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PAGE FOUR THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1914 jli i Arizona Republican's Editorial Page li ill , ' . i. The Arizona Republican Published by ARIZONA PUBLISHING COMPANY. The Only Paper in Arizona Published Every Day in the Year. Only Morning Paper in Phoenix. I wight B. Heard President a nd Manager Charles A. Stauffer . Business Manager Garth W. Cate ..Assistant Business Manager J. W. Spear Editor Ira H. S. Huggett Citv Editor Exclusive Morning Associated Press Dispatches. Office, Corner Second and Adams Streets. Entered at the Postofflce at Phoenix, Arizona, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Address all communications to THE ARIZONA REPUB LICAN. Phoenix, Arizona. TELEPHONES: Xuslneas Office ....'. 422 City Editor 413 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dally, one month, in advance .75 Iiaily, three months, in advance 2.M) Daily, six months. In advance 4.00 Dally, onelyear. in advance 8.00 Sundays only, by mail 2.50 SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1J14 () Dearling Lady, sweete and kinde, Was never face so pleased my minde. I did Imt see tliee passing bve. And lo! I'll love thee till I 'die. Valentine of 1007. The Progressive Party Like the Imy who whistles to keep his euiinisc 11 1 while passing a graveyard on a dark night. 11 publiean newspapers and loaders arc announcing the decadence of the progressive party. Demo cratic newspapers ami leaders join in the prophecy of lie early dissolution, of progress! vism. But progressive leaders, those who should le the most concerned in the fate of the party and should best understand its status, are confident and even jubi lant. If they arc not worried at the outlook, out siders should control their emotions. ( ) vert u res for the merging of the progressive and republican parties are made only by repub licans. They are the ones who propose the mixing of oil and water, and the only reason they offer for the merger is one which does not in any way appeal to the progressives the control of the states and the nation; the occupation of the offices. If the progressives should go back or should consent lo a compromise, that would be a confession that they had erred in the first instance in going away. The tone of the speeches by progressive leaders at many Lincoln day gatherings indicate their belief that the position of the party is stronger than ever. Undoubtedly, if the progressives and the re publicans were to unite, they Would carry-the .coun try. The result would be materially beneficial to the progressive leaders, who would find places as governors of states. United States senators anil representatives. If they desired only to gratify political or personal ambition they would favor the merger. They are aware that a long, hard battle is before them; that there will be years of political leanness, and that their own political ambitions, if they have any, may never be gratified. But that is a small matter in comparison with the ultimate triumph of progressive principles and the final reign of social and industrial justice. If Hiram W. Johnson, Albert J. Beveridge, James R, Garfield and Henry J. Allen cared at all for their political well-being they would be among the foremost in advocacy of a merger, for to them would surely come political preferment. But they regard it as better that preferment should not come at all than that the principles which they are sup porting should fail. The country does not urgently demand the return of the republican party to power. It has fared very well in the past year and is in a pros perous condition. The democratic party has in stalled some, though very few, of the reforms to which the progressive party had committed itself, and, to that extent, the country is in better shape than when the republican party went out of power. If the democrats should make a serious mistake the effect cannot be lasting in this resilient country. It would turn to the progressive country which muat hold itself in readiness to accept the trust. Mr. Young and the Newspapers The open letter of Hon. George U. Voting to his very numerous supporters at the primary on Wednesday, which The Republican yesterday printed, opens an ethical question touching newspapers' gen erally. Without some explanation, the position taken by Mr. Young that he neither asks nor would ac cept the support of a newspaper in his campaign, would seem an extraordinary one for a candidate. But it is in his explanation that the ethical ques tion arises. Mr. Young believes that newspapers should have no favorites, but should occupy a big. broad and unbiased attitude in campaigns, and should be educators in their communities and noth ing more. Our consideration of this matter is in no way prejudicial to the candidacy of Mr. Young, for whom we have long had, and still have, the highest regard. But we cannot conceive 'how a silent newspaper can be an educator.. Mr. Young was for a long time the owner and .ultor of a newspaper, and his newspaper always stood for something in the county and town where it was published. It was properly aggressive in all matters and in all issues arising in his town, county and the territory. All newspapers should so stand. Some newspapers stand for party. The independent newspaper represents independent thought. The neutral newspaper, alone, stands for nothing. In every campaign, national, state, county and municipal, voters are divided into groups, each group clustered about some idea. The right to join