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SUNDAY. MAY 13. 1915.
A Line o Cheer Each Day oc the Year.
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
First printing of an original poem, written
for The Washington Herald.
daily
PLAY BALL!
The world is but a ball
It's up to us to catch it,
For we are players all
Who's duty 'tis to snatch it.
Life is the pennant game
Xo mortal can gainsay it
So in our quest for fame
Let's do our best to play it!
iCopjrifht. ii.)
Motorman Burns, of the Barnes-Roosevelt libel
suit jury might have become famous if he hadn't
weakened.
There may be danger that those Italians will
expend all their energy in the struggle for a
chance to fight.
Little Switzerland may be able to stay out of
the war if she is not forced to get into it to main
tain her neutrality.
It will take newspaper readers a long time
to get used to the absence of that long familiar
headline "Italy May Declare War Today."
England Stands by Kitchener.
At the outbreak of the war Lord Kitchener an
nounced calmly that it would require three years
at the least for the allies to win it, and England,
undismayed, set about the task with characteristic
deliberation. And -later, as winter set in and
Kitchener was asked when the war would end, he
answered: "I don't know when it will end, but
it will begin next May." There is yet a week left
of May, but recently there has been criticism of
Kitchener's conduct of the war, not widespread or
sufficiently pronounced to suggest his loss of the
confidence of the British people. It was merely
a manifestation of a natural impatience fat the
slow progress of a struggle whose cost to the
nation in lives and money was staggering. There
were no such expressions of disapproval as were
voiced against our own leaders during the war
with Spain.
It remained for the newspapers controlled by
Lord Xorthcliffe to direct a violent attack against
Kitchener and thus to solidify British sentiment on
the side of the war secretary- and to inspire dem
onstrations of loyalty and confidence throughout
England, bonfires being made of the Xorthcliffe
newspapers on the floors of the London Stock Ex
change. The conviction appears to be unanimous
that the Xorthcliffe attacks are not sincere, but
rather vindictive, because of the rigidity of the
press censorship which Kitchener insisted upon.
In the masses of criticism against the hero of
Khartoum, there appeared to be but one tangible
charge that he had furnished the army with the
wrong kind of shells and even that was not well
s-upportcd. So the British people are with Kitch
ener. Their sentiment was expressed in such
placards as these in the stock exchange: "Which
would you rather put jour money on, Kitchener or
Xorthcliffe?" "The Germans' new ally, the Daily
Mail."
The new coalition cabinet, it is announced, has
already been formed and Kitchener will doubtless
remain as war secretary. Lord Xorthcliffe will
pay dearly for his bad judgment or vindictieness,
whichever it was, for British resentment once
aroused does not cool quickly.
The German press professes to sec nothing in
dicating a vital bearing on the war itself in the
British cabinet change and the Kitchener affair,
and if it is expressing its actual belief it has prob
ably judged correctly. But Lord Xorthcliffe has
given comfort to his country's enemies and his
patriotism is in need of rejuvenation.
the parsonage and if they fwanted to meet the
parson's clothes rather than the parson they might
call and let his wife introduce them to that lay
figure, they might accomplish more in their efforts
to help make the world better.
The Little Landers.
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By JOHN D. BARRY.
WE found the settlement on a hillside, close to
the Mexican line, at San Ysidro, looking
over to Tia Juana. There, in the wide expanse, of
open country,' stood the siirtT
pie little houses, each in its
own acre, basking in the sun.
Co-operation in American Business
A Vital PrciJe 'for Pracsriig Prosperity ia the Urtitetf Stats by
Mean of laautrUl aid Social 'Effkkacy.
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If I had followed my in
stinct I should have said
that, instead of being in mid
winter, we were in the
late spring. Weren't flowers
blooming on every side?
And weren't growing things
perking up from the ground?
But the country about bore
no other suggestions of
spring in the East. In the first place, those moun
tains told me that we were unmistakably in the
region of California. And the abundance of South
ern California was revealed in the wide variety of
the growths.
Perhaps the men of the navy won't be so proud
of the praise the President bestowed upon them
when they learn that he has said the same thing
about the Xew York police force.
Each French soldier in the field is. to receive
one-tenth of an ounce of tea and four-fifths of a
pint of wine daily hereafter. Of course, the army
doctors know best, but many persons will doubt
whether so much tea is good for the men.
Did the schools committee of the Washington
Board of Trade mean to go on record in faor of
trial marriages when it recommended the modifi
cation of rule 45 so as to gie teachers who marry
a few months grace before they are removed from
their positions'
A w.reless dispatch from Berlin to Sayville
savs- "The war office charged in an official state
ment this afternoon that the allies are now using
mines giving out poisonous gases." A grave
"charge" indeed. Will Berlin regard it as justify
ing the killing of more Americans'
The Colonel via- photographed with the jurors
who decided in his favor and said to them: "In
my whole life I shall work in the interest of the
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me cnancc to ay mat i nave aone otnervvie.
And the costs of such an opportunity must be paid
by Mr. Barnes. How sweet a victory!
