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HiADOfO KE-A ISLE BEAUCE Abandonment of tbe Reading Railroad'e branch Into Sea lale City came up for a beating before the Public Utility Commiaslon la Atlantic City on Friday last, decision being reserved by the Com-

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A GREAT jtiT AHEAD OT TO The echeue of bridging the IVUvate from National Park, this Bute, to the foot of Broad Street, £fiadelphla. to fnrther which an •rftniaatlot, wm founded In Hoodbury Monday night, peat Idea, and would mvc a eU isUe drive rongwted highway*, win become more eoageat* j. to reach the bridge now .iag compleuoa. hot It* reallhUioc la aot for the present. Such arertsre would probably coat re than the presMt span, weald <- to be at Inter-State bridge, it is hardly Ukely private capital entM be enUeed late* the propoand neither Pern nay I van la aor New Jersey are reedy at this to launch Into another bridge ling operation. Tha Idea, however, Is not a ier dream and the day will when a bridge will wt only the Delaware boanewbere the point mentioned, but dao between Burtlagton. In this hate, and Bristol. Pa., or la that

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The great population congretated within the areM named, and rhich will Increase rapidly each crcceding year, and whose social tid bailness relations ere closely ■ must have better and inkker mesne of Intercourse than now provided, or than * single ridge win proa Ids,

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Formal Protest against abandocment pf the line was made by Mayor Maurice M. Sofroney and City BoUdtor /. E. M. Hildreth. Counsel for'the company claimed that for the last five yean the branch had an avenge annual deficit of 9S1.P00 and that to continue service would require the expenditure of »500.000 for a new bridge scram Corson'a Inlet, without any assurance that the structure would stand after completion, owing to the swln current. In the face of these figures, which Sea Ule's counsel could not controvert, there can be little doubt but that the petition of the company will be granted and the line soon abandoned. Whatever we miy think of the Inadequacy of tie service being responsible for much of the deficit, the company cannot be greatly blamed for desiring to unload a line that causes s heavy annual lorn and holds out no promise of doing bettei in the immediate future. The day has gone by when communities ms expect railroad* to operate at a lorn for their especial benefit, where there is a competing line or lines which can render adequate service, and that la the ease with the Reading branch Into 8m Isle. The Public Utility Commission, and In fact all public service commlnlons. Including the Interstate Commerce Commission. hold that public utilities are entitled to an adequate return on their investment, and under such a ruling, the prayer of the Reading Company will be allowed.

I THE FARM

Rurtl mall delivery. the telekoie. the auto and now the radio t "inuformed farm life, not to itlon the many otl m which Invention agfet into dally um to lighten uie labor and add to the comfort the farm housewife. Drab In wd. would be countrt life If the Irm population was suddenly denied of these things, which nre accepted ns a matter of

rr factor to brighten and -uten farm life win be Introduci <lectriclty on the farm, not * lighting aloae, but for maay ■trortaring ueea. the housewife, her cliy slater, will have her trie iron, her electric sweeper, — her uewlng machine by elee»nd fhurr. her butter by Iretnrity. while the fanner will u hl * f**d cutter, his corn ahallr *»« hu wood, grind his tool* M ^ oany other things by alecUD ■arteg time and labor, n** National Electric Light AnIn ccttveattoa raemiUy ^ t raactaco, earnestly dlsIhe problem of carrying c ►"•rr to the U..M, and <»-el.>pe4 that the big electric ,K ' ' on >Panles of tha Weet are '»r hard to derise plans by ^h current can be dethe farmer at a price he afford Ir pay. which at the * time win give the cnmpanlM U »ful return on their inveet- ^ 11 Mfe to any that once tackled the question will •olW. Whgi can be done la In this matter mb be •^tly done In the East, with wore thickly MtUed rural PW * ,lon ’ »»d onoe the quemlor rung th, farmer etactrie cur V' ’“'"led. invention will aoor. T ! " rm wuch fam machlnerj »* ' Permit of graater use oi

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“ cew force will solve man: r, i er> Uttor problems and country dweller every of his city brother hr.itbfuioaaa and charm

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WHERE WHOLE THE02Y OF CHARITY IS WHOM} The present policy of American industry of helping anployeee with their personal problems Is based upon the assumption that eventually they will surely “go broke. ' according to William G. Knox. President of the American Bankers' Association. To correct this condition, Mr. Knox says, tre provide old age pensions and other forms of charitable eompeaar.Uon. which be contends is WMBMadsklst bob contrary to the purposes of democracy. Of course the whole theory of charity wrong. At beet it is a palliative existing purely because it provide* the beet stop gap we know until Justice is established. Of late there have been encouraging evidences that a better order ol things is on the way, not the least of which Is open recognition by bankers that some change In our •Ronoudc system must be provided that will nmalt of Independence to those who have worked Industriously according to their shillUm during th* years of normal

labor.

