Life — June 8, 1905 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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While there is Lite there's Hope XLV vol JUNE 8, 100" No, 1189. West Toiety-Fiest Stree WEAV- ER, of Phila- , turning on the machine that elected him by a majority of one hun- dred and thirty thousand votes, consti- tutes a spectacle unexpectedly hopeful for Philadelphia, The gas deal and the public fecling that it has stirred up to have bi ught the Mayor toa of effes 1 contrition for past subserviency to Boss Du! and 1 He said he would veto the new lease to the United Gas Improve- am his crew. ment Company. The reply was that the Councils would pass the measure His ase to that was a demand for the resignations of his Director of Public Safety, who controls the Fire 4 D lie Works, who controls the munic patronage. with dismissed then! © over his veto. nd Police artments, and his Director of Pub- pal These officials not resign- ing sufficient completeness, he and appointed their successors. Thus committed to war on the notorious and m Republican ring, gaged Elihu Root, of New York, as cov y Pennsylvania Mr. el ee read of an her of Immediately we auto- nd matic rushing tog Durham his lieutenants for a morning confer- ence in the office of P. A. B. Widener, and the announcement that the gas deal would be put through, anyhow. afternoon conference of the same c the off of S Boies Penrose. Next, of the engage ment of Lawyer Johnson to fight for inst the Ma Nest, of at nefs in the rings a vo. OF course a reasona honest ble approach to Philadelphia government in - LIF E+ can only be attained after a long, bard fight. They say that of Weaver's one hundred and thirty thousand majority in the election for Mayor, from forty thousand to eighty the lent Tha how the Republican machin and votes were gives some 1¢ is used to do its business, To beat that machine, intrenched in the city and closely affiliated with the State machine that lates things at Harrisburg, 1s a But it time, and maybe this More power to Mr. We: tremendous proposit will be done s time. HERE is « lease matter that must seem par- point about the ticularly cur many lookers on. The directors of the U. G.I. Co, be good men morally, but at least they are "good They rich men, and responsible, and one would n they wished to be 28 to may or may commercially. urally suppose that considered respect- able. We find nowhere any credible suggestion th to the Gas C could be procured except by corrupt How can these directors, s¢ at the contemplated lease mpany is equitable, or neans, ne of whom are men of great distinction in business life, afford to be concerned with an attempt so univer ly stigma- U1? Does it cost them they hold valuable to be exhibited as persons in le: tized as a st nothing whi wue with political scamps for the spoliation of the public? y like their own position, of consider able or so degraded cated out. We cannot themselves so ¢ as they appear to unsophi would be 1 Perhaps their st the muni that concerns in Philadelphia has been so nagement of ndl long a time that the only possible way to do business in Philadelphia has been y and hopelessly rotten for so profor In such a story , but not rect- to do it as it is done. there would doubtless be trutt enough truth to exculpate those d ors, or make their posture seem a grace- ful one. Disreputable business conduct, disreputable methods, associations,con- nivances and extenuations are not nearly as disgraceful as they ought to be. If charity must forever be stretch- ing itself to the misdeeds of directors, there won't be enough of it left to cover a fair proportion of the common sins of common people. There isn’t enough charity to go around, any- how. We do heartily wish the great army of directors and bi moderate their demands is of it. The to get far casy money, and then monopolize the cover men would what there sonably expect more than their share of th can’t re: extenuating circumstances besides I" is disclosed that $4,000 a year has been added to the salary of the British Ambassador to the United ates to enable him to keep up with the increased cost of living in Wash- ington. He and his family get their sin duty free, b current pol: in this country is dear even for nd We wish very as who get their clothes cheap, < live rent free in winter. much that every one had money enough to live on, and the bills they did not count on paid every ww Year's day be- sides. Any one who is not fully enough apprised how little ways alot of money goes now, 1s invited to read the dis- cs of a college professor on that subject in the May Adantic. His average salary for nine years was $1,328.15, His average expenditure during the same yea Happ less creditably th. S Was $2,794.27. he made up the difference not n out of tt He wife, two children and one servant. The details of annual expenditure for ntenance of this family are too ly set forth in this the ery one who has any > income ¢ fortu 1 one of his pri the n painful to be wanton paper, but commended to attention of ev are loose m ney which he can devote to the better endowment of teachers and professors. The poorest people are not so much have the least those whose incomes are most dispro- portionate to their reasonable felt- wants. Poverty, like snuff, is mea urable by pinches. Where no pinch there is no poverty, or at those who money, as there is least none to hurt. comicbooks.com