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All rlaMe of republication e a.ectal J'jralcHee krrtte ere alto riitrved. . Pliilidelpbli, IhunJij, June 13, 1922 MAKING A WAY TO THE BRIDGE rnllE plan of the Bureau of Surveys fei i widening th streets leading te the en trance of the new Delaware Hiver llridce will hnve te be approved by the City Coun cil before any definite arrangements can be in.ide for carrying it out. That it wld be neecMary te widen u number of streets is admitted. There is room for difference of opinion, hewver. en the propriety of making the Krects lending te the bridge 1IX) and V.W feet wide. Hread street is only It", feet wide. 'Hie roadway for vehicles en the bridge, exclude of trolley ears, is te be only fifty-seven feet wide. It would hardly eem te be necessary te lia.e three or four tery wide streets ceinerging en the bottle neck of the bridge Hut there Is no money available jti.f new for tnc extensive plans propeed. nnd there Is time enough te clic them and modify them before the menev Is provided. A CONTRAST AT THE HAGUE BY A curious triek of irony, which may be deemed luting bv the skeptlcul. the Internntienul C'eurt of Justice v. ill be opened t The Hague today simultaneously with the flr't session of the commission of experts preliminary te the economic and financial conference representing the leavings of the Inconclusive cenclnve at Genea. World attention is focused upon the financiers striving te restore the economic equilibrium of Kurepe. Yet the pe-lbility may be grained that had the I.e.igue of Nations been tightened nnd vitalized, as was originally planned, the new arbitration tribunal would hae been the dominant spectacle, and no necessity for adjusting the Russian Mttintiun by an oilier machinery than that of the Seciity of Nations would have existed. Beth the (ienea and 'Hie Hague (onir (enir ence would in that ens,. Iiae been super tluliies. Lack of universality of the League has lurnlslicd the me for summoning spas motile and in a sense extra -enicinl confer ences te repair llutepean or world pieblems. Hut when The Hague meeting has nd nd jeurned, successfully or otherwise, the new subordinated Instrument for international Adjustments will abide. Its development and such picstise as. it may acquire through the still cenceivable1 prejresn of the League of Nations suggest a refuge from the tlubleti? expedient of Irregular international sessions born of emergencies and fear. It is worth recalling that the Supreme Court of the I'nited States adjourned imme dintely after it was first assembled. Ne cases were submitted for judgment at that initial meeting in New Yetk, then the rapllftl. nor was public confidence in either its usefulness or authority pronounced. Yet is there any tribunal in th world today which Inspires such respect? ON GRANDMOTHERS BL'RSTS Senater McCumber into the i,pws with an astonishing admission. He ventures, in the course of nn address en the fleer, te suggest that the geed old times may net have been all that they are cmcked up te be. "I can imagine," snld the gen tleman from North Dakota, "the difference between the conditions of the present clay and our grandmothers' daj, when the geed woman wns married In her blnck gown and kept thnt old silk gown for her shroud when she would die. And it was perhaps the only geed dress hc would have for fertv or fiftv years. I enfesV the Senater lencluded with an air of wlstfulness "i would rnther see the conditions of today'" This Is reassuring There are some lim its, it appears, te which an Old (iuards msn will net go in the interests of i.or i.er malcy. And it is recorded that a murmur of applause went through the political cloister which we call I he Senate of the United States nfter Mr. Mf Cumber had done. Can It be that the Senate Is progressive after all? Perhaps It Is IVe had suspected It of being unalleral l and forever in favor of the geed old times. n the geed old times there was slavery and ei little of real political insurgency. Conservative politicians lived in peace And. wli.it was most Important of all, the mothers and the grnndtnethers of the time were net 111 the habit of asking -!i? ! Questions relative ie any puniie matters ffl&. Grandmothers r.miud water in pails nnd risxed pneumonia in cold neues nnd their lives In triH ncress the plnins te aid In the founding of a new American emnire Vfcm I Women looked up rewicntlv and sweetly te Bt a i ., w-fs.,-.!....,, .. .1., i i ,. mr .un iiiiuini ui inns.' out-, ami jeniiiy Imagined them te be the (inliedlment of ull attainable wisdom. Ne wonder a pelluuan of the class te which the gentleman from North Dakota belongs talks wistfully of the women of the past. Te these of us who enn remember the