Unfort on stsly Mr. Knox follows pretty much In the bMten path of pointing to an evil without pointing very clearly to Us poMible

cut*.

“There must be Injected into our Industrial policy an additional economic element," say* Mr. Knox, one of mutual benefit and permanent value to both l*or and capital. concerned not alone with the amount of wagee that are earned, but with how these earning* shall i used." Ur. Knox says he argues for th» elimination of wsste and for an industrial saving* policy based up on the principle of Independence, a policy that will give the average American a greater incentive to help himself. All of this spells the elimination of the unearned Increment and the financial bonus gathering middleman or the wsste mu»: continue, which looks like financial knn-kari.

• !,Jk * mistake dcalrc for *■ O 0 * la th* attitude of frr . the other the aUHude

THE political leader who takes due cogr isance of the curtain bell u a wise man. The rosult of the primary election In Camden county Indicate* that the time has come for "Uncle Davy 1 to etep aside. He has been a wheel horee In the eerrio* of the Republic*! party, and has won many hard fought battles for which he desarre* all praise. In turn h* has been honored by the party and It Is to be regretted that he did not retire on thoM honor*, rothet than Invite this last fi«h«. which hi* organisation was decidedly wonted. Should he elect m .w. another fight U Is Ukely that a cr.iahlpg defeat would be his lot. M the oppooltlon t* now strongly entrenched and know their powvr For the good of the party a Camden love feMt Is In

PRESIDENT COOUDGE haa definitely set the machinery in mot'on for a further tax reduction by the next aesslon of Congreaa. Addressing the budgetmaheis of the government on Monday evening, the President predicted a $>00,000,000 surplus in government revenues at the end of the present fiscal yMr, June SO, and next yM''a surplus at $800.000,000 in round figure*. He warned the Cabinet officials and department heads that It was up to them to keep down government expense*, as theee surpluses were to be returned to the people In tax reductions, and before starting or his vacation took first steps Co make hie promise good. It only needs a brief recital of theee facts to reveal why Mr. Coolidge is st/ung before the

WITH the increase In the number of motor vehicles, new regulations for their control are increasingly necessary. One of the latest Is that requiring that all commercial trucks In New Jersey on and after July 4 shall display the name of the owner and the, place of residence in letters not leae than three Inches high- The penalty for violation ol this rule will be a fine of $10 or Imprisonment not exceeding ten day*. Commissioner Dill announce* that the Bute police have been Instructed to strictly enforce this law. Truck owners will therefore do well to get sign painters busy without de-

lay and avoid the rush.

IT Is a most happy feature of our American politics that no matUr how fierce the battles may rage, when the Grim Reaper stretches forth his hand to gather to himself participants in the fight, the tumult Is stilled, tribute la paid to the participant struck down and sympathy extended the bereaved. "Fighting Bob" LaFollette was bitterly hated politically by an Innumerable host of people, but when the last summons came only his good point* were remembered and the grief of his family. So long as this spirit continuM the

Republic is Mfe.

TP Washington dispatch*# art correct the government has decided at last to tMt the Volstead low. by a whole-hearted attempt at enfot cement, free from political Influencea. This la a proper step and one that has never been taken before. The country will not only watch the rosult. but watch to what extent the promise

SOME of th* Republican harmony talk* have rather a reserved sound that is not exactly encouraging. If there la to be a winning campaign knives might Just m wall be thrown away

8 soon as a man leaves tne city for the country he proceeds to try to make the country like (he city. Then he pays the MU.

The word "take" originally meant to give. No telling what "gimme" wlU mean In the next

century.

Philadelphia Bulletin: New Jersey will hardly be so foolish as to refuse to go on with the coast ruction of the Delaware bridge, if It cannot have Its way In the matter of toll*. That being the case, there is no reason la delaying work on the bridge until the legal advisers of the Bridge Commission have given a preliminary opinion on the controversy. Far the Rfch Only Atlantic City Press: lien and women of ordinary means will be staggered by the oast of participation in the recent primary, which was dull, listlem and perhaps one of the moat Inexpensive campaigns In the recent history of New Jersey- Senator Whitney spent $17,082.18; formery Attorney Gem,.*!

Do reruns, $18.08>8X. Tha law penults a candidate in a Statewide primary campaign to spend up to $60,000. MsnlfMtly. politics has become a game for the rich alone. A poor man can enter successfully only If he permits his campaign to be financed by rich friends. And Isn’t this a mortgage upon his indepen-

dence?

