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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. i m M i ' (Tlt. Making Tomorrow's World By WALTER WILLIAMS, LL.D. (JXtam rftkt School efjoamaltim oftU UnttcnHu oMbuurO AUSTRALIA'S UNSOLVED PROBLEMS tit B Canberra, Ana tralla. "Land ia tho mothor and labor tho father of all wealth." Tho Baying of tho economist ex plains tho real poverty of Aus tralia, which ex ists desplto ap parent prosper ity and suggests tho chlof un solved problems which confront tho great Island continent Land is abundant, but laborers aro few. Australia needs mon and mora men, It requires money and more money. Tho problem of population presses for solution do splto Immigration schemes and In faco of an unsatisfactory blrth-rnto. If Aus tralia is to play tho part -which tho common-wealth may play In tomorrow's world, this problem must bo Bpccdlly polvod. There aro untold possibilities In tho undeveloped resources of Aus tralia, but they trait development be cause of lock of man and lack of money. Tho Australian la only Just now waking up to tho situation. Argentina Beating Australia. Tho Argentine republic, to a degree BlmlUar in prcsont and possible pro ductions to Australia, has mado prog ress for beyond Australia's growth. It furnishes figures for comparison. in tho last 21 years tho population of tho Argentine republic has increased Crom 3,954,911 to 7,407,878. Tho pop ulation of Australia, during tho samo period, increased from 3.151.3G5 to 4, 425,083. Tho Argentina imports in creased from 100,00O,000 to $230,000, 000 and tho exports from $110,000,000 to $500,000,000, tho Australian im ports from $105,000,000 to $400,000,000. Tho cultivated land in Argentina was Increased from 13,000,000 acres to 67, 000,000 acres, In Australia from 5,400, 000 acres to 13,000,000 acres. Tho railway mllcago of Argontina was in creased from 0,800 to 20,531, in Aus tralia from 13,551 to 18,067, mostly narrow gaugo, single track. A. W. Poarao, editor of tho Pastoral Hoviow, sf Sydney, from which theso figures wore quoted, said, in comment: "With little moro than half tho population of Argentina, our imports aro $170,000, D00 moro and our exports $100,000,000 velopment of Australia's agricultural rcaourcos. Dccauao in rural districts, for various reasons, whoat was han dled by non-union laborors, tho union workers in tho cities to which it was shipped for sale, labeled It "black wheat" and rofused to unload it Tho result was a loss to tho farmer, an addod reason against agricultural de velopment. Tho farmer In Australia In tho commonwealth's present-day politics plays second flddlo to tho city laboror. Capital Shy of Australia. Strickland Qlllilan, America's charm ing bumorlBt, said that In England so much was thought of humor that It was spelled with an extra "u." In Australia bo much Is thought of labor that It Is spoiled with an extra "u" and a capital "L." Tho good that la bor organizations and labor legislation havo brought in Australia has not boon unmlxod with evil. As popula tion has not largoly increased nor beon widely distributed, so capital tho money nocdod for men to make great tho commonwealth has beon difficult and, In somo cases, impossi ble to aecuro. Australian public ex penditure, state and foderal, has in creased far out of proportion to In crease In population, whether Liberal or Labor party was In control. Aus tralian officials, asking for now loads or tho renewal of old loans, aro famil iar figures In the London money mar ket. Foreign capital does not nook out Australia for private Investment, at least not to tho oxtent or along tho lines necossary to Australia's largest and most comprehensive de velopment Ignoranco of real condi tions and fear of moro antagonistic legislation explains much of this hes itancy upon tho part of capital. Theso aro problems that confront Australia, how to deal Justly with all men and at tho samo time obtain population and capital. For usually It is not Jus tico that Imported or local capital soekB first, but morcy or special privilege. Certainly thoro 1b no spe cial privilege shown in Australia or concession given to Imported capital. Too Fond of Sport. , Tho Australian himself Is tho su premo problom In tho making of Aus tralia. Tho young Australian Is fre quently concoltcd, complacent, bump Uoub, qualities that come from his in sularity and his romotencsa from othor countries. Ho Is inclined to frivolity, to apathy on public questions. Wheth er young or old, ho's too fond of sport. J "Tho average Australian," Bald Wnl- Parliament House, Melbourne. less. Tho cultivated land has In creased flvo times as much In Argon tina as In Australia and In railway mlloago and accommodation wo aro being beaten all hollow by our South American