New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 6

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. EW BRITAIN HERALD wed dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., st Hesald Building, 67 Church St itered at the Post Office at Mew Britalm a8 Second Class Mail Matter fvered by carriec to any part of the ety for 15 Cents a Week, 66 Cents a Month. bscriptions for paper to pe sent by mail payable in advance, 60 Cents a Montn. $7.00 & Year. ® only rrofitabie advertising mcdmum in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advortisers. will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s New Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Roard Walk, at- lantic City, and Hartfora Denok. o Heral TELEPHONH CaL: sinens OfMce Storta) Ronms FOR THE GOOD OF New, Britain should have a munici- All up-to-date cities making preparations along these es if. they have not already provid- public bathing places for their in- The need for this- thing growing greater here every day. ring the Summer months the peo- of this city are deprived of the Iys that come with a plunge in the oling waters of a clear sparkling eam. Therefore, they should be ovidedl with an artificial swimming ol, one large enough to meset the mands of a city of almost 60,000 pulation. Expert engineers could d some method of installing the cessary sanitary arrangements. the past week a visitor to Britain set out vainly in search the municipal swimming pool. He e here from a city of not more n twice the size of this, a city that placed in operation one of the pdsomest natatoriums in the natton. ‘was surprised at the lack of energy j our public officials who have never discussed the question. With Iit- effort, facts and figures can be ob- ed from ome of those places that 5 already come in possession of this 1 natatorium. e bitants. requisite. From such informa- | jo it will be seen that the swimming bls operated by oities are great ben~ 8 to the health of communities. Also, can be operated at very little ex- pse, considering the amount of good pe. If needs be a nominal charge b be made for all bathers using the pl. In Washington, D. C., the ex- pse of operating the pool, used by re than 80,000 people so far this son, has been less than one cent capita. his Summer 18 nearly over. But i it remains with us it is time k about setting to work on this stion that must eventually occupy attention of our people. away from We are ng inland, , river, lake, of any d. The nearest out-door bathing ilities are offered at Lake Com- nce or the Farmington River, both ces are too far away to be conven- t. A modern natatorium could be or stream cted in one of the numerous parks pund New Britain and would prove tility and an ornament. It is sug- ted that some enthusiastic member the Common Councll take hold of i foster this idea, the construction a municipal natatorium. BOTH SIDES WRONG. [fhis much may be set down as true: e rallvoad brotherhoods and the lroad presidents involved in the test railroad controversy of all do not care what happens to American publc so long as their jn selfish ends are satisfled. And the perican public, aware of this, is ing today aghast at the terrible astrophe about to be staged, a na- [n-wide strike that may be the ans of starving a vast number of . The railroad brotherhoods are of the scheme. The American pple are pathetic in thelr helpless- ps. And yet, In the final show-down, s great group may awaken from lethargy and show the railroad ptherhoods and the railroad presi- 8 they are not the only inhabitants this portion of the globe. It can done, and it may be done. Just v, no one knows. It may be a m of war. There may be blood- d, and probably killing; but, in the forces be 4, two arrogant would t in their proper places and justice tor Vhen this trouble started the Amer- little attention to it, contemplated strike a the n public paid ifeving the bre 2 on of the th As board part time wore on, how- of light was shed on Then rhoods. nd the mediation led in its work, eedings. when the United States saw fit P pro lesident of the call the two contending B White House, the real import of dawned the public. forces to situation on ere becam anifest interest in the proceedin Every move was tched formed other ubt. hjorit at more -than ether they were right In their ntention is not the question. The fnerican public has decided the otherhoods were wrong when they Public opinion was then be- the | the at the the and inning benefit of thought heods had Tt by the va the their nen were rights. ocean, | | sent out the strike order before the negotiations with the President were | The railroad brotherhoods The dents have suffered, Both | double-dealings, | whole thing | completed suffered. railroad prosi- too, by their sides resorted to The truth of the that they have been | dishonest. They have not been | the level either with