An IndepttdagtVkw of Whitney Newark News: By the nomination of Senator Whitney New Jersey has a choice for Governor that amounts to much more than a preference between two political muchines Whitney Is an Independent Republican who baa been Immensely valuable to the State aa Senator In several critical Issues, such aa the Road Board fight: well fitted for the Uaka of the Governahlp and an excellent foil to the domination of the State by the Hague machine of Hudson county, which would be the principal part of the suoeem of his rival. A. Harry Moore. The outstanding fart Is that a political Independent of very high ■tuMing has come through and that th* actuation In New Jersey calls for tb* services of Just such a man and that the only alternative 1* the moat objectionable political machine that has ever developed in the Bute. The Unsung Millions Westfield Star card: President Coolidge used one phrase In his Noroe centennial speech worthy of ■pedal emphMli. when he epoke of the "unauns millions." the plain and quiet people who dally display tnodeet and unpretentious

virtues

The heroic Is found not merely tr the exploits of our soldier* and In the IdMla of our statesmen. It la found In the dally toil of the people who have built up this country In spite of great difficulties end Merlfiees promlneni among whom were th# Norsemen, la whose honor President Coolidge recently spoke. Evolution and Gad New York American: "1 believe In evolution and I believe In God. There 1* nothing Inoonipatible in the two." That la what President John Grier Hlbbei,. of Prlnoeton, Mid the other day. Belief in God U a tough *Mng and outlasts all dlacoverelM. Whichever way the evolution teet Is decided In Tennessn. people wlU go on believing In God Just the Mine. That l*. some will and some will not.

“Let there be no misunderstanding as to where I stand'and how I stand as the Republican candidate for Governor of New'fiersey. have beet chosen by one hundred and fifty thousand voters or more, representing no special group or faction, to be the standard-bearer of the RepubUean party. I am not the Anti-Saloon League candidate or the candidate of any other organisation In - any sense of the word. I tan pledged to no Individual or group of Individuals. I certainly made that very c’.Mr In my primary fight when I pledged myself. If elected Governor, to be the Governor in fact as well ae In name and submitted my candidacy to the people on the basis of my public record and platfoiu. •There is one big Issue that stands out prominently as we line up our party forces against the forces of the enemy. It Is Ccol-idge-ism aa apposed to Hague-Ism. One represents the new order of practical Idealism, honesty, efflclen.y and economy «n government; the other, the political veils system with all Its attendant evils of dishonesty. Inefficiency. corruption and graft. "A united party, working harmonlously,. can stamp out the plague of Hague-lam which has disgraced New Jersey In the eye* of the nation during the pr^ and preceding State admlnij tions. I am sure that the people realise this and want no Moo reHague in Trenton. "I am confident that every decent cltisen In our State. Irroapectltre of party affiliations. Is opposed to the Hague brand of politics and will welcome and vote for a return to rugged Republicanism, psble and decent government.'

Uncle Johnl

The blesaln* of contentment may be realised, of course. If a feller waxes thankful that the world ain’t any worse. But. when s mortal seta around an* twiddles with his thumbs, he ain't th* sort of cltlssn to pick th* rlpMt plums. You'll run across the yapper nMrly every place you go. who b**M his distinction on the stuff he doesn't know—an' detnonstratM. unconsciously, that ignorance Is bliss. And thsa. ws find the feller so averse to bon rat toll, that he reckons pure contentment ain't allied with midnight oil — we find, on close observanct-. that hs seldom ever swMts. while Indulgin' Mtlsfectlon over duties he forgets. Contentment and Indifference may travel side by side, and a moderate does of either one may hold us satisfied—but If a feller wants to be of any earthly use. he'll find life's true contentment with the stuff he can produce!

Asked by her Sunday school tMcher to give the Bible verse fur that day's IfMon. a little Western girl replied: "Go ye Into all the world end spread the gOMlp Ij all the people."

