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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
REMINDING IT, GOVERNMENT
RONDS DIFFICULT JOB
Letter by Frederic j. Haskln.

ted market value of these securl-
ties. Attacks have been made on
the treasury. it being claimed that
IL was unfair for the government
10 sell bonds to the public and per-
nit them to depreciate in value. "A
more careful examination of the
merits of the situation will reveal
that this complaint is not well found
ed.
Why Bonds Deprecated
In a bargain made between the
and the bond buyer-a
bargain was made to win the war
the bond buyer and not the govern
ment Is the one who has broken the
contract. The government said:
Lend me 500 for ten years" IL
the government pays back that 500
at the end of the ten years, Its part
of the bargain has not been broken.
And in addition. it has paid inter
est regularly. But in many cases,
the bond buyer has said: II want
my money back. 1 didn't really
mean you could keep it for ten
years whether there was a war or
not" So this bond buyer has sold
his bond. Many did this, which as
a matter of course resulted in a low
err price in the open market for the
bonds. The market price has MOTH
ing TO do with the original bargain
between the government n the
bond buyer.
Despite the fact that the prices
of some issues sagged because the
holders asked for their money back,
bond prices are all on the up grade
and will continue so until all have
,oo,I11 n nri1n nhnyn noT--Thar lG-
above the face value. People will
paw a premium for the privilege of
being a creditor of the government
and receiving the interest which IS
paid.
The lowest point reached on the
war loans was a price of S1.40 for
the Fourth Liberty Loan on May
90. 1920. The highest price SO far
was paid on August 27. 191S-102.-
so for the First Liberty Loan. Since
the armistice all Issues have been
below par and some of the issues
more than Is points below, but nov
half of the issues are at 100 or
above and all are within two or
three points OF pal. The recovery
has been extremely rapid and Is re-
garded as an indication of tho sound
condition of the United States trea-
sury and the general prosperity of
the country.
The treasury has benefited to some
extent by the breaking of the bar
gain by the bondholders who sold
their bonds. 1t has bought back
bonds at prices below their face.
Thus. under the sinking fund pro-
visions of the law. the treasury had
purchased UP TO the date of the last
report OF the secretary of the trea-
sury bonds OF a face value of s154,-
$4,000 at a market cost of but
s146.9S9,976. Under a special bond
repurchase provision. additional
purchases have been made OF bonds
10 a face value OF s70.375,300 at a
market cost of $685. 57.
In comparison with wealth and
population, the American treasury
is in far better condition than that
of n nation in the world and while
the treasury will have to be skill
full in handling the $4,000, 900 900
financing job OF the next twelve
months, there is no doubt that the
work will be accomplished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15

@. Do birds ever use their wings
in climbing ?-T, NJ.
A. Fledglings of the hoactzin,
a singular South American bird,
scramble about the branches of
trees by the aid of their wings. used
like hands. They have a temporary
claw on both the index and pollex.
@. What would 100000 ten
dollar bills weigh and how much
would 1000 pounds of ten dollar
bills be?-J. j. d.
A. One hundred thousand ten
dollar bills would weigh 800 pounds.
Three thousand pounds of such bills
would amount of $4,000, 900.
Q. Who wrote "Why Should the
Spirit of Mortals be Proud"?-W. o.
A. The author of this poem is
William Knox.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
VIII Surely HeIp Others

The condition OF the human body
is reflected by the condition of the
kidneys and blood. II the kidneys
are no functioning properly. waste
products and poisons cannot be
eliminated. Rheumatic pains. swol-
len, aching and stiff joints and mus
Giles. dizziness and blurred vision are
symptoms of kidney trouble. Mrs. A.
Lechner, 1929 Main Ave, Clifton. N.
j.. writes: Foley Kidney Pills have
helped me and ] gladly give you per-
mission to use this testimonial, for
they will surely help" Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
NO TIME TO BE LOST

