Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-24

Is more taNOrablc TO the snip owner. the
secretary of commerce can take the lead in
keeping the now American merchant fleet on
tho sca il he is big enough for the job.
IIr can also encourage the export trade By
such an intelligent collection Of information
about foreign markets as will attract tho
attention Of exporters. for he is commissioned
with the duty NJ gathering such information
for tho r">tcrnS of manufactures
These powers have hccn exercised IN
rcrfunCtorv manner IN the past. mud A.
result tho Department Of Commerce has not
served the country so efficiently as II might.
4 man with initiative and vision could max"
the department onc of the most important IN
the cabinet. Mr. Hoover could MAX" the
job big,
SHORT CUTS
III, Hearst and HyIsn all rails" II to.
SCthcr.
Rain makes things pretty soft for III"
street cleaners.
We hadn't heard Of Dcnby. but he sc"ms
to be full-'i2nd man.
First thing YOU know the fires in City
Hall will bring about n no smoking order.
And daily the year is encouraging the
saving Of daylight by giving US moro of it.
Tho immigration law appears to have
.O"9j per cent more kick than prohibition.
Tho feelings Of fcmnists who listened to
Congressional Robertson are probably Alice
blue.
Wonder il tho time will over come whom
colleges and universities will be made Scli-
supporting:
Every time business plays a gIum tune
railroad freight traffic reaches out for nov
low record.
Mrs. Arabcla Mixing says she hasn't
quite decided whether Keats is short for
parrots or mosquitoes.
Tho +. Il. T. January report a. We
understand il, shows an increase in financial
strength and decrease in public service.
The 800. 900 men laid off since Scptcm.
brr | haven't a thing to do but to think up
mean things about the railroad executives.
Somehow We cant be brought to sec
anything very terrible in tho charges brought
against the mon who attempted to kidnap
Bcrgdoll.
Not everybody is satisfied with III" way
tho street cleaning department has done its
work. during tn" last fcw days. The Wares,
f"r instan"c.
Mr.. \. VI Palmer says he viii hc Lad
,o ouit his job aS attorney general For
once Mr. Palmer is in full accord with his
fellow ritir"nS.
CouGrc,svomau Robertson sa,, she
lp hriI
hupo that hCr interest viii be stimulated in
tho big ono across tho Delaware.
It ie e, ,idcntly pr. C"nwcll d",jr" that
Legislators learn 10 use clear and undcr-
~tandahlc English. and not merely English
" half uf por cont clear intent
n George Washington wcro In return I"
Valley Forge tho boy Scouts could give him
Somc valuable information concerning auto
mobiles, oirshipS, air craft and things clcr.
rri"a'.
"uno mans food i another man,
poison. Tho snow that tries the ~ouls Nf
city street cleaning departments gladdcuS tho
hearts Of farmers who see their GroSnd i'm.
proved.
unc way Of settling the qIc,rion Of
maintenance. remarked D"mo>rh"u"> Mo.
Ginnis is 10 put the University under state
rontro, and then make III" stat" h"hav"
itself.
a woman can accomplish what she
sets "Ur t" do. says tongrrSNwoman Rob
crtsou, IL sne just keeps quiet and does not
get mamni>h.' Watch out for Cousin Alice.
Sh, is going 10 get whatever 81" goes after.
Pcuro," j. said to b" trying again 10
bring about harmony between the Mayor aud
thc Ware Brown Cunningham runbiue That
tnc senator should attempt such a task is
additional proof that any talk Of hght for
civic righteousness Is to him IIsf - much
bunk.
one rau only guess al the ua'..rc If tho
argunrnD. Mr. Daughcrty ma, present to
senator rcuro,o in favor Of a Hoover cabinet
post ion; but an argument maj would be
undor>tuod by Il politician is tuar Hoover in
the cabinet may postpou" his pre>idonria,
raudIdacy four years.
By mutual agreement between tho dc
rcn,r and tn" commonwealth. WOMEN have
been kept "a thC jury that viii trv Mauis.
trato Wriglcy on n charge Of mansIaughror.
And tho lad thing is that far as We can
SEQ the women have no redress for A sliGhr
whirh would tickle man to pieces.
The walls Of the twenty four stare son.
alor, who voted for an increase Of ,hoir
salaries and grcvc because they cant pct
il occasion surprise rather than SyunptLv
The outsider feels Inclined to suuDosc Ihni
A statesman knows enough Of tho laws he
hclns 10 frame to know vhat i, rnn,inc -,
him and what he may nul have bur nnnar.
entity he lacks that knowledge until 'ofi
cially' informed
The declaration Of Governor SprouI, ad-
dressing the 4. y. : Of A. that of ali tbc
thousands arrested during the war for dis
lovaliV not one was product of Our nh bIir