Reading Times from Reading, Pennsylvania • Page 14

Fpurteen Bell OLDEST NEWSPAPER READING. "1 Published' continuously line 18S3. Absorbed The Reading News 114 One of the Ferry Lloydf. Jones Newspapem i JOHN H. PERRT.

President O. W. KUNSMAN, Business Manager. RICHARD LLOTTD JONES. Edttpr inichief.

B. R. GERBER. Editou. TELEPHONES SH Consotdsted TKllh.

mvmrr Tnnrainr exOBDt Sunday. 3 R2 Entered ss Second ais matter at the Keaawg Member of The Associated Press The Associated 1' "W'uf to the use for republication of all news dispatched not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published The Times is the only morning newspaper in Reading which publishes Associated Press nei. Complete news and picture service of the Newspaper Enterprise Association exclusive in NATIONAL ADVERTISING MPREjNTAtflVES CONE, HUNTON WOODMAN. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York; N. T.

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Vk terB ud5 'Kns" ft c.Uf Holbrook Building. Sin Francisco. Calif. Hlgglns Buildmg, Los Angeles, cam WEDNESDAY, MAT 2, 1923 MILK PROFITEERS The attempt of the Pennsylvania Milk Dealers' latton to boost the price of milk a cent quart is likely to fa. at some places.

The Reading dealers, it is announced, will not comply with the orders, from Philadelphia. That the reasons advanced by the state organization, are unsound is quite apparent. The statement was made that atvincrease in price was necessary, because of increasing cost of material and labor At the very time this threadbare reason was being advanced by the Pennsylvania organization, the New York association announced a reduction of one cent a quart in the price or milk, because of improved conditions. in That leaves the Pennsylvania milk profiteers without a leg to tand on for an excuse for its action. As a matter of fact the proposed advance here was an act of profiteering pure and simple, and the Reading dealers showed a commendable spirit refusing t0 abUnder the circumstances the officers' of the state association, who Philadelphians, of, course, and who acted without consulting members of the body, had better withdraw their profiteer in order.

If there was any justification for.it at all it was so slight as to be negligible. But they evidently figured they could get away with it, and they might nave mil ior me gouu sense ui uuiuu side of Philadelphia, and the disconcerting action of the New York Association in 1 educing tne price. PRESIDENT KNOLL With the election of John K. Knoll as president of the Chamber of Commerce the activities of that organization will be carried on without abatement. nm ino ih tprm hf Heber Ermentrout.

who retires as presi dent, much important work has been advanced. And Mr. Knoll wisely concludes that 'some ot tne measures now unuer way ue pressed to conclusion before new ones are inaugurated. He has one suggestion to make, however, that merits early attention, and that is a new and suitable building of its. own for the Chamber of Commerce.

u. The organization has grown In importance and membership tr a nnint where the consideration of a building: is timely and ap propriate. Presumably such a structure. would be in keeping with the size and importance ot tne city, and would tnereiore involve no small' expenditure. Yet it could be of.

such a type as to bring in revenue sufficient to make the an attractive invest mfnt besides furnishing permanent quarters for the chamber, Among the most important questions now confronting the organization is that of eliminating grade crossings on Seventh street. That project, while discussed perfunctorily for years, was brought to a head and gotten under way by the present chamber It has spent much time and money in bringing the matter to its present stage, and close attention will have to be devoted to it during the ensuing The new president of the chamber brings with him a well trained business mind, ana a Knowledge or city neeas mat ougm to and will spell success for his administration. A NECESSARY WARNING Henry Ford has performed a splendid service in warning the business interests or tne country tnat prosperity can dc very.rap dlv killed bv a sudden orgy of high prices. Others have sounded this warning, but Mr. Ford is able to make it exceedingly effective.

He has served notice that the Ford interests will not join in any wild scramble to buy material that is soaring in price. It is evident that as he says "some people are riding prosperity too We have a long history of financial depressions and recoveries I il MJ! to us in tne present reuuuuimr or gouu times win wc learn by experience? Any wide spread attempt to speedily. recoup all past losses by a process of gouging, by an undue squeezing of opportunity because.it looks, good, is bound to result in a reaction to conditions that appear happily to be past. Desirable as profits are, they do not in themselves indicate a sound financial condition. Prosperity depends upon that recovery from depression which admits all the people of trj country to better coflitions.

