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L PASO HERALD EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE
Saturday, May G. 1916.
A MAN MAY THINK AND SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, AND YET BE A PATRIOT
(BY H. D. S.)
THERE IS danger for this country in giving way
to the disposition to "leave it all to the presi
dent, his cabinet, and congress," in matters re
lating to foreign affairs as well as to domestic affairs.
We pride ourselves on this being a free, self governed
republic, where discussion is supposed to be, not merely
unhampered, but encouraged. Indeed, if a republic does
not encourage intelligent discussion and active par
ticipation in affairs, wherein does its virtue lie?
Too many men confound mental laziness with pa
triotism. "Stand by the president" is sometimes only
an easy way of saying, "It's too much bother to think."
Of course it goes without saying, that in time of
war, all independent thought and action and impulse
must merge in the common purpose. All critical ex
amination of national policy would then cease, unre
served cooperation and loyal obedience would properly
be demanded of every citizen, and the heads of govern
ment would command and receive unquestioning ad
herence, regardless of whither their activities might
lead. This is of the very essence of war, that it con
solidates a people and tends to minimise the effects
of factional division. But in a democracy, until war
come, the right of individual judgment must be pre
served, if tbe perils of dictatorship are to be avoided,
A group of pacifists maintains that Europe's wars
are ordered by a few leaders over the helpless protests
of the multitude. But in the United States, if the
multitude stands idly by while the temporary political
leaders shape things their own way, toward the possible
outcome of war, is not the danger of ill considered
action great?
Fc t men make any effort to keep up with the
war news, or with the rather tedious discussion of
details of law and practice in our relations with other
powers Lack of time is often pleaded; but it is teally
lack ot interest, due largely to lack of broad concep
tions of citizenship and lack of knowledge of world
geography, world history, and world ideals.
' The danger to this country, as to others, lies in
popular ignorance and popular carelessness.
It is easy to arouse the passions of a mass; it is
far more difficult to stimulate its intellectual activity;
and it is hardest of all to bring about real independent
thinking and independent acting.
Citizens will read with interest the comments of
the American press, received by telegraph and printed
today and yesterday in The Herald. It is a remarkable
symposium. The most striking thing about it is the
wide difference of opinion. But to gain a really in
telligent idea of the editorial thought of the country,
one must have an intimate knowledge of what the
different papers stand for which are violently pro-ally
and anti-German in all things; which are edited by
Englishmen, which by Germans, which are bitterly par
tisan on one side or another in all matters of a po
li'ical nature. Generally speaking, the only papers
which boldly demand a break with Germany at this
time are the bitterly pro-ally papers, but there are
many others which take the position that the president,
to be consistent and uphold the prestige of the nation,
must now break off relations with Germany as the
natural sequel to the long correspondence.
It cannot be said that there is any general demand
over the country for a break with Germany now.
Along the Atlantic seaboard and in some large centers
of population there is a strong feeling against Germany
and in favor of England, and many of the largest papers
are voicing this feeling. But it is doubtful if congress,
as at present constituted, would sanction war, though
it would go with the president as far as breaking
diplomatic relations.
The feeling in Berlin, as told in a dispatch today,
is not anti-American. The public was but mildly in
terested in the note, and seemed satisfied that the
difficulty would be solved without hostilities. The
American people, as a whole, if the press is at all a
safe exponent, regards the danger of an immediate
break as having passed, and is content to waive the
side issues raised by Germany's harsh language.
The popular ideas about what nature and extent
of provocation justify a great war, are very evidently
undergoing a change in this country. There is a dif
ference of opinion as to whether this change is due to
a weakening of moral fiber, or to the spread of common
sense. Are we Americans too proud to fight, or afraid
to fight, or afraid to face the disturbances war would
cause, or are we really only choosing deliberately and
upon earnest thought, sound conscience, and right im
pulsethe better way? Will money eventually salve
our wounds, or shall we shed blood? Are we content
to work for a new moral code for the future, or shall
we call for revenge and reprisal now? These things
ought to be in the thoughts of men on the anniversary
of the sinking of the Lusitania.
