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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02
ROADS WRECKED
BY EXECUTIVES
Manlpu|ators Reduce Wages to
Save Watered Stock,

1.-THE railroad manipulators are
determined to classify and maintain
as legitimate, normal-paying in
vestment an industry they have loot
ed, water-logged and all but wrecked
and this they propose to do without
submitting to liquidation" says the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen's Magazine
''They have MIXED the public
treasury of billions of dollars, and
now the subsidy game has been
played to the limit they ruthlessfy
turn on the transportation worker
as the helpless victim of further
exploitation to meet their ends.
1.-The people have been so deluded
and confused by railroad propagan-
da that has been p1astered all over
the United States that nothing short
of grim reality laid bare by passing
events can wake them up-but they
are waking up.
''The people are beginning to un-
derstand that they have been forced
to pay the railroad manipulators bis
returns on eight billions of. water.
They are finding out that the rail-
roads got a $1,50o,0oo,oo0 rate in
crease to meet a $60o,OO0,OO0 in
crease in wages; that wages were
then slashed $400,000,000 and none
of the saving was passed on to the
public until after $1,000, 100000 had
been cut from the railroad pay rolls
and then freight reductions
amounting to approximately $780,
100000 were made. Thus we find
that, according to interstate COM
merce commission reports, profits Of
the big railroads have almost dou-
bled the past year, -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02
BIG PROFITS IN MOVIES
over and ABOVE. TAXES

The big profits in moving pictures
is shown by statement by the Fa-
mour Players-Lasky corporation that
net profits for theIfirst six months
Of the current year totaled $2,0lS,-
337. This profit is over and above
all charges and taxes. =. -. & =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02

+ Mr.: Frank Morrison. secretary of
the American: Fed Grafton Of: Labor,
has Joined with Mr.: vGompers and
James O'Connell ;sof the. A: F. Of L.,
Nonpartisan political committee in
an appeal TO American workers to
become actively engaged in politics
during the coming elections for mem-
bersfof congress and thesvarious state
legislatures. = ,! : ! - j = =: -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02
CERTAIN \ OF VICTORY, :sAoPME|
= PREPARE FOR FIGHT TO FINISH
Strike Chairman Henning Retutes Railroads Claims That
Workers Are Returning; FigM Mes Show uabIoken From.

Ranks Of the striking shopen solid breaks have
cured anywhere and railroad officials that shope
returning to work false and offered with the deliberate
Of weakening the morale of the strikers decard r.
Hnnng of Minneapolis chairman Of the Northwest shop crafts
issued this week The solidarity Of shopme
broken all along the line and claims Of the railroads
tra1y pure bunk. says Henning - ~ 49, I.y< s.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02

FORMER GOVERNOR FRAZIER Of
N0RTHDAKOTA T0BE SPEAKER
Great Crowds Expected at Ann ua Picnic to Be Held at Fair
mont; No Parade, But Fine Program Has Been Prepared

Former Governor Lynn Frazier of North Dakota the who
defeated Senator McCumber the primary election will be
the speaker of the day the annual Labor Day picnic be held
Famon park Monday. Governor Frazier fresh from
exciting political the Fckea will discuss the
labor political and he will tell the people Of Duluth
something of the will be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
WAR IN JERSEY, TOO

OTD entertainers once familiar or beloved
" in the news. ar" shouldcring a way back
70 tho front pag"S after long absence.
There. for example is the TUrh. Kipling
has reAppcarcd as public rhararrnr In
Toilette was In III" spotligh' the other day
after most people had forgotten him. And
yesterday one Of III" oldest favortos an
n"arcd in a revival oS an often heard but
always interesting tragedy. Il was none
other than the Public Service Corpora
ton Of New Jersey. which Cricvod and
wrung its hands IN tr.of fled at
Orange where II has formally started its
fight 70 take the question OF fares our Of the
hands of tho State Utilities Commission and
into the Federal Courts
The nature Of the HrgUment presented by
counsel for the trolley lines is amazingly in
teresting, amazingly Significant II is al.
legged by broad implications tint tho GONNA.
MES cannot get justice from he State COM
mission or the State Court, Their inter-
csts, the corporation Snvs bitterly. are "buf.
foted back and forth between the Utilities
Board and the State COlrts II IL torn
by sense Of what j. regards as nm indirect
confiacation of its properly brough. about
through restrictions which, according 10 the
brief, will ultimately mako = impossible TO
pay debts or dividends or costs OF efficient
operation and 30 destroy th. value Of large
investments.
All this may be true, for all we know
But when compla!nan, alleges openly that
he cannot obtain justice n ,In courts of n
State it is logical TO suspect TINT rho trou
bic lies as much In himself as with the
iurics. Why must ths' trollct cornpsntes
foe 70 seek safety in Federal Courts? WHY
Is the public pr"Jrd'c"d against them? How
do they differ from all the other individuals
81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
TRANSIT PlFFLE