The freeholders, apparently, have finished their work
on Amboy avenue and although the thoroughfare is nothing
like what it should be, it has been greatly improved. 1t VIII
serve fairly well as a detour while the new road is being
built.
But no time should be lost in getting to work on the
new construction. With the great amount of traffic over
Amboy avenue the pavement as it now stands is not going
to last long. 1t will hardly stand up through another win
ter. This means that the new route must be ready for the
final work next spring if this stretch of highway is to con-
tinue ~passable.
The city has promptly requested the return of thet
: bart of the avenue which has just been put in repair and it
lis up to the freeholders to show their Willingness to coop
crate in this improvement by being equally prompt in giving
he road back to the city in order that there may be no fur
her delay in getting together with the State Highway Com
hission for the permanent construction.
Now while Amboy avenue is in fairly passable shape
the time to get busy on the new route so that it will be fin
he'd by the time the present pavement wears out again
d that will not be very long. sst .1{.l,lt.ntitInlak
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15

In Georgia, a man was on the
In Georgia, a man was on the
Jury that gave his wife a divorce
That makes 1t unanimous.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
Questions Answers

Any reader can get h answer 70
any question by writing The Peita
Amboy Evening News information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haakin. director,
piies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice n issai.
medicinal and financial roubles ~
does not attempt 70 ssttls domestic
troubles. nor to undertake sxnSos-
tive research on n subject. write
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postage. All replies are ssut di:scf
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
Bible Thought For Today

~ SAFE FROM ALL EVIL:-The Lord shall preserve
thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.-Psalm 1877
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

as 1t is against human slavery. When the
first Federal Child-Labor Law was declared
to be unconstitutional in 1913 1t created
scarcely ripple on the surface of public
shown by the. protests against the decision
month.
'"The enforcement of this law in our State
Bureau of Industry and Labor and the at
tendance officers of the public schools. But
between these three branches of authority
there are good many slips.
1T should be said to the eternal credit
OF the Philadelphia Board of Public Educa-
iny niiiity OF controlling the street trades at
night. such as selling newspapers, boot
backing, ETC., and the good results of this
supervision have been very apparent 1t is
against against the State law for children under
sixteen years of age to sell anything on the
streets at night. Before the Board Of Public
Education took up this matter there were
many hagrant violations of this law; now
there are relatively few.
Dodging the Laws
There is one curious violation of the
law which the Federal statutes in the past
nave failed to reach, but which believe can
on onaS De corrected by a national law. At
present there Is no way to prevent n family
living in one State from taking their chill
dren and jumping across the line to an
other State, working the children illegally
N the beet fields and after the first OF
November. when the beet crop is harvested.
moving back to the former State, avoiding
prosecution by claiming lack of jurisdc.
ton on the part of both States.
There are in the country hundreds, IL
not i: thousands, of children who are thus get
ting only two or three months schoolino .
year and frequently none at all, through the
application of this system. we ourselves
nave more than touch of this by families
IN pennsylvania removing to New Jersey
to Pennsylvania after the season closes As
the laws of the States stand at present.
mere Is no way to stop this and Federal
law covering this point would be a valnabIa
addition to the chid-labor laws of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

motorcar to tinker with the engine. The
carly cars, as every one knows, had the en-.
gines under the seat. so arranged that II was
impossible to get at them snve from below.
The French were the first to put the engine
under a hood in front and to make 1t easily
accessible. But the humorists have not vet
discovered It, or they are bound by the con-
vention which forbids the abandonment Of a
formula which once provoked a laugh.
The young college graduates. as every one
who comes in contact with them outside of
their immediate families has learned. are q
modest and unassuming lot. They apply for
their first job with timidity and feel their
way with caution until they acquire some
degree of confidence through experience.
They apply TO the mastering of their new
problems the same methods they used while
in college. They did not 60 into the class
room confident that they knew more than
their instructors, and they do not 60 into
business Offices nor into the classrooms
where they will teach with the assurance
with which they are conventionally credited.
They may make a bluff of confidence, but
they are trembling in their boots all the
time, fearful lest some one will find out how
little they know about the practical problems
before them
Of course. they have a certain degree OF
audacity. Youth without this admirable
quality would cease TO be youth. The Sykes
cartoon on this page last week came nearer
to truth than is common. 1t represented
the new graduates as fedglings pushed out
OF the nest to try their wings and showed
'nem hopping and houndering about in the
air,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
WISE MR.. WEEKS