grandmother, they scorn new like monuments of tenderness nnd strength and tranquillity, nnd it was only after their white caps were folded up nnd put in laven der thnt we remembered with a pang that their small hands were hardened with labor. Most of us would like te see old times come back if the giumlmnthcrs could nunc with them. It would be pleasant te see them relieved of the necessity of riding in stnge coaches and cutting weed for the eampfires of pioneering husbands. K,ir ence Mr. McCumber Is right. The old life wasn't simple. It wns complicated for women by n thousand nnxletles unknown te (he generation of today. Politicians were at the fag end of the precession of these who might be called the emancipators of women. The people who invented electric lights and vacuum clean ers and reapers ami tractors and automo biles and telephones nnd railways nnd can ning machinery began te lighten the tasks for the .hands of all grnndmetherHnnd te rive eiietr minds nnd spirits a chance te t'Ril .) wfdf e the light while tic Old .MiJirCtIarJlen of phl!oeih und pellUfr eeu-v tlntted te shout down every woman who ap peared ns the champion of progressive mem bers of her six und te inlst that woman's place wns in the home. 'flint meant much. It mennt that font wnlls should he perpetual barrleis In the way of feminine vision and understanding. Grandmothers live longer new than they did In the days upon which Mr. McCumber has nt Inst turned eyes of doubt. They dress rhiirnilnsty and the. are net ready te believe thnt a man of Mr. McCumber's pert Is the embodiment of all ntlalnable wNdetn. Thev think and read and write nnd travel nnd observe. The moral of all this Is simple. Women, tee. are returning te normalcy, whleh hn net been theirs for many cen luiie. Tbej arc claiming the richt te coil' tribute the'prarc of their spirits te the buxinec! of civilization. They will he in the reure of time, in they must hnve been of old )Pfnr( hl'tery the real enuals of men In all relationships. PROHIBITION IS A FICTION: THE UNITED STATES IS WET And Until We Step Pretending That It Is Dry Velsteadlsm Will Be Merely a Sordid Farce TT IS a question whether hypeeris in Mine - ellielnl qunrtert or the passionate and ineurnble credulity of dry advocates in ntheri is ilelnc most te give te Velsteadlsm the aspect of rt national catastrophe. The looming f.ict of the hour Is thnt the dry i laws nre net honestly or efficiently enforced emt any considerable nren nnywherc in the I'nited States. Yet this is a fact which the sterner advocates of the sterner theory of prohibition hate or fear te recegnlre. It senilis sometimes thnt dry extremists prefer the fiction of prohibition te the truth of a situation barged with a hundred varieties of social danger. Mayer Moeic. Mr. Lasker. of the rshlppmg Beard, and the Law Htifercement League of Philadel phia appear simultaneously In the current news te suggest again the appalling nature of the moral and political confusion that has followed the attempt te legislate all Intoxi cants out of existence at one fell stroke. The Law nnfercemenf League Is, of ceutse, te be applauded for the mnnner in which it hns attempted te define a pilneiplc nnd elevate it above all considerations of personal belief or prejudice. But when It seems te believe thnt it has accomplished semeth'ng of Importance by putting the names of "a hundred bootleggers" Inte the hands of Mayer Moere, the League seems almost naive and wholly unaware of the magnitude of the problem it has attacked. Yeu could take a hundred bootleggers from the army operating In this territory and they would never be missed. And, moreover, the casual raids, of which wc hear se much, mean nothing or worse. Many of them have the appearance of being care fully stage-managed te Impress and satisfy a disgusted public. Somewhere In the background of this and ether cities n system of understanding ex ists actuully te encourage the traffic in Illicit whisky, and It may be said that the output of secret stills new is almost equal te the former output of legalized distil leries. Mayer Moere declares that he has the names of "some of the big bootleggers." These names bheuld net be kept secret for even nn hour. What is the truth about the pnrt thnt whisky has come te play In State politics? Why js It necessnry te mnintnln official reticence and mystery nbeut this most ominous development of the Velstead ex periment? The roots of the problem which organiza tions like the Law Enforcement League nre attempting te solve with surface remedies reach se deeply Inte the political and social life of the country nnd He se close te the henrts and nerve centers of influential social nnd pelltlcnl groups thnt people who have a sincere desire