The role of Sir Galahad or Don Quixote is spectacu
lar. But somehow it looks to us as if our leaders
have enough to do to safeguard the interests of the
United States, without posing too much as saviors
of the whole human race. The real question before
our people today is: What course is best for the Amer
ican people and the welfare of the republic?
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The British Tommy must be conceded the world
championship for .cheerfulness. They say if he has
his right hand shot off he sits down in the trench, pulls
a mouth organ out of his pocket with his left hand, and
begins playing the Irish Washerwoman and God Save
the Queen.
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Valley farmers have no more worries about the
rainfall. There's water enough in lake B. M. Hall to
water this valley for a couple of years if no rain falls.
The Bug Parade
-Short Snatches From Everywhere
Atlantic City claimed that 17Q.00O people walked
the board walk on Easter Sunday. The Atlantic City
crowds are always well dressed, money spending, com
fort loving, pleasure seeking crowds. They go there
to bask in the sun and wear their own best clothes
and see other folks on parade and cure their colds in
the clean sea air and spend money. And yet Atlantic
City's board walk can be one of the dreariest places on
earth. A crowd going to and from work, or to and
from church, or coming away from the theater, cr
watching the baseball news, or parading in Easter
clothes in its home town, a crowd going about its busi
ness or intently watching anything, or going anywhere,
is always vitally interesting; but somehow a summer
or winter resort crowd, mostly strangers to each other
and with nothing in particular to do and nothing in
particular to interest it, is apt to be a dreary looking
outfit.
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Helen Gould, now Mrs. Finley Shepard, is always
doing the right thing. She is now entertaining a little
girl from an "institution" with the idea of adopting her
if the little girl likes the Shepard home and the Shepard
home likes the little girl. This will make the second
child Helen Gould has adopted. There is no use running
a house, big or little, without a child in it, and there
are enough waifs, most of them promising, to go around.
To keep a house going is just so much expense and
trouble anyway, and a child growing up in it and
sharing its comfort and creating joy in it, and leaving
bears and railway tracks around for grownups to trip
over, and requiring help with the multiplication table,
makes the expense and trouble worth while to the
grownups.
They eertalnly won't need any electric fans In the
g. o. p. convention hall when the Fairbanks boom
arrives. Columbia State.
Italy has just called a new class of reservists to
the, colors. Which suggests that Italy must be doing
something: somewhere. Chicago Herald.
In addition to the German denial, president WINon
has a lot ot other evidence that the Sussex was tor
pedoed by a German submarine Chicago Herald
Even with antipathy toward England It is difficult
to think of the hyphen in Ireland How would the
German-Irishman sound' Richmond Times-Dispatch
We shall be more hopeful of peace when the Aus
trian people make known their demands through the
medium of Franz Josef rather than of cardinal Plffi
Boston Transcript. .
On the basis of the published statements of th
cost of the war, the JSOO.vOO donated to the war lunu
by king George will pay for JO minutes of -fighting
Nashville Southern Lumberman
The censorship of "Mother Goose." undertaken bv
the Louisiana state board of education, was bound to
come. The young Idea must be carefully pruned be
fore It is taught to shoot Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Now that the Apache scouts recruited to aid Gen.
Pershing In Mexico have been supplied with wrist
watches, maybe a plain cltixeiv will be permitted to
wear one without exciting invidious comment
Chicago Herald.
The Japanese are somew hat peevish over being
classed as Hindus in the new immigration MIL They
should carry their case to judge Tuthill. of Chicago,
who might declare that they are Caucasians
Rochester Herald
Doubtless the love of mone is the root of a great
deal of evil, but we cannot agree with the prominent
philosopher that It is the root ot all of It, being
pretty firmly of the impression that the fear of ork
runs it a close second. Ohio State Journal.