A IL talk about building an elevated rail-
"A road on Fifteenth street is pitiic. There
is about as much chance of such road being
built as there is that the bronze William
Penn on the City Hall tower will sprout
wings and fly down to Independence Hall
and go to sleep in the Liberty Bell.
There Is no room for any elevated rail-
road structure in the business heart Of the
city. Breath used In talking about it mil ght
better be devoted to some useful purpose
The fast line on Market street was put in
subway east of the Schuylkill because
there was no room for an elevated Ftruc-
ture. Public sentiment would not permit
elevated trains over Broad street, or over
Chestnut or Walnut streets, or even over
Arch street.
The solution OF the transit problem must
come about in some other way. Just what
that way will be does not yet appear. But
there is engineering skill enough 10 solve
the problem, and no one need be surprised
If a satisfactory solution is worked out long
before the Scsqui- Centennial exhibition is
apsl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

keepers Of their neighbors' consciences and
the self appointed avengers for society has
developed in some conspicuous instances to
the point of active fannticism. IL it were
finally expressed in violence no one ought
to be surprised
Tho psychology Of tho modern moods Of
lnwlcss censorship. reflected in acts of hrn-
tality. unrcnSon and hystcrin, seems def
nitely related at bottom to tho damage done
by the stupcndous pcrcussionS of the war
TO over. sensitive minds and minds not solidly
balanced The sense Of rampant wrong is so
pronounced IN some people as to be regarded
as a symptom of pathological significance.
Here we may have the real meaning Of the
ku klnx klan. of crime waves and Of the
acts of cruelty and suppression attempted at
frequent intervals through thc medium of
laws
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
AN INTERVAL TO BREATHE

TON&iRESS - the Congress that Demo-
y Gratis. with their usual calm and judi
cial restraint. call tho worst that ever sat IN
this or any nearby worid--haS ADJOURNED
Minority members say the session was n
scandal and Representative London. Social
ist. of New York. waved his hands at the
last and was clearly NJ n loss for words IN
which TO express his woe and his torebod-
ings.
SO II goes on the political stage. The
people themselves. who srom somehow as
surcd that the country will 60 on undam-
aged no matter what dread thing poliii-
clans can do. have one dotni'c complaint.
and only ono. to make about Congresses of
the model of 1922. II seems tn them that
Representatives and Senators labor cxclu-
Sivcly nowadays not for III" puh" welfare,
but for private political ends; that once Il
man is elected to Washington h" has no
thought but to be elected again.
The bonus mancuvcrng in both houses
was solely in tho interest of mon up for re-
election. The army and the navy have been
left in dire poverty by politicians who,
when they aren't camoring for reduced
armamcnts, are defying III" world and
Singing insults at the Japanese. There has
been no intelligent effort in Congress to ad-
jus, the Nations point Of view TO changing
and p"rilouS conditions in Europe or to meet
IN" advance of progressive days in really
progressive spirit.
And yC, something can bo said for Con-
gross, 1t might be worse. l. docs progress
Il littI" sometimes. although with sounds Of
irritation and pain and douht II moved.
for example. when it passed. III" bill 70 an
thorj2c the establishment By tho President
of commission 10 tell the Unvarnishcd
truth about the coal industry. Il hnS been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
STRANGER THAN FICTION

TLLIS PARKER, the Sherlock Holmes Of
IL Burlington County. New Jersey, Is
really and drscrvodly distinguished among
contemporary Sleuths. He has a way Of
catching his man, not by dumb luck but
through the force OF subtI" and incisive rea-
soning Mysteries of crime do not remain
unsolyed in regions whore Mr.. Parker
labors. And when he let's his mind play on
a complicated and battling puzzle such as
now confrOnts the police at New Brunswick
h. is well worth listening 70.
"Some one" said Mr.. Parker, Ought TO
ask Mrs. Hall whether her husband ever
told her of any member Of his flock who
was inclined to be censorious of the morals
OF others.
What Is in the detectives mind is plain
He is willing 10 suspect that the prevailing
passion for social censorship has led at last
and inevitably 10 murder.
The theory is not so far-fetchcd as it may
appear at first glance. Truth, especially the
truth of these distracted times, is far
stranger than fiction. The disposition of
particular groups and individuals to be"the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELpHIA, S