Dictator of the Canal Zone.
Gen. Gocthals as the builder of the Panama
Canal was given extraordinary powers in the
Canal Zone. He was and is a practical dictator
there, holding his own personal court to hear the
grievances of the employes, adopting such plans
as he considered best for the physical and moral
welfare of the men, employing and discharging
men as appeared to him wise and even deporting
men and women who appeared to have a demoral
izing effect on the employes and the work in
hand. Xo officer of the United States govern
ment has been given such arbitrary civil power as
that given to Gen. Gocthals and no officer ever
exercised such power with more discretion, tact
and success. For eight vears he has been a Czar
in the Canal Zone and held the confidence of three
Presidents, four Congresses and the American
people. He completed the canal on time and re
mains the idol of the men who worked under him.
Gen. Gocthals is now telling the story of that
great work in a popular magazine, and recounting
some of the embarrassments with which he had
to contend. These were not government inter
ferences from Washington, and they were not all
from the heterogeneous character of the labor he
! had to deal with. Some of these embarrassments
were from men and women who had the best in-
Wc climbed out of the machine and wandered
up the slope. Our guide, a ranchman from a
neighboring town, who came here every Wednes
day for the weekly class in psychology, was lead
ing us to what presently revealed itself as a lath
house. A dozen people were there, women and
men, some of the women knitting. Presently the
lecturer sat at one end of the big table, a vigorous,
smooth-faced man of40 or so, dressed in khaki.
He took un a theme that he had apparently been
discussing the week before. Occasionally he would
turn to the blackboard behind" him and jot down a
note. He was evidently an experienced teacher.
Xow I found myself transported to Brook
Farm. These pleasant-faced people, just as they
appeared now, might easily have been members
of that idealistic community. But there was a dif
ference here. The new idealists were more prac
tical than the Brook Farmers. They did not live
in so close a community. They had their own
houses. They enjoyed more personal indepen
dence. As I heard them in discussion with the
lecturer, so much better equipped and so much
keener than college students to be found in a lec
ture room, I thought I could see for myself why
they had been drawn into this association. They
were having the advantage of life in the country,
in the real country, without the drawbacks of iso
lated living.
European armies may forbid the use of the
wrist watch because when struck by bullets the
fragments cause incurable wounds. In this coun
try the wrist watch has often caused pain and
wounded feelings. When soldiers cease wearing
them, however, they will quickly disappear from
the wrists of pink tea heroes and matinee idols.
A woman who claims she got a vaudeville
job for twenty-eight weeks at $;oo a week for
a pair of tango experts, one of them 65 and the
oxner Oj years 01a, is suing lor ncr commission.
It certainly is 1 ard to understand why it should
have been necessary for any one to get them a
job.
"1 feel sure that if Jesus should come to X'evv
ork City, see the churches of the wealthy, hear
of the large salaries paid the ministers, he would
forsake the religious temples of the millionaire
and stay among the lowly of the East Side," said
a Denver pastor upon his return home from the
Metropolis. hercfore he should rejoice that
no Fifth avenue congregation is likely to offer
him a pulpit.
Englishmen are no longer to have their choice
as between preaching and fighting. The Church
has decreed that no application for admission to
the ministry will be considered unless the appli
cant proves his inability to serve in the war. And
yet probably there will be more men in the pul
pits willing to fight than among those able bodied
ones who are denied holy orders. At any rate
it can no longer be doubted that England is tak
ing the war seriously.
The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
takes a deplorable stand in announcing that when
ever President Wilson visits a State he will be
confronted by a delegation of suffragists seeking
to argue with him the question of a suffrage
amendment to the Federal Constitution. The
President on several occasions has announced his
views on the subject, and at the present time his
mind is too much occupied with important mat
ters of state demanding immediate consideration
to justify him in givinglime to arguments intend
ed to induce him to change his settled policy with
regard to suffrage. If the members of the Congres
sional Union wish it understood that they have
adopted militant methods they will lose sympathy,
especially if they continue to pursue the President
at this crisis in the country's affairs. They might
at least follow the example of their militant but
patriotic British sisters and declare a truce for the
preseat, . I
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I tcntions and the highest ideals, but could not be
I made to understand the situation and the condi-
They wanted to reform the men
and they wanted to be as arbitrary in their efforts
at moral reform as the general was in dealing
with the labor situation. They wanted to close
the clubs on Sunday, prohibit baseball games, and
abolish all the saloons. The general is as tactful
in telling the story as he was in dealing with these
reformers, but it is apparent that they gaM him
about as much trouble as did the thousands of
workmen, and more trouble than the things they
wanted abolished.
He, however, allowed the clubs to remain open
on Sunday and persuaded those in charge of the
Y. M. C. A. Club to extend the same privilege to
its members, that there might be opportunities for
healthy and Christian recreation and prevent the
men from going to the terminal cities of Colon
and Panama which were in foreign territory over
which he had no control. For the same reason
he refused to abolish the saloons, and the Sunday
amusements. He licensed and regulated the
saloons, and sought authority to establish an army
canteen for the soldiers, but Congress had by law
taken that authority from the Secretary of War,
and made it impossible to have a canteen at an)'
United States army post.