Tremendous dividends upon watered stock, peak prices which reduce the purchasing value of the average man's dollar, do not bring any real improvement. To acquire a genuine prosperity, all the elemepts of the nation's business must move together and in harmony toward the better conditions, and such conditions can be permanent only when they represent the average rather than the extreme. $4 TO $16 Among other signs of summer, we will soon be bombarded with the slogans to "Shop Early" and Get Your Coal in Before Winter." Nothing the matter with the slogans. The sentiment is fine. But facts have a disagreeable way of sticking.

Not a person who buys1' that coal but asks the as yet unanswered question: "Why $4 at the mine and; $16 in Reading?" Of course we are told that the car shortage prevents delivery. But that doesn't answer the four to' sixteen equation. There need be no rush about delivering coal to its destination; it is about the most non perishable commodity shipped Nothing but the approach of winter need rush it if the operators and the miners will stop occupying the time when coal should be mined, and shipped by slow freight, in squabbling among themselves. Nothing, but the ancient trone of the not callimr the kettle black will, fit the exchange of courtesies between the anthracite operators and the anthracite miners. The operators refer to last summer's strike as a hold up of the public.

The miners retort ihat their wages are a small part of what the operators compel the public to pay. Each appears convinced that the other is a vicious monopoly. In a general way both are right The operators embodv a close and powerful monopoly of anthracite ownership. The min crs have formed a more. scattered and less perfect monopoly of mine labor in the hard coal fields.

Both profit by the misfortunes of the consumer. Yet in every argument, as in the present one, 'the unions emerge with the last word because they can always point to the gigantic profits that lie between the cost of coal at the mines and the cost of coal at a local dealer's. "It costs around $4 a ton to produce anthracite at the mine. LMt Ca.Ia it it'll THE READING TIM A I WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1 2 3 Always wait until a young lady gets up before calling her up or she Is liable to call you A Daily Thought There It nothing better for a men, than that he should eat and drink, and that should make hi toui enjoy good in his labor. Eeeles, 2(24.

Man hath his dai'y work of body or mind appointed, which declares his dignity; while other animals tin ar tlva rann nf thol nA jtatcs Ellis Searles, edjtor of the United Mine Workers' Journal. takes uo account Miiton. ERMOMTTE By RICHARD LLOYD JONES A sa Personal Liberty 1923, by Richard Lloyd Jones) Robinson Crusoe enjoyed personal liberty until he met Friday. he had to divide that liberty. England once used her island continent, Aus tralia, as, a dumping ground for her criminals.

But given the privileges of personal liberty, they voluntarily worked oua society of law and order; mutual concession was their best protection. He who pleads for personal liberty, nleads for lawlessness and loneliness, for unless we obey society we must taice tne consequences wnicn is isolation trom society Society, rests not upon science. nhilosoDhv. religion or law; it rests upon the conscience of the public and the public is the maioritv of the people. Democratic rights demand at all times that tnere snouid be.

equality of conditions that is, equal chance, as the fundamental basis of society. To grant a special privilege to a railroad or to a woolen trust is as much' a violation of the spirit of democracy and an attack upon society as to grant a special privilege, to an outlaw who tries, wmi urwmioui tuu5ent or constitutional powers, to disregard the obligation of individuals, singly or collectively. Society is a republic When an individual at. tempts to give himself privileges at the cost of the puDiic, ne at once becomes an enemy to society and traitor to the republic. The Disinterested spectator People longing for the srood old days forget the lamplighter has given way to the lighter lamp.

Eve'ry noy and then a woman saves a little by hiding her pocket book where she can't find it. Tippins over the 'salt or makino fun of your wife's spring bonnet are considered signs of a fuss. New mosquito killey calls them like a turkey caller, but there will be enough without calling any. When our government meets a deficit, it shakes hands, saying "My, how you have g'rown." Since these archaeologists have quit digging up Old King Tut maybe they could dig up some of Old Kinir Coal. CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR SATS COLLEGE GIRLS SHOULD NOT MARRY, PROVING ALL COME DIANS ARE NOT ON THE STAGE.