CECRETARY WEEKS. Of the War De-
~ partment, spoke so wisely and so tenn
perately and yet so penetratingly Of current
social and political follieS in the United
States when he appeared as nm orator at
Western Reserve University Yesterday that
his address ought TO be published as Il tract
and circulated to all men in authority. and
especially among the people who believe
that they have n right to police the national
conscience by force II necessary.
For half an hour Mr.. Weeks talked ns if
the spirit Of the older "a ashloned America Of
II bygone time had taken hold of him. and
he seemed like the voice Of all those Amer
leans who still trust in the inherent decency
of the average man and object TO the
growth of system of repression and es-
pionage that might have been borrowed
from the extinct Germany Of the Kaisers
10 enrage and irritate a people who be-
lieved themselves free.
The Secretary of War deserves special
praise for breaking the rules of an unspoken
taboo and drawing the attention Of his
audience 70 the mischief done by the in
creasing army of professional reformers.
Any one who calls himself reformer
thereby escapes public questioning or criti-
csm in the United States. 1t is not vet
generally known that reforming the public
has become a profession for specialists and
that the land is crowded with n class of
reformers who work not alone for the sake
Of righteousness, but for the fat salaries
that are available 70 any clever propagandist
who serves richly subsidized cause. Yet.
as Mr.. Weeks implied, no movement for
social or political reform can ever amount
to much unless 1t rises from the console nee
and out Of the convictions of the people
themselves. When the process is reversed
and when zealots of one sort or another
manage to impose their own will upon q
majority, even for good ends. we depart
from the essential principle which is sup
posed to govern the life and feeling and
destiny Of the country.
Secretary Weeks did not overstate the
case when he said that there is in many
parts Of the country increasing dissatisfac-
tion with people who force the Government
10 successive invaslons of personal rights
How that dissatisfaction will be expressed
II II hard to say. 1t may never find definite
expression, though It would be better for
the country II II did. As a people we have
our faults. But We have been given less to
inblv1dual license and lawlessness than any
4okAer people In the world.
Jke criticism Of the United States used
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
PUTS THEM ON THEIR GUARD

NIHEN dishonest policemen are in part
w nership with the purveyors of vice it
need surprise no one at the charges that
other dishonest policemen are in the habit
of working with lawyers runners in the
courts in securing clients.
The announcement by Superintendent
Mills that any officer found working with
these agents Of the lawyers will be sus-
pended and ordered for trial on charges will
force the offenders to cover their tracks
little more carefully. 1t is not likely that
II will stop the practice.
The summary punishment Of few men
would do more than dozen proclamations.
The officers know that they are doing
wrong and need no proclamation to inform
them Of it.
There are some cynically inclined persons
who will be disposed to think that if there
were determination in the City Hall TO
break up the partnership between the run
ners and the police the work would be done
quietly, while the suspected we're unaware
that they were under surveillance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
THE PUBLIC'S MUSIC