The general says in reference to his plan: "It
is a curious fact but the police records showed
that there were more arrests for disorderly con
duct due to liquor in the towns where liquor was
not sold than in the others, and this was for the
reason that in the former places the men would
bring liquor out from the terminal cities by the
bottle and drink until the supply was exhausted,
while in the latter, being obliged to stand as they
drank, there was not so much temptation to over
indulgence and the men after they had satisfied
their thirst went to their homes or about their
business."
The general insisted that the liquors as well as
the food supplied should be inspected and none
but pure liquors and pure foods imported into the
Canal Zone, and then with'license fees and police
regulations he was able to largely combat the evil
influences of the foreign cities so near the canal
which were a constant temptation to the thousands
of men in his employ. It is also apparent from his
story that some of the men who were there to
minister to the spirtual needs of. the employes
agreed' with him as to the practicability of his
plans, but they felt that they had to oppose simply
-because of their -calling and the fear of criticism
from home. That is one of the embarrassments
of those who try to reform the-world. They do
not feel free to deal with conditions as they are,
but are in the position' of the minister who was
criticised for wearing a business suit rather than
clerical cloth when he made his pastoral calls. If
more of them .could have the courage and. common
sense of that. minister when he suggested to his
elders that there was a long black coat and a
At the close of the meeting we left the lath
house and took places at a rough table where
preparations were quickly made for a simple lunch
eon. Boxes were opened, containing sandwiches.
Knives and forks, plates, cups and saucers were
distributed. As the meal proceeded the talk car
ried on the discussion in the lecture room, and
good talk it was, too.
On introduction, the lecturer proved to be Prof.
H. Heath Ban den, for many years a member of
the faculty at Vassar, where he lectured on psy
chology, and among the first of the Little Landers
to try his fortune here. At the close of the meal
a copv of a novel by Henrv James. "The Tragic
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men proceeded to read aloud, taking it up at the
place where they had stopped the week before.
Presently some of the Little Landers had to
go back to their farming. So we broke up. Undrr
the guidance of Bawdcn and several other mem
bers of the community those of us who were guests
walked down to Baw den's farm. On the way we
learned something of the experiment. It was
started a half-dozen years ago. During the first
few weeks there were only three settlers on the
550 acres. Xow there were more than 150 families,
each family with its own house. There had been
many problems and trials and vexations and dis
appointments. But the experiment had been rle
cidedly worth making.
The chief purpose was to create a model agri
cultural village, where the residents could main
tain a democratic community with all the ad
vantages ofthe latest methods in farming and
where the rise in land values, the unearned incre
ment, would go to the community, not to the ex
ploiters of enterprise. Already they had succeeded
in establishing a thorough system of irrigating.
Water was delivered to the houses and the farms
at cost. The members wefe showing what could
be done by people of small means on small parcels
of land cultivated, by intensive methods. They
were raising flowers and vegetables and many
kinds of fruits, including apricots, peaches, figs,
oranges, lemons and guavas. Several members
were specializing in poultry and one had a thriving
rabbit farm.
For disposing of their produce the colony had
established in San Diego, less than twenty miles
away, the Little Landers Co-operative Market. In
the matter of buying co-operatively they had not
so far secured encouraging returns. In fact, I
was told, greatly to my disappointment, that they
had given up co-operative buying altogether.
Surely the trouble here must have been method.
There could not be any doubt that co-operative
buying, in its nature, carried the seeds of success.
One of these days it was going to be widespread.
On Bawdcn's farm we saw the principles of the
colony working out with fine results. It might
have served as a model exhibit. The irrigation
pipes spraying the ground, were keeping the grow
ing things in perfect condition. As I listened to
the casual remarks made by Bawden about his ex
perience here. I could understand why he had
chosen to come and why his experiment had far
reaching importance. It was an indication of the
kind of experiment that was going to be exten
sively tried throughout California during the next
few years by the steadily increasing numbers of
people who longed to escape from the limiting
conditions ot city lite to me ireeaom ana tne in
dependence of the country.
No Boycott
The suggestion contained in many letters re
cently received by ine tribune that the places
of business of tradespeople who have German
names be boycotted seems to this newspaper un
reasonable and untair.
It is easy to understand the present resent
ment of the American people. Their anger, their
wrath at the action .of the German government,
is both natural and wholly justified, but to vent
this wrath upon American citizens of German ex
traction is not only thoughtless but calculated to
do exactly the thing Americans most desire to
avoid doing, namely, to keep alive extra-American
distinctions.
A very large portion of the German-American
population in the United States, can trace its
Americanism through several generations, goes
back to the noble German days of 1848 and shares
in the splendid American period from 1861 to
1865. A blind, indiscriminate, attack upon those
bearing German names would be an unworthy
return for what many German-Americans have
done for this nation.
