Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-30
As ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The World Had Surprises for Pepper
and Reed--A Tarlff on silk 10
Thing That We Need.
But Pipe the Green
Turtlesi
BY SARAH d. LOVvRIE


the stretch of green on either side Of the
mountain 'oad JOY TO eIclnim over as we
went up nnd up into the hill country through
lnrch ana bnlsam forests. Something IN the
patterned leaves of the bunch berry and the
grays and browns Of the lnosses o.t Of which
they grew made me suddenly think OF the
last time ! had seen just that combination.
And counting back ! found that 1t was just
one year ago to the day that I had gone over
win win the George Peppers to their camp
night IN that remote "a calming spot under
the great log roftcr. of that zig cabin Of
theirs that can stretch to "sleep" twenty
hve guests and yet IL cozy for four.
There were Galsnm trees thee and the
ground was covered with the red berry and
pointed leaves of the bunch ,rry. II only
goes to show how quickly we turn corners
IN life, fer nothing could have Teen more
remote from, ne thoughts either Of my
PenSor posts .nan n that t year from that day Mr.
ington over the Tariff Bill tie 8, nior SEN
ator of Pennsylvania said something Of
TINS Kind to the woman with whom wae
motoring; and after meditative pause she
why. dear re! This time last summer
was riding horseback out In tl.c Northwest
along the Teton range with Mr.. and Mrs.
iced. ana do lot think he har any more
sdea than ! had that he was to be the junior
Senator Of Pen2sylvani, within the ycnr."
Probing back for clues In oui memories ns
to ne then interests of either man. nothing
political whatever hat turned up ia talk of
Reed. while as for George Pepper. the
nearest thnt any of us four of the party
wonder. briefly what = voters would do
with the proposed State-co q. IN idea
In the fall election. Being very mach on his
holiday, howe-,r. even that wcs touched on
lightly by our lost. and the only really seri.
Gus discussion that we rad was about what
trees should come down so as TO give a wider
view OF the long arm of the bay across
which one could see the faint blue hills and
the dark line of forest miles away. il ended
In favor of Mrs. Pepper idea, VIZ, that as
many trees as her husband could cut before
the next days luncheon guests arrived were
TO come down. And left him next morning
swinging very big nS very effectively on
whole rows OF young spruces.
TF ONLY politics were as mentally simple!
That is. if only the "to be or not to be-
Of the tariff schedules could be dealt with
with no more of cross examination than
that concerning the view versus the trees,
and the fire wood versus the mosquitoes the
sun and mir versus the shade and warm sap
perfume from the trees
But the thrift and all that It involves Is
not simple proposition in theory, and In
practice 1t has scores Of perplexing ramf-
cations
| sat next 10 silk man Mt dinner this
week. and he began himself to expound the
silk side of the schedule to me without a
question on my part.
He said that without protection in this
country the manufacture of silk would cease
in less than year, the japanese are put
ting on the market SO large and so--com-
paratiSclS-chenp an assortment of silk
goods. Their cheap labor and their silk.
worm industry make It possible for them
nearly to undersell the protected industry as
It IS. Seeing something fancy in my face
that was the hint OF what ! thought. he
answered my unspoken question with:
You might say. Why protect your silks
or any other American ones? Why not let
the LAP japanese 1e;, sell ms chcapiy as they can?
manufacturers done for silk after all?"
"WELL, then, suppose did say that!"
w answered.
'I'll tell you one thing. In the last
seventy five years America has brought down
the price of silk all over the world from
| France TO the interior of China" was his
very prompt rejoinder.
1t appears that twenty years ago or less
| man In the silk works at Manchester
Conn, made a very simple invention that
has revolutionzed the winding Of the silk
| skein.
[ When we used to hold yarn for our grand
mothers the end was difficult to find and
| often wound in and out of the skeln In a
manner still more difficult TO untange That
was because tAs winders for silk or wool or
Co. uoor;ra ' O.u. ,ro,nd ,na. was used
iua,ood ~ ""s Wv "oua or,aa .ould nmu anu round
| nowadays is always uppcrmost. The inven
o Un ot f' ,t lug fopa par ,ar Sp'nuie was made Dv
tar n,d uos toLsn ~ stro,ni, tro n..is at Mancnes
n., "u ~ sSn e~,ru'sht ~ 70 the senior
| proved and installed in those mills and a
.Lp ,,ort ioi 'ne nrtnor, VINO maze
! po,tnp po,."p' ttna M u I ,n''4oh iroh MS In
| '.uuii..',m '.ui.om r De1oi. MS ue",n,
| odar,aI uL.an one III - Vso spinuie haS oeen
,n,o nu"p''u ia t nA 40 n'niluItnctu,eu on a
| ,,J,,, oaa'e 10. ~ nI.'plInes Doth inc
n.i,s mal.iins anu .he % , ,"en.ink processes and
s'c"'ts 'eN'enS 'he iaoof eosI
I ASKED II there were other Inventions OF
l. the sort to Americas credit and IL there
were, what there were. He named soma
others and gave as his reason for the i'm
proved methods which American nanufac