themselves, with or with the President of the United States. And as they have not been honest in these three instances they cannot be honest with | have | methods. on each other, the final court, the American people. Therefore, no matter what happens the American people will not sanc- tion the strike. The raliroad presi- dents placed an embargo on all food- | stuffs two days ago and in a short | time the process of starvation may set in. The brotherhoods had issued | the sweeping order to strike, | even before all the points in the con- troversy were thrashed out. This augmented the possibilities of starva- tlon. When food is denied the peo- ple of the nation those who are party to the outrage must expect to be con- demned. If the railroad brotherhoods were fighting for their very bread the peo- ple would be with them to the last ditch just as the people will be against them if they aid in the starva- tion of the nation. But the brother- hoods, as the average man is begin- ning to learn, are not so sorely in need of higher wages or shorter hours that they must starve the American people to get a decent living. As a class, the rallroad men are the high- est pald laborers in the country. The raiflroad presidents, if they could sece no way in which to meet the demands of the men, and if they could show where their properties would be wrecked if they yielded, would have had the public with them. But they refused to put the eight hour day in and means committee of the House | CHARGING UPON WINDMILILS. by James W. Fordney whose record a protectionist of the is his only distinction. as ave of protection is a joy never to be for- gotten by those who seek protection for protection’s sake. The chief dis- penser of “pork” under older Repub- deepest His brand | lican administrations is still lingering around in the person of Senator War- ren of Wyoming who knows more about this special brand of political meat than any other statesman, near statesma or n. The work of the com- | mittee on military affairs would be di- rected by Henry A. Dupont who prob- ably would be the best choice of all. If one were to judge from his earlter career as set forth in the Congres- slonal Record, Senator Dupdnt should know something about planning coast defenses; that 1s, If service in the Civil War counts for anything in this day of advanced military tactics. How he would spend the nation’s money is the other side of the question. Then, as a grand climax, there is George E. Sutherland of Utah, who voted for Lorimer. He would be placed at the head of the committee on privileges and elections. The names contained in the foregoing list represent all that is reactionary in the Republican par- ty, the party as it was known when old Uncle Joe Cannon held the whip | hand in the House and instituted his well known and never to be forgotten “czar rule.” These men are truly rep- resentative of the Old Guard. They would have the main part in shaping and enacting legislation for the Re- publican administration which Charles Evans Hughes might try to rule from the White House. It is one thing for a presidential candidate to tell how he would run the government and other thing for a man In the presi- dential chair to overcome the great in- fluence of the House and the Senate. an- practice as a trial measure; even | when the assurances were glven that | the government of the United States | would help in case it did not prove a | success. And thus they lost the sup- | port of the American public. As it | stands now, the 100,000,000 in this country not connected with the rail- | road brotherhoods, or the railroad | managers, are against both sides. If a great crisis is produced the two | contending forces in the rallroad sit- uation may have to join forces to | fight agalnst a far superior power, a | united nation threatened with starva- tion at the hands of a paltry few arrogant and disgruntled men, repre- | senting organizations in quest of more power. When organizations become too powerful, whether they represent | labor or capital they lose sight of true values. LEADERS OF OLD. ! Shorty after the great ship Titanic | struck an lceberg four years ago and | went beneath the waves carrylng some | two thousand souls to a watery grave, | an investigation was instituted by the | United States Senate. A prominent | gure in the conduct of the hearings was Senator William Alden Smith, publican, of Michigan, who was then as now, a member of the Senate com- mittee on naval affairs. Those who | remember the events of that time can- | not forget the chagrin experienced by all good Americans when the Eng- lish captain of the rescue ship Car- pathia unintentionally displayed Sen- | ator Smith’s ignorance of things naval. In persistently questioning the cap- | tain it was finally shown Senator Smith | knew as much about a steamship or | any other kind of vessel as some