competitor." It is not merely a quostlon of popu lation in Australia, but of distribution of population bo as to get tho best re sults. Australia's city population has increased far out of proportion to its rural population. Even in the districts where thoro is a fairly largo rural pop ulation, enormous areas of wasto land aro to bo seen. Tho deslro for moro acres is upon tho Australian as upon the American. Ho Is a landed prodl igal. The size of bis furm rather than Its productive capacity Is with hlra of first consideration. Farming Retarded by Unionism. Another cause operates against the right use of tho agricultural resources of Australia -tho difficulty of obtaining rural workers and tho severity of tho trades union regulations as extended to organizations of rural workers. In tho United States there is in many states a scarcity of farm laborers, but tho organization of unions among them has not succeeded. Tho situa tion is different In Australlu. Farm laborers are aB difficult to ob tain and in addition thoro are tho union rules which tho farm omrloyer must tako into account. Tho rural workers union InslBts on an eight-hour day, from 8 o'clock in tho morning un til 5 o'clock In tho afternoon, with an hour for lunch. For overtime a prlco and n half must bo paid and tho rural workor may and ofton does decline to work oven at this prlco. How this affects conditions, particu larly at harvest tlnio and during other periods of etrenuoui agricultural so tivity, the farmer vlll readily ece It U one of the reacon for ilia uow do tor Murdock, himsolt an Australian abovo tho average, "1b a person who would Insist on postponing tho Day of Judgment If ho found It was going to lnterforo with a crlckot match. His, attitude Is accurately rofloctod In a newspaper which dovotea a whole page to tho discussion of a football match and dismisses In throo HneB the news of an event which will change the course of tho world's history." Not to Australia along does this apply. Nor do other nations nlwayB sufficient ly regard tho possibility of a political Day of Judgment Freo From Economic Slavery. Nd ono can boo Australia and loam Its problems and moot Its people, oven casually, without bocomlng optimistic ae to tho tomorrow of tho commbn wealth, howovor unsettled tho sky to- uay i'ow landu, perhaps nono, aro bo freo from economic slavery, which Is as bad us any othor kind of slavery, or woreo. Tho population Is not as largo as It should bo, but tho number below tho broad lino Is small, almost uon-exlstont. TIiIb freedom from oco tioinlo olavery has not uncouraged rov erenco nor ua yet brought gontlenosB of Bpoech or tho high culture and grn elousnoso of other lands and nivminn tho boy has not attained tho man'B es tate, but It has given a boiiso of com radeship and a rospect for manhood apart from weulth that unfortunately 1b lacking 5n a inoru ancient and moro nrtlilclal socloty Every man has a chanco In Australia and, aB far as low nnd honost wage and aggressive broth erhood can mako it im, nn equal chanco. Bacuuso of this and In tho long run, tho Canberra brlck-inaker wsb justified In asserting: "Tim mnn who bets on Aurtralia will win." j Tl.o Australian, lu-ftt ns ho Is upon Oirts, U c-Qj-lly l p n upon politics, J .id a 'u him, in general, politics li not merely or chiefly nn ayonuo to per sonal advancement or aggrandlzomcnt, but Into public good. It's In his Orn ish blood to feel that ho owes some thing to tho stato. "Everything for Everybody." In tho Melbourne public library, a new and nobly planned building, whero books nro arrangod for tho peo plo who need them and not for the scholars who know them, a man In rough laborer's garb sat at a reader's desk. Dcforo him was a pllo of vol umes ho had taken from tho shelf noarby; ono he was reading carefully, now and again Btopplng to record a note. They were books on American untvorslttcs or university administra tion, ono by Thwlng, another by Pres ident Eliot on "Educational Ideals," a third by President Nicholas Murray Butler. "I hnvo been for Bomo time a labor member of parliament," he said, with tho blunt but engaging frnnkness of tho democratic Austra lian, "and am on a committee on edu cation. I um reading how you aro doing things in oducation in America. We need universities which Borvo all tho people. No, not trade schools, which nro different things, but univer sities. How elso can wo build up or maintain a great nation? Wo need wiso leaders. I havo just read In Thwlng's book that tho Melbourne unl vorslty professors got higher salaries than tho professors In any other uni versity In tho world, $6,000 a year and a house. I don't object to that. They aro worth It Dut I wish tho Unlvor Blty of Melbourno to bo a university for all tho people, whero anybody can learn