1 i Money being worthless, a German theatre takes vegetables for admission. If change is given it must make the actors nervous. A girl with a heart get won. A girl without a heart gets one. One lighted ass iet consumes st much air as four people or a book agent.

They say Chinese is spoken rby 400,000,000 people. This probably includes all the babies in America. LOOKING BACKWARD 25 YEAR8 AGO 'Admiral Dewey reports sinking of Spanish fleet in Manila harbor. Second Reformed Brotherhood 'celebrates' 10th anniversary. 1 Family "of Darius Moyer, Muhlenberg, is held up and robbd by masked burglars.

Employes of P. R. raise large flag at 7th and Franklin. W. Morris Delsher, of Reading, presides at People's party convention at Wllliamsport.

10 YEARS AGO James M. Relfsnyder, 1 Spanish American War veteran, despondent over wife's death, ends his life by hanging. i ii i 'Trustees decide to dedicate new THE WORLD i EVENTS THE LATE SPRING Spring has been late this year 'be cause the sun has been having a chill. The heat cast off by that great furnace up In the sky is not up to standard. While it's only four per cent, less than It should be, that's enough to play havoc with our weather.

So I announces Prof. 1 C. Abbot of the National Academy of Sciences, "Sensational and! scientists comment. i The sudden and junexplafned cooling of the sun began about 15 months ago. i Don't worry.

A congressional committee probably will investigate It. The sun's chill follows a period of several years in which Its heat was above normal. Apparently na ture la merely evening things restoring to normal balance; RUM RUNNERS British liquor exports to Mexico and West Indies last year totaled 609,500 gallons, against in 1918. At the most. not more than 2,300,000 quarts were smuggled into America last yeai or only a quart for every fifty of us.

Prohibition a failure? THE CAVE MEN The camel orgiinate on the American continent, small as a dog. Its descendants migrated to Africa, Arabia and probably by land bridges now sunken under the ocean Carnegie library with simple ceremonies. It cost $110,000. Council committee decides to call on Governor Terier enlist his aid in preserving banks of the Schuylkill nver. Socialists hold a big Mav Dav srath.

ering on Penn Square with James H. Maurer as speaker. 5 YEARS AGO American troops prepare to take up battle on the western front i Sixteenth ward Liberty loan com mittee has. parade and flag Two wheatless days are set apart for Tteading citizens. George Kurtz, first Reading soldier to oe invalided, Home from France.

Paul Bryson, 18. after several at tempts, secures revolver and ends lire while despondent. waves. So says a scientist, lecturing. The camel originated on the Amir.

lean jungles also were Inhabited by dinosaurs, some of them 70 feet long ana targe a small Dungalow. NEARBY PRESS Members of the Lancaster Rotarv club will inaugurate Bovs' Wek in mis city today when five thousand embryo men will parade the streets. Thtia nnM rl i 1 A WASHINGTON LETTER HARRY B. HUNT NEA 8rvlcs Writer. WMhlnston, May 1.

The frmy hasn't declared war on the nayy, but a. smouldering Jealousy on; the part of Secretary of War Weeks fined the corridors of the War Department building with 1 the acrid fumes of poison gas the week before the U. S. 8. Grant, carrying Weeks and con igressionai guests, sailed for Alaska.

I As the explanation goes, it was all aooui a utue matter of When Secretary of Navv Senbv re I cently chaperoned aw official iunket to Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico, all tne press associations and many oi the. larger newspapers petitioned for pace ior etaiz correspondents. They aw news in the Denby trip, which inciuaea war maneuvers in the ca ribbean. About a score of correspon dents and cameramen went along. For the Weeks junket, however, not a press service or newspaper sought pace ior a starr man.

gome gave credentials to other persons who wished to make the trio, to nrotect mem in event or anytning Dig happening, but aside from some accident or event of spot ne ws Interest it seemed to be agreed the news in the Weeks trip would be small potatoes and not worth the cost. Anyway, the time to send staff men to Alaska wnuld be with the presidential party later. Whereupon. ts whispered. Weeks declared that if the services and papers didn't think enough of hit Junket to send regular staff men, he wouldn't take their specially ac credited men.

