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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-10
Letters TO the Editor
es.rIot,sm W. sonus

~ me Editor Of the Evcmtn0 Public Ledger:
Sir--1 am an cx.service man.
| scrved seventeen months In the artillery
during tie World War, the greater part
4 4 the time in France. encountered
pobably as wany hardships as the aver.
~ soldier. and yet nm proud Of the
mart I took in this conflict, and ain
patriotic enough to 60 through 1t oil
ssain. without. consideration of bonus.
: enlisted, and was not forced into the
,sryi.e, and had dependents that would
have excluded me, A bonus--or. az
uome would like to have 1t called, de.
f.,red compensat entered
NV mind when I enlisted. But It did
.ater my mind that I wanted to help
save my country. my home. 70 that my
mar and dear ones shorld continue to
.r;ov Tho liberties VIZ gained when VIC
so,yht the Revolutionary War.
Were the soldiers who fought In that
oo,f,ict giyen deferred compensation !
Ma they expect to set their patriotism
~ n nrice? No, the honor that the war
confcrred upon them. OF having helped
n create a great nation, was sufficient
A. a bonus to them. The same Is true
~ The War Of 1912. the Mexican War.
and MI other wars but this one. Has
America reared generation Of money.
srabbers and not patriots? Love Of
country and service in her behalf are
T II would he humiliating to me to
no handed few paltry dollars for wha.
/ Lave gone through, and then have
thcm pass me up with, 1--WE paid him
for his service, now we owe him moth
ine." I am willing to accept. for the
OK service man. any honors this great
nation would wish to present them. to
show its great appreciation, excepting
money.
II was my war. I was fighting. not
alone for my country, but for the pres
sryation Of my home, Of my family. Of
all / hold dear to me. am sorry that
/ cannot quote verbatim that patriots
remark during the Revolution: II am
not worth purchasing. but such as i am
thc King of England could not buy"
That's my sentiment exactly. My serv-
ices were small. but such as they were.
they ore held by me to be beyond price.
GEORGE Il. MORRISON.
Philadelphia. February o, 1922.
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United States Army. although army men viii
have seen service will be given preference
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-10
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
!uJge OUl-Weatherman
BY DADDY

(Jack aud Janet ASH Judge O,el,
the Wedtherman. TO hurry spring
along. The Robins and Blue Birds
on the tcay North send oireless to
Judge Owl, asking il the .ueather il
good. The Cro,cs tell Judge Opl it
is 0ood.)
CHAPTER V
The False Message
JUDGE OWL was worried. The
- Robins and Blue Birds had asked
him by bird wireless II the weather In
the North was warm enough for them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-10

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As California Does II

70 the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--In the Peoples Forum Of Sat
urday. January 2S. under the caption
OF "i}luc Sky Laws correspondent.
4. +. IIuebner, asks for information
concerning the same. Your reply to his
query is printed in the same edition.
Permit me to add the following:
, resided in Riverside. { f., for a
number Of years and they had in the
State what they designated as State
Corporation Department. An Office was
created. Commissioner Of Corporations,
and his duties were to thoroughly
investigate all proposed new corpora
tions, stock companies, etc.. to zee that
: they were true blue, as it were, and
they could not 60 ahead issuing stock
until he had put his stamp of approval
on them.
Before this Office was created, all
kinds of wildcat. gold brick schemes
fiourished in California to the detri
ment of good, legitimate ones. Often
me Fastener was soon separated from
his bank roll. to become victims Of these
interruptions mOuhtebacks. so that since
me establishment of this Commission Of
corporations the sharpers havesto look
TO other States. sThe only thing they
nave now is to sting an Eastern cap.
ltalist with frozen orange or lemon
grove. like this winter.
G.. II. CRESSMAN.
fhilauelphia, January 81 1920
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Our Business--is, confined to the sale.
exchange. rental. and repair Of
pianos, player.pianos and talking
machines for cash, charge or
rental payments.
Our Agencies--embracc the world
renowned Mason & Hamlin. Henry
I. Miller. Weber, SteGk. Edouard
Jules. Hoppe. II. e. Schumacher.
Marcellus aud Francesca Pianos !;
the Stelnway, Weber, Steck,
Wheelock. Stroud and Aeollan
Duo Art Reproducing Pianos. and
Victory Victr0lus.
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THE PEOPLES FORUM I.
Nho Is to Blame: Mistress or Maid?

men to insult and annoy them. I have
had many maids who would finish their
work and sit with folded hands, hours
them. 4. .HFEf ICH DIEM.
Philadelphia, February 9, 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-10

Zanelli, the celebrated tenor,
giving a singing Lesson. Zaneli
makcs records exclusively for the
Vicfr0ld.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-10