England have been charged with disposing
of left -ovcr materials in the remnant war
between Greece and Turkey, out OF which
the present crisis was Immediately evoked.
Tho situation presents all the aspects OF
Il hidcous parody upon war as romantically
conceived.
Nobody wants to fight II special privilege
Gun be- gained by other methods, including
conspicuously those of diplomatic jugglery,
turbulence. bluster and hyrocrtical Chi
canory. Yct there will he war unless some
thing suggestive of candor is introduced ms
q general substitute for the gross insnccrity
by which the Near East and its helpless
peoples have been so long victimized.
Such hope as c%lsts is 10 hc found in the
Paris conference If the dplomntists there
assembled arc sufficiently scared some defl-
nitc and frank attempt At remedy may ne
sought II can he found too, 1t the ma
tional representatives are sane enough TO
realize that the crime Of war Is generally
the outcome of grarclcSs attempts to secure
selfish advantage through intrigue ana blun
in the expectation of not firing shot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Member of the Associated Press
NO HIGHER TAX RATE

ALI. the talk INDUCED in 10y anti Admin
"A istratinn Counclmcn about the necessity
of higher tax rate for nrN' year bccauS"
Of the alleged CxtrHvagant expenditures Ivy
tic executive departments comes to nothing
The increase of SlO4 OOO.UUo in thc tax
able values of real cetat" will provide rer"-
nues enough to pay all the expense. of tue
city. SO that there i no excuse for IN
crcasng the 1ax rate,
Without doubt the CounrilmCn who wer"
criticizing the Mayor few months az"
knew that the taxable values would he IN
creased. They were merely lndulgng IN
petty political pin -prckng for the purpose
of Irritating the Mayor.
There is no valid evidence that there has
been any cxtrayaganc". There is evidence
on every hand thar the p"opl" hav" been
getting value received for the money they
have paid to the tax collector.
If the Administration w"r" disposed I"
spend more than was available II could n"t
do 1t for the Charter expressly provide
that tho city must pay as ii GOES and that II
may not pill" mp deficits In ON" year to I've
wipcd our by appropriations th" n"N' year
With the increased revenues in prospect
for 1928 and with the decreased cost "t
materials the present administration in the
CITY Hall ought 20 b. able TO make such Il
showing during the next six months as VIII
Justify the voters in deciding at N" prL-
marieS 70 keep rcNr">'nta':v" OF IN" JOB
Combine ont OF the Mayors othc" Tor an
other four years.
The contractor machine i planning to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
A PROMPT VETO WANTED

TT Is altogether unnecessary for Council
i man Hall % cal. with indu"pmeNt Of re,
ward for further proofs Of tho tniQuI'v of
the street selling clause ot th" taxl"ah- r"ru-
lating ordinance Jusr hustled through
Council.
The provision. enabling property owners
n farm ou, municipal thoroughfares TO cab
companicS enjoying tho favor Of such lnG.'
viduals. i, unmistakaby an invitation ID
graft md corruption.
This fngrant attempt 70 paraivz" tax
service in this city. this transparent effort to
lay the foundations fur now lnHtd" mo-
nopoly with tribute iavors for al who he
long" deserves an Immediate veto. IN"
Mayor should not hositHt" 70 drnoln"r IN"
measure. even though organization forces in
Council should bc sufficiently strong ?" de-
feat his opposition. The publ" will then
know precisely who is r"sp"ns!o." f"T "
manifest outrage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. The ancient symbol of the Turkish race
antedatln ng the familiar crescent ~
Islam Is the wolf VI
2. CASTLE Is in Central Spain and former,v
formed an Independent Kingdom Its
chief city Is Madrid us
g. The pediment Of building Is the broad
triangular space over the portico ~,
door N'N WV VI
I. MaIolica Is earthenware covered with IN
opaque white enamel and decoratod a.
colors, 1t IL named after the Island ~
MalGrca, ono of the Baiearics In thn
Medhcrranean. where 1t originated N"'
8. Attila, the Hun, invaded Western ,rd
Central Europe in the nth centmrW
A. H. y
6. Mayhem Is the crime OF dcprlying
person Of any part Of the body
7. Albert Il. Fan is the present Secre,arv
Of the Interior ''''s
g. Prominent leaders OF the South ,fric,r
rebellion against the British, which on'
CURED in the early part of the WnpM
War, were Dc la Rcy, De Wet and
Kemp. ~ anu
o. grower in English slang is n four.
wheeled cab,
10. Two great rivers Of Russia flowing nortb
into the Arctic Ocean are the Dyinn
and the Plethora. "'A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Thankfulness