Finally, it was arranged that i Weeks secretary. John Martyn should broadcast to the world by army radio any "big' news develop ing on the trip. Anybody who wants to listen In, press associations, news papers or private individual, can get Aunt Alice Robertson is finding the political pie counter a much more difficult place to serve than the real pie counter she used to run in her restaurant down In Muskogee, Oka. before she was elected to Congress in 1920. Recognizing Aunt Alice's claim a a G.

O. P. lame President Harding the other day designated her as a sort of official "mother" to the girls employed In the Veterans' Bu reau. She will have charge of wel fare activities and otherwise try to see that the girls are properly cared for. And now American Legion men are rising up and asking Harding where he gets that "mother stuff about no political representative or tne weome.

They ooint out that, although 69 chosen by the electorate of the people, can ad years of age, she is stm miss Alice tnn'a uii i j) Robertson; that never having been vance his own interest or his friend's interest a real mother she cannot now tnrOUgn legislating: favoritism to either a brew acquire either the wisdom or under ery or a steel trust, without beinir a traitor to the i i I ilia i one VYtio ex uiiici aim auuvc society he is chosen to represent He can only opponent in congress to the veter iiu vance tne interests or tnat Brewery and that ans Ior aajusiea compen cfflfll true oc fir A i'. 1.. I SatiOn. vww. wuoi ao ao ouii duvduccinciii win De to By contrast, they urge, a proper me ucnciii or tne PUDIIC ne IS cnosen to serve, selection for the post would have Ana tne brewery, be it noted nevpr wnt vrv Deen rrom amonB ine uoia iai ui rj "Vicu, never, went Very Mother8 wno sacrlflCed sons in the iai iu uitll CUU.

Iwnr TI.A i it .1 lib uuuuv. uiiicidi wnu iias aMcen rnft nffnn i tu. i v. un a.i. to make him their servant, and who when elected commission that the statue of Andy to a public Office labors in the interest nf th Jackson, in Lafayette Square, front mg me wnue iiouse, De removea 10 Whisky makers, Whose business it IS to debauch make way for another statue of the men, or Of the Sweat Shop or Of ailV Other enemv Immortal George bas sent all loyal if J.

jaf.voni Democrats Into a frenzy. ui uic iiwciidre, oetomes not a Servant Of "Sacrilege!" they shout. tne people DUt an enemy Of the people. I However, all politics aside, there Society is a contract. It is a part advance virtue and to work mutually for nerfec statue of Andy is perhapsthe tion.

He who labors fpr personal liberty works for repudiation of that contract and for an for a smile any day. attack unon sncietv. It shows Old Hickory, seated on la vtn tinlrifp rVt ci A rft Vila Vl He who is true to society, who is true to the Spirit Of democracy, labors uncompromisingly The horse, neck arched, tail and ana consistently not. only tor tnose who live but "zl iui muob.wiiu aic jti iu cunic. didoes than any steed ever straddled By virtue of such loyalty to society do we find bv wiuiam f.

Cody. But old Andy the march of man bringing us ever a little farther at aiong tne roaa man we were yesteraay. cropper over the crupper being cast ini me same Dronze maiiiiaiiin nia seat with ease. Still, on thinking it over, maybe it would be best to keep the statue right where it is. Nothing we can think of illustrates so forcefuly how America has progressed in art.

PUZZLE A DAY fonArr The Greek letters shown above, appear, at first glance, to be the names of several college fraternities, Jumb'ed together. As a matter of fact. If you arrange them properly, you will find that they may be made to form three simple English words. Yesterday's answers The men crossed the river in the boat, which could hold only one man, or two children, at a time, by the Arm following method. The children nuHiness or building citizenship with JK ",,2 nn ill the available materia! is taking hold.

IjAiNUASTttK NEWS JOURNAL. In the building of boys in the right way Lancaster will find one of its most valuable future assets. And the Rotarlnns are the ones who can crossed! side, while the second child brought the boat buck. Then a man crossed the river, and sent the boat back by the first child. This operation was repeated until all.

the men had Now that the first buds arc ready HIH VHI 1 WMHW to peep on the tress it is a good time U11J lUU ilMNUW 10 renect that for every tree grown each year in the United States four are destroyed. During the past twelve years no less than 70.000.000 acres have been added to the waste forest land which now reaches. In cluding cut over, burned and devastated, the saddening total of 213,000. 0O0 acres, of which about five per cent, are being cared for. WILKES BARRE EVENING NEWS.

