanwhile. observers Of operations
on the Bolshevists' various fronts are
hopeful that General Wrangel may help
to unravel the general tangle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

''This is no time for wabbling,"
says Governor Cox. Never in all our
history has more been done for gov
ernment." Wabbling?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

There isn't black sheep in the
White House flock. The black baa-
baas handed in their designations some
time ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

of French chapel and other buildings
that might be the counterpart of those
of Evangeline's time and which were
destroyed when the Acadians were ex.
PEELED.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Judging by the activities Of certain
parties and factions at the present time
the political wind blows where it
blacklists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

The census shows that more peo-
pie live in the cities than in the coun-
try. But more people live well in the
country %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Any lingering doubt that Cover
nor Cox would accept the Democratic
presidential nomination has now been
dispclled
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
SHORT CUTS

There seems to be plenty Of room
for pessimism at the Polish Bolshevist
front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
ToHN WEAVER during his term as

/ piiAN w ChN T1lN uuIlnS MS wi 40
- mayor urged young lawyers to enter
politics. Not for the reason l have
mentioned. however.
His idca-and 1t holds good today and
will hold good as long as the republic
ondures--was that the youthful mem.
Der of the bar should mix up in cam
paigns and at the polls to protect the
rights Of citizens and the purity Of the
ballot, and for the wider dissemination
of political knowledge among the
masses.
One of the sanest things in this
connection was expressed by him in an
address at banquet of the Miller Law
Club of the University of Pennsylvania,
in which in answer to the question,
"Should young lawyer enter poll
tics?" he said:
by all means take an interest in
politics. Enter politics. but be careful
that politics does not control you, but
that you control politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

MEMBER OF the Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is
4rcinsipelv entitled to the use for
veps biication of all ncws dispatches
credited TO 10 or not otherWiSe credited
% fhisspoper. and also the local ne,os
pnblished therein.
All rights of republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

Card indcXing and listing of con-
gressmcn is all very we'll in its way.
If it excites a greater interest in public
questions and makes the voters a little
more particular about the qualifications
of the men they nominate II will be
beneficial. But the tendency at present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Memher of the Associated Press

10 Address all Communications to Evening
u . Public Ledger, independence Square,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

I'VE declare to the public, and Of
fer to prove. that:
1.-THE average profit received In
the packing industry on . dollars
worth Of product sold to the retailer
Is less than two cents.
"2-The rate of profit at this time
is considerably less than the figure
just mentioned.
"S-The packers profit adds less
than a, nickel a week to the meat bill
Of the average American family.
IF these facts are not admitted,
we ask that they be denied; and If
denied, that We have q chance to
prove them.
'The only fair measure of earnings
is the profit received on each dollars
worth of product sold. That is what
the consumer and the producer wish
to know. The slender and baseless
denunciations which have been
heaped on the packers have seriously
injured the meat industry. the farmer
and the livestock producer. and have
been severely damaging to the inter
ests of the consumer.
"All that we ask of the public Is a
fair, impartial attitude--judgment
based on facts instead Of prejudice
and Misrepresentation an es-
sential industry which is serving the
people cheaply and we'll"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
NAeeED HIMSELF TO DEATH.
Scoldsr Husband at Cedar Rapids
Commits Suicide.


Commits Suicide.
Cedar Rapids, May 26.--Naggins
his Is year old son grew to be a
habit with Edward Cika, Q. laborer
residing at 1904 North Fourth street
west. lit made the sons life almost
unbeara.ble. kept the mother and her
three other children very unhappy
and it finally drove Cika crazy. Last
evening he hanged himself in his
barn. He used wire instead OF q
rope, tying it around q rafter and
then jumping OF box. His wind
pipe was, severed and death must
have been almost instantaneous.
Cika was employed At the Quaker
Oats mills and the family Of six
found it very hard to make his
wages provide them with food and
clothing, In these times Of high
prices. Cika obtained employment
for his sixteen year old son. the cid
est Of the four. The mother says
that for some unknown reason Ctka,
who was good to the other children.
always seemed to have q grudge
against the elder. And the boy did
not succeed in keeping JOB very
long. That made the father nag him
all the more. But the boy endured
It, taking 1t In dreary sort Of
docility that is found In some, homes
where life Is a battle instead Of a
Joy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
FUEL TO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY
OVER AL EXCEPT PERISH
ABLE FREIGHT.
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IN DIRE NEED OF IT
Factories Must Have Relief Soon or
30 Forc.,d to Closs-uss Of EN-.
pleyss In Unloading Coal Carr
Ursed-(>utput Of Mines Being
Curtailsd Because Of Facilities.

Peremptory orders have been is
sued giving coal shipments prefer
entail treatment with the exception
Of psrishable freight and live stock
in the northwest.
Directions have also been issued
urging the promptest unloading of
coal cars and reloadins with order
classes Of merchandise where the
exercise of this rail policy may be
practicable.
Coal cars are to go forward re-
gardless of all other shipments save
those indica ted. This IL believed to
be the first drastic order OF the In
terstate commerce. commission de-
signed to relieve the terminal con-
gestion prevailing.
Fuel Movement Important.
Rail executive and the commission
have doubtless reached the conclus-
lon that supplying Of fuel IL amons
tho most important factors in the
situation. and that It should receive
attention at the expense OF all other
freight save shipments Of live stock
and perishabls merchandise.
With many large industries there
must be immediate suspension Of
operations or coal supplies provided.
In some localities the manufacturers
have asked their employees to move
the cars stacking UP In the yards Of
the carriers. Shutdowns seem to be
evitable unle,ss coal supplies are
Immediately provided for the plants.
There II . reported shortage Of
from 80 to 81 per cent OF open top
cars At the mines. to which cars are
being rushed as rapidly az possible.
According 10 = statement received
from An nlir OILS manufactures FOUR
teen mines in the Springfield district
were operated to only 10 per cent
Of capacity IN April while one mine
In southern Illinois showed only
per cent OF tile normal output during
April