Lightning Rod Is Substitute
One Of Noblest Protective
For Insurance
Devices Known
Till', lightning rod is a substitute
for fire insurance which answers
every purpose except when the
hired man lights a cigarette in the
h ij It is one of the noblest pro-
!.ne tl ices on the market, being
fir superior to an accident volley
vilF
The bolt Is Impaled upon the rod and
tbua prevented from ruining the fam
ily cow.
hi h prohibits the owner from being
1-ilied outside of the county in which
h I esldf H
Th. lightning rod was invented and
in ought to Its present state of perfec
"in bj Benjamin Franklin, a former
ITilladelphia citizen with a taste 'or
ne hanii-e and rye bread. Mr. Frank
lin was the first American to discover
ay HOWARD L. RANN.
that lightning could be handled with
the bare hands without leaving any
unpleasant effects or funeral expenses.
When we think of the large number
of new red barns which have been
saved from destruction b the light
ning rod. we are forced to believe that
Mi. Franklin performed a greater
service to humanltv than the man who
gave us the non-stalling gas meter.
The lightning rod consists of a long
stretch of w ire which protrudes above
the roof at so much per foot, when
a lightning bolt attempts to paes. it is
impaled upon the rod and thus Dre-
vented from ruining the familv cow
and other agri ultural implements.
Some farmers are ao skeptical con
cerning the merits of this device that
thev will not hae a lightning rod on
the place, and they will not be con
verted even when lightning creeps
down the chimney and cremates an un
suspecting St Bernard dog lines an
body suppose that the Chicago fire
would ever have happened if Mrs.
O'Leary's cow had been equipped with
a lightning rod, properly installed?
If the lightning rod could be adapted
to the human form and sold on a small
payment down, fewer people would be
killed while standing under a catalpa
tree during a thunder shower The
number of people who now curl up and
crawl under the bedclothes eer time
the lightning begins to show its teeth
at the window would also be reduced.
A lightning rod might be a trifle un
comfortable to sleep in. but It can't
be any worse than a pair of pajamas
which have come from the laundrv
with a six-ply coat of starch.
It is highly discouraging to the own
er of a new lightning rod to have a
stroke of lightning miss the rod en
tirely and set fire to a barn with 20
foot posts The man who can retain
hii faith in science after such a trial
as this oi'ght to have no trouble in
believing that woman sprung from
man's rib.
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Do You Know Thai
Light promotes cleanliness"
A clean mouth is essential to- good
health?
Physical training In childhood is the
foundation of adult health?
The U. S. Public Health Service
issues publications on hygiene and
sanitation for free distribution?
Isolation is the most efficient means
of controling leprosy.
Headache is tiature's warning that
the human machine Is running
bad "
Bullets ma kill thousands flies
tens of thousands"
Obesity menaces longevitv "
Army Truck Driving Like 'Beintf M;
an
D
rivers
Orowm
.lmf-TlRVCK drlviiK in Mexico for
I the American government is
- bout as pleasant for a young
ing Restless. With No
a fighting force of about 12 men. The
average speed is about ten miles per
hrur.
With the warm weather comes
spring fever and ideas of summer va
cations, together with the hope that
C.oudcroft will be opened up within
a short time In order that the weeklv
Stiff
Kgktwg;
Russian saving banks have received '
$1,750 OOO.HOO since the war begun.
the nuisance must he nh&tMt tu-
police department will continue to l
sue warnings, but unless these warn
ings are heeded more drastic action
will be taken I'nnecessary noises bv
newsboys will not be permjfted at anv
time of the day."
"No city in the T'nllerf si,tc v..-
excursions may begin," said G. T. Lana- "jade the same rapid strides during
han. "It is a fact that El Puum tne Pt JO years that El Psso h
"'" A ruts, or LeDmon, Tenn
I have been coming to El Paso off
and on for 30 years.' In the early days
ij was but a community of adobes.