It is still fair to assume that all citizens of this
country are loyal, patriotic, are in fact Americans.
The exception may be dealt with as his individual
case may seem to demand, bnt we should avoid
tryingi to accomplish what, the Dernburgs nave
endeavored unsuccessfully to do, that is, to build
up a German-American class in our own popula
tion. . .,
Above ajV this is not. the tirne toTappeal-to
iyncn law ana tne boycott is.in essence a lynch
We are living in a vital period. Nevei
before within our memory has there been
a time, when so many problems funda
mental to true progress presented them
selves to thinking men. These problems
call for expert examination, clear
thought and sober Judgment They are
not merely the, problems directly arising
from the disturbance and distress occa
sioned all over the world by the great
struggle now 'going on In Europe, though
'these alone are perhaps thu greatest
problems with which mankind has ever
had to deal. The problems I have specifi
cally In-mind, however, are larger even
than' these; they reach into the future.
Theyjiave to do with the whole scheme
of the organization of society and Us In
terests, especially as regards those things
that must always primarily concern the
great majority of men and women, name
ly, the Industry, commerce and other ac
tivities which form the basis of their
Individual and social welfare and which
enable them to be efficient, both Indi
vidually and also socially and politi
cally. Here In the -United State?, partic
ularly, we are In more than one sense
at a parting of the ways. We are all
naturally preoccupied at the moment
with the restoration ot the national
prosperity which has been Interrupted
by the operation of the new tariff, by
the great war and by other causes. The
war itself is making It clear that the
real question is larger than this. We
want prosperity; but we want it solid
and enduring. We want to make sure
that, while our free institutions are
maintained in a more vigorous condition
than ever, we do not gft out of step
with the onward progress of the world
and thus fall to hold our own with na
tions that may be learning the secrets
of progress ftaster and better than we
are.
Errors of Recent Yearn.
Correct decisions leading to Just action
during the next few critical jcars will
mean much to the solidity and perma
nence of this republic The continuance
of misunderstandings, of mutual criti
cism, and of working at"cro8 purposes
among the men and groups of men who
are shaping our destinies, may serve to
carry us Into criors from which a full
recovery may not be possible. I may
quote here what I said recently In an
other connection:
"The tendency of the times during the
last few years seems to have been op
posed to business progress. This has
been shown in publications, utterances of
public speakers. Introduction of many
vicious bills Into the legislative branches
of government, the passage of some un
favorable laws and. In some instances,
a disposition to go beyond reason and
justice In the effort to administer the
laws.
"The reason for these adverse condi
tions has been partly the fault of the
business men. We had become more or
less careless in management, indifferent
to the rights and Interests of others,
regardless of our responsibilities toward
those for whom we had become trustees,
as directors, officials or otherwise, and
unmindful of the general public welfare.
I make no personal reference and have
no individual or corporation In mind. All
of us failed to measure fully up to our
obligations.
"Many of those who criticised were ac
tuated bv the best of motives, others by
the desire for notoriety or individual ad
vancement. The effect was had and in
many instances not Justified."
Great Principle" at Stake.
The great war which Is now shaking
Europe
whether In a great emergency, or In the
continuous dally development of Its pros
perity and national welfare In general.
In the address from which I have Just
quoted I made use In another passage
of a personal experience which brings
out. In a Held where it has actually been
tried, the scope of the Idea In mind. With
some Amissions, the passage Is as fol
lows: Could Hate Prevented War.
"About three jears since, a few repre
sentatives of the iron and steel Industry
tnia country had the privilege of
black cravat enclosing a Costumer in hi, atudy uljSj &ffStSSl
and the world has served to
arouse many dormant intellectual anu
moral forces, not the least among which
are the forces of economic and political
anal) sis. Behind the clash of armies,
trained economists and students of the
welfare of nations perceive world prob
lems, whose working out, successfully
or unsuccessfully, will determine the fu
ture of all peoples, whether now in
cluded among the belligerents or not.
The issues are not merely the victory or
defeat of the one or the other group
of these belligerents, but great funda
mental principles of human progress. The
financial and commercial convulsion of
the whole world at the outbreak of the
war; the sudden and painful discovery
that no country now-a-days can live for
itself alone; the sharp realization that
even nations at peace and remote from
the conflict must by a strong and de
pendable co-ordination of their own af
fairs, be prepared for the difficulties aris
ing from such a conflict these and other
impressive lessons of the war in Europe
have stirred the minds of thinking men
everywhere to reconsider their vague and
often merely traditional ideas of what
Is good for peoples, taken either collec
tively or Individually. Trobably there
Is now a consensus of opinion, among
those whose Judgment is worth having,
that after the war Is concluded it will
110 longer be possible for a great na
tion to go on In a happy-go-lucky way.
with no common purposes and aims, if It
desires to remain a permanent force
in the world, holding Its place in the
vanguard of progress.