one of these groups cannot be denied to the newspaper, and every party or independent newspaper always joins one of them. It as properly advocates the idea for which its group stands as any other member of the group, and certainly no member of it should be expected to be neutral. If it is improper for the newspaper to advocate the Idea for which it stands, orators should be barred from mass meetings and mass meetings themselves should be barred. There should be no opportunity at all for discussion and conference. Newspapers are not founts of wisdom. They ' are often wrong. In fact, equally divided as they are in public contests, nearly, and sometimes more than half of them, are wrong all the time. But they are all collectors and interpreters of information. Sometimes the information is biased or the inter pretation of it is inaccurate or unfair, but both the information and the interpretation are open to in spection and judgment. A majority of readers ex pect this information and many of them say that they find it helpful. Newspapers, as a rule, would often avoid the duty of taking "skies If they could do so with honor. In every community questions and candidates arise presenting difficulties of choice. These difficulties are not so great for the party newspaper as for the independent newspaper which finds it hard to choose between two candidates and often finds merit as well as demerit in the issue presented. What ever course it takes is sure to be followed by a loss of friends whom it values. It has this compen sation, however, that it can so conduct itself that it will retain the respect of those who were once its friends but are not so now. But if it should re main neutral in any matter which had divided the community into two or more groups, there might not be an actual severance of any ties of friend ship, but all of them would be loosened. It would forfeit the respect of its entire constituency. The community would not regard such a newspaper as big, broad and unbiased," but as cowardly and shrinking. An El Paso Bond Election They hail a bond election in K! Paso the other day; that is, some of the people held one. It was an election of the people, by some of tile people for all of the people. Two issues, amounting to $ jtl.O'to, were to voted on, and by an overwhelming ma jority," not of all the people, but of a very few of them, it was decided that the bagatelle proposed should be spent. For one of the issues there were .-!! votes and against it 17 voles. The other issue must have been less popular, for it was favored by only 13 voters, while there was an increased majority of IS against it. Thus, at the. most, only 4ti of the voters took any part or interest in the proposition to appropriate a quarter of a million dollars to tile public use. We can crow a little, but not too loudly, over Kl Paso. We had an election on a bond issue, or several of them, amounting to about the sum voted at Kl Paso, a few months ago. and only about six per cent of our voters registered for that election. Hardly two-thirds of the registered vote was cast. But that was not the worst of it. An earlier cill for a registration for an election on these bond issues biought oft. as we remember, only twenty six citizens. That was just a little more than enough to man the polls on election day. That would have taken twenty-four of the qualilied voters, leaving two to come to the polls and exer cise the privilege of freemen. But there whs no as surance that they would be there, for it has never happened in the history of the Australian ballot sys tem that al lthe registered voters voted. The coun cil, therefore, aware of the traditional cowardli ness of capital, was apprehensive that if the bonds, should be voted as a result of the outpouring of twenty-six voters, the bond buyers might fear that the bonds were not represntative of such a desree of exhuberance of public sentiment as would pre clude an attempt at repudiation sometime. Ac cordingly that election was called off and. in time, another was ordered and the voters were begged and importuned to register. El Paso claims to have a population of tio.imo. It should have, at lea.it, 10,000 voters, and if there is a property qualification there, it should have at least 6,00" voters entitled to an expression at a bond election. Yet. this important matter of issuing $.30,100 bonds was settled by one voter out of twenty-five. The events in Phoenix of last Wednesday, though, indicate that the people of this city are taking a deeper interest in elections than they have done in the past. Our new form of government, while not imposing any additional responsibilities upon the citizen, brings it more clearly to him that there are responsibilities that he ought to accept. THE RACE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LONDON Statistics on the other side of the Atlantic have hastened to refute some figures recently eman ating from New York which sought to establish that the American metropolis has passed London as the greatest city of the world. These figures, compiled by a member of the New v oi k Board of Health, gave New York a population of 5,476.9f8 and London 4,518,111. It is possible that these to tals were intended only to apply for certain ad ministrative purposes, but the prominence given them in the press as showing America has the world's greatest city resulted in some rapid calcula tions across the water. The result is that Greater New York, according to the London calculations is still nearly L'.OOO.OOO behind the uU world city. It is pointed out that the estimate of r.476,!!)tt for New York represents the city proper and its suburban boroughs, while that of 4. .118, 1111 accredit ed by the American authority to London applied to the administrative "county of London.'