The property that today is occupied
i.i 1fKest buildings was coverea
""' nuvues wnen 1 Ilrstt abut lhA
man as carrying a banner in a suf
raget parade." said Dick Evans, who
has just returned from the advance
headquarters of Gen, Pershing. "The
boys all are on the verge of quitting
The onlv thine that detains them is
the fact that they have signed a con- l fully occupied with the Mexican
tract for a period of from three to j iXlXo'rVWZ ""cioua
six months, and that contract Is law croft, a place that the people of this
It is a great gathering of Yankee I city know very welL I have heard
blood, these truck drivers and they a,""mber",,?P'nlo., .?. "
would be willing to stav in that coun- j California is naturally preferred, there ' PIace- The future development will be
trv for years If there was any action are many that like the brief excur- i mo,r,e wonderful thah the past, esne
and excitement As the boys ride aion to the little mountain town " cially if Mexico opens rfp."
through those lonelv desert roads they I jj x. . ' .
travel at a distance of 300 feet behind I .-rh t - t,ii . I 'Clifton is prospering and evervbod
eneh other If i f t Mi .,1 hv h.nrtlr. . l ne &1 F3SO Border Rifle aSBOCia - , k....." ..1.1 n4 ,t"v. l' I ".
.rr r V :. j. ..,. "r . tton means business, anil the nffie.rs: J1'"' . " " "' easier, or
trucks and give a vei good account f'e ""bK&r''e lot th,at. ?re needed
- .iwn. ou,ii tm.il uif,niiiiiUH 8UC"
of themselves Each ti lick train, 27
trucks and a master car. travel with
THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE
BY BATCHELOR
Millions Want Country Homes; E! Paso's Valley Offers Them For AH.
io ohke pui i
OFAUlOBIli;
Clauses in Ordinance Sus
pended; Law is Declared
To Be a Failure.
I he present parkin? ordinance i to
be temporarily suspended in some of its
details in order to try out new rules
and regulations. This is the result of
a hearing of automobile owners held
before the citv council in the council
liamber Saturday morning . New rules
were also promulgated governinjj the
stopping places of jitiies at San Jacinto
plaza to relieve congestion.
Ordinance a Failure.
Those present at the meeting were
satisfied that the present parking ordi
nance is a failure, and it was the con
census of opinion that the method of
parking should be changed to provide
that each car should park at an angle
of 45 degrees, with the right wheel
touching the sidewalk and just enough
space between each car to permit of
persons passing lietween. AH streets
with double tracks in the downtown
district, it was decided, should not be
used for parking, and added to this
should be Mills street, lietween Stanton
street and Pioneer plaza; Oergon street,
trom the railroad tracks to San An
tonio street, as well as the east side of
Mesa avenue, opposite San Jacinto
plaza. Included also in the prohibited I
streets are North Kl Taso street from
San Francisco street to the railroad ',
tracks, and Kansas street, from Mills I
"""' '" iyrne avenue, ihese streets
named are narrow streets and the park
ing of cars on them would interfere with
the fire department in responding to
alarms, it was pointed out.
Jitne Busses. I
With reference to motor busses at San !
lacinto plant, an order has been issued
bT, mayor Tom Lea that the Boulevard
and Montana busses shall stop on the
eaBt side of the plaza, as at present. !
ark.r8 Wl11 Permitted to stop on I
the Mills street side of the plaza, as at
present, but the Arizona, Sunset Heirhts
Smelter and Kern Place cars will be" re-
ouired to discharge and reecive paseen
gers on the Oregon street side. '
Up to Police.
'In all probability the ordinance go
ernmg parking will not be redrafted at j
present, said roavor Lea. after the I
meeting. "Instead the police department j
will receive instructions to take the I
matter in their hands for a two weeks' ,
trial, as an experiment to see bow the j
citizens with ears will cooperate" j
Present at the hearing besides the eifv ,
council were J. W. Kirkpatrick, If D
Camp and Norwood Hall ,
WOMEN GET 5600 IN HALF DAY !
TAGGING MEN FOR Y. W. C. A.