te sec the Velstead Inw en forced shrink from attacking liquor lawless ness nt its source. If the I.nw Enforcement League Is not net content with a hopeless fight It will hnve go be end the corner bootleggers. It will have te go beyond miner politicians who new engage in the whisky business. It will have te go beyond the keepers of speak easies and the occasional "foreigner" who Is caught working a still The League will have te go te Cengiess nnd demand either such modification of the Velstead net ns will make prohibition gen erally acceptable or the npproprlntlen of enough money te make the enforcement sys tem something mere tbiiu a squalid farce and n disgrace te the country. It will hnve te admit that for the first time in all its histerv the Federal Government is unable te enforce it ewr laws. And it will hav te admit either that the Velstead law is utteilv wrong In method or thnt Americans have hecenicj a lawless people overnight. Ter it Is plain that the present dry law cannot he maintained ns Federal laws ahvajs have limn maintained, by the voluntary co-operation of the people them selves We new have n choice, therefore, between hypocritical pretense and Increasing dis order or a system of relentless repression which, while it might be enormously costly and wholly un-American, would be prefer nble te a reign of anarchy in which nt least CO per cent of the people nnd their political representatives are Involved. This Is net u dry country. 'J'u say that it Isn't wet veu must be either hypocritical or woefully ingenuous. The whisky business hns net been .seriously checked, it has merely pnsed from the hands of private and licensed Interests te the bands of criminals nnd profiteers. In some parts of the country It bus become a monopoly under the direc tion of underworld politicians. The most conspicuous und tragic result of mi attempt nt headlong prohibition Is an unprecedented extension of the dry ret of bribery, corruption nnd giaft in the political llfu of the United States. We can main tain u pleasant fiction and permit the moral disintegration te continue. It would be better te face the truth nnd leek for u way out of un intolerable mess. Mr. Lasker, of the fihlpplng Beard, faced U In his own way. It may be snld that he didn't quibble. Legally, tee, the advan tages may be, en his side when he Insists that the VPs'tead law does net apply te EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEfe PHILADELPHIA, American ships nt sea. He has found by costly experience that we must nin wet ships or get oft the ocean. The mernl aspect of the Shipping Beard's bnrs Is another matter. The United States Government has entered into a business which It will net permit ethers te enter, nnd It sells what It calls poison te people who travel en Its ships. It does mere than that. It denies te its own people privi leges which, by Inference, It admits all ether people of the world demand for their re freshment and pleasure. Hew long can the farce continue? HOLD THE FAIR IN 1927 Till; splendor of opportunity contained In the Scsqul-Centcnnlnl neccssnrily sharpens appreciation of the Immensity of the task involved in the enterprise. This consciousness, both of the realities te be faced and of the possibilities te be expanded, Is a reflection of the history of nil world ex positions of the past. The momentum ac quired by such undertakings has In mnjer Instances been swifter tlinu even the most energetic Imaginations of their promoters. It Is therefore safe te forecast that the magnitude of the world fair In Philadel phia will surpass that whlth was somewhat hastily conceived nt the etitet, if the project is te measure tip te Its full material and spiritual, patriotic and international sig nificance. AV i t Ii a iew te permitting no Increment of ndvniit ige te c ,ipe, IMward W, Belt is frankly urging the postponement of the exposition veni from l')2ll te JP-7 and has anneiinted tlia' he vv.il present a tcolutlen te that effect befere the Sesqui-Centennlal Assei iatlen directni'ite, of which he is n member. .iiuivriarie wiiicii de net tit are gen- erally rera-ded as unacceptable te the pub- I ,1- ...! .' .1 , ,.. ... ' iiv. Jiioei seiurru ni mem HiveivcM, it is true, some ivndju f merit ei mental proc esses, but the wrench, mnlnly psychological and often transitory. H wholly Incompar able with the shock of patchwork perform mice, incommensurate with premises and opportunities. Mr. link's candid suggestion Is in the best sense progressive. It represents n grasp of realities and the reconsituctien of the fair edifice upon a solid foundation. What is generally desired, though per haps as yet lmpertectly expressed by this city, Is that the fair shall lenstitute a re splendent