anything and, at tho samo time, leani to uao It for everybody's good." Such 13 tho dominant noto In Aus tralian life aoclal, economic, political that everything shall serve every body. If that bo socialism, says tho Australian to tho critics, mako tho most of it! (Copyright, 10H, by Joseph B. Howies.) EXAMPLE 0FT. R.'S NERVE Prejudiced Individual Eagerly Swal lowed 8tory Concerning States man He Disliked. Just at tho entrance of Portland harbor, not far from tho tip of Capo Elizabeth, is u dreaded ledgo known ns Trundys rock. It Is carefully buoyed by tho government and for tho convenience of pllotB Is Identified by marking tho buoy with tho initials of tho ledgo'B name. My friend, a prac tical Jokor of considerable activity, waB coming out of Portland ono eve ning on tho Gov. Dlngley and fell into conversation with a gontleman, whoBo talk was of politics and whoso hatrod of Mr. Roosevelt and all his works wua rovealod as acuta and vivid. As tho steamer churned on toward tho mouth of the bay it oc curred to my frlond to mako uso of tho situation. Whoroforo ho said; "Do you know tho nerviest thing the colonel did when ho was president?" "No," said the interlocutor. "But I'd bollovo anything. What do you call tho nerviest thing ho did?" "I think," said tho first speaker, "that it took moro gall to paint the government's channel buoys with his initials than anything elso in his career." "You don't moan that ho did that?" gaspod tho other. "Go on I Ho has crust enough, but that's boyond bo liof!" "Just wait," was all the other Bald. "Wo'ro Just turning ono of those buoys now. Look at It." And thoro, Just over tho sldo, was a hugo can buoy brazenly marked In lotters sovpral feet high, T. It." Speechless with omotlon and wrath tho gentloman sought his cabin vow ing to writo a lotter to tho editor. I wondor If ho really did It? Catch-Ail, In Lowoll Courier-Citizen. Dangerous Kind of Spooning. On the BUbJect of "Bpoonn" Law Notes says: "Spooning Is not goner ally classed as a dangerous occupa tion, even whon carried on by two per sons of opposite box. In mining opera tions, however, whero a workman Is occasionally required to go exploring with an Instrument known ob a 'spoon' for an unoxploded charge of dynamite, the rulo seems to find Its oxcoptlon. Of such spooning was Judgo Lamm thinking when ho rid his system of tho following remarks: 'There is some divergence in the tes timony about tho length of tho par ticular spoon used by tho respondent In a way presently to bo stated, but tho longth of that particular spoon handle is immaterial, though it is tho personal vlow of tho writer that ono who handles dynamite with a spoon noeds ono with a long handle tho longer tho better. If authority Is nec essary for this judicial dictum, it may bo found In tho Danish proverb to tho effect that ho who eats out of tho samo dleh with tho dovil needs n long Bpoon.' " First Flights. Orvlllo Wright, congratulated at a banquet In Dayton upon a recent logal victory, said: "Now, our law business ended, wo can go to work on tho bustnoss of de veloping aeroplanes. For, though tho noropluue has passed Us infancy, It will stand Improvements hero- and thoro. "Yes, tho aeroplane, I nm glad to say, i3 no longer In Its Infnnoy and, gontlomen, It was mighty hard to ralae." Didn't Take Kindly to His Suit. "I has como," a trltlo condescend ingly began tho Bivddlo-hued young Idler, "to ax yo' for do ban' o yo' daughtah, sab, und " "Aw, yo' has, has you?" ominously Interrupted Brother Cockott, tho honest old whlte wnsher. "Well, Bah, I'll doss compor mlBo wld yo'. Stldder glvln' yo' do hand o' muh daughtah, I'll givo yo' muh foot yo' trlfllu', yallnh, no 'count, goo-tyuh plckln' scoun'roll" Kansas City Star. A Mistake. "Thoy told mo, Mra. Coraeup, that you hava such an unusual frlozo In your library" "Not In tho library; It was in the bathroom, and tho plumber euld it was I tho worst he over saw." l5. t'((t-7iPC wftirauoiUfc- v.j i'ty a . 58r-:j 23ZZX!XISrA XMils,Vrf$lVffi ilQHDHIffEBiDHV i3HHKk jSBStT imimwfniium mi nil ! bmihiwi nmumMumJ T IS related that Isabella, queen of Spain, finding her husband parsimoni ous, pawned her Jewels in order to assure the sailing of the Atlantic ocean by Chrlatopher Co lumbus. So when a quiet, but imprcsslvo young American mer chant called Glenn Cur- tlss, tho aviator, aside a few days days ago and said: "Glenn, wo aren't going to glvo this up until wo fly across," it was to be expected that the speaker was ready to go to any lengths In borrowing money to flnanco a transcontinental aeroplane trip. "Ho can get a loan from his dad," many might remark. But let it bo Bald right here that Philadelphia peo pie will tell you Rodman Wanamakor Is a much wealthier man than his father. Also, before asking a loan from dad