The annual Tag day of, the Toung
women a Christian association was held',
looay. The married women workers '
Ti f. "f,lat,on l'rF stationed about
I- ?ty' ,,,riK " of various denom
inations. The proceeds from the clav s wo-k I
will be used for enlarging the e-iufn-
m,nt 'fh """"elation I p to noon
over V,nn )11)(i ,,,,,. ,,k, ,n ftnm (
-.lie of t.,K il ls M,u,i ,,,,, tne
-""' "" 'I'l ri ji h i, ii h jiooi; u-v I
emiig I
ss, said C. It. Miller "I attended
the smoker at the chamber of com
merce Thursday night and I never saw
a more lively buneb of young men
than those who have joined in a move
ment not only for their own recrea
tion, but for the good of their coun
try Learning how to shoot accurately
is a science, and not many people in
the fnited States can handle a rifle
efficiently
"Complaints of newsbovs calling
their papers in the early morning in
the residence districts continue to
come in," said mayor Tom Lea, "and
while the city desires to work no
hardship on the boys and does not pro
pose to make wholesale arrests, yet
-loniana street, who has just returned
from a visit to his. properties in that
city and a trip to his ranch near thei e
' The end of the strike has put every
body in good humor. The men are
all getting good wages now nobodv
Is drawing less than $100 a month and
many of the mechanics are getting as
much as $7.50 a day and the merchants
are smiling and prosperous again
Many of the property owners lost
heavily in rents during the strike, and
the business of the merchants was cut
down to alnSost nothing, but prosper
ity is in evidence again. The ranches
in that section are in the best shape I
have ever known them. The cattle
all wintered well and. with the rain in
good shape, it should be a fine year
for the livestock industry in that part
of Arizona "
FULL FE5TII DURING
!
Dates Not Yet Decided; Al
buquerque Wants First
Irrigation Meeting.
The first meeting of the El Paso
I beard of control of the -3d annual
International Irrigation congress.
j which meets in KI Paso this fall, was
held ? rlday afternoon at the First
j Xt'oral bank
Officers of n.innl.
I The officers are James G Mc-
' J i r- , xlinl n, n ., T A lti, ....av .! ....
.-Hi , nai inn,. .j 4&. 4iaiiiiT;i, v iw
chairman, and Arthur Hooker, secre
tar The other members of the com
mittee are J A Krakauer, K. JI.
Mrr. hison T M Wingo and R. F.
Bi rges Mr Burges is president of
the International Irrigation congress,
and vrthur Hooker, secretary.
n T V. iley. secretary of the AI
buiueniue chaniber of commerce, ap
peared before the board asking that
the first meeting of tbe congress be
held in M'iuquerque It. F. Surges,
Arthur Hooker and J A. Happer were
appointed a committee to confer With
Mr Wile
S"r00 For Show.
Tt wa announced that I7BM has
been guaranteed by El Paso for the
actual expenses of the congress. This
win ne contributed by the city, -county,
FA Paso Water Users' association and
the Klephant Butte Water Users as
sociation "A lule the exact date of the con
gress will not be selected until a gen
eial meeting is jield of representatives
of the ongress, the Dry Farming con
gress and Soil Products exposition, tt
v. as tentatively agreed that the dates
should he during the second or third
week of October
It was announced that there may be
a special train of newspaper men from
eastern cities during the festival.
T
ABE MARTIN
It's gittin' so you can't tell by tb
show bills whether a star is comin' t'
town on th' hoof or on th' film, Th
whole country seem t be constantly ia
th' attitude o' waitin' t see what wom
en are goin' t' abbreviate next.
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Keep Off the Grass
THE thoughtless fellows blithely pass, and cut a corner'here and there, and
wear a path across the grsfss, and fill the owner with despair. I try to
have a nifty lawn, that will do credit to the town; and thoughtless fellows
trot thereon, and break the dandelions down. I set out flowers till I go broke
I buy the richest and the best and bow-wows owned by thoughtless folk come
there and knock things galley west. And thoughtless people let their cows per
ambulate the town by night, and on the well kept lawns they browse, and make
the scenery a sight And thoughtless people all keep hens, and roosters with
destructive feet, which come a-whooping from their pens, and spoil my flower
beds and repeat. There's no protection for the jay who'd make his home a beauty
spot; the thoughtless skates will come' his way, and climb all o'er his garden
plot, and spoil the grass and pluck the flowers, and bark the trees and crush
the shrubs; and it will take him nineteen hours to tell just how he views such
dubs.
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