Underlying; Cause of War.
t mav nafelv be said that history has
not recorded a great human catastrophe
which carried for the world so vivid and
unmistakable a demonstration of funda
mental truths. Many great events are
capable of misinterpretation; but It seems
to me, the present war. whatever may
be the differences of opinion as to its
diplomatic preliminaries, stands forth. In
the ejes of the far-seetyig statesmen and
r tha nu economist, clear and clean-
,-.it a reaards the great ultimate conciu-
.inn to be drawn from it. runaament-
ally. I believe this war was made pos-
ihin bv the failure of men and women
constituting gTeat populations to Insist
upon the application. In respect to their
economic activities and interests, of the
simple Christian principles of mutual for
bearance and co-operaiion wnn.11 mey
vowed aa a religious or social creed,
As I said In an address delivered during
October last:
"Without giving reasons In detail at
the present time. I .venture tne opinion
that the struggle for commercial su
premacy was the Underlying cause of the
war, or at least nao a aecioea innuence
upon Its pticlpltatism; that the ques
tions at issue largely relate to dollars
and cents. And many believe that If
representatives of the different nations
had previously met In a spirit, of friend
ly and considerate inquiry ror tne pur
pose of definitely and Anally setting the
financial Interests of each, all trouble
could hare been averted."
" It Is believed that the Idea here sug
gested namely, that deliberately chosen
representatives of the nations now at
war could have averted hostilities and
saved the world alt the unspeakable suf
fering and waste of the titanic struggle,
if only this course had been pursued
Is one that must commend Itself to every
thinking person who has had an opport
unity to observe how much can be ac
complished In the way of reconciling
even Inveterate and paasl6nate differ
ences between men through the use of
frankness, ralrness and reasonableness
In the discussion and determination of
their respective rights. But whether this
be carrying reliance upon. right reason
too- far or not, the- principle Involved la
sound. A nation is aa aggregation of In
dividual, It standards reflect the Ideals
of U active majority ot Its people. If
this active majority is not co-ordinated
and united In splrit;vlf It knows nothing
of the co-operation of citlsea with citl
aen. class wth classIf. la short' It ia
ataulr a Croat undiaeJaHaoa. unruly, en
vious aad Mcksrlag fesally then the- aa-
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of
meeting In Great Britain' and Continental
Europe the leading representatives pf
the Iron and steel manufacturing inter
ests of the world. For several days we
were In close association with those men
and became well acquainted with them
and the spirit and motives which doml
noted their attitude and treatment of
one another. The countries represented
included England. Scotland. Wales. Bel
glum, France. Germany. Austria. Italy
Russia. Spain, Hungary, Canada and the
unuea states.
"All were active comDetltors. Indlvi
dual concern ot a single country with
each other and each country with all
other countries. Nevertheless, it was
evident that a feeling of business friend
ship permeated the minds and Influenced
the conduct of these men, and thl In
the main tended to establish and uphold
an oraeriy and profitable management
of the affairs entrusted to them.
"If the large numbers of business men
who represented on this memorable oc
casion all of the countries engaged in
the iron and steel industry could have
had opportunity to consider and rietr.
mine the questions leading up to the war
which Is raging in Europe there would
have been no war. These intelligent ex
perienced, practical, sensible and Chris
tian men. being from time tn tlmo in
close contact, and therefore well ac
quainted with each other, would have
been patient, considerate and fair-minded
and would have' made adtustmentit
and reached conclusions calculated to
protect the Interests of all and to pre
vent the possibility of the present de
plorable hostility."
German EffectUenras.
I do not desire In this article to ana
lze the merits of the cause of one or
the other side In the European war, nor
to compare the national efficiency of the
several belligerent nations. But what
ever may be our personal smpathles or
opinions In connection with thl minted
there appears to be a general agreeme-.V
wiai me cnier reason for German) 's re
centiy acquired national. Industrial and
commercial prominence is the spirit of
co-operanon running through the entire
economic and social life of the country.
The conscious aim of the government of
Germany and of the leaders of German
thought and of German business, ever
since the Franco-Prussian war. has been
to bring Into harmonious co-ordination,
without the waste of the blind antagon
isms and competitions of the various
classes of the productive population, all
the constructive and progressive efforts
of the German people. From the stand
point of a neutraInation, It can hardly
be denied that there Is food for thought
In the following account of their appli
cation of the principle Just mentioned
to thf needs of the great national crisis
that had arisen. The Imperial Vlce
Chancellor, Herr von Deibruck. Is re
ported to have commented upon the ef
fectiveness of the German Industrial and
commercial organization and Its ability
to withstand the shock of war and the
extraordinary demands made upon It by
the necessities of war, in the following
language:
"I had a talk with the gentlemen
representing the control of the sugar
Industry, and In fifteen minutes we had
settled all the questions affecting It.
I met other men and we quickly set
tled the textile and chemical Industries.
I met representatives of all the. agri
cultural organizations, and in an hour
vve had. settled all questions pertaining
to the food supply. Germany, as no
other country, is centralized Industrial
ly as well as economlcallj. giving us
an organization which makes us un
conquerable, economically and indus
trially."