beacon In the course of progress; that it shall be, in n diversity of respects, the finest International e.positlen ever held ; thnt It shnll become n symbol erf in in splratlennl achievement. If n year's post ponement can assure such accomplishment, and of this there is little doubt, selection of the new date becomes a public duty. Mr. Bek has pertinently pointed out that the chief obstacles In the way of cooiplct ceoiplct coeiplct lng the fair according te the original schedule are net these with which the ut most enterprise In Philadelphia can cope. The dilatory practices nf State Legislatures must be recognized nnd the elaborate pro cedure requislte te Insure the collaboration of foreign Governments. Possibly the physical construction of the fair nnd the laying out of grounds could be finished by 192l, but n fair without an opulent and representative array of exhibits would be a mockery. Experience with pre vious exhibitions has demonstrated that three years and n half is insufficient time In which te launch a great exposition and carry Its plans te fruition. Frem the essentially practical stand point, the Hesqul-Centennlnl has just been launched. The enterprise should be dated from 11)112. It Is needless te review the season of apathy, new happily passed. The lest months nre a bad debt until wiped out by nn extension of the' construction period. The reorganization of the Sesqul-Ccntcn-tual Beaid of Directors has brought at last new life nnd vigor e n superb project. Aeceptnnce of Mr. Bek's suggestion would typify a mastery of actual conditions. The step would net mean retrogression, hut a clear advance Inte the realm of the definite and specific. It is net of record thnt when all Its re sults were munmnrlred the postponement of the Inauguration of the Chicago fair com promised the success of that memorable undertaking. Historical proprieties could easily be observed In appropriate exercises en July 4, 1020, by which time part nt least of the fair grounds should be avail able, for the formal celebration. It is Imperative, It la a civic duty, Ibat the fair Bhnll be made a brilliant monu ment te the accomplishments of civilization. That monument enn be erected If due time is accorded the builders. UNFETTERING THE TRAVELER IT IS easily cenctivable that the much simplified passport regulations, an nounced this wee; by Secretary Hughes, are welcomed with n deep relief by empleyes of the State Depaitmcnt ns by travelers hailing the shrinkage of red tape. The exodus of teuil-ts te Europe this year Is apparently destined te break ull records. When this Is added te the natural lncrense of cemmeicirl voyaging it may he realized that operation of the inquisitorial nnd rigid rules, devised te meet wnr-time conditions, would have necessitated vnst increases in the clericnl stnffs and official forces of the Passport Bureau in Wash ington, As this overstrained branch of the De partment of State was faclnc the situation of paying the penalty for Its own pedantry, a simple escape was obviously provided by reducing the number of rules, Under the new order the nuisance of specifying the objects of journeys in par ticular terms hns been eliminated. There is no selected list of ceuntiles for which ere. dentin will be granted. Passports will new be issued for regions in which the United States has no diplomatic or con sular representatives, ns, for example, Rus sla. The traveler moves nt his own risk, but at least Is permitted te start. The new Intltude ranctlened by the Gov ernment hints of n return te pre-vvnr con ditions, under which pnssperta could be dispensed with by any American voyaging abroad, unless such documents were de manded In advance by the foreign countries te be visited. This is the sensible system, te the re-establishment of which the unprec-' edented travel rush this summer has un questionably contributed nn impetus. It Is astonishing what n Member help few nelsv enn- bnech? mies can be te u man i n i v V" i,Vu I;,m,'"'br hew- General Crevvder bulged in the news when he was running the draft? He never hnil much te say, but he wus everlastingly doing H? iH.,!iu?y imi 'iew RU,mc ('"b" financial rehnbllitntlen, but you would never hear nbeut It but for the professional kickers They are giving him n Utile of the advert Using he deserves. Gas bombs were successfully used in dispersing u mob In Jacksen, Mich. Nobedv hilled; nobody seriously hurt. Henceforth all an officer will have te de In the face of mob vlolenco Is te step en the gas and the machinery of the law will move right en. After being charged Bevcnty cents for a sandwich In nn Atlantic City cafe the victim fired at the bartender and missed b!mv ,At.feupIn i, PUcp"en immediately pinched him. Perhaps they