back- | woodsman. Yet, he held still holds an important place on. the com- mittee of naval affalrs.. Now, by the right of seniority, because he is the | oldest serving member of that com- | mittee, the Senator from Michizan would be placed at the head of this Congressional group if Charles Evans Hughes 1s elected President of the United States. Should happen the very thing that Candidate Hughes is holding against the pr istration would be flagrant Hughes regime. in and of this esent admin- the The cry of sectional- when the of seniority remains in effect. men who are now serving at the heads of committees in the House Senate are there because they in vain law The ism is raised and have served many vears in Congress; and because the party to which they belong in control. Were Mr. Hughes to go in office tomorrow the same law would be followed out. It is the law of Congress, and the Presi- is dent has nothing to do with it. In an interesting from its ‘Washington Correspondent the New York Evening Post sets forth the brand of committee chairmen that would be in vogue should Mr. Hughes ascend to the place now Wilson. the article pied by of would ocg Woodrow By the law seniority Republicar then take the same places occupied now by Democr Boise Penrose, of committee would immedi- at head of table whenever the commit- In thé work of preparing a new tariff and duties he would be ranking member ¢ his place the the lor tee met. | an actuality. | epidemics | ing suit. Charles Evans Hughes would have a wonderful time trying to make Boise Penrose and Murray Crane and Joe Cannon and all that old gang take back water. Mr. Hughes would have his hands full indeed carrying out a new plan of government, a reorganiza- tion of the nation’s business. “America First and America Efficient” sounds great when the mind fails to the figures of Penrose and company. recall President Wilson and Mr. Hughes may be marooned in Kentucky if the threatened railroaq strike Dbecomes Our idea of a glimpse of heaven is to be marooned in Ken- tucky with no possible agent of man able to move us. FACTS AND FANCIES. The man who tries to pick flaws in others is not necessarily a man who is himself without flaws.—Pittsfield News. the backyard has no threats of rikes and no to be feared.—Baltimore After all, sharks, no American. 'ting on the fence” doesn’'t de- sc. the attitude the Greeks. They are balancing on the fence on tiptoe.—New York World. A New York man tells the divorce courts that his wife put needles in his soup. Undoubtedly she meant to | use noodles.—Philadelphia Led An eastern girl was nearly drowned because she wore a new style bath- At that she would no doubt have died happy.—Detroit Free Press. Republican T.cader Mann of the house of representative surely is an optimist. He sees the electoral votes of Texas in the Hughes list.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. the annual is about due for the coal man, a thought that gives most pockethbooks a marrow- piercing 1l.—Waterbury Repubii- can. Within a few hours Ttaly declared war on Germany and Rumania an- nounced hostilities against Austria- Hungary. lere need he no better proof of the smooth working of the expanded Alliance.—Providence Jour- nal. . Long Island is pleased to acknowl- edge recelpt of an order for one ship- load of Blue Point o ers for soldiers fighting in the BEurorean trenches Here is evidence that our goods have met the severest bacteriological tests. —Brooklyn Eagle. Summer in Virgir (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Perhaps you've been perspiring, And hotly, madly To find a place in comfort to recline; Perhaps you have been swearing Because the sun kept nearing— But don’t vou now admit this weath- er’s fine? Virginia and sinew up and times in nerve to melt There are When every Seems likely awa week it did seem rather be reduced to lathe earth could kick float Last We'd But who on today ? about Although the sun is shining, That should not cause repining— It only gives the shade a deeper zest; And breezes sweetly singing, ably isted as chairman of the ways Assurances are bringing This is Virginia’s summer at its best. Republican Newspaper Roundly Scores ‘ Hughes for His Gush. | From the St. Louis Times, a repub- lican newspaper, thg following is taken: Nominee Hughes, having momen- pecific charges of | tarily made some democratic inefficiency, again has mounted the Pegasus of glittering gen- eralities and flies away into ths em- pyrean at a dazzling speed which soon carries him almost out of sight. This kind of junk, delivered by him to the Advertising Club of Portland, Ore., may be widely applauded by im- petuous auditors who are caught by | sounding phrases, but what does it mean ? “The man who tries to get the het- ter of the public for his private purse,” the nominee said, “is a traltor to the government. We will go ahead and put these traitors out of