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PAGE FOUR THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY" 5,' 191U THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PHOENIX, ARIZONA Published Kvery Morning by the ARIZONA PUBLISHING COMPANY All communications to foe addressed to the Company: Office. Corner of Second and Adams Streets Entered at the Fostoffice at Phoenix. Arizona, aa Mail Matter of the Second Class President and General Manager Dwight B. Heard Uusiness Manager Charles A. Stauffer Ass't Business Manager W. W. Knorp Kditor . J- W. Spear Xeys Editor E- A. Young SUBSCrUPTION BATES IN ADVANCE laily and Sunday, one year WAV laily and Sunday, six months '00 Daily and. Sunday, three months 2- Ially and Sunday, one month l! TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Branch exchange connecting all departments 1331 General Advertising Representative, Robert K. Ward; New York Office, Urunswick Building; Chicago Office, Mailers Building. MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Receiving Full Night Report, by Leased Wire. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All risht of re-publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 3919 "We habitually judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, but judge others by .what they have done. -Longfellow. The Y. M. C. A. This is the time of the year when the Y. M. C. A. enters upon-a period of recuperation but not rest; it is the time when it renews its strength for the next year, its financial strength, its strength of member ship, without which it can do nothing. Never since the establishment of the Y. M. C. A. in Phoenix has it so demonstrated its usefulness as in the past year. Tho war gave it an opportunity which it fully and nobly met. Perhaps no other Y. M. C. A. in the whole country exerted a more potent influence within, its jurisdiction that the Phoenix Y. M. C. A. has done. It has deserved more than ever the support of the com munity. Much of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in Phoenix has never been given publicify and it is of the kind that would appeal more strongly to the popular mind, but publicity for obvious "reasons was necessarily avoided. It could not, of course, be proclaimed that the watchful care of the organization has been ex tended to an erring boy in jail, and that on his release he was taken in hand and set upon a straight path. It would also be improper to recount the boys who have come to the institution in trouble, sickness and poverty and have been sustained until they could right themselves. But all these things have been done and ;irc being done in the day's work of the Y. M. C. A. of rhoenix. It is now desired to do something more than has been done, to do it on a broader scale, and more sys tematically, for the boys. That is the natural and the most fertile field for the operation of the Y. M. C. A. When Francis E. Clark conceived this great work, it was the youth of tnc world ho had in mind to help. The middle aged or even the younger man is not so much in need of aid. His manner of life is in a larga measure fixed. If he is going in the right direction, very well, but, it in the wrong direction he is opt to pursue it in spite of the ministrations of any helpful organization. It is the boys who are to be saved. The Y. M. C. 'A. in the past has had to depend too mnch upon outside aid; upon men who are not in enthusiastic sympathy with its aims; some give grudgingly because they believe it is expected of them as a civic or community duty, and though it is really a duty, it is not performed in a helpful spirit. It does not contribute to the morale of the institution which must depend so much upon morale. The Y. M. C. A. should not appear in the light of a beggar. No one should narrowly regard it as a para site. For that reason the Y. M. C. A. is now appeal ing not to the pocketbooks of citizens but to their hearts. It wants less their money than their presence and their help. It wants them in the organization, a helpful part of it, so that we now have a campaign for membership. Citizens are not asked to support only an Institution, but to support its work, help in the task of the institution, not in spreading a religion but to make the bodies and souls of the community cleaner, to make the community more prosperous. Even to those who hold a sordid, selfish point of view' the Y. M. C. A. must appeal. What does the selfish man think Phoenix would have been without the Y. M. C. A.'.' Of course, it would have been a good town, but it is a better town for the efforts which have been co-ordinated through this organization. We may imagine for instance, and we believe, that but for the Y. M. C. A, we would not have had that splendid group of buildings which have added so much to Phoenix. We would in all probability have had a Water Users' building or maybe only offices here, and perhaps a federal building there, but they would not have constituted a group in which we would have felt a civic pride. But that is only an outward manifestation of the influence of the Y. M. C. A., an illustration of its ef fects upon the material existence of the community an influence which has been in most instances un seen. But all the material effect has ween small in comparison with that which has been exerted upo( our moral existence. The Neglected Factor The belief of Director General Hines that the clamor for the return of the railroads to their owners is simply a reaction, we thing is an error. It is the result