plan te i ve him some sheeting lessens. ft?. OLD-TIME POLITICS They Were Far Mere Venomous and Bitter Than These of the Present. Governer Perter's Campaign, He Was Most Vigorously Assailed By GEORGE NOX McGAIN WILLIAM II. KI2TLKR, librarian of the Camden Public Library, taking note of my recent statement nbeut the Inck of a complete nnd adequate history of Pennsyl vania, has cnlled my attention te the work by the late Governer Pennypacker. It is entitled "Pennsylvania, the Key stone. A Short History, by Samuel Whit taker Penny pnoker." What Mr. Keller tells me only emphasizes the lack of a full, comprehensive history of the Commonwealth; the story of Its be ginnings and progress dev,n te the close of the World Wnr. The mass of material upon which te draw Is almost incalculable. There are manuscripts, official documents, newspapers, pamphlets and speeches, biog raphies and nutoblegraphles, critical works, diaries nnd n miscellaneous nrrny of ether works thnt seem inexhaustible. DR. HENRY 11. MUELLER, professor of history, of Muhlenberg College, Is the Intest contributor te this army of sub jects in his work, "The Whig Party in Pennsylvania." It embraces the period between the con gressional election of S34 and the presi dential election of ISeO. It Is of peculiar Interest te Philadelphia because among ether things it deals with the campaign of President Jacksen te wipe out the Bank of the United States In Phila delphia. Jacksen's determination te ruin thnt in stil utlen Inaugurated a factionalism that covered n long period of years. ir. .Mueller's sketch is by tnc way a very , lllUtnnttl . t i......i .1 n?d " , V" " eV , .Z. . ."CT--. -. ... .... M. .... .-. -. - the nuhllcntletis of Columbia University It is interesting te note that factionalism, blttcrnes.s, hatred and political chlcMicry ran ns high seventy or eighty years nge in the politics of Pennsylvania as they have done at any period since. Particularly was this the case In the con tests between the Whigs, Democrats nnd nutl-Mnsenlc parties. TUB most ridiculous nnd outrageous chnrgeH were made ngainst Governer Perter In his campaign for Governer. It wan nt n time when the Whigs and nntl-Musens were in n stnte of censtnnt llu In the matter of temporary coalitions for temporary ndvnntnge. During the heat of the campaign of 1840, when Governer Petter was up for rc-clcc-tien, a Democrat campaign paper printed nn nrticle usserting that the Whigs had cn gnged in sacrilegious nnd blnsphemeus rites nt their political meetings. It was chnrged that at n political meeting nt Gettysburg Thnddeus Stevens, officiating ns "High Priest," led the outrageous cere cere menv. After the election Stevens ucd the editors for libel In Adams County, his home. When the case was en trial the attorney for the defendants offered as a bar te the proceedings a proclamation signed Jnnuary 2!5. 1841, by the Governer, pardoning the defendants from the charge of libel. GOVERNOR DAVID R. PORTER, judging by the documentary evidence presented by Dr. Mueller, was mere violently assailed than any ether gubernatorial candi date befere or since. Charges of maladministratien, before his re-election, were ninde. It wns claimed that there hed been an unwarranted Increase in the amount of the State debt, and that the public works weie being mismanaged. Bribery and peculation in the passage of the Bank Act of 1S40 were alleged. The sum of $!I9,000 was mentioned us having been used by the Bank of the United Stutes in Philadelphia for some unholy purpose. It wns subsequently demonstrated that something like $1.19,000 had been used im properly. Notwithstanding this, Perter wen by a large majority. EVERY State or national campaign is, ns n rule, deslgnnted by some peculiar title. Within recent years such titles ns "Heg Combine," "Mugwump." Bull-Moeser," "Insurgent," "Pregtcsslve" nnd "Inde pendents" hnve been common. By ull odds the oddest name wns thnt of (he "Loeefocos," applied te one of the par tics In the cnmpalgn of 1S40. There were leglslatlve Investigations nnd Investigating committees in these fnr-nway times ns there nre new nnd hnve been in the recent past. It wns even charged that the Governer had been bribed te secure the passage of a certain bill. In this connection there was nn expres sion Used for vears after that was equiva lent te Senater Quay's famous "Shake the plum tree." In the investigation referred te there was Introduced a letter fiem J. Selnis, president of the Meyuiii using Hank, of Philadelphia, te Geerge Ilitndy, the bank's agent. In it Selnis stated thnt he would ngaln pay his resputs te the Governer and would 'Talk In the Indian language." It was supposed te suggest bribcrv. P11ILAI" ler pe: HILADELPHIA elections, as