M. A. F."-Writs {, the Pennsylvania
state Police Headquarters At Harrisburg
Pa. regarding vacancy. 1t Ia not nee.
essary to have served an enlistment In the
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Tomorrow will be told how the Crows
are given . fright and how the Robins
and Blue Birds are saved.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
GIVES UP DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP

From the New York Sun.
 The decision of the British government to stop work on new drigibles to sell those on hand and to scrap the arshp factories, ma terials and hydrogen generating plants follows upon a series of discouragements. Many thought that Great Britain would take Ger many's place in the lead among the eonstruc- tors of aerial monsters She suffered from their attacks during the war, and believed in their supposed possibilities The belief is gone medium closer communication between tho scattered units of the British empire has ire quently been noted. At the imperial confer enee last summer Australia and Canada eni- phatcally opposed suggestions that the con- struction of drigibles be abandoned. If the government at London has disregarded the wishes of the colonies in this matter it can excuse itself by citing the loss of the ZR-2 and of the Roma. It can further argue the pressing need for economy. Whatever may be the possibilities of the drigible, England doubts just now whether she is in a position to develop it. At the moment there seems some doubt whether any other nations feel inclined to try this tasw. Germany is incapable of doing so, while our own Congress will not vote funds. The dirgbe may sooner or later come into use as a practical carrier but if so it's establish ment will result from later period of progress, not now begun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
FLOWERS AND CHICKENS

Girls in the country take much delight in learning all they can about flowers and chick ens' said Mrs. Flora D. Shelby, home demon stration agent for the county. q have been vis- iting number of points and l always find the girls ready to hear what have to say.
 "All the girls are naturally interested in flowers, anyhow. All I can tell them about the planting, care and arrangement of their flower garden is good news for them. Some of the girls would surprise you too, in their knowledge of the names and habits of flowers. And when it comes to setting fractous hen they are experts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
CARRIERS VOLUNTEER FREIGHT
 RATE CONCESSION

With one exception the railroad lines in Ala bama and Georgia have granted blending-in- transit rate on syrup shipped to Birmngham mills from the farms in these two states. This enables the blending and mixing of the syrup to be done here, and it will reach consuming points on one through rate instead of paying local rate to Birmingham and another on shipments to the syrup trade.
 Action in this was not preceded by p, tition from syrup blenders. The railroads them selves sensed the situation and acted accord ingly. It is encouraging to have railroads take the initiative in matters affecting commerce and industry.
 Interests of the carriers and the shippers are the same. Low raw material assembling rates and low rates on outbound pig iron pub lished by the carriers in Birmingham's early days built up Birminghams iron interests and the southern carriers simultaneously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
THE AMERICAN SOVIET

William Allen White, in Judge.
 We are so busy avoiding contact with the de- cadent and tottering soviet of Russia, that we are allowing the form of our own government to change without much attention, and with no protest. Theoretically we a representa- tive government. We are supposed to elect rep resentatives from each district in the country to the House of Representatives, and from each state to the United States Senate who make our laws for us. But as a matter of fact, power is passing from our elected repfesea- tatives to representatives of special interests trades, crafts, leagues, cults, parties guilds associations and the like.
 More powerful in the direction of legislation in Washington than senators and representa- tives are the paid executive secretaries and the legislative agents of say the Anti-S Saloon league, the American Farm bureau, the Wooen Manufacturers association. the League If Woman Voters. the national republican commit tee, the United Railway Presidents, the Amer icah Federation of Labor and dozen others just as strong.
 These representatives of crafts, cults and guilds are our real rulers. Congress is merely the machinery through which these representa- tives of powerful minorities rule. These mi norities recruited the soviet was recruit ed, but after the-American fashion. The Rus sian soviet merely a group of guilds and crafts. They abolished the all-Russian Parlia- ment. It is more convenient for our rulers 10 keep Congress and use it. It affords them constitutional instrument for their designs. But we have the soviet principle governing America, and while we draw back our skirts daintily and act as though sugar wouldn't melt in our mouths in the presence of Lenines discredited relief association that passes for the Russian government, we are actually running the very spiffiest little soviet down in Washington that the world ever has seen--a government by mi norites, for minorties that minority rule may not perish from the earth. And not states man with capital "S' not sobbing super patriot got intrepid 100 per center, dares tackle it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
A MORNING PRAYER
THOMAS A. EDISON ADMITS
 AN ERROR