of an experiment which the people have found to be a costly one and which is not promising of suc cess. Aa long aa a year ago the people were doubt less as thoroughly' convinced of the ultimate, failure of the experiment as they are now, but then we were at war and at that time we were putting up uncom plainingly with many conditions which we would not now hesitate to declare unbearable. Many of these c onditions we knew, to be unavoidable while others we more than suspected were the results of foolish blun dering, but then it was no time to find fault. But for the war coming so quickly thereafter there would doubtless have been an outcry against the government's action in forcing the Adamson bill. The burden of that bill was further increased a year later when the government took over the roads. A mental reaction implies a contrary state of mind, produced usually without sufficient cause, per haps a weakness, a kind of hysteria. That is not the mental condition now. It is a condition resulting from popular experience and is not a reaction at all but simply aa orderly changed state of mind regard ing a certain thing. Another thing in the director general's statement is that a solution of our railroad troubles might be partially furnished by a profit-sharing arrangement. In what Wkv would that benefit tlujmlilic?,, The rail-- . ' ' . ' ., ' : j JLrv- A:- road workers we believe are asking nothing more at present and Mr. Hines evidently does not propose that railroad profits should be shared with the patrons of the roads. They would be more equitably served by cheaper and better service than they have had for the last year and a half. Director General Hines as so many others have done who have Uiken account of the disturbing prob lems of the near future, consider only the interests of two factors of them capital and labor: All ener gies have been directed toward bringing thorn to gether, when there is a much more numerous element to be considered and it is the element which will finally solve the problem and solve it right, without trimming and w ithout the exercise of expediency. We mean the general public. If capital and labor can get together on terms mutually satisfactory to themselves, we shall all be gratified. But the great body of the people will not consent to sacrifices in order that there may be peace between employer and employe whether that peace be based upon an extravagant wage scale or a profit sharing plan. There will Vie, we believe, a thorough supervision of the railroads by 'the government after their restora tion to their owners. In this supervision the public will be taken into account, and it will compel such adjustments of the differences of capital and labor as will not infringe upon the rights of the people who are bigger than either. An administration incapable f exercising such a supervision will he succeeded by one which is courageous and capable. The Red Flag We agree in principle with the remarks yesterday of Mr. Winsor against the Red Flag bill but for which he voted, that bad conditions cannot be remedied by the repression of those who complain against those conditions. Rut we do not agree that men who would flaunt the red flag, the symbol everywhere of revolt against established order, are products of bad con ditions. Conditions in no time and in no country have ever been ideal. They have never been so just and so good that they could not be better, and we have no reason to believe that if we should step aside and bid the bolshevists, the I. W. W. and the anarchists take hold and arrange matters to suit themselves, condi tions even then would be perfect or that injustice would be les3 prevalent than it is now. The red flag or the black flag we do not think is a menace to our government though either stands for a form of government hostile to ours. In a popula tion like that of Mexico or Russia such an emblem of disorder would be a perilous thing, the rallying point of the ignorant and the vicious who would constitute, if not an actual majority, an active and a dangerous minority. But in this country where intelligence and a love of order are in the ascendancy the followers of these flags of revolt could never be more than a skulking crew. So, we do not regard these Tags as menaces but as nuisances and as such they should be suppressed. Morevore we cannot make rapid progress in the work of Americanization so long as we have in the breeze in which the stars and stripes float, that hissing and distracting sound made by the flapping folds of the eznblcms of anarchy, I. W. W.ism and bolshevism. ' LIVE QUESTION "Billson says he is living on two meals a day "Where does he get them?'' Life. , HINT TO WILHELM One of the joys of not being an emperor is the inconspicaity of ordinary failure. Richmond Times-Dispatch. PALE WORD Salesman "1 suppose you require a grand piano, madam ?'' Mm. Mewnishuns "Grand! I want a magnificent one." London Opinion. HER PLAN "My husban is going to give me a lot of things for Christmas." "How do you know?" "I've bought most of them already." Judge, CARRY IT BACK AGAIN Diner "What do you call this stuff?" Waiter "Mock turtle soup, sir." Diner "Well, tell the chef he has carried his mockery too far." Tit-Bits. USELESS Husband "Have you brought your opera-glass?" She "Yes, but I can not use it." Husband "Why not?" She "I have left my bracelets at home." London Opinion. WHERE PLUCK IS NEEDED There are few persons with courage enough to admit that they haven't got it. Life. t RENCHMEN BEHEAD BISMARCK STATUE