busi- ness, while we build up the business of the United States. Who is going to brand these “trait- ors”? Will they stay branded? Who will pick them out? Who are they, anyway? If Mr. Hughes means a partioular traitor, or any class of traitors in particular, he oughtn’t to balk at giving names. Experience has taught most of us that there are something like 20,000,- 000 adult male persons of sound and competent mind in this country who are willing to get the better of the public for their private purses. Laws which bestow opportunities to get the better of the publie, “these should be annulled, assuredly, but a general assault on an undesignated ar. ray of traitors is a charge upon wind- mills and chimeras. Satire Still Tives. (Toledo News-Bee.) time, not was born so very they Once upon a long ago, a boy and ramed him Willie. When this hoy he caught the whooping couch, For- tunately. Professor Bordet, of Brussels, had discovered that anti-toxin serum from a cat would cure whoaping cough, and some cat serum was in- Jected into Willie. Soon after Willie got about again he was taken with the measles. Tortunately, Dr, John P, Anderson, of Washington, had discavered that anti-toxin serum from a monkey would cure the measles, So, they prmped monkey serum into the boy, and the measles didn’t kill him, One day Willie was plaving with s pet terrier when the dog scratched him. So his folks, fearing hydrophobia in its worst form, rushed Lim down to New Jersey, where there is a great institute in honor of Pro- fessor Pasteur, wha, fortunately, dis- covered that anti-toxin serum from a dog was a fine thing for rabies. They pumped dog serum into little Willie for two months. Willie pulled through nicely, but on the way home rode in a Pullman sleeper in which a smallpox case had been discovered. Fortunately, Dr. Jenner had discovered that anti- toxin from a cow would cure small- poX, and so, on getting hame, they pricked some cow serum into Willie’s arm. Well, Willie lived was ten vears old, his folks were sent into a panic by discavering that he had black dip- theria. Fortunately, a noted physician had discovered that anti-toxin serum frem a horse would cure diphtheria, if anything would, and so Willie some horse serum, mically, Finall was two years old, along until he when, one night, at 40 vears of ago, was taken with a mysterious mals None of. the doctors could tell defi- nitely what it was. At last, as Willie was very low, a very learned scientist from a great eastern institute visited bim and pronounced it ‘“general de- .’ “But, cheer up, my man! the scientist, “I have here an anti-toxin from——" 0 more menagerie in mine,” sighed Willie. “Life has been but one blamed serum after another.” Whereupon he turned over and died, |1 much to th regret of the scientist, who felt surc that he was abaut to | enrich medical selence with another | £ discovery, since he was about | to try serum from a hen and from an alligator on ‘‘general debility. | We don’t know that there's any | moral ta this story. There's a whole lot of God's truth to it anyhow. As the World Moves (Waterbury John Lund, sixty-four made his first telephone call at San Diego, Calif., the other day. Mr. Lund had sailed the seas for fifty vears, hut Republican.) vears old, t Toranio, a Favorite Resort } In ihe Golden Age of Rome | | | | great naval where disaster nation’s the loss of 300 ses of the following war geography bulle- tin graphic headquarters eighth era—the same century tion says Rome by Romulus Taranto, (the an- cient Tarentum), cinating S great city whom still retain a Greek accent in- herited from the ancient Spartan col- which sticks ian ‘boot’ at the the ‘instep.’ rock, which rises from the sea to a height of more than 50 feet, Was a Deninsula dug a 1 ing an is side is the Gulf of Taranto and on the other the The entrance to the magnificent har bor, one commanded islands, San Pietro and The Little of 6,000 commodations for nean has ins docks. mile this inner sea. Taras, was se rights monian cefved it, stain on their birth. ceived the name Taras of Neptune. ation the this land was immensely fertile, coming famous for the flocks of sheep ing to Horace, was so fine that it be- hooved animals their fleece. the town found inner which the highly was made. developed the wealth and Importance of the col- ony to such an extent that by tke be- ginning Tarentum was recognized as the most Awake U. ment. but it is better to b Navy Journal. screaming the hysterical agitation for pr ness."” The beautiful Lady Craven. most which she flourished life. record Turope between 1770 and 1820, vAuich | tury. The Greek tr it is hard to lay it down. vivid (aste.”—Springficld Republic Washington, Aug. 31.