sz Thomas A. Edison is quoted as saying that when he invented the electric light he thought it meant the end of Illuminating gas. He ad- 5, mits his lack of foresight. In the enthusiasm of providing mankind with new luxury he failed to take into consideration the basic fact that there is room for all the serviceable inventions which genius can devise
 The horse has been taken from the street car. but he finds himself serving in other d- rections The motor truck has not displaced : the mule, neither has the farm tractor. Both horses and mules cost more than they did a generation ago.
 In spite of the increased use of fuel oil and hydroeectricity, coal is mined in greater quan- titles than ever, and here in Alabama coal ehee to their own coal at the doors of their en- zine rooms.
 Alabama alone has spent $50 ,000, 900 in the past decade in building by-product ovens for the salvage and marketing of coal by-produets heretofore lost in escaping fumes. Coal is sup planted in one place only to find uses in an. other, Coal, gas and electricity are used side by side in homes.
 There are printers setting type since the invention of the type-setting machine More men aresworking in wheat fields in the wake of the harvesting machine than ever welded a scythe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23

less, it leads to political maneuvering which would not be necessary if a President knew that he could not hope ito succeed himself. He would be far more independent and less con cerned about the possibility of aenating votes by taking stand public questions if he felt that matter what he said or did, he would not have to- answer to the party bosses in the next election.
 It isn't likely that Representative Woods bill will pass. We are apparSntly welded to the four-year term for President, with eight years if the chief executive succeeds in being reelected, but when we learn more about ef- fciency in government we may limit the Pres- dent to one term, and thus make it possible for him to ignore the politicians and be what he should be, the President the United States, re- gardless of party affiliations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
FEEDING 2oo.ooo sUFFERERs


 "The plan for feeding the 100000 sufferers in the near east who are starving daily, and which the people of Birmingham are contriopt- ing freely, is unique and one which should have unqualified indorsement" said Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, pastor of the Independent Presby- terian church.
 "Citizens are not asked to contribute money, although they may do so if they so elect. The plan is to give an order the grocer with whom the householder trades for a certain speci- fled amount of canned goods These goods are collected and transported to New Orleans, where they will be distributed by famine mission.
 "A notable feature is that the merchants are selling these relief orders at cost to thein and more than 85 railroads throughout the country handle the goods without transporta- ton cost, to which the government also con tributes the free service of docking and steve- dore services, the only cost attached to the measure being the initial cost of the provisions, and the plan will greatly relieve the suffering of those famne-stricken children and citiz ms of the near east area"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
ONE TERM PROPOSED FOR
 THE PRESIDENT

From time to time agitation is started to lengthen the term of the President of the United States. It is contended that four years in the White House will not permit the chief executive to give the nation the service it ex- pects and if his term were longer, with no prospect of reelection, he would devote less -time to politics and more to constructive work for the national welfare
 !: Representative William R. Wood of Indiana has introduced a bill in the House for consti- tutional amendment which would provide for six-year terms for the President and Vice President. The electoral college would be abolished The candidate receiving the largest vote would be elected President and the next highest Vice President. The President would be ineligible for reelection.
 The four-year term in the White House has many disadvantages. It is too short for ~a capable President and too long for one who is found to be unfit for the office, but perhaps it's greatest drawback is the inevitable temptation for President during his first term to lay his plans for reelection. No one will be dis posed to quarrel with executive for doing that second term is regarded as the stamp of approval given for good service, and it is an honor every President craves. Neyerthe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
 BY RAIL TO BUENOS AIRES

From the Providence Journal.
 The arrival at San Salvador, the capital of the republic of Salvador, of the first train on the 45-mile railway from Zacatecouca, marks the completion of another link in the Pan American line which some day is to carry pas sengers from New I ofk to Buenos Aires. This was project in which Secretary of State Blaine was deeply interested 40 years ago. It seemed likely then that by 1922 it would be realized dream, but today it is far from that.
 The map shows great gaps of Andean ter ritory where no rails have been laid, and where none will ever be laid except at a tremendous cost. Yet the builders are never quite idle; in some regions the work is con- tinually going forward, and it is as any thing in the future can be that persons now lv- ing will make the trip to the Argentine capital and farther south without once abandoning the railway method of transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 The very best one can do is hard to beat. Salad days are those in which the long green is plenty.
 Discretion prefers doing it's fighting over the telephone.
 Lifting little loads helps lot more than describing big ones.
 It's easy enough to see the silver hI,ine in other peoples clouds.
 To say all is not gold that glitters isn't neces- sarily an admission of guilt.
 There are just as good fish in the sea as some people say they have caught
 The chief objection to being good citizen is how darned unpopular it makes you.
 Next to imagination, the most important fac tor in manya a womans life is suspicion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
STICKING TO HOME FOLKS

Retail merchants got the habit of buying close to home during the hard times incident 10 readjustment and high freight rates,'' said Murray Brown of Goodall- Brown company. "The habit sticks. Business has greatly im- proved and, better than actual improvement, is the better spirit prevailing all around.
 Retailers are still buying for immediate wants, hence repeat orders continuous. We do the warehousing and the retailer draws from us wholesalers for current supply. The GUS tom has become general, other wholesalers hav- ing the same experience have.
 We are no longer suffering from discrm- inatory freight rates into nearby terri tory, and the railroads going out of Birming ham are making prompt delivery It was merely the question of recognizing that it was better to buy in Birmingham and get what wants when he wants it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
WHERE RICHES ARE A BURDEN

