Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-18

SHORT CUTS
List to the railbirds railing
The prosperity that flies away in an
airplane usually comes back in an OK cart
All signs point to the Washington con.
ference being ever so much bigger than its
name.
If the strike evcntuatcs, motOrtrucks
and highways will share the strain with the
general public
Well, after all. the congressional in.
vcstigation was designed to make the XII
KluXers look sick.
The fact that friction in the Irish con.
ference was followed by lively hadinage Is
further cause for hopefulness.
Old John Barleycorn hasn't yet been
eye during the last few days.
The banks of the country record an in.
crease in deposits and discounts; but don't
smile 'too broadly railroad strike will
change all that.
Nothing but n miracle can stop walk
out Of railroad men. says the president OF
the brotherhood. Happily miracles are
happening every day.
The fact that the latest quotation on
rubles is 81, ,OOO to the dollar would seem to
show that the printing business, at least,
is tourishing in Russia.
"A football player must fight without
malice and without fear, says n football
expert That is at once tip, a warning
and n summing up of conditions in every
line of endcavOr.
Ford's railroad is the only one in the
United States exempt from the strike order,
The fact is interesting inasmuch as the
iiivver may yet prove a big factor in the
pending controversy.
Not the railroad executives nor the rail.
road workers, but the public at large will
suffer most from a strike. The cost Of living
will go soaring again. and this time with
out pay envelope TO match.
Strange as it may appear there are
people in this country who think the threat
cncd railroad strike Of more public impor'
tnnc" than the difference Of opinion between
Judge Lands and Babe" Ruth.
Under the Federal Highways RiIl three
hundred thousand men will go 10 work on
he roads within the next six months-andd
the Importance Of the news dwindes with
the imminrnce Of the railroad strike,
New York cops are being equipped with
steel corscts. All they need now is bra2en
face powder TO he hot COppers. with these
and their iron will and the leadrn heels OF
iustir" they ought to be able to prove their
mcttlr.
When ono II. Kahn writes Senator
lcnroot that the smrraN is hlighing indIs'
try he simply voices the opinion Of though.
ful men the country over And the Slr,ai
Is but one instance Of governmental Ihhu
cncc that is paralyzing business.
Senator Cummins says the GoycrnmGm
will run the trains If necessary. Naturap
and obviously. The present hope Of lps
country is that the necessity VIII NJ" arH.,
there has meyer been reason +" fear @ inS'
ncIc Sam cannot cope with the NliVa'""
Nj>c"unt Grey hopes the nations OF ns
world will 60 to Washington and lay tatn
cards on the table and trust each Oiusn
But there isn't military man, bushes
man or diplomatist among them who brhcWvs
that that is the way To win larkpotS' ""
may expect some buning bctor" there IS
showdown.
Princess Anne. formerly 'hr I"20nn
church county in Virginia and now II" io.t
most moonshinc county, breaks mi" Wv ""
news with the story Of the theft ot tWenT2
one Barred Plymouth Rocks from the Jaa
yard at the county seat. That's "hGt Con~ nS
when religious county gets men ~,
Perhaps the moOnshincrS want to sell ess
nog aS a side line.
A flock of plumcd turkeys in peWs.S
Pa, got souscd ON cider, and their OMI., ME-
thinking them dead pluckcd them. WnSn S.
they recovered and strutted around IN nU% "0r.
ing but their pin feathers, she MADE otO ,.O.,
coats for them. We have loved mat sOay os,
from rhildhood'S happy hour. Every ,s. Ses.
We look Cor it. and never in vain oOn oas,
times it is chickens and sometimes sS tSs
and they tackle all kinds Of tlpple pua .,ra r
story in its essentials remains inc .o,.
We hasten to congratulate the Dewut IN
respondent on being first in the ne'u
season.