—Taranto, the of Southern Italy, base overtook one of that | battleships recently, causing men, is the subject issued today society by tht National Geo- from its Washington “With a history dating back to the century before the Christian which tradi- marked the founding of has a past of fas- inter and a present of commercial importance. This of 50,000 inhabitants, many of clings to a rocky acropolis in the ‘heel’ of the Ital- point where it joins In ancient times the | but Ferdinand T of Aragon | across the isthmus, mak- et of the town site. On one Mare Piccolo (Little Sea). of the by finest two in all Ttaly, is well fortified San Paolo. anchorage has a depth an aera of more than affording unlimited a Italy’s Mediterra- and here the govkrnment alled splendidly equipped The arsenal extends and half along the S 36 feet and acres, fleet, dry a of | for a shore “Legend relates that Tarantum, or tled by the Pathenian of ns who claimed the of zenship in the Lacedac capital but who had not r perhaps on account of a The town re- from the son from its found- flourished, nor was for the surrounding soon be- its olives, while ! sustained wonderful whose wool, accord- | cla Almost colony surprising pastures the- Tarentines to make the wear coverings to protect | ““As a related industry the fishers of in the waters of the peculiar mussel from prized purple dye Thus weaving and dyeing hand-in-hand, increasing sea a of the fourth century B. C. | her | Fabriu | by and 100 yes | few. | teem gna Graecia, as the numerous colonies of Southern Italy and Sicily were known. The gold coins of this period, considered the most beautiful ever struck by a Gre- cian city, are »u index to wealth and art of this resplendent community. Prosperity soon bred shameful wan- tonness among its aristocrats, so that when a Tarentine mob attacked a Roman fleet at anchor in its harbor and the latter city declared war on the southern metropolis its citizens were not prepared for the hardships of battle. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, was asked to send aid. Ht responded, bringing his well-trained soldiers and a score of terror-inspiring war ele- phants to win those costly successes which ‘Pyrrhic victories.’ was not deferred as ally’s for Milo, one of generals, betrayed the hands of the enemy. “In the Second Punic War Taren- tum again made the mistake of op- posing Rome. As punishment for espousal of Hannibal's cause, sacked the city and 30,000 of the inhabitants were sentenced to slavery. “During the Golden Tarentum was a Roman colony having been established viously. From the days of Justinian it belonged to the Byzantine empire. It was almost completely destroyed the in the tenth century, later was seized by that picturesque Norman adventurer, Rob- ert Guiscard, “The relics of the ancient The most important are the ruins of a Doric Temple, possibly dating back to the sixth century B. C and Roman viaduct about opulent city of Ma Tarentum’s fate long as her the Greek city into the Rome ort, a Neptunia) here pre- Age of favorite r (Colen city are a nine | miles long, known at 1I Triglio. The chief source of wealth of the modern city is the owster industry, the crustaceans being cultivated in great numbers in the oyster beds of the Mare Piccolo. These waters also with fish, more than ninet, varieties being found here. They en- ter with tie tide and are caught in nets as the waters recede. 1t is from Taranto tnat we derive the name of a large family of poison- ous spiders of great size. The genu- ine tarantula, found in the Taranto district, is not nearly so venemous as the insect to which the name is ap- plied in the western hemisphere. The natives of Southern Italy once held to the belief that the best cure for the bite of a tarantula was the per- spiration induced by a violent dance which received the name of the tar- artella. A tarantella dancing mania swept over this part of the peninsula during the 15th, 16th and 17th cen- turies.” B COOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE'S LIST THIS WEEK A. Are we prepared? by William Freeman pseud. “He is given to exaggerated state- It is well to be euthusiastic, right.” Army & ‘“Among the idlest documents of t that horde of have fed | pared- Springfield Republican. P “She was one of the most beautiful, well as the cleverest, witties a versatile women of the age in One of the most and absorbingly interesting of high life in England and appeared during the present cen- P sunding of Spanish California by 13. Chapman, v % at eat push, an episode of the war, by Patrick MacGill. e ion; essays in the re- construction of ancient thought, | by J. A. K. Thomso “It is put in such perfect form that Athenaeum. “It is a brilliant book, so clear and in its thought and expression t it will delight any reader of n. | delightful books | of “High | cratic Highways and byways in Shakespeare’s country, by W. H. Hutton. In many respects one of the most in this entire series and byways”. No lover of Shakespeare can afford to ignore the volume, which is most attractively gotten up, in every wa PR Poems of the Irish brotherhood 1 and others. Rovolutionar; T. MacDonagh P Turkey in Europe, by Sir Charles Eliot. 