- Nearly H.OOO.000 of Lonndoners, it is asserted reside in dis tricts of Wimbleton, Acton, Willesden, Hornsey. Tottenham, West Ham, East Ham, Layton, Wal thamstow, Iford and others that are outside the old London county, but are included in the census and registration district, which is likened to the me tropolitan pol'ce district of New York. No such natural barrier as the Hast river, which divides the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens from New York proper, draws a line be tween any of these suliurbs and, London, it is ar gued, and continuous street connection are further IHiinted to as proving that these districts belong properly in Greater London. New York might well contend that the exten sion of the municipal government, not of physical connections, is what determines the area of a city, hut it can well afford to let London cling to its world honor a while longer. The London Times ad mits that in due course, if the present rates of in crease continue, "another record will go to the other side of the '. Atlantic." Tncoma Ledger. Ill f . Jhst i Mk i 'WK rAy AN1) wtLL S1 i ' eM905. ; MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN rkyj - ik 2 Chetfeafesay j . THE tneres germs in kisses fC;.S vaiipvb4m . Butute5aidoferms? A : VALLEY, BANK I T"" ' "f Ph0CUii' AriZUUa Some valentines in the local shops. Valentines for sweethearts, near weethearts, mothers and the little folks at home are on display in the (hops, but fathers seem to be left out. Dealers say fathers are lack ing in sentiment and don't appreciate valentines. tct,;i i Probably the While some styles of valentines . . ... , . I attractive gifts wc pupu.a. in uu.er years are sachet boxes and ,.ose?ay DOkeS fill- i missing this year, nothing new or ed with heliotrope, rose or lavender j startling is being shown. Remem- leaves. The bo::es themselves are in ; brances with the old-fashioned lace ! quaint shapes and are adorned with j and accordion effects are tabooed. ! " inoIine Patterns- Tlle idea comes This nlH t f ..-.,iio ! from colonial days when milady car- . "comic" valentines that used to de light the eye of the schoolboy. iicu oci uaiiuuuA Cards suitable accompany the Procastination By WALT MASON The fellow who's always a-Koin;;, tomorrow or day after that, to make a remarkable showing, is talking, I wist, through his hat. The men who are KcttinR the dollars and putting up oodles of hay are those who get into the collars and strain at the harness today. I toil, ami with crimson Taadana remove from my forehead the sweat, while others re saying "Mamma." ami loafing and going in debt; and so, when the times are grown harder, when famines and panics arise, the doughnuts and hams in my larder will sure be a sight for sore eyes. I haven't much faith in tomorrow; it is out an oily-tongued ghost that hands out a package of sorrow to people who bank on it most. Today is the day of achievement, the time when the harvest js ripe; tomorrow's the day of bereavement, of dreams that were born of the pipe. Today is the port of Endeavor, where garlands are always in bloom: tomorrow's the harbor of Never, where dere licts drift to their' doom. So work in tile day that is present, nor count on next day or next week: the skies now are smiling and pleasant, tomorrow the tempests may shriek, RESOURCES OF THE CANAL REGION Every stream in Panama shows colorings of gold, yet few of them are worth working by the or dinary panning method, the long rainy season inter fering seriously with this class of operation. In every province of the republic there are sections where gold was mined with profit by the Spaniards, but they used slave labor, and the methods by which they worked the diggings were not profitable when slavery was abolished. Varlotls prospecting companies have sent engineers into different sec tions of the country, and in almost every case the report was to the effect that the ore was good, in sonie instances excellent, but the cost of devel opment, including inland transportation of machin ery, was too great, to warrant operation at the present time. In the Darien region, where formerly the Spaniards worked extensively at San Domingo. 'ana and other points, only the 'ana mines are now operated. They pay a good return on a small investment. Preliminary surveys are almost completed on a plan for opening to development the provinces that lie west of the canal and south of the Cordillera. The cost will be at least Slu.iMin.omi. but the nation has unlimited credit, and a project for development will receive support both at home and abroad. The interior of Panama is rich, the soil is deep and fer tile along the rivers, the hillsides adapted to grazing and fruit raising, the hills bear minerals and here and there are forests containing mahogany, cedar, lignum vitae and other cabinet woods. Reference has already bt-n made to the many rivprs that traverse the country, and the bays that deeply indent, the coasts. A glance at the map shown the magnificent situation of the isthmus as regards ocean travel, for no part of the country is more than fifty miles from the sea. Tlle present plan for development is based upon these natural advantages. It is proposed to build narrow-guage railways from the various ports to the interior towns and fields, to create great reservoirs