CITY COUNCIL is to be commended for
" the cheerfulness with which it appro-
priated $50, 900 for summer series of or
chestra concerts in Fairmount Park. The
orchestra in this case will be a miniature of
Mr.. Stokowski's organization. And its
work will help to lift the standards Of other
open air concerts, which have tended to
decline in recent years. The fifty members
of the Philadelphia Orchestra who will play
in Fairmount Park are skilled musicians
and It will be easy for them to play beauti-
fully without playing beyond the under
standing or sympathy of the multltudcs.
What might be called public music has
already made one or two ambitious starts
In this city. 1t promised most at the time
when the late Stanley Mackey recruited
from the Philadelphia Orchestra band
much like that which will play this summer
In Fairmount. Mr.. Mackey insisted that
he should have a strictly non political band
and he had one. His concerts on City Hall
Plaza were perhaps the most enjoyable ever
given out of doors in Philadelphia and, of
course, they were the most popular. This
summer, therefore, we shall have another
opportunity to see how useful a good public
concert organization can be when it is or
ganized with an eye to music alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
BARBARIANS

YTJHERE is an unwritten law of the road
i which requires motor drivers to help
others in serious distress and it operates
almost universally. That drivers of auto
mobiles and their passengers could find IL in
their hearts to refuse assistance to injured
and dying victims of the Absecon grade
crossing tragedy is almost unthinkable.
Yet, according to evidence presented to the
Grand Jury. some Of them did, and more
than one driver behaved in manner that
infurated the watching crowd and led to
talk of lynchings.. The license numbers of
some Of these barbarans are in the hands
Of the New Jersey police and general opin-
ion in the State is properly demanding that
il verified the licenses be summarily revoked.
First aid such as motor drivers were
asked to render in an emergency so gruesome
as that which followed when an express
train struck an automobile and killed or
fatally injured six persons may mean hard
ship or inconvenience. and even great nerv-
Gus strain to the Samaritans in the case.
: But any one who is not eager to endure
such minor troubles to save life isn't fit to
operate device like a motorcar on any
open road.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
THE NEWEST CROP

TyHE conventional thing to say about the
l. new crop of college graduates is that the
young men and young women are going out
into the world confident that they know how
to run it much better than their elders.
But this is about as fnr from the truth as
most conventions Of conversation. Somebody
said it once, and il was thought to be smart
Others, too indOlrnt to think of something
original, have repeated it for years 1t is
like the joke about the man who dreamed
he was tinkeyipr wjt"| he engine of his auto
mobile any under his bed
when he f-@=--ke In one form or
another 80 comic papers, in
spite OF 1t u years since it
bscsme ne ~ one to get under
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

]. Pride goeth before a fall" 10 ,.
quotation. The correct form af Ills us
proverb taken from the Bible is tIe
goeth before destruction ana a - borILl rLlae
spirit before a fall" naughty
q Previous to his appointment as sooro
tary or the Interior. Albert n Eoi,
was United States Senator from Eam,
g. The Drina is river Of Jugo- savia co,,
ing $50 miles to the Save. II w,s nvw ~ :
scene OF severe fighting betwesm ne ne
Austrians and the Serbians in me me
T. A dromedary has one hump
b. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was
brated French chemist and n,,usioe,ile. Geie-
He died In 1850, P"ys'cist.
b, French working girls were ca,,oa -,
settes In allusion to the graz NJ sri-
dress fabric which they WORE ""SGEueh "Gr,ah
ette is diminutive Of the ErannS
-, word girls" meaning grav rrehch
T. The famous krupp steel and 1un uo.,..
az Essen. Germany, We're fo,,ndaS 1rks rs
Alfred krupp. His dates are is1Sy Sy
8. The term "maduro." applied ~ o,,
means matured; that is sS'ssrs;
strength and color ''Madi,rn" iull
spanish word meaning mat,,rsd
3. Mansuetude means acc,istomad ~
"a ness or mildness tameness' " sehtie-
~ a Sotswold - Sttetch Of open cour,r,,
used Tor safeguarding and marksd Ky,
snnSsp n9sp cotes Especially a range Of lay ~y
n.ns IN 1oucestershire EnsiauUxw
"o'eo ior excellent breed Of shesn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
THE RUMOR FACTORY