If Head from famous statue of Bismarck. On the entry of French troops into' Strassburg, students of that section tied hnge ropes about the famous Bismaek statue and decapitated it. It has been left in the public square as a memento of the historic incident. Where The People May Have a Hearing 7 n What is the Most Direct Means at Present to a Limited World? The answer is. Free Trade. If we are not ready for this, we had better prepare for war, and yet, prep arations may not prove of much ust,. For with the advance of submarines, aeroplanes and chemistry, (not to men tion Bolshcvikism i, civilization is likely to be entirely wiped off if we have another war. The whole of Europe came near starving in this, and we know that for mer civilizations have been completely wiped off. Should we be ready for a real league of nations, we could regulate the im portation of cheap labor made goods and immigration itself by raising wages in countries where they are low. Then the next step to salvation would be the nationalization of land and industries. We miit exempt the small owners, say up to five or tet. thousand dollars. This would be on the lines of evolu tion and if it is not acted upon, we will likely have a revolution instead. Which do vou prefer? It is up to vou. W ILFRED L ADAMS Tnul'-skle Club I'd., i. BAGKSALARY, ISTHE rr? ncnininm nr nniiDT I ff-n utbiaiuii ur uuuni n Ji Give unless the thought of sorrow abide with you because you did not give. Remember the dates, February 10-17. WANTED 500 PARENTS TO BUY MEMBERSHIPS FOR THEIR BOYS IN" THE PHOENIX ASSOCIATION THIS WEEK. r NOTICE Automobile mechanics and machin ists you are invited to a smoker that will be held by the I A. or SI.. Thurs day evening. February ti. at Labor i Hall, 258 E. Washington St. Meeting i starts at S:30 p. m. Maters of import- ance will he discussed. i I PUT YOUR BOY IX THE BEST : CLT'P. IN ARIZONA BY CWVINO HIM j A "Y" MEMBERSHIP THIS WEEK, r I o 1 THE PHOENIX "Y" SHOULD HAVE A THOUSAND MEMBERS, r Deciding the Hunt salary case in favor of the former governor, Judge Stanford yesterday held that George W. P. Hunt was entitled to back sal ary dating from March 4, 1917, to January 5, 1919, amounting to $4,529.51. The decision was handed down late yesterday afternoon, the court making only a brief statement in announcing his ruling. He stated that after an ex haustive investigation he found that, while the legislature of 1913 enacted a salary law, it merely carried out the provisions of the constitution and was a. temporary provision. No other change was made until 1917 when the legislature made an appropriation for the salary of governor. W. E. Ryan for the state, who held that a public official whose salary was raised during his term of office cnuld not benefit by the increase, gave no tice of appeal. The action brought by the former chief executive of the state, took tho form of a mandamus action against the state auditor who refused to rec ognize his claim for back salary. The attorney general, who also will benefit by the action, took part in the argu ments before Judge Stanford early in the week when the matter came up, appearing with Ryan for the defendant. Louis B. Whitney represented Hunt, and George Purdy Bullard appearing amicus curiae. Sale yaer s Is Sending Out Customers With a Smile Come in and See Just Why Perfect Performance Some one has said that a will is the crown ing act of foresight and affection which a man is privileged to perform for his family. But the act of making a will is not all. Of paramount importance is the exact carrying out of its provisions. In no other way can you be sure that your wishes will be obeyed to the letter than by entrusting the admin istration of your will to a trust company whose reputation for probity and integrity is among its most priceless possessions. The Phoenix Savings Bank & Trust Company SUITS $25.00 Suits $18.75 $27.50 Suits $20.85 $30.00 Suits $22.50 $35.00 Suits $26.25 $40.00 Suits $26.25 $45.00 Suits $30.00 $50.00 Suits $37.50 $60.00 Suits $45.00 SHIRTS Fine Silk Shirts 25 Off 3 lots broken sizes Wilson Bros. Stiff Cuff Shirts $1.50 Values $ .95 $2.00 Values $1.15 $2.50 Values $1.25 HATS Mallory Hats $3.50 Values $2.65 $5.00 Values $3.75 FLANNEL NIGHT SHIRTS AND PAJAMAS $2.50 Values $1.90 $3.50 Values $2.65 $3.00 Values $2.25 $4.00 Values $3.00 COOPERS STANDARD UNDERWEAR $2.50 Suits $1.90 $5.00 Suits $3.75 $3.50 Suits $2.65 ' $6.00 Suits $4-90 LOUNGING ROBES AND BATH ROBES $ 8.00 Values $ 5.40 $15.00 Values $10.00 $ 6.00 Values . . .$4.00 $10.00 Values .$6.65 MACKINAWS $12.00 Values $ 8.00 $15.00 Values $10.00 $18.00 Values $12.00 $20.00 Values $13.30 SWEATERS $4.00 Sweaters $2.70 $5.00 Sweaters $3.30 $10.00 Sweaters $6.65 $12.50 Sweaters $8.35 Included in this sale are crave nettes and overcoats, wool shirts, wool hose, all gloves, and ladies' hosiery, sweaters and furs at 25 Off PHOENIX ARIZ. GIVE That Others May LIVE February 10-17th GIVE That Others May LIVE February 1017th Just Arrived! The ENSBBLE $1240 F. O. B. Phoenix AMERICA'S greatest achievement in a Light Six Touring car or Roadster. We have waited since June, 1918, to get delivery on this wonderful car, but until after the war was over and the Oakland factory started back on production, de livery could not be secured. Production is now getting back to normal and we have been promised a limited supply. These cars are now on display and we will be pleased to have you look them over and let us demonstrate. o o Distributors Sr Rooer Motor 'C Phone 1050 211-217 N. CENTER n M