to generate electri city for jHiwer and for irrigation during the dry season, to build vvharves and improve harbors. Good highways and trails will also he constructed. It wrill be iossib!e thus to place the remotest hamlets of the provinces within two hours' communication with the tidewater and within two days of Panama city. Correspondence London Times. TRUE HOSPITALITY I pray you, O excellent wife, not to cumber yourself and me to get a rich dinner for this man or this woman who have alighted at our gate, nor a bed chamber made ready at too great a cost. These things, if they are curious in, they can get for dollar at any village. Hut let this stranger, if he will, in your looks, in your accent and be havior, read your heart and earnestness, your thought and will, which he cannot buy at any price in any village or city, and which he may travel fifty miles and dine sparely and sleep hard in order to behold. Certainly. let the board he spread and let the bed be dressed for the traveler; but let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in these inings. Honor to the house where they are simple to the verge of hardship, so that there the intellect is awake and reads the laws of the universe. Emerson. f 1 ' .... W-l daintiest and most i . i consist of miniature j If the man who made ; the writing ruie5 j Loveci someone as I &! for me hcciMrnake a little" i" : Arxl a capitat tor j "Youl aiiu nosegay dux. for Valentine's favors. day ! Sidewalk Sketches BY HOWARD L. RANN PUBLIC SENTIMENT Public sentiment is a beneficent influence whose mission is 'to butt into a primary election and change the face of the returns. It is the only thing on earth thai the side-stepping politician is afraid of. A candidate fur office ;may have an organiza tion that is tightpr than' Kncle Hiram at a basket social and a roll of $1 bills that would suffocate a virtuous electorate, but when public sentiment camps on his trail it makes bis chances look as slim as a lean man in a three-button cutaway. The only person who can defy public sentiment by wearing a straw hat in the closed season and eating oysters in July is the man who never tries to get elected to anything. Since fashion has set the seal of approval upon the up-rearing pompadour the man who parts his hair in the middle is looked upon with more sus picion than a reformed safe blower. Public senti ment has driven the padded shoulder, the peg-top pants, tlle washable paper collar and tlle two-piece cuff button into a melancholy obscurity and has made the flowing Ascot tie about as popular as the iceman who breaks in the side door at 5: no a. in. and weighs his product out in the street. There is nothing more cruel than public sentiment, unless it is being detained from business in the face of jin accident policy good for $25 a week and medical at tendance. LIFTING UP THE RUSSIAN PEASANT From time immemorial, until M. Stolypin's re volution of the Russian system of peasant culture, the prevailing method of distributing peasants' hold ings was this: The land of the village was divided into long strips, so narrow that often especially in Poland there was not room to turn a plow around. They would be. perhaps, half a mile, or even a mile long, and a chain wide, or less, set side by side, and each cultivated by one peasant family. These strips would be grouped, perhaps, on three sides of the village. Some, however, were as much as seven miles away from the occupier's dwelling. A pen sunt with the average holding of thirty acres would have several of these strips in various parts of the village territory. His method of culti vation, in these circumstances, was such as might be summed up in the classic phrase, "When father turns, we all turn." The crop decided on by the senior man in the village would have to be sown by all. Needless to say, the sowing and reaping by in dividuals of long narrow patches a feudal relic, traces of which are still to be found in England was about as inconvenient a way as could be found. There arose reformers, who said: "Why not cul tivate all the holdings as one and pool the profits?" M. Stolypin. scenting Socialism where we should only scent co-operation, determined to nip this purpose in the bud. and promptly amended the laws and customs of the village holdings; consolidating each peasant's series of strips into one acre of rectangular or other convenient shape. This change, which obviously gave the more up-to-date of the Russian peasants some scope for ini tiative, also, by reducing the amount of toil, made it possible for the small farmer to cultivate his land with more care. The result will certainly be that the yield per acre of Russian cereals, which for years was lower than it should be. will rise con siderably. This is shown by the fact that in the ...... t.v ..uwnee. wnere the strip system never exist- SECURITY AND CONVENIENCE This institution is the largest National Bank in Arizona and has Cap ital, Surplus and Undivided Profits of over $:o0,000.(J0. 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As a third great step toward the development of agri culture, the Peasant Land Bank was established. This bank enables the small farmer to raise on mort gage three-quarters of the value of his land and buildings. It is making of yeoman of Ivan. London Express. . PREPARED TO BE PESSIMISTIC An exact illustration of pessimism was that given by an elderly person who remarked one sunny morning: "I have a premonition that something is going to happen today: I don't know what, bul I won't like It." ' For Safety's