Lesson for the L'nlted States.
Comparisons are not necessary in
this article. The object of this quota
tion Is to set forth a practical appli
cation of the economic principle of co
operation on a large scale. The deduc
tion proper to draw is that a great na
tion like the United States, with Its
immense problems, no longer local, but
Inevitably and Increasingly Interna
tional as they must become, -should
give deep thought to the example
which has thus been afforded to the
world of what may be done along cer
tain very definite lines of co-operative
organization, not for the benefit of the
few but for that of the many; not for
the benefit of a particular class but for
that of the entire nation.
It Is worth remarking at this point
that amost unconsciously we have our
selves had the benefits of co-operation
brought home to us by the necessities
we have had to meet in the months"
since the European war broke out. As
all remember, our financial and eco
nomic situation In the earlier part of
191-i was not all that could be desired.
In fact, many of our great Industries
were in a depressed and even embar
rassed condition. The gradual recov
ery from the strain of 1907 had been
in a measure checked by a variety of
forces. There were reasons, however.
for expecting an Improvement in the
near future. Then, all at once the
whole Industrial fabric was tempo
rarily paralyzed by the sudden diver
sion of the great forces of trade and
industry from their proper object to
the vast destruction of human life and
of accumulated capital. And the con
sequences were so tremendous, even
for us. that there had to be co-operation
lest all should :e destroyed.
Finance, industry, commerce, both do
mestic and International, were com
pelled to work together, or go down
In general ruin.
Permanent Solution Xerrssary.
THE OPEN FORUM.
f
In Which Readers of The Herald Express Thei
Views -on Current Topics.
Editor of the Washington Herald: I
am perfectly Justified in using the
term "monster" which In Its human
application means "a person of unna
tural or excessive wickedness
or cruelty." If a creature having the
form and sumtance of a man, safely
ambushed beneath the water, with
out notice or warning (or under any
pther conceivable conditions within
his control), sends a deadly missile
into a ship carrying a large number
of Innocent passengers, among whom
are many women and little children, and
to wounds the vessel as to reduce her to
a sinking condition, and then In order to
make escape practically Impossible, de
liberately repeats the charge that person
Is unnaturally and excessively wicked.
and therefore a monster.
If another person of the same spe
cies pierces the body of a living in
fant with a bayonet or spear, and
boastfully shoulders It while it is
still struggling In the last agony of
death that person comes within the
definition, and is a monster.
I may have within me the same ele
ments that compose Jhese other mon
8ters I msyr be no "better and possi
bly Just as bad as they are. as as
serted by the dllletante 'writer ot
lavender-scented pieces for the press
which I am informed are read only
by a fev people of 'excessive leisure
and by them only when they have
nothing else to do but i am not con
scious of having drowned any women
and babies, or- Impaled any Infants
on bayonets. Neither have I resorted
to deliberate or any other kind or
lying, because the incidents that I
mentioned are well known to be true.
Let us admit that no matter how
base a man may be. there is probably
a spark of good In some remote cor
ner of his soul. Dut mat ipurn .
coin to be fanned Into vigor by pro
claiming a monster a hero.
The hypocrite ts ne wno piates Him
self on a pedestal as being higher
and better than otners. ana wnu 1
gently shocked at an honest outburst
or horror for a deed of excessive cow
ardice and moral depravity, which
should excite Indignation ana rigni
cous hatred in the breast of every
man wno is wormy 01 "
W. s. irniim.
917 Massachusetts avenue.
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read an
newspaper
The. story can never be completely
told of the extent of the mutual as
sistance given, of the courageous and
unselfish standing by those caught In
the maelstrom, of the disinterested co
operation of the most, diverse Interests.
In order that the wheels of Industry
might continue to turn and the ways
of commerce continue to be open. At
length It can be said without undue
optimism that the skill and courage
of our citizens working- together has
brought this country Into a. position
of substantial adjustment to the
changed conditions. It seems prob
able, moreover, that the Impulse which
has been given to men's minds by the
crisis through which we have passed
will malce the final adjustment of. all
the consequences of war, when It
comes. 'mora fundamental land mor
lasting than It otherwise could have
been. It IS certain that the attitude
of awakened attention and of creative
Interest in economic problems which
this world catastrophe has produced
In the United fltatts will tremendously
hasten th tints when public opinion
here wilt undertake a permanent solu
tion of Questions profoundly affecting
onr welfare as a people, of which we
had began to catch glimpses r-soms
time befors 4he effects of ths war sud
denly and. violently brought thsm
homo tojear minds, hue which ws
wars ot'Tst.Tsaay. to acnupon.
-As -taMAM aa th".Male ot' HOT
aad lUsjssjsatE at, trsOU. testate
Approval From Blloxl, Mans.
Editor of the Washington ncraiu.