Dr. Muel- pints out, weie ns bitter nnd full of turnip practices eighty years, age ns they nre today. Even mete t. In the Perter cnmpalgn the election judges by ii vote of in te li rejected the returns from the entire Incorporated Northern JLlberties, although fraud wns nlleged te hnve been committed In only one of the seven wards. By tills action the Democratic candidate for Cengiess was assured of a majority. The Whig judges refused te sign the re turns under the circumstances. They met at a later hour and made out re turns which showed that their candidate in the Senate and the Heuse had been elected. They were rushed te Ilarilshiirg und filed In tin office of the Sei rctary of the Com Cem Com ;nenweiilth before these f the Democratic judges. This episode was only one in a long series of crookedness that led te the "Buckshot War," refernd te several days age. I nrn planning a novel, admitted the Collater of World News. After Tragedy of the Sea a study of a recently published wine list the here sells his auto mobile end mortgages his house nnd buys a round-trip passage en n Shipping Beard vessel bound for eh, anywhere. And then as it turns out, he is seasick all the time he Is en beard. Lunch-counter commuters who ihillv endeavor te obtain n midday meal from razor-thin ham and cheese sandwiches will be nt n less te understand the repented shrinkage In profits of the restaurants serv lng these trllles et they sny profits nre less, and yesterday the stock of one of the chain sandwich inns dropped $20,73 s,are below the last previous sale. The Bursum bill, designed te provide relief for sick and wounded soldiers, bus been hanging fire in the Military Affairs Committee for four innnths. Thnt's hew much bonus raiders really care for the vet erans. It Is net the men but the votes they are thinking of. Chemists of the Depnrtment of Agrlciil. fur-fur fly. When Galllvan questions the Shlpnimr Beard's freedom te seize the freedom of the ataa In thel matter of wetuess ether than saline we.seem te detect a malicious glint w I HH ture nuvu nusyi-e.-u in miming u meter fuel knewu as furfural, out of corncobs. When Us uwj becomes general the equivalent for "stennlng en the gas" will be "wnl;W i. M n "s- THURSDAY, JUNE 15, A tfEG'LAR RIOT -W - I im TmKKmm ii lii-tfW Wff ' 11 II W ' I ft J ft 11 II ' PaK.PHi: SMraT .IB li 1&J RmbQUsb sflBwJr'HffSSuVlnUI rTff"! faaw mtnii mW , i IfBnlrnTElBKlllBM w'SJwJsfi., IHHHh aKrllxEBgfEfl mmiBSgJiffiLMiBr -Q mBlm&WwmTf ssA TVrJarB life MmmmmWMM ' flWf'lWBlBMtl f 1 1 mflBWm NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best JOSEPH F. HASSKARL ' On the Needs of the Pert THE greutest need of the pert of Phila delphia, te make it take the tank which its manifest geographical advantages war rant, Is mere civic pride en the pnrt of the local manufacturers nnd shippers, according te Jeseph V. Hassknrl. formerly Director of Wharves,' Decks and Ferries, and before that chief engineer for the Federal Gov ernment In this district. "We should net overlook Philadelphia's great geographical nnd ether natural ad vantages," said Chief Hassknrl. "It Is the logical nnd most favorably situated freight-distributing point in the entire oiin eiin trv. It Is ninety miles nearer the Middle West than Is New Yerk and is IW) miles nenrer Liverpool thnn Is Baltimore, our two chief shipping competitors. We hnve nt the present time n thirty-feet channel nt mean low water In the Delaware River, and eventually will have a chnnnel thirty five feet deep. As the range of the tide Is about six feet, this will give at least forty feet nt hli-li vvnter. which Is ample for any freight-carrying vessel coming te this city. "Anether point in our favor Is that the eitv lies one hundred miles from the sen. This is n distinct ndvnntnge te vessels com ing from tin wnrm waters of tropical nnd semi-tropical countries, ns they enn lie In the fresh vvnter of the pert for n few weeks nnd effectually cleanse their bottoms; of barnacles without the expense of having them scraped a very material saving te the shlp-ew tiers. These barnacles will net drop efr In salt water and In this case thev must be cleaned nfl nfter evcrv Southern trip, In elder te save the additional coal necessary le drive n vessel with several tens of them clinging te the bottom. Vast Water Frnntage "Philadelphia, as a pert, has twenty miles of deep-watei fiemage en the Dela ware .aid font teen miles of frontage en the Schuylkill, making a total of thirty-four miles deep-water frontage for the pett, which Is ample for all needs, "It Is also nn Ideal (nnd I use (be word ndviscdly) place for n nnvy yard. In thnt It hns nn immense reserve basin for laying up vessels in fresh water, where a ship may be tied 1111 