The evening world. Newspaper, September 9, 1919, Page 14

Piles Ces Geant - weade Sree seserested eibeeerae ree, take VOLUME 60.. v eee oes NO, 21,2038 _ NOT SILENCED. © 5 ‘ {HOUGH following their report in favor of a ‘Six monthy sus- pension of strikes President James P. Holland of the New A York State Eederation of Labor stimmarily removed them + from the Federation's cost of living cominittee, Messrs. John F. Pierce and Isadore Epstein, the two labor men who proposed the truce as an aid in bringing down prices, have not been silenced. i , Afthough their reply is addressed to President Holland, it is really an appeal to all thoughtful, patriotic elements of organized labor. | + Tt is an appeal the results of which may be far-reaching. Pointing to a . the fact that “the highest organized labor authority in the land” is |: oo pursuing the policy which Holland rejects, these two labor leaders “The sole of object of our report which you have repudiated ‘was to relieve the country of the complications caused by the © | Many unnecessary, unjust and, under trade union laws, illegal strikes that are in progress or which might hereafter be pre- cipitated by reckless or selfsecking leaders. * “We hope to see the day very soon when no trade or indus 7 try will be allowed to order a strike without permilssion of the . Executive Councif, It is a power too great to be left in the hands of men who sometimes exercis® it for reasons not alto- . gether for the benefit of the'rank and file whose will they are to, but ‘often do not, fepresent. There should be a upon such met. ~ ‘ undersigned do not intemd to lower the colors they They intend to have much more to say on this subject in the future. You have debarred them from addressing you with authority as your representatives and, * have thus left them with only one recourse—an appeal fo the renk and file. We will’ address our future appeals to the 900,00 men and women whe compose the organized army of New York State.” The issue for labor is becoming more and more clearly defined: # Is the power to remain with leaders who are® trying to ride’ ___ two horses. an@ who have too miuch fear of the plunging radical _»* element to rein it in? 5 : S * OF is the solid good sense and patriotism of a maférity of organ- _ ized workers to take command and save the country from calamity? il F i i choseh tb precipitate the contest in New York, ne apne : ~The 900,000 organided workers in this State cannot blind them- a selves to the fact that thé public is overwhelmingly on the side of * patriotism at a time. of acute national need in just guch one which the man who should have, their intere: most at heart has contemptuously spurned. ; : —+ + : + Unless the United States enters the League of Nations at its formation, declared the Président at Omaha, the only alter- “native is to stay out and come fn later with Germany. 7 Would it take long to count the American faces that fail to * turn wry at the latter suggestion? é ; ‘ i ' THE REAL THING. —o he. landed at Hoboken yesterday amid the cheers and ti j bale ™. . waving’ flags and the words of ptaise fromthe Secretary i} ae ‘“F accept this; of cougse, in the name of the brave fellows who came over ‘to serve to’ the best of their ability to help +> Make success possible.” It gaes with the final words of the report in which Gen. John _ J. Pershing summarized last November the great military achieve- ment this Nation has written inte its own annals and into the history of the world: : pi are “I: pay the supreme tribute to our officers and soliiers,of , the liné. When I think of their heroism, their patiéxce under * hardships, their unflinching spirit of offengive action, | am « filled with emotion whith I am ynable to express, Their deeds of ‘ ate immortal, and {hey have earned the eternal gratitude of * our copntry.” iy Genuine modesty does not have to remember ta be modest. Its self-effacement behind those «who have worked for and with it is ag natural as itself. The modesty of the Commander in Chief of the i ae hes A. E. F is the genuine sort. It adds to his bigness, “4; . } me A Week ago actors and managers were being warned that =" the public was learning to do without the theatres. That's one thing about some lessons—it takes less than a jiffy to un- learn them, ‘ Letters From the Our Den Franee. Bo the Kalior of The Evening World: About our dead in France, I am _ ¥ery grateful to the mothers who are asking through your paper to h our dear boys’ bodies brought te ue 20 we can atleast see their last Jesting place. We gave oug boys will- © Angiyeand now we see where France Fefuses to ‘have the boys’ bodies “yalsed. Very ungrateful to both our : and our dear boys, We are not looking for