Noting In Uie Columbia (S. C) State
of the 10th Inst-, your admirable edi
torial under the caption. "A Mad Crim
inal Running Amuck." I feel constrain
ed to express my approval of It. oa
only affirm and confirm my views as
expressed to the Review of Reviews,
of London, some months since, to wit.
that the mad German Emperor, find
ing himself on the eve of signal de
feat, after brutally causing the Im
molation of tens of thousands of his
Slavish subjects, is anxious to embrpll
the United States In a war with him
self, i. e.. Germany, in order that
claiming he 1b unable to flght the
world, he. representing "the flesh and
the devil." may "back out." before he
is "driven out." My reading of the his
tory of Germany proves, to my think
ing, that the Germans, when their
passions are aroused, are always bru
tal and cruel to the fullest extent.
Some months ago mere apP "
the English Review of Reviews an il
luminating article from the pen of a
French savant, whose name I fret
under the caption. "Is the Kaiser
Mad." If the article came under your
eye you must have been struck by
It I believe the Raiser Is self-centered
to madness. God grant that our
wise, morally brave President may
teach the Kaiser a much needed les
son and yet not embroil the United
States In 'war. Doubtless, safe In tne
seclusion of his study with the in
spiration of his sainted- wife. he. like
Stonewall Jackson, on his knees im
plores divine guidance. All the good
people of the United States will up
hold him. and those who are brave,
that is willing to flght themselves, not
merely like brutal onlookers of a dog
flght will obey his call to arms ir the
God 'of peace, "who moves in a mys-
Iterious way." wins mat ine un.i
States must again maice wmus ..u
omhans. and alas! wealthy parvenues
.who will fatten on the contracts, even
with a Democratic aommisu" -
hold them In check.
JAMES GADSDEN HOLMES, 2D.
Blloxl, Miss.
Tnkea Col. Rooseielt to Task.
Editor of The Washington Herald:
Milk and w.ater versus blood and Iron.
My subject is not original. It Is
taken from an article published in The
Herald on May 12. which purported to
be the sentiments of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt and expressed by him In
Syracuse on the 11th instant. The
comparisons which Col. RsevJ
drew, as Indicated in my subject and
also his comparison of this country
with China, struck me as being lu-
There is nothing In Mr. Wilson's
address In Philadelphia that would
Indicate' a shrinking of this nation
from using necessary diligence in
maintaining Its own self respect.
They "were the words of a conserva
tive nd brilliant man. expressed to
people who were Just becoming citi
zens of the United States. They must
have been construed as he wished,
that Is. to pacify them and teach them
their first lesson In true citizenship,
in that it was essential for every
American citizen to look at such a
crisis In a cool and fair minded way.
Col. Roosevelt's suggestion of "Blood
and Iron" has a very repulsive mean
ing In a time of enlightenment and
civilization, as we now enjoy. He
should have thought twice, and If he
h.rf h would have come to the con
clusion that two wrongs do not make
a right and that It was the duty of
this country to maintain Its own self
respect by discouraging the horrors
that would evidently be the result of
hasty and undiplomatic actions of our
people.
I am wondering how CoL Roosevelt
mute rcauing iirz Wilson
munication to Germany. I
article In a New York 1
which contained something like the
louowmg: -uoi. Roosevelt will feel
like 30 cents after reading Mr. Wil
son's letter." Of course. I do not know
If CoL Roosevelt's egotism can be so
suddenly and greatly reduced, but were
I in his' position. I would consider
that quite a fair rating.
In an-'edltorlal in the New York
Times of the Hth instant. It is said
"Every American, citizen would be
willing to affix his signature in his
approval of the firm and Indisputable
representations and demands." and it
Is also said in the same editorial.
"That through the great diplomatic
achievement of the note It puts upon
Germany the choice of not only what
her reply will be but what is to fol
low it and should she deny us then
we shall know that she repudiates
reason. Justice, and humanity." Theaj
are strong words and they are the de
duction from the work of a strong
man.
Mr Wilson's communication to Ger
many has met with, what might be
considered, unanimous accord and 4I
believe that It will be handed down In
the history of this nation as one of
the strongest and most conclusive let
ters of its character. Mr TVilson has
exhibited great ability at a time when
ability Is most needed and a few more
like achievements on his part will
place him In rank .with Abraham Lin
coln. However, much that it Is n h
regretted, a few more undiplomatic.
hasty and needless utterances from
Col. Roosevelt will place him in the
class with our disturbing and unwel
come visitor. Dr. Dernburg.
JOSEPH ADKINS. JR.
German War Methods.
Editor of The Washington Herald:
There is a fine vein of keen sarcasm
running through the note of Presi
dent Wilson to the German govern
ment. For example, he says:
"Long acquainted as this govern
ment has been with the character of
the Imperial German government and
with the high principles of equity
by which they have In the past been
actuated and guided, the government
of the United States cannot believe
that the commanders of the vessels
which committed these acts of law
lessness did so except under a mis
apprehension of the orders issued by
the Imperial government."