to pay for his Hying ma chines, Rodman might raise some money on his Hfo Insurance. Ho has ?4 ,500,000 worth, which is moro than any other mortal, and he nddB to It quite often. "Rodman Wnnamaker, son of John Wanamak er," Is the way he ulways appears In print; and ns ho admires his merchant-prince father Im mensely ho does not complain. But tho younger Wanamakor (who is now tho only son) would havo gained nn eminent position in American affairs without tho boost which his nam gave him. Besides establishing the Wanamaker Paris branch nffd later running tho Now .York Btoro, ho lins mado so many amazingly lucky Invest ments that tho fortuno ho will inherit somo day will bo only an item In his ample means. Rpdman Wanamaker enters the transatlantic crossing arena with all tho enthusiasm of Queen Isabella and with much better credit. Lord Northcllffe, Great Britain's leading pub lisher, has offered a $50,000 prlzo for the first crossing of tho bit; nond bv aeronlnno nn fr Wnnamaker has a chance to recoup part of the ioriuno no may have to place at tho disposal of the Ingenious Mr. Curtlss: And he can collect a further $5,000 from Mrs. Victoria Woodhull Mar tin, nn English flying patron. So when tho Wanamaker-Curtlss flyer swoops off a Newfoundland cliff next August with her olght-cyllndor, 200-horsopower engine' chug-chugging and Lieutenant Porte, or some other hardy navigator of tho pathless upper air at the wheel, thoro will bo $55,000 sitting on the west coast of Ireland and beckoning to tho steel bird. But If there wore nothing more at tho end of tho journey than Isabella had reason to he llo e lay below the horizon of Cadiz, Mr. Wana maker would havo said Just the same, "Glenn, wo nren't going to give this up until wo fly across." For ho bolong3 to the class of young Americans born, rich who do things; who play six, but work ten hours a day; and who accomplish what they set out to do. Aeroplanes havo long boen ono of Mr. Wann maker's hobbles, but he has many others life In surance, automobiles, yachts, fine paintings, and the American Indian. This last should stand at tho top of the list Ho decided that tho noblo aborigine should havo a great national memorial at Port Tompkins, Statin Island, tho highest point of land overlook ing Now York harbor. To convince congress that money should bo appropriated for this purposo ho sot up and conducted nn Indian exhibition In Washington. Few members of congress after seeing the things which Mr. Wanamaker and his friend, "Buffalo Bill," displayed, failed to lose their objections to the monument project. Mr. Wanamakor won his fight nnd was made head of tho commltteo to BQlecl a design and erect tho ntatuo. Last year 32 Indian chiefs paid reverence to tho Stars and Strlpys at tho laying of tho cornorstono. Some of thorn had fought tho white men, killed and mussacred them through many years. Ono car ried 23 bullets In his body. Seeing their onthu slasri) for tho flag, Mr. Wanamakor conceived tho Idea of carrying tho message of the great sculp tured Indian which will stand beside tho Statue of Liberty to all t tho 169 tribes governed by Uuelo Sam. Ho organized nn "expedition of citi zenship." This expedition found many difficulties. In a cornor of Now Mexico was discovered a highly intelligent trlbo which had never seen or hoard of tho flag. Sometimes the mombers of tho expedition had to arguo long with the -Indiana before porsuadliig thom that tho white mon wero no longer their cnomleB. Thoy had to travel 25,000 miles, much of this by Btnge and horse back. But they did not glvo up until every llttlo nation had received Its big red, white and blue flag of line material, had hauled up and unfurled tho omblem, and had sworn allegiance to tho Groat Whlto Fathor. Another of Mr Wanamakor'o pot projects Is tho Amorlcan Art association in Paris. Aftor ho had been graduatod from Princeton unlvorslty Mr. Wnnamaker wont abroad to look after his fathor's Intorests In tho French capital. Ho lived thoro so many years that ho was oven nccusod. but wrongfully, of liking French life bettor than American. Ho became much interested in tho strugglos of young artistic geniuses from across tho water. The Amorlcan Art association hod started In humblo quarters and had done u great work In bringing togothor tho poor young students. Mr. Wnnamaker established tho organization In Its iP05tt 7iASmZi2. TtaaMe. jtrsiAfTyr 3 Txms. .pvMWr' -aas&r ?p "':'. CA MfrjA iJ&V..?4&tt'?rj; Ss & STS X'2in1?S?1?ZZhtt Jf -"I'nTTnrmftVWWWJWJVM'y V3iViVW SVsv i SS:4tofefc8K &2Ps2&t &&&&(& present commodious quarters, paid the salary of an excellent chef, and gavo a fixed cum overy year for general expenses. The downcast young dauber can now wander Into theso cheery quar ters, eat a fine meal for a small price