By keeping everlastingly at it those facts may be sufficiently impressed upon the public mind that people will eventually seek to conserve instead of destroy trees. THAT Bethany orphans Home near Woinelsdorf was started in 1863 in a private house at Southwark, Brldesburg claimed it next. Finally, "South Mountain Spring." its present location, was bought for $33,000 from the Manderbachs. They one time conducted a there. Quite a contrast: Splrltous manufacture and spiritual welfare.

1 "but the consumer is compelled to pay 12 to $16 a ton for that same Reading the consumer pays from $12 to $16, despite the proximity of the. coal mines to this city. No matter what price is paidjtf this end of the line, the difference is certain to appear too great to be i or by the legitimate costs of transportation and distribution plus a reasonable profit. Before, the operators begin to indict the union they should offer a satisfactory explanation of what happens to the price of coal en route. There would be a more ready response to the early" plea if the consumer could see anything but a gigantic hold up in that four to sixteen game.

PITHY PARAGRAPHS Not all of us can be George Ades, Stephen Leacocks and Bugs Baers Tou may, know as little about writing as our neighbor knows about golf when she said she didn't even know, which end of the caddy to take ho'd of Still you may know a good Joke who doesn't? 1 Send your alongj Make them short and snappy. Two tickets to the Colonial theatre to each of the four winners. And $5 to the one whose Joke is accepted for the Colonial screen. TODAY'8 WINNERS Infant. "Baby want bottle?" Mother: "Oh! Your so much like your father." John Saul, 708 Cherry street Boarder to landlady: "This ham isn't fresh." Landlady: "Is that so: I want you to understand that ham was cured last week." Boarder: "Well, if it was it must have had a relapse." Hildegard Peplan, 1232 Church street.

Teacher: "How is it that you are late this morning, Tommy?" Tommy: "Gosh! Didn't you read In the papgr where a man was arrested for stealing chickens?" Teacher: "Yes, but what does that have 'to do with your late, ness?" Tommy: "'Cause mother sent me around to see if it was Pa." J. Quinn, 1419 N. 14th street. Customs officer: "I thought you told me you had only clothes in your baggage." (Holding up bottle of Fair passenger: "I did, that is my husband's nightcap." Louis Thomas, 137 South 8th street. HONORABLE MENTION He: "I hear the weather man re.

signed." She: "Yes, the climate didn agree With H. Schaefer, 304 N. 9th street, First burglar. "What did you find when yo robbed old man Jones pants?" Second burglar: "Only some hair pins, a powder puff and rouge First burglar: "You rooi, you robbed his daughter's Winston R. Madeira, 344 North Sixth street.

"Well, how did you like Atlantic City. Tom?" "It's all right, but there so many cripples down there. Almost everybody is going around in a wheel chair." Mary A. Schwartz, 174 Clymer street. The best time to buy an umbrella is in dry weather, when it rains they go up.

H. Hahn, Northslde. She: "Are you marrying me for my money alone?" He: "No, no, I think a lot of your old man cellar, too. TS. R.

Rapp, Temple. Mother: "Tommy, your grand father is very sick. Can't you say something to cheer him up a bit?" Tommy: "Grandfather, wouldn you like to have soldiers at your funeral?" Leroy Deppen, 703 Franklin street. Little girl: "After I wash my face I look in the mirror to see If It's clean. Don't you?" Bobbie: "Don't have to.

I Jusl look at the towel." William R. Miller, 734 Franklin street Reuben: "Longfellow said that in this world a man must be cither anvil or hammer." Olyn: "He was wrong. Some men are neither; they are merely bellows." Sallle L. Spayd, West Leesport Perry: "Aren't your remarks to your wife rather sharp and pointed old man?" Jim. "That's because I can only get a word in edgeways.

Chrlstman, S16 N. 6th street Wife: "John, the cook's away, and I'm going to give you a dinner cooked entirely by myself." Hubby: Fine, my dear. Ton don't mind if I Invite my old friend, Dr. Smith?" E. Byar.

649 Locust street. "The mule I find, "Has two legs behind, "And two, I find, before; "But I stand behind, "Before I find, "What the two behind be for." Milton F. Austin, the Berkshire Marie: "I despise him. I wish knew how I could make him suffer," Henry: "That's easy. Marry him." Charles R.