IF, WHEN the evening shadows fall around
mo.
can look deep within my heart and
say:
II nav" been true unto the best within me.
Have tried to live just as should to.
day"
| can be glad. though failures press upon
ne
And doubt and grief oppress and weigh
my soul.
And know that some time, though the way
be weary,
yet will reach noble, worthwhile goal.
Star. '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Today's Anniversaries

11oI-rhp English took possession Of the
Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope.
1SlG-Elhu B. WaShburnc. United States
Minister to France during the Franco Prus-
sian War. born at Livcrmorc, Me. Died in
Chicago in 1887.
1S5" "-Emmet O'Ncal Governor of Ala
bnma. born at Florence. Ala. Died at
Birmingham, September Z. 1929.
lSGG-king of Hanover protested to the
European Powers against the enforced an.
nexati"n Of his kingdom to Prussia.
lSG'-Cniversity of California opened Mt
Berkeley.
l9l9-John D. Rockefeller gave 50. 900, =
600 TO the Northern Baptist Convention to
tax" care Of needy clergy
l920-Alexandrc Millcrnnd was elected
President of the French Republic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
COLLEGE SNOBS

T'HE address delivered by Dr. Conrfor. at
1 the opening Of Havcrford College was
notable for its directness and simplicity and
for the cheerful light that lay in almo>r
every paragraph. But It ought to be read
and rcread by college students everywhere
because of what was said in it about col.
lege snobs. lIaverrord doesn't want them
and it will not have them around if they
can be kept out.
snob, wherever you meet him, is an
offense TO reason and "A trial to rational hu-
manity. But snob Of the college type IS
almost invariably an incitement to unthink.
ing violence. Youth. in the kindly and
favoring environment Of colleges and schools.
owes much to the institutions of democracy.
1t ought, therefore, 10 be democratic il it
doesn't wish TO be considered utterly duh
and without spirit or understanding. Yet
the snob persists on almost every American
campus.
Colleges will be better fitted for the work
~ the times when they talk less about col.
lcge spirit and class spirit and fraternity
spirit and more about the democratic spirit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
What DO You Knov?
QUIZ

J. How many seats are there In the Iyn,,.d
States Senate? ' S''e'
2sWhat is the ilppocrat,c oath?
3, Where ana what are the pampas,
4. What nation has for Its coat OF arm, a
lion, holding n sword IN ono naw
against a background OF the sun?
s. What IL the Iieptatcuch of the Ribleo
g. What Is sidereal tmec
parts? WV
3. What is the Significance OF the .,nr.s
sion From John O. Groats to Lands
End? W '''nu .
Q. What was the year of the GallIpoIi cam.
paign in the World War? '"''-
10. What Is silviCulture?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Today's BIRTHDAYS

Brigadier General Samuel NJ Mansfield.
! :. A.. retired, born at Mddlctown.
Conn.,. eighty three years ago.
John StoughtOn, sole survivor of the first
party of cmtgrants which Marcus Whitman
lch TO Oregon born at Wcstficld, Mass.
ninetyttwo years ago.
Or james l.. Barton. secretary of the
Americnn Board of Commissioners for For
,,clgn Missions and chairman of the Near
East Relief, born at Charlotte, VT, sixty.
seven years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
CHESrERTON spent only few month.

fHt.SIERTON spent only few months
~ in the United States, but this was suf-
ficicnt time for him to gather material for
book Of "oT pages. and this book is pub
lishcd today under the title. what saw in
America
Chesterton's reaction to conditions in this
country is, it is needless to say. full Of in
of it, SO far as this city is concerned. is the
revelation of the fact that his mind pcnc-
trated into the very heart of Philadelphia,
and that his analytical brain drew from his
observations new view of this cty's claim
to greatness and one that every Boost
Philadelphia enthusiast can use ~ nd
vantage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
THE NEW WAR PERIL is
ROOTED IN OLD CAUSES
Sources Of the Threatened Conflict In
the Near East Differ in Kind but
Not in Spirit From Historic
Sparks Of Strife