indetinitelv, without nny deterioration whatever. Vessels may be laid up in this basin for years nnd go te sea at once without having te clean cither barnacles or uist off the bottom. And It hns ether advantages ns a naval base. It hns the biggest shlpyaids In the country around it, and thus has at hand mere skilled labor, either for repalis or for building, than any ether pert In the country. "Philadelphia Is well supplied with nlers. At present there are 17." piers en the Dela ware, of which thirty-five nre owned by the city. These piers are anywhere up te IfiOO feet In length, sufficient te accommodate nil clnsses of vessels. Ne Lighterage Necessary "But, besides these commercial nnd geo graphical advantages, Philadelphia has an other gieat advantage ever Its chief com peting ports In that no lighterage is nices sary from freight car te vessel or from vessel te car, ns all its plerH hnve direct railway connection. This is n material saving, ns In msnv Instances the lighterage chnrges In ether ports will inn from fifty cents te two dollars a ten, whii h 'amounts te a gieat sum In the cn-e of a laree cuign, and which mut be paid m the end by the consumer. "This Is an Immense advantage for the pert of Philadelphia, as lighterage fs neces. snry In both New Ymk and Baltimore. New Yerk Is en the wieng side of the river ever te become nn economical distributing center, ns every pound of freight must be carried across the river before stnrtlng for points West, North or Seuth. New Yerk is new, nnd always will he, the great pas senger nnd express steamer pert. That we must concede, for its natural advantages for this purpose me ns great as these of Phila delphia as u freight-distributing pert. New Yerk Is 140 '"lies, neuter Liverpool than Philadelphia Is, and .100 miles nearer than Is Baltimore, added te which It Is only ten miles from the sea. These arc ndvnnlnges with which no ether pert near it can com cem pete for the passenger und express steamer trade. What Philadelphia Needs "But what Philadelphia needs most of iw h mere i- vie nnae en rtirtiufnetiirers nnd shippers m, be that they, i I'irU ftfie.yAfici,',.. -twv , 1922 in their experts nnd Imports, will favor their home pert, even ut the cost of tome slight Inconvenience or even some little delay. This Is u mntter which cannot he ever-emphnslzed. If Philadelphia is te teke the place among American ports te which Its commercial and geographical advantages entitle It. "It Is undeniable that the pert of New Yerk has mere frequent snlllng dates than we have In Philadelphia, but for the sake of stimulating our own pert, nnd building up the trade which It should have, our manufacturers and shippers should be will ing te held their consignments for n few days In order te send them out from this pert. It would be quite fenslble for the shipping men te set certain dates for their sailings nnd for the shippers te held their cargoes until these dates and thus accumu late a full cargo for the vessels. "But, unfertunntely, In the past the ship pers have net been willing te de this. If they had done se, nnd nil the shipping which gees out of nnd comes Inte Philadel phia had gene and come direct by beat, by this time we should probably have almost if net quite ns many sailing dates ns New Yerk, with the tremendous advantages and cemmerclnl prestige which being a grent peit brings. In the end. It costs money as we) ns showing a Inck of civic pride, for in order te gnln a short time these shippers pay the cost of the haul te New Yerk, n sum which might he snved by ship ping direct. But the real element which must hn evi rcemc if Philadelphia Is te be come ii great pert Is the lack of civic pride and Interest in Philadelphia, und thnt element which must be instilled is the de tei initiation te utilize Philadelphia ns n pert te (lie utmost. Cotuplele the Channel "The second thing te.be done Is te com plete the tlibty-five feet channel nt the em llest possible moment. Tills Government project has been dragging along for years, far beyond the time originally set for its completion. It 1 most regrettable nnd n distinct disadvantage te the peit that It has net been pushed along mere rapidly. "Its principal advantages are that It would allow ships of deeper draft te enter, would allow mere speed nnd bring mere csrels. Speed and safely both demand plenty of water under a ship, as n vessel running nt even moderately high speed In shallow vvnter '.squats'; that Is, the stern of the beat actually sinks n little, with the force of the propellers, just as the stern of u meter beat running nt high speed is lower than the bows, and nt very bleb speed Is actually lower I hnn the vvnter behind It. "The third great need of the pnrt is n belt-line railroad