Moore, 381 Tulpe hocken street. She: "Prohibition does not. seem to be very effective." He: "Why?" She: "The other night when the tower burned even the mountain got lit up." George Geissinger. 434 Birch street. Guest: Waiter: waiter." "This asparagus has no "Oh, the tips ate for the A.

Hill. Jimmie: "How can watermelon you make a Joe: "Don't know." Jimmie: "Take the inside out and make it hollow." Francis Reasner, 204 Rose st. Reading Catcher: "Our team Is like a Radio Station." Philly Catcher: "How do you account for that?" Reading Catcher: you heap sounds coming from all around, and second, you can't always catch, what you want." 1 Jean Christel, 1139 Elm st. Visitor: "I'd like to know why on earth you call that white pig, Ink'" Farmer: "Because he's alway run ning from the pen." Caroline D. Leisz, 239 W.

Greenwich st. Visitor: "What kind do you call that?" of a clocle them eight day fellers. Every eight fixed haVe t0 take lt t0 Set it Mrs. Geo. F.

Behm, 436 S. 8th st. I can hardly PL Ir" that hungry and thirsty" Second Tramp. "Why don't you say expectorate First Tramp: "How can I when I don't expect to ate at all?" Karl Tyson, West Reading. tiredrny: "What maJteS y0U l00k 89 Tommy: "My step mother is sick "cked before meal.

The doctor says she must taKe exercise on on Emma Meitzler, 927 Robeson st. "Hello. United Cigar Store. 1 Tes sir." "Got any recruits?" i Yes sir." "Take 'em out an a Arm uuoopu onionceill. 28 st.

S. Third Scout Executive: "rm cot isnt long enough." irst Clans Sr on geMit0 mre fe'et t0 when Robert Robeson street. 2nPiE5Jt Pedsti lan?" An individual, mv nn i ways found in front of automobiles wiclP street? les2, 239 W. Green "Somebody's at th for me tell them I am not in madam?" at horn Mother: he. wasn't in." u'u 10,1 yoa Irene FreeserilSl N.

11th street First where the library Isf Second man: "Why yes. you know where the postoffice Is. anywheres near there." yrlI F. Simmons, 804 Elm street SENSE OF HUMOR Sense of humor la nnmin vo i. strongly, indicating that the world is emerging from its war trance.

In England a labor ImmI ing the Ruhr situation, says: "France) 1 a wnaie as Dart to catch a small fish." He means the game win not be worth the candle, financially. Strongheart, Indian chief who toured as a Liberty Loan speaker, visits New York, goes to the top of the Woolworth building. He says the view from there was excellent until he noticed the Statue of Liberty, which remmaea mm tnat "liberty ia offered to almost all persons excent thn who originally owned the country." He refers to thousands of Indians ha claims are not allowed to vote. MATTER OF MATING All men don't marry wives some are married by them, comments Prof. Ernest R.

Groves of Boston TJnlverr slty. It's an old line of patter with a new twist Whether men really select and court their wives, or whether they are kidded Into thinking they do (after the girls select them), is an old subject of controversy. What difference does it make, if both are happy afterward? Selection on the average is 50 60. Salt will keep grease from amok Ing. Nothing will keep a boy.

BERTON BRALEY'S DAILY POEM ON WITH THE DANCE! By Berton Braley Some solemn folk chorus, "There's stern work before us. The world's in a terrible state; AVe've no time for laughter, we're got to get after The business of setting things straight. 1 Cut out the romancing, the singing and dancing Which people pursue with such vim; They're most deleterious; we must be serious Serious, dogged and grim!" So, column by column, we're warned to be solemn; But, though It's a worrisome world Which Isn't behaving and badly needs saving From dangers in which it is swirled, Still we and our neighbors can lighten our labors With song and with Jaza now and then; Conditions are fearful but we can be cheerful 1 While building things over again. Far better be singing and dancing, than wringing Our hands in a futile despair, Our Job may appall us but that needn't thrall us In clouds of perpetual care; Our tasks on us levy a toll that is heavy But still to our Work we advance; With vim we go to It and smile while we do It And pause now and then for a dance. (Copyright.

1923 NEA Service, Xae4.