Men To Role Earth'* Faroe*. Grandma’* Younger Face. Free? How Can He Know? Those liberty Bondi. The scientific person says "the recent terrific heat comes from spots on the sun, unusually fierce." Another Mye "the heat travels north from tropical Jungle*, thanks to atmospheric conditions" Accidental conditions of the sir lanee send us heat from the Equator. How soon shall we learn to do. for ourselves, what nature i fitfully and at the wrong time? Do you doubt that fully civilised men will transfer surplus heat from the Equator to the North Pole? That will seem a modest accomplishment some centuries hence. It seems difficult to us. But suppose you had predicted two hundred years ago ttfat the lightning flashing in the sky, occasionally killing men, would be harnessed one day and made to rua a washing machine, a far or a carpet sweeper. Men will manage and direct the earth's heat as easily as they now direct best from the furnace. Coningsby Dawson. writer, mourns because women are set aside, "shelved.'' at,an age whea their brother* and husbands begin to be interostlng. He say* a *oi la, or ought to be “at the height of her charm after forty.” Various things work against women and prevent their having ardent young admirers, m Ninon de 1'Bnclos had at the age of seventy. The children come too lose together, In many cases, and that wear* women out. Then, husbands are dull, and after a day's work their talk Is frightfully tiresome. No food for the wife's mind. Also, women have lived on the earth for 600.000 year* as drudges, with a small percentage kept as toy*. They literally have not had a chance. But tlmee and conditions are changing. Women vote, families are smaller, you aannot tell a woman from her granddaughter, when their backs are turned. And often, when they face you. one is about as young as tha other, and the grandmother ha*, spiritually, the younger face. Tom Lee, negro boatman on the Mississippi. Uved long before the world hMrd of him. The stMmer Noisnan sank and he saved thirty Uvea The "folks" collected money to buy him a house, much to his surprise. His performance see: to him commonplace. "I kept going and going." said he, “until 1 Mved everybody I saw in the river. Then I went to {he sand bar and built a fire." The world exists and life Is made poMible. thanks to the workers that “Just keep going and coming." A man writes Ir his last hour. "Burn*me up. scatter my ashes around the Statue of Liberty In New York Harbor. Death has set me free.” How does he know that death has set him free? Nature, of which dMth is a part, has a habit of using the same material over and over again. The tree of this generation supplies mould to the tree that takes Its place. A man burned up today may go traveling, his spirit to continue hi* work and struggling In wane other far off sphere. Everybody knows what a dressed workingman Mid to hu dog: "You're lucky. When you’re dead, that's the end of It. But when I die. they're not through with me yet: I have to go to hell then.”

ik this nation may be. In the face of a spirited article written by obscure Socialist*. It U a strong nation, financially. U. 8. Government bonds went higher than ever last week. Those assured by this writer during the bond selling campaigns that bonds would go strove pawill please note that Treasury "four and a quarters" sold isst week at 107.10. It takes every man fifty years to iMrn how to live. ' At fifty s man la either a fool or ■ physician.” But If a pan at fllty will do what he know* hr ought to do. he may easily live fifty yrara longer. T« know Is one Hung, to do U another.

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Fable One* upon a Um* thsrs was a man who told a gtrl she w*s tbs first woman In his ll(e. She was.

Musings of the Office Cat

If we only talked about things wo knew we'd have much leM to say. Even whet, she's discouraged the flapper beh ves in putting on a good face. ) far we ha /e never hMrd of any person breaking the speed limit on work. No wonder corsets became unpopular. They can’t be siippod over the head. 'I certainly make a scent go a long way." remarked the garbage •"an. "Giddsp." When a girl Inlsts upon a man's —ivlng hlB money, he is shortly going to need it. 'Til never take another drop,” remarked the aviator aa he fell out of the balloon. Surgery Is about the only business which encourages high operating expenses. have heard a good fish ctory." minces a local jokesmlth, but I can tell It hero." Some people are so dumb that they think a homebrosker is In the wrecking business. Parents are people who worry because the kids are about what they were at that age. The contents of a bald man's bead may be valuable even though he hasn’t a lock theron. The most convincing talker Is one who can persuade that he believes every word he say*. First lung to rival: "For the life of me. I don't know what that X-ray can see In you." There are more Mutts in this world than Bod Fisher ever dreamed of In his philosophy. A modern girl is one who thinks the rolling pin a contrivance Invented to provide the action in a ccmlc strip. The man who has a special servant to sample all his mea.i before he eats them Is either a pessimist or a d.speptlc grouch. A Riddle l.umpty Dumpty Mt ou a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a groat fall. But he didn't break because hs wm hard-boiled. In Youngstown. O.. Mias Mildred Bailey has plighted her troth to Mr. William J. Carnum, but the chance* are that they will have the conventional one-ring cere-

Tis great to behold." sighed Mark Antony as he viewed the pyramids. Whereat Cieo snuggled closer and whispered In hla ear: “ Tl# greater to be held." LUUe Boy Blue, come blow your horn. , The still's In the kitchen , f . A-stilling the corn. And where Is the mt.a who runs the thing* He's splitting the coin With the court house ring. A Tearful Tale Bill Oeretel says: "Some of these fat fellows playing golf must have a tough time. If they put the ball where they can nee It, they can't reach It—If they put it where they can reach It, they t see 1L Vaudeville First come the acrobats and try to break their necks. Then comes a two art and dance until they're v-recka. Next come* a comic as funny as a crutch. Fourth Is e girl act—they never are much. Intermission follows, yes, I know, Lot# of people My that's the hit of the show. After that the films showing funny cracks. Gleaned from long-lost almanacs; Then cotnra a singer with a terrible voice. Leave or stay and suffer—take your choice. A double comedy take* the next to closing spot; Are they ''screamingly funny?"— Yes. they're not! Now th* hMdllner. closing the show, A thousand a week ahe gets you know. This Is going to be great, you've got a bunch. But truth to tell she's the worst of th* bunch.

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