2 e e of the Upper Yukon; exploration for wild b-Arctic mountains, by heldon. wildernes A hunter’s sheep in s Charles The An American’s the hy tha ier Jones. With Serbia into exile: adventures with cannot die, by Fo v e FICTION. Bonnie May, by Loui > “Bonnie May” is a lovable preco- cious little child of the theater thrown 1ce into the midst of amily amusing 1 has a pr influence upon sourse of pretty love af- by ¢ with niling very She the fair.” a Petey Simons at Siwash, by George Fitch, had never before had occasion to talk over wires. He wanted information on a business matter, so he went into a business place and asked to use the telephone. He surprized the clerk in charge by not knowing how to make the first move to get his connection. But after he had been shown how to manipulate the instrument, he exprest himself as well satisfied. “It's pretly good"”, he sald, “quite clear.” How short a time it is since the first telephones were put into com mission! And now all our surprize directed toward the man who is un- accustomed to their daily use. The Juxury of today indeed becomes the necessity of tomorrow. In twenty vears shall we turn with amazement to look upon the man who has never ridden in an aeroplane? The Real High Brows. (Newark News). “I am all for output, but there is nothing more fatal to a people than that it should narrow its vision to the material needs of the war. ; We shall need at the end of the war better workshops, but we shall also need every institution that will exalt the vision of the peopie above the wort > and the counting house.”— Lloyd George. | High brow stuff, by Britain’s man of the people; which proves that a good deal of current opinion about high brows in dued alush. 1c many people had {hat the world had gone permanently mad, and that this country would soon be drawn into one of the empty luna- tic wards, along comes a distinguished theosophist with the pleasing informa- tion that there are days ahead full of happiness and contentment for this country of ours. Ttoosevelt will take the more kindly to the views of this prophet 'because he says he Is rather inclined to think that the Colonel 18 none other than the Jullus Caesar possible,” 3 President Wilson will back away be- cause the prophet says that he is an excellent example of the new race which 1s even now being born in the United States. all is today springing from the American melting pot, thus justifying the con- fldence of in inviting here the oppressed of all nations and putting to flight those who would include a literacy test in immi- gration prophet the quiet and listen. in part: “A race of supermen is com- Adng. They will be the product of the A New Ray of Hope. (New Haven Journal-Courler.) Just at the moment when a great become convinced Admirers of Colonel of old. he says. “It is highly The enemies of Of course this new race from which these blessed things are to flow | the continental congress the is legislation. But let his own talking. It of common folk to This is what he say: do business great American melting pot and the plains of the western United States and of Australia. Their religion will be the brotherhood of man. They will play ‘hunches’ on all great decisions and will use their wonderful brains for following their ‘hunches’ to the limit. They will have the transmigrat- ed souls of the soldiers killed in the Jouropean war, the purest of all souls because they are those of men who unselfishly have given their lives for an idea. The new race will express spiritual attainments just as the Mediterranean races expressed beauty in all its forms and the Teutonic races expressed scientific attainment.” We are untutored in the new science of theosophy, but this is a much more agreeable line of talk than that of men who forbid us to contemplate 1 world of peace and plenty. It is a hit ntastic and ethereal, but it is all- flred satisfactory, and much better to fight for, or rather strive for, if such things can be striven for, than the ac- ceptance of the philosophy of the world today which can only express itself in terms of hate and destruction The present world would not be worth clinging to if a better world was not on its way. Beyond that we do not care to commit ourselv Marino should not be over- The number of belligerents San looked. is 15—Springfield Republican, were to become proverbial as | an WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed In ex- changes that come to tho Hernld Office. Realizing Our Strength. (Boston Post.) About two years ago this time, what appeared to the most serious danget threatening the United States as a re- sult of the outbreak of the Europeasn war was that we should be called upon immediately, or even quite gradually, to pay off the five billions which