notoriety, we lobdking “for sympathy ‘We want our boys’ back. The Govern- Severmutnt it to u it rest and he “tak an end with our People tila tn pansing the bin which will sive six (6) months’ poy to the mem (who served during the emergency), at the time of their discharge, The mere $60 which a soldier gets at the time of his diseharge is, just enough to buy for him a sult of clothes, a Pair of shoes, a hat and other things such as sbirts, collars, ties, &c. He must wear these clothes every day until he can save enough out of his earnings, after he gets a job, to buy additienal clothes, A fellow just from the army or navy must have gt the very least $150 for an outfit. ‘Tite sum would buy him two cheap spits, $70; one overcoat, $30; two pairs of shoes, $16; one hat, four shirts, $10; collars, ties, underwear and other articles, $21.60, Even six months’ pay dear} would not give him enough to live on f be didn’t get work within two weeks after his diseharge, Would it not be a good thing for ex-aprvice ine and “their friends to remember their present Congressmen when vleo tion comes around? ee Na FE eee of our darl- ‘The President of the State Federation of ‘Labor has himself} * . @ aes LIKE the way Gen. Pershing takes his welcome. When| « copyright, 1919. By Sophie ishing Co, 4 ’ ANTI~ LEAGUE ife ENED The --“Imaginitis” Who » oe Irene Loeb (The New York Evening World). Keep That Which Is Yours by Invoking the » = Supreme Court has now a case “before it of a man who charges his wife with having “Imaginitis.” This issthe term he used in describ- jng hig wife's jeal- ousy of him, which bs ror is un- : she eny “ only a figment of 4 her mind, Whether, this is true or not, in this particular case, much of the héart- burnfng jealousies that eonsume the livés af many wives—and husbands too—may well be termed “imagin- itis,” Prewin ane Lon Sometimes it actually gets te bef 4 mania, and the medical ‘man is called in, I know of a family ht now who should by all ecircums@nces be the happlest in the world, but who, be- cause of thig very mania, are most miserable, and those close to this fam- ily are apprehensive of where it will lead—most likely to the divorce court, ‘This wife and mother ts devoted to her hugband and has never given thought to another man, But her husband ts consumed with a madden- ing jealousy, the cause for which 18 only in hig brain, ‘ Me actually imagines his wite (when he is not with her) cy enjoying the company of othe ‘The immediate family are much con- cerned over his situation, because nowhere is there any semblance of truth or reason for his jealousy, wich bas become, abnormal.» And doctars have need be consulted, He is @ splendid hushang In every Way and a man of fine intelligence, but this hallucination on his part seemingly insurmountable, While in a great’ many Instances this case, yet thelr brooding so much over thelr seeming grievance very line, where they are hardly normal, some cause for It, as matter of Intuition, You just feel that somebddy is not what he or she BEN PHILLIPS, A. E. F, 84. Div, they are, The jealous perao= vegins by get- endure, but each of us ls only hue led for and ts Jealous. pple do not get as bad as often leads them ‘close to the border I have always held that where a person ir jealods there is usually nerally it is a * Element, of Tolerance, ting suspicious, and in many instances finds that the fears had been well {ounded, a Yet there is such a thing as mggni- fying the early jealous feelings, and 80 acting as a result of this as to forever make it Impossible to secure the return of the former interest of the person of whom one is jealous, -In other words, a jealous person as a rule so conducts himself or herself as to make the persong whom they love and want to hold gradually learn \to dislike them, if for nothing else ‘but their jealousy, * If the persons who have a ,valous tendency would only stop and reason A bit, give the, benefit of the doubt, and try to win rather than repel the persons they love, perhaps, who knows, they might bring back, before it is too late, an affection that may be ‘temporarily fascinated ‘elsewhere, But by vituperation and arguments and accusatigns, they rather kill the thing they love—the love of that person, . "The self-secure and proud person will say that he or shexdoes not want a love that is not all bis own ‘nad that would wander elsewhere, even in & moment of fascination, And I have heard people say they would let the loved person if she seemed to care for another"go imme- jately—all of which is a matter of conceit, ‘This is a big world, ang the Lord did not make the mould of man and woman and then break it, Many peo-| |hJe have equal attractions, @ Men and women may be drawn to: ward ptbers besides their wives cr husbands, but it may after all be but respectful admiration, and the deop- rooted love for the persons to whom they are mansed may there in full strength, 4 The jealous men or women who continually nag such life partners usually drive them toward the tem- porary affection, ‘The persons with a jealous ten- TAC NOVP rr en Sr -_ RE yp SI BUSINESS | INTERESTS Copyrieht, 1919. by The Press Publishing Co. Love Is a Comedy in Five Acts—I. Admiration, II, Flirtation, U1, Adoration, IV. Subju- gation, .V. Migration, LATONIC friendships are the temperance liqueurs of love; have the looks'and the flavor of the real thing but they lack the “Klek.” While the medals for conspicuous valor are being distributed wear- ers of backless evening gowns should not be forgotten. Even her own husband has charm and novelty for the woman just home ffom a summer.resort, When a man tells a woman he never loved before she wonders ag- grievedly why he had to practise on her. After the world state is put on good behavior by the league to en- foree peace, why not create one for the state of matrimony? Whole books have been written on how to keep a husband's love, but the only book for keeping a wife's love is—the bankbook. “ Once man called the beloved woman a “godde: his “queen,” now ‘she 1s merely “baby doll,” Husbands are divided into two classes: those who are under a howe mandatory and gdmit li—and those who do not admit it, Make a moving picture of a moonbeam, diagnose a soap bubble— but never analyze a kiss! (The New York Evening World). then she became Should N Passengers to say: “The Philadéiphia gers during 1 inger.” ° is to have not been ino Mr. Mitten, who is a “less-thai ported slated to succeed Mr. Shonts, of the Interboro system. “Philadelphi and ten cemt fares; Mr. Mitten says: “This accomplishment js due to . taking in $34,000,000 of passenger ea: come with a reduction of more than While the men have been doing wages from $622.16 each to $1,581.88 while effecting rigid economies elsew Five Specific Savings. Mr, Mitten can count on the fingers of one hand the saving of $7,546,742 a ‘ year by efficient’ management of the plant, equipment and finances. Here is hisfive-fingcred saving schedule: | Fised omege reduction. . 4,480,000 Saved by less help, 1919 rate, , 1,600,000 Rerouting of cars ‘Trailer time saving Coal via akip stops and expert stoki His campaign to make the street car motormen and conductors “sell the empty seats” has resulted In costing Philadelphians $5.60 a year per capita more than it did beferg Mr. Mitten ° took charge of the P. R. T., although “d the fares have been reduced through free transfers, Explaining this, he say: “The average number of rides in 19% was 288 per capita, while fn 1919, with good salesmanship on @he part of both the’ motormen and the con- ductors, it bids fair to exceed 400 rides per capita. These figures demon- strate that the public appreciate the more acceptable service and that the company is functioning better as 4 common carrier.” An illustration of Mitten frankness, directness, loyalty, charity aml appre- ciation was illustrated to his own men recently. A committee of his .em- « | ployees visited bim to discuss a mew wage schedule. He “felt” Anat. his mind and those of the men were now in perfect contact. ‘Then he remem- bered that labor agitators had been inciting the men to rebellion by com- paring the salaries of the employees fo that of Mr. Mitten which they had egtimated ‘at $150,000 a year. Instantly he came to @ conclusion. . + “Gentlemen,” he began, “there have been various rumors about how much salary I am paid, That you.may be correctl® informed I will tell you that I am paid $100,000 a year; I am inde- pendently rich without # and the United States Government takes 40 per cent. of it from me. ‘Vghiat do I do with the reste it? ‘I keep five women. ‘Each {3 more than eighty-three years of age. . “One is my,mother. She !s ninety. I hope shé lives to be a thousand.” (She has died since this statement was made.) The point tof contact had deen es tablished. ‘At the present time the capitaliza- tion of the P. R. T. ts $173,000,000, ‘The actual cash paid into this account they By Betty [COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE, Vincent is $132,500,000,. ‘There has been no “water” Mdded since 1901, and $63,- | 700,000, in new capital has been pit Into the company since 1902, Back in 1902, of every dollar taken R,, which brings up the subject of women and cig- arettes. To stoke or not to smoke is not exactly the question with him but whether his flancee should smoke in public, bak “L anf twenty-four and ‘in love with @ girl of twenty,” says K. R., “which I know: was fullf