which icnlly functions ns such. This Is very Important. The present belt-line railroad is a detriment le shippers using the pert, ns it puts them te consider censider nble Inconvenience and Imposes lncrensed costs upon the handling of freight. The present system should be extended nnd given greater powers. "All the piers should he connected with the belt -line railroad, se that all shippers using the peit of Philadelphia enn use en equal teuns all the railroads entering the pert." Mrs. Axel Wichfeld. of New Yerk is mennpnll.lng the Ritz nt Paris with gor geous dresses, eighty trunks, six ninlds nnd four feel men Axel, we surmise, is well supplied wlili grense. Our Eastern expert snplenily asseverates that if President LI Yuan-Hung succeeds in getting Wu Ting-fatig te act as Premier we may observe u letting Sun Yat Sen in China. Steers In Iowa June 1 weie steaks tn Paris June VJ. When, speed in tr.,nsperti ' tlen is se necessary one presumes that n wrong steer might easily result in a miss Meals. , The pollce department Is the l.iict demonstrate the cuileu.s M-icinith ,,,,., ,,, .,' after the nx has been swung nothing ! mains en the shoulders hut a chip. "We may thank our luckv shut. .,. i stripes)." remarked Toddle Te t .' Betsy Ress didn't wear knlckcrneCkWB 1 1 the modern maid." ,"t0 tee often AUi hun- up (he cnnfj'n0. SHUR1 CUTS j J. Pluvlus perhaps forget it ml i lag uay. It is generally admitted that Penn ba some class. Mllferd Is becoming a haven for d Kinds of craft. Bennlwcll threatens te lend n thill party, les, but where? Even the poorest golfer mannges al maite tue "bury hole ' in one. Oh. well, we don't hnve te reaj tbsl stun Willie Ilohcnzellern writes. Dcnd beats are becoming fewer, mt n can credit experts, imply buried. All it amounts te Is thet Mr. Liskul insists it is proper for the ten te be wet., Bennlwell appears te think thnt wlsl the Democratic Purty needs is n wet nurxJ In addition te his .ether virtue, Mt.l Vinsen nns proved a geld mine te paragraphers. Mr, Ilrvan would nrebablr 1m mer li-l tcrestcd In New Yorks stray punu II tti cre u missing lyns. Mr. T.HSker. ns tea linrlArafnnrl It I willing te consider the wine list as in tbsl iiuiure et a snip subsidy. The President's letter te ChalraiJ Campbell, of the Heuse Rules Committal hss iiiuiciiiien or a red in picMe. Russia's fallure te get Inte till m continues te bs due te its insistence en IM own rules. Se little Is expected of the mtetitf ill The Hague thnt the world may easily m mere mmi it expects. The teijiure of n German steiitisliH bound for Cerk by n British warship bit ii uiniiiicc suver et wnr times. Iowa man's celluloid cellar expled! he says, when he walked into n live wire hi nis ccnar. It may be se. Still - Lloyd Geerge apparently believes tM iiiiuviug irounie ler tiie Heme (ievernm.ni the easiest thing n concession hunter doe!, A joyous thought for the day l tbvll ence n certain little mntter is nttenaea you won't have te think nbeut jour Inceffl nix iur iinetncr tnrce mentlis. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1, Wrmt l wrnnir lulu. ,i,iu r.inOilgr rj'rl quotntien from the Iilble: "frWHl Beeth befere n full"? . 2. What Ktnte did Senater Fall reprfKeB in congress befere Ills nppelntnupi yie aecrutarysmp or tne interior. 3. Wlieie lu Him nrln.i llv..r" 1. Hew many humps has a dromedary! vi ...lu ,x,n UIIJ -ii.eaiiL; . ..I C. Why were tYench working girls cHl erlKctteM? I 7. Who wns the founder of the fiimeB Krupp steel nnd gun works? 1 8. What Is the meaning of the term rr'l nppned te ciuurs? 9. Wbnt Is inunsuetudii? 10. What Is n cotsweld? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Walloons are a niKed, Italic, Tj tonic. I'clile people In .SeuthMtJJl ncigiuni ineir mnguuge is n n- Ulalect. (i nn. .i.... ....... i.ti .. unn -.In,-no. ... ilir , ill iviiiiniiu lit nail '",;. JIM Italy, was u participant In the "K51 War which deflated war only a" Austria. , ...w 8. Terra cettn literally means cooked en 4, Tellus wus tbe ituddess In Heman rj) tliolegy vvlie pui -.unified tlie ttrrestt Blelic. , C. The character of tbe tiile-benrln l).nlf.,nl,, Tnr.ll.tl.. 11'flC rrPAtOll lllelmrd Urlnsiey Sherlitan In h - W"1 cdy, "The Scheel for Scimlal." x r. A uI,k.limI.,1 .1,,., nrlr.ln.illl n llraBU"! repieHentiitlen In which dlaleB'W JS song alternated The term Is "''''IViuB ,,r uimi.i iii u'liinh imiRln Is SIUW.'S iiiitcd te winds, .specially In ilram' movement. 7, The sextant Is used In novlgntleo surveying for nn-usurlng lingular i 8, The Rappahannock River Is In VirB It empties Inte Chesapeake "W'' V. a purlieu is a pince wnere ui .- - te coma nnd be! u. liaunt . n'J ,10. A euannnlche Js, u .small, Canadisa' nien, liUti'ltYeil ltlu the laniMsci rn! n ' f 1