I'iiE apparent preference of every nation
involved in the Near Eastern uphcaval.
oven including the Turks. is not for war.
StrAng" as II may seem. this is n bad sign.
Il means that prodg;ous amount Of
clustering. threatening. jockcying and pre-
tense. both coarse and silker, Is injected
into situation SO unstable that the least
misstcp prcsages catastrophe.
X i under such conditions that most Of
tho wars throughout history have been
started. L Is th" fashion Of Governments
10 have their hands "forccd by events.
Germany can possibly prov" 20 her own
satisfaction thar sh" was q victim Of such
rr"ss'ir" N 1914. II Great Britain. France
Turkey Grorcc. Rumania. .Iugo- Slavia
Italy and Bulgaria should bcc"m" actively
concerned in new conflict in the Levant.
no, on" of these nations great or small
would hesitate 10 addUrc cxtcnuatng cir
cum>tances. There is not one Of those
Governments but would disrlnim deliberate
intention TO plunge Europe and Western
Asia once more in strife. On the surface
this contention might bc correct,
Turkey docs not truly desire war. What
her Nationalist leaders NJ the present mo-
mont seek is the recovery OF Constantinoplc
and Thracc.
Franco hopes 20 preserve hr- new pres.
zig" in the Near East and the valuable ma
t"rlal concessions wruns hy sidrd door treaty
from tho Ksmali>t Governments
The Rrit!sh Objective is tho subvcrson Of
French authority and the control. under the
Su:S" "f safeguarding th"ir "frccdom, Of
Con>tantinOpl" and the Straits
TIE Greeks. under necessity. >curricd ont
% ASA Minor. but their aspirations now
are for the retention OF Thracc
.Iugo- Slavia Graves seaport on the
Aegean or the Sea Of Marmora
Bulgaria longs for n deep water outlet to
III" south and for the restoration OF terri
tory lost in consequence OF her selection of
the unsuccessful side in the World War.
Rumania IS in the mood 10 extract profit
from Bulgaria. along tn" northern frontier
ot tha; countr". which would l." difficult 10
defend in case Of military adventure into
Thrace.
The Italian request is 10 be lot alone. for
tho better enjoyment Of it's new position in
the Near East. strengthened hy its hold
upon the chain Of III" Dodacanesus and
upon the important island OF Rhodes
Russia looks 10 he confusion of so called
capitalist!" nations IN the inbroS,io and for
special favors from her friends, the Ma
tional!st Turks. should they regain Con.
stantinoplc.
And there you have II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

French Minister OF Agriculture com.
plains that there are not enough milkmaia'
in France to milk the cows. Seems 10 w
reason here for an invasion of up ,as's
statesmen with samples of American mih'ns
machines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

An nrplanc line has filed schedule
of freight rates with the California sta,r
Railroad Commission. Business may De u.
up in the air, but the treasurer at least
shows q disposition to get down to earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23
Cost Of High
Living

DR. Rentaro Mi2uno,
Cost OF High Japanese Home Minis
l1VIng ter, declares the crowds
that fill the Imperial
Theatre, Toxic, Mt $50 n head, TO see
Pavlowa dance. not only waste their money.
but do much to keep up the high cost of
living. But what cares Pavlowa for Rentaro
Mizuno, while rent paying Mszuma remains
her friend!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

Viewing the matter in manner who,.
detached, we venture to express mild inleies. nlevss
and some surprise in the fact that s'a'isti.s
seem 10 prove that the British are turn'"s
from beer md spirits to wine and cider
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

Drugs found on alleged dope peddlers IN
this city were manufactured in Germany.
Here Is German invasion that Americans
must be prompt to repel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

Phono- film or talking movie is soon 10
he demonstrated Won't this make rather
serious demand on the intelligence OF lhe
movie house organ player?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

II wns a Jealous soprano who said Of
another that she was always we'll within
the three. mile limit never reached the high
seas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

The Fuel Commission cannot, OF course
legally enforce It's rulings: OR. no; but inae.
nendcnt operators know TINT Moral Suasion
travels farther and faster in n coal car tnan
il does NfOOt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-23

One arrives at the conclusion that
flexible tariff is designed to fill in the spare
moments of the Presidents time.