rs ANYBODY at City Hall qualified to
i speak with authority for the Municipal
Government?
Why should the Hall he n house of mys-
terry and n source of rumors suggestive not
of order. but of an official riot?
Who is bossing the police department?
Will the public ever I've permitted to know
why neither the Mayor nor the Director of
Public Safety can find any one to obey their
official orders or why. if rebellion and in
surgency are being carried TO their very
doors, they cannot or will not fight back:
What mysterious inhibiting force pre-
vents men in the positions of authority from
telling all they know?
OF whom or of what are they afraid?
How long will the public be content with
conflicting, smothered rumors instead of the
significant truths which, as they know, lie
Immediately below the surface at City Hall?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

to be that 1t was altogether too strait laced
to be happy. Naturally there are very
many persons who resent the implication Of
laws made frankly to direct their personal
conduct and improve their personal morality.
These are the people who, according to Mr..
Weeks assessment Of the situation, are In
danger of losing the sense Of trust in the
wisdom of their Government which, more
than anything else, is the very foundation
Of our spiritual integrity and the first
source Of our national strength.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

!. What is a Soviet?
z what Is the meaning of the ernr.ss,.,
Sent to Coventry? ~''es''oN'
. Myh What was the food of the gods?
= Mhere Is Mount Olympus?
g. Wh Who IS the present Premier of Japan?
Czecho- -Slovaka? ""suases OF
7. Who is Capablanca?
o. "nem s,y was me last great universal ex-
D. Where and what Is the Staked Plat,
lo' What Is the original meaning OF the wnrd
pagan? W '"e word
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

In the Discredit Stakes the court run.
ners appear to be runners up with the rum:
runners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

At recent operation in Il local hospital
the patient, 1t is said, was camed by radio
music. Counter irritant, we surmise. J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

Congress plans investigation of prohi.
bitiOn enforcement on American ships. This
may resemble Il chanter on Snakes 10
Ireland
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

We question II EdisOn's new quessisgmnI'
naire deal will net him good hand. .,, naMs
II he had included another poker qu'"
he'd have had q pair. tll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

Paris dispatches give one the idea tha!
the girls attending the art students baN
perhaps thought they were at Calfornn
bathing beach. MI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

OF twenty y-fvc Vassar girls CarrylnI
the daisy chain on class day, two had bobpn
hair. SO, naturally, we do not mention tO'
other twenty three.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

"Can you meet Mrs. Warburton ana II
wrote Chairman Baker to Mr.. Pinchot. - :,
is the manifest duty of some grammarlan F."
knock Harry's l out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

When the wind blows on the subsidy
from the mouths of the Congressman, then
the sails of the sailing ships will swell ouI
in the hurricane. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

The measure of the Tariff Bill will not
be adequately taken until the women un.
dertake the job with their market baske''
and shopping bags.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

Every once in a while the plain citzen
begins to wonder whether it is n tariff OF
an embargo Mr.. Fordney and Mr.. McCum'
ber are framing. n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

If the Fordney McCumber Tariff Bill
will do anything besides increase the cost cf
living the fact has not yet been conclusvely
demonstrated. Hh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

Recent army order relieves soldiers Of
off duty during the dog days. Hot dog!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

There are believers in evolution 80
short sighted that in appraising the Fun.
damentalist they can't see beyond the three
first letters
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16
Nnw that England's ploomy

Now that Englands gloomy dean, Inpe
Of St. Paul's. says he recalls that George
Washington boasted of having thrown n
silver dollar across the Potomac, and suo|
pests that George lied about 1t, perban.
6e will tell n curious world where he ont
he curious bunch Of misinformation. s''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

Battle between rebels and Government
troops near Asuncion. Paraguay. may
prompt Il brief investigation of the oh
jogerfy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

We trust the income tax nstallment put
no crimp in your vacation plans. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

The authorities would have us believe
that progress In certain murder mystery
is upward and onward
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

How, demands Mr.. Lasker. can you OK.
pect an American ship to roll merriy home
without a wine list?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-16

When freebooter gets after boot.
logger the ordinary guy has to look out for
his leather.