it was estimated we owed FEurope It was feared that the demand for payment of our current indebtedness of several hundred millions would pul 50 much of the gold out of our banks as to endanger the superstructure of credit upon which general businesd rested; and it was freely predicted that even if these current payments were safely made, Europe would keep de- luging us with our own securities held by her investors, so that enterprise,a and speculation would be stifled here as long the war lasted. The re- mark credited to Sir George Paish, the eminent English economist, that we could ‘kiss good-by" to all the gold we remitted to Europe, did not help to assuage these fe: How differently tl out from the predictions of best informed economists! p our current debts in gold, and, thank to the federal reserve act, had a plenty left to take carc of the then budding business boom. But the gold did not stay away for long. As our exports in- creased by leaps and bounds, Europe found the current debt balance tilted our way, and the gold we sent to Can- ada for account of the Ban kof Eng- land has been for months flowing back to us Not only this, but from over the world the yellow stream . has been flooding in, with the result that we havd gained $660,000,000 net ince the war started That amount is 50 than the normal annual in world’s supply It as much additional credit to ou ness men as all nal furnished before We now nearly one-third the stock of gold, and the Bank of En the PRank France, the Bank of Germany and the Bank of Russia combined. And while making this gain we have taken back some $2,000,000,000 of our own securi- ties from Europe, and loaned foreign tions about 500,000,000 | Jurope now realiz giant finan- cial strength, and openly acknowledges [ that the United States has become the { worlds’ financial centre. It is high time |that the little people here at home | who want to close our gates and hide | behind the old provincial h tariff wall wake up to the possibilities of world dominance in international trade that now lie so clearly before us. as turned the have even ngs We 1y per cent more the half busi- bank have world's much as” provides the ws of m lan ot Patrick Henry’s Oratory. Patrick days succ his argument Cause”, and the audience throughout, their interest | increase as it progressed. When Henry finally sat down, writes Robert 8. Shaw in Case and Comment, the con- | course rose with a general murmur of admiration, the scene ‘‘resembling the breaking up and dispersion of a great theatrical assembly. Henry took the position that, by the law of nations, contracts between the people of belligerent countries are vold; that under the strain of war, the debts were justly confiscated; that ireat B: 1 broken her treaty in more ways than and, finally, that the independence of America had: brecught about an annulment of'a thousand things of greater importance than obligations for the payment of a few pounds sterling. At the Henry s 1 and was engaged vely in the delive: in the ‘“British three ., of Debt remained seeming to Henry - one, close ling passagze in at his utmost Justice Iredell cried out iotis God! He is an orator indeed Thus did Henry his last great case close his career as an advocate with blazing triumph which height in Huge Words. (P} The section Dbill concerning a have given great mons in the recital, it from the finance which he is chairman cessional of chemi which took some time given point but any cheimecal Zeitschrift of the sort that came from Germany be- fore the war could elbow most of these ig words quite out of the marchin column Mark Twain describes a German hospital operation for the re- moval of a word of seventeen sylla- bles which had stuck in the patient’s throat. One is reminded of the ne- gro preacher of Florida who safd that the rare ‘occasions when he was able to pronounce ‘“ratiocination’ had a sensational effect in converts to the mourners’ bench. would be too bad if all the long words should be driven from the lan- guage by any of these modern pro posals for saving ink and paper by chopping the language to mincemeat and abolishing spelling and punctua- tion. delphia Public Ledge of the ti gencral re e dyestuffs must to Senato joy Sini- en he repor committee, It is a \pou to pass successful on bringing Dare To Have Enemies. From the German, He has no enemy, you say; My friend, your boast is poor. He who hath mingled in the fray Of duty that the brave cndure Must have made foes. If he has none Small is the work that he has done He has hit no traitor on the hip: Has cast no cup from perjured Ip; Has never turned the wrong to right; Has been a coward in the fight. 4 A Sound System. (New York World) A Sing locked up ay. A Sing be trusty asked tc prevent 1 runnin system of that produces this degrce & entlousness in a convict must be a ‘4 3rev.w sound one. av prison discipline of consci-