Now, no one In the world known
better than Mr. Wilson that, the bfd
rotk principle and the supreme rule
of action of Frederick the Great was
that treachery, perfidy and perjjry
was not. only Justifiable but to be
commended In all diplomatic inter
course with other nations. And well
does Mr. Wilson also know that the
military machine in Prussia which
now rules all Germany has adopted
this maxim of their glorified "old '
Fritz" as the controlling rule of their
conduct. Their technical military liter
ature will abundantly show that the
successful commander will be one who
puts aside every consideration of
honor. Justice, humanity and conscience.
and Is merciless in destruction. And this
they Justify by saying that "war is not
an evening tea party."
It was tn pursuance of this perfidy
that Prussia forced the war on France,
as everybody now knows, under the
guidance of the Mephlstophellan Bis
marck. Under the same devilish motive
and impulse they brought up the Turk
and let loose the proclamation ot a
"Holy War." which means the indis
criminate massacre of all Christians,
not sparing women and children, by
which they hoped to "strike terror"
into England by the slaughter of the
Innocents In India and Egypt. In com
parison with which, had they succeed
ed in their purpose. Herod's massacre
would be a summer idyl. IGNIKE.
The Loan Shark Question.
Editor of The Washington Herald
What constltutes'a so-called money shark
of which so much has been said and
written?
Are we not all money sharks? Don't
everybody get all they can for their
money? Doesn't everybody get all they
can for their services Doesn't every one
get all. they can for what they have to
sell? Doesn't every one aim to get the
best end of a bargain or trade? When a
circus comes to town and takes away
thousands of dollars do the newspapers
make much of a fusa about it?
Is there a single Individual In the city
who would lend S3 for 2 cents for thirty
das? Or Is there a company or cor
poration that would do so? If so kindly
let jour readers know where to find
them.
Was not the old law adequate to pro
tect borrowers when under the provisions
of the same the lender could only col
lect the principal amount borrowed it
the borrower refused to pay more?
Is Billy Sunday a money shark? Didn't
he take away all the money he could
get? Did our paper call him a money
shark because he did? Suppose some
poor woman should be In need of a few
dollars to meet her rent for a month,
where could she get It for 1 per cent
per month For Instance If she lacked
J10 could she get It for ten cents? I
would answer no. and If she could not
meet her rent, wouldn't she be put out
of the house she rents? Could she go
and rent another one from a real estat
agent?
I am neither a money-lender or bor
rower and have no particular Interest In
either, but am asking the above ques- v
tions for Information which may be of
Interest to others who read your paper
daily like myself. READER.
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country. It had begun to be clear to
some of us that the industrial and
.roial interests of the United
States had become too vast and too
complex to be left In their old-time
haphazard and disorganized condition
without grave danger of recurrent
crises and pan Us. probably each more
th. th. last with the passage
. k. -t-.r. Some method ot Inte
gration and co-ordination had become a
necessity from the point ,of Jwf
the public, sjood. I believed then that
I could see signs that this lesson of
1907 was being appreciated nionB
1 -... . nnd on January ?. 190S.
as light was beginning to break after
the darkness 01 tne panic k. -....
I made the following comments upon
the situation, which were published
In the New York Herald:
Fair and Honest Dentins;.
"The experiences of the last year
have been of great value. We have
been extravagant In very direction, and
have' been compelled to realize It. we
understand better than ever before that
our financial system Is not perfect, and
that thtre Is need of some changes In
basis and In methods. Better super
vision and Improved management have
been shown to be necessary. Wo ap
nreeiate more fully that a good banker
stay not be fit to operate a black
smith's shop, nor a oiacasmnn si ,u
Baaaaa a bank. Moreover, it may 1
safs-to .assort, that most, icaot amor
tka Bosnia bow beUevs that MbUcltr
U recarauto. aad rii1aUa aC". !;
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enterprises are more Important to be
considered than the mere, question of
the right of such enterprises to exist.
"One of the factors to be borne in
mind is the disposition which. now ex
ists In the minds of managers of some
lines of Industry to co-operate. 'Never
Before has this subject been given so
much thought and attention. It" may
prove to be very Important. The effort
Is to base action on fair and open deal
ing. Competition is not. to be stifled,
but-father to be encouraged by the
competitors themselves. f This may bn
a departure from old methods; still It
should b beneficial to all concerned."
Since these words were spoken, much
has been done In the direction of in
dustrial co-operation In this country.
As I thought then. I think now; that
the most aterrlble- waste possible Is
human waste. If industrial develop
ment has a place In the progress of
civilization It should ' ,be organized
upon a basis of elimination of prevent
able human waste. It should not ha
carried out along,, The- very principle,.
or lack; ot prlnclplerwhich.' as between
the nations of Euros, ha bean so
powerful a eoatrtemtlsg cause to the'
present war. -ttt ehowMn"ot be carried
out. along lines of unrestrained and
cut-throat competition, which is; itself
hardly different thmay of Its? car
dinal phaaea.sfreaa.aetttal war. ul
More tnan lata, aa we' look backiovsr
what has beea.haaoewmg In the bapaeas
world In 'tMaafWaaBclJ97, aaipar- "
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