recipro~ cated until recently, when I did not agree.to 18 her smoke cigarettes in public, “She only acquired this habit since I was with the A. E. F., and as I know many girls indulge in this habit, and it is really their privilege ‘a8 well as for men, I thought it would fan, and allowances must be made, if even an average happiness may be maintained, When ati is said and done, you dency should cultivate a broad spintt and be dead-sure that the af- fection they strive to hold has tRuly departed before they take hasty -ac- tion, ‘s Of course we all dream of the one Big fove—the ideal shing—that, will can't change human nature, and the important thing 1s to keep,that which is yours+by invoking the ‘glement of clerance, &t least until you shave ind it is no longer yours. As Burroughs has wisély put it: “Nor tinfe, ndr tide, nor waste nor sea, can,keep mine own away from me,” * — To Smoke or Not to Smoke, i VERY interesting letter conies| be better for her not to do so in public, “Since then she has been very in- different and cold. well told me I had no right to criti- cise ber; in fact, I was the first ong Was I right-in my criticism or was I too marrow minded for this modern day, things are excusable? Now, I truly need this girl, as she is a sincere, lovable and domestic girl, besides be- who ever did. ing very attractive, ali, the qualities necessary for my I would gladly consent to her innocent sclace weré I only not put ipto suck an embarrassing posi- answer me columns in The Eyening World, as I never fail to read your advice.” Perhaps you may never find another girl who has all the qualities you ad- If you are willing to let her smoke in private life I see no reason why you should object to her doing Evidently her smoking does not affect your moral nature but A great many fine ladies of the land have taken to’ smoking If that fs the only fault you have wit. your flancee why not brush that aside and think up some of your | 0)? own habits which might not please City happiness, tion. Please mire, so im public. your pride. lately. ber? in, 61 cents went to pay fixed charges and taxes. In 1910 it took 45 cents of “leach dollar for a like charge. Mr. Mitten has now managed, to bring only 31 cents from each dollar hos to be paid out on this account, Mr. Mitten—and 14 Cents, Analysis of this situation shows that since, Mr. Mitten has been in charge of the P. R. T. he has made available 14 cents more. from each dollar of receipts for ,wages, divi- dends and other purposes without detracting from the financial strength or credit of the company and without any subtraction from the service to the public, As revenue last year was $82,000,000, he has made available for such pyrposes $4,480,000, (His new~ est wage increase of 7c an hour to P, Her mother as where ,many which combines in your year.) In spite of this record, the City of Philadelphia hag not suffered through jis economical handling of the af- fairs of the company. © P. R, 7, records show that the investment of $21,000,000 {n ‘building the Market Street subway-elevated line yields the company 6 per cent. But* the of -Philaddiphia has gained ¥15,000,000 in qdditional taxes through Philadélphia’ Praction’ Wizard, Who May Succeed! Shonts, Answers the Question. ; ‘ With Federal Judge Mayer marshalling facts to emphasize the | | Necessity of raising fares om New York City railways; with Publo | Service Oommissioner Niwon actually raising fares on one line, which he insists is unavoidadle if the line is to be opgrated, The Evening . World presents the story of Thomas B. Mitten “of the Philadethpta Traction Company, which hus not asked for an increase, which hae rdised the wages of ite men and is stitl hunting for more five-cent fares. ployed on the system, who have increased the. effective transportation produced by man by over 90 per cent. quired 4p 1910 to take in less than $19,000,000 pf passenger earnings, Ths management contributed honest purpose. effort. The management established good pay. The men gave good work. According to the records of the company, this increase in earnings had down fixed charges and taxes so that | R. T. workers will take $2,500,000 a | York Transit. © Pay More 3 Than a Five-Cent Fare?’ (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) HILADELPHIA, Sept. 9—Thomas E, Mitten, President of the Phil« e 5 adelphia Rapid Transit Company, authorizes The Evening World Transit Company will carry over 850,000,- + 9 at an average fare of less than four cente He further authorizes The Evening World to say! y¥ the only large city in this country where? ri by some method.” n-four-cent-fare” man, has been re+ an “eight-cent-fare” man, as President Explaining his feat of keeping Philadelphia street car fares under fiyos cents while companies all over the country are demanding six, seven, eight the greater efficiency of the men em= Exactly 6,078 trainmen aré now rnings, while more trainmen were re« The men responded with hones® 1,000 employees, . their part, Mr. Mitten has raised thelg, each, or an increase of 154 ver cents here. Fe &4n increased assessment of $13,000,006 against West Philadelphia property. Counted the Passengers. One of the first things done by Mra Mitten was to station men at street intersections to make an accurate count of the passengers boarding and [leaving the cars. Daily car reports told exactly, what passengers were being carried on each car, and it wae 2)an easy matter to list the laggards and find out where help was most needed to give people the service theys should have and to give such service that every possible nickel of revenue wodld flow into the treesury of the Y ting upon the basis that “the service which is either inconvenient or impossible at the lowest fare is now the right kind of service for the peo= ple and not the proper service to gaim revenue,” the cars were re-routed re= gardiess of the old charter rights of the underlying companie: fon dollars a year_was thu The next big step was not manifest until the war farced the adoption of skip stops. When skip stops were t into effect there was no time f¢ 4& survey and determination of whe: they would be of most benefit to the company and the passengers. But they ‘came into. effect, and since the are so arrangéd now that they edd to the speed of transportation of passengers, allow the cars to make a greater mileage and at the samo time earn more money per hour and give the employees greater earning edpacity. ‘The net reault of theiskjp stop practice is a saving of about $109,000 annually in the P. R, T. coab bill.’ Another $100,000 4 cut from the: coal Hill by Scientific stoking. The war opened up another new? lesson in economy, The Hog Island, League Island and other war plants. |demanded rolling stock to handle peak loads several times a day,, Equipment was stripped from all’ « other lines to give the war workers transportation to their shops. Event ually the Emergency -Fiéet Corpora- tion and the Industrial Housing and ‘Transportation Bureau advanced; money to enable the P. R. T. to buy 210 cars for use on the lines where war workers were hauled. The cars, run as* “trailers” by th when most all other lines were de~+ nied the right to add to their equip~ hent, -'They,solved the problem of war labor ,transportation for the P. R. Te and enabled cars withdrawn from other lines to be returned for services where badly needed. ‘These cars have closed doors. A condictor collects the, fare, but no mdtorma® is needed, aw ach ty run co@Pled te a regular Pe RT. car, 9 @ Extension*of the “trailers” to the heavy. traffio Mines enables better sere vice to the public and much moray revenue td the company, as well ax getting passengers to and from them work mych more quickly than. would be possible otherwise. are better than two individual ca because only one headway® What the “Trailers” Do, None but experienced railroad’ mem or polfee in ch@rge of heavy traffie ealize what it means to operate s is done by means of without increasing the traffic congestion, One traffic halt for a motor gar -and a “trailer”. ie only half the time the loser of two car units on a highway. Fifty stops outbound and «other fifty inbound eliminated means very nearly ap hour a day saved to each “tratle®? ‘There are 210 motor trailers in servicg and the time saving is ®quivalent to the operation of a single car for 210 hours, or elght and three-quarter days, With the car revenue at $3.48 per car hour, as the figures for last year show; this means $730.80 addle tional revenues daily, or $266,742 year, from the time saved along, to Say nothing of the’ convenience of passengers who have necd to travel quickly, Investigation has shown that while: many cars still Are groaning undag the loads thay are required to cai miny others are laggards of ¢ worst kinds. There areylines wh were opened as real estate developer: years and years ago that have service equal to that required to move traffl from congested districts, but. thes laggards have empty seats except for a few trips daily. Service such agl this, that js really interurban in chare acter, is to be cut for further savin and the equipment sent to lines thal have need for more rolling stock, schedules to some of the outlying: districts will be cut from say three, minutes to about ten minutes heads way. It is not unlikely that the save ing will be almost equal to the latest Wage Increase giauled lash mont -y> f , multiple unit system, were acquired re