From the Kansas City Tmes
 An EnglfEh merchant, according to Vienna papers, went to Austria to make some pur- chases. For this purpose and by his orders a London bank had transferred to Vienna bank 200 pounds tabout Sl,000), which would be transmitted into Austrian paper money At the pay window of the Vienna bank the teller said to the Englishman:
 ''I am sorry, but l have only small nun, Der of 10000 l;ronen bills; the rest I'll have to give you in1, ,O00 kronen-bills."
 "Al right"
 They counted.
 As the 250 pounds approximated 10,000,000 kronen in value, the merchant had to receive about 40 pounds in weight of vignettes. He protested, but without avail. He had to get d stronger cord and packed up his fortune as though it were old newspapers. He seen, exhausted, wandering through the streets of Vienna in search of trunk dealer. He found one took cab and was saved.
 "Pecuniary richness is but relative" wrote Jean Jacques Rousseau, sand according to the conditions that are liable to change by thou sand causes one can find himself successively rich or poor with the same sum-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
DISLIKEs MAKING REPORTS

Preachers have another job besides teaching and keeping themselves fit professionally said w. Emmett Perry "They have tedious reports of their school work to make out each month which sometimes take hours to prepare. 1t seems that all teachers had just soon do the in- structing as to. make out the reports.
 q suppose the reports necessary in or- der that the proper tab and statistics may be, kept on our educational work. But teachers will be much obliged to the man who will in- vent an automatic device for making out re- ports"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
THEY NEED NEW GLASSES,

B. c. Forbes, in Forbes Magazine.
 On putting on my glasses after an all-nighi train journey, things looked blurred. l started to wipe them, and then discovered that one lens was missing. As 1 hadn't another pan with me I had to go without. found that could see quite well at close range, but that everything at distance looked misty, vague and uncertain. This thought flashed into my mind: The smashing of the war boom broke the glasses which had been worn by mat business men. They now need new glasse They cannot see farther than their nose V they try to look ahead everything see n certain and ominous. Their perspective wrong.
 Everything indicates that distinctly be conditions lie little ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
WHEN TWAIN WAS A REPORTER

Mark Twain, in Harpers Magazine
 One Sunday afternoon 1 saw some hoodlums chasing and stoning Chinaman who was heav- fly laden with the weekly wash of his Christian customers, and l noticed that policeman was observing this performance with an amused in- terest-nothing more. He did not interfere. l wrote up the incident with considerable warmth and holy indignation. Usually didn't want to read, in the morning, what I had written the night before. But this item had come from a live one. There fire in it, and 1 believed it was literature-and so 1 sought for it in the there the next morning, nor the next. went up to the composing room and found it tucked away among condemned matter on the standing galley asked about it. The foreman sad Mr. Barnes had found it in a galley proof and ordered it's extinction. And MT. Barnes fur nished his reasons-either to to the fore man. I don't remember which; but they were commercially sound. He said that the Call was the paper of the poor it was the only cheap paper. It gathered it's livelihood from the poor and must respect their prejudices, perish The Irish were the poor. They were the stay and support of the Morning Call; without them the Morning Call could not survive a month and they hated the Chnamen. Such an assault hive and seriously damage the paper. The Call could not afford to publish articles criti- cising hoodlums for stoning Chinamen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-23
DRIVE OF AMERICAN LEGION
 MEETS WITH SUCCESS

Frederick, Md, enjoys the distinction of be- ing the first town in the country reporting 100 per cent employment among veterans of the World Lemue Bolles, national adjutant of the American Legion, estimates that there has been decrease of about 2O000 in un- employed ex-service men as result of the campaign of the legion to provide veterans with jobs
 It is a sad commentary American patriot ism and gratitude that it was ever necessary in rescue of unemployed veterans but since the drive" has started we may make amends by doing all we can forits success
 There are, to be sure, tramps and beggars whs are taking advantage of public sympathy by masquerading as heroes of the World war and appealing for help, but it is an easy mat ter to separate the deserving from the unde- serving Every branch of the American Legion is trying to prevent people from being imposed and will gladly investigate any man who is brought to it's attention. It is possible by communicating with American Legion head quarters in the various cities to get in touch with bona-fde soldiers who need work. There is excuse for being deceived by professional panhanders who were never in the service.
 Regardless of what Congress decides to Go about the bonus bill the Chief requirement of ex-serviee men is employment and the Ameri- can people, for whom these men fought, can provide that if they will. After all, giving "a former soldier a chance to earn livelihood is not doing him a favor Every man is entitled to that much. America will not have done it's duty until every man who wore the uniform of the army and navy, and is without job, is gwen employment.