and, what Is moro, find a good word from home. E.igllsh and French art students tako advantago as well. At tho salons, too, Mr. Wanamaker was a familiar figure. Ho bought pic tures by unknown artists in large num bers. From tho salon of 1903 ho ob tained more than four hundred can vases. These ho shipped to America. In London, Mr. Wanamaker Ib also woll known. Ho rented the big place called Tnplow court on the bank of tho Thames last year from the Desborough family. But though ho has lived most of his years abroad, Mr. Wanamaker picked an American girl, Miss Fernanda Henry, for his wife. She died In 1900. jf Nino years lator ho married another American young woman, Miss Violet Cruger. ' Mr. Wannmaker was mentioned at one time as a posslbld ambassador to Franco. He Is now about forty-flvo years old. It Is qulto certain that tho American people will grant him signal honor somo day. Tho French govern ment did so many years ago. Not only for his work In making tho Hfo of the Paris art students brighter, but for important labor In bringing tho United States and Franco moro closely to gether commercially, he was made a chevalier of tho Legion of Honor In 1897 and ten years later President Fallieres named,him an oflfcer In this distinguished body. Mr. Wanamaker is now a resident of New York, but ho Is much Interested In Philadelphia. Recently ho gave $50,000 to that city for tho benefit of municipal employes who were Injured In the discharge of their duty. In New York ho recently gavo a flno trophy to the New York Public School Athletic league. Hi3 Interest In aero planes dates back at least to 1909, when ho purchased a Blcriot. In lull ho gave an endurance trophy to an air meet held at Nassau boulevard, Long Island. He has also presented avspeclal racing balloon to tho Aero Club Of America, which will bo entered in tho international contests starting from Kan sas City next October. TERROR REIGNS IN INDIA The terror in which the British-Indian authori ties hold the Hindu nihilists was shown at its worst when Lord Hardingo recently paid a visit to Calcutta, tho whilom capital of Hindustan, tho Literary Digest states. Disregarding tho ac counts penned by Hindu writers as likely to ex aggerate the alarm of their rulers, quotations aro taken from tho Englishman (Calcutta) to Indi cate the elaborate nature of the precautions on this occasion. Describing tho journey from Delhi to Calcutta and back, the paper, owned, edited and printed by Englishmen for Englishmen In India and their relatives In England, says: "Tho sections of tho lino between Delhi and Calcutta over which tho viceroy's train- passed at night time wero lit by torch bearers standing at regular Intervals. Near Calcutta tho torch bearers wero not many paces apart. Hl3 excel lency came and went through a veritable avenue of torches." From tho samo authority wo learn that the station at which tho viceroy arrived and departed "was swept bare of its picturesque throngs." The paper adds the following In regard to tho comings and goings of tho head of tho Biltlsh India" wernment while he was In Calcutta: "So far woro they (the people) kept from the actual point of tho road whero his excellency was due to pass that they did not even havo tho satisfaction of catching a gllmpso of him ns ho sho by In a swift motor car. There wero no crowds to watch the public entry Into Calcutta, bocauso the crowds woro kept away. . . . "His oxcellency was not permitted to visit northern Calcutta at all. Tho foundation stone of the School of Tropical Meuivfno (which hu had promised to lay) was not lnlO, and the uui versity convocation was held at government house and not in the senate house (where It usually took place). There was a throe-fold bar rier of guards around the government house, and, In short, tho person of tho vlcoroy waB more carefully watched and protected than the person of the czar In tho most troublesoraa of the revo lutionary periods in Russia." As to the reason why such unheard of precau tions wero taken, tho Englishman offers the fol lowing opinion: "Tho government, becauso of its enormous sources of information, has bettor means of knowing than tho public tho strength and ran go of 'tho terrorist organization. Wo can, however, only judgo of what tho government does know from tho nature of tho precautlomi It takes. If tho precautions grow moro and moro elaborate, the only explanation Is that the police have more reason to be afraid. ' "One expected all kinds of thlngi from the visit of tho viceroy to Calcutta, but the only thing that has emerged Is tho fact that tho govern ment has no offensive weapon against terrorism, and has, therefore, to surround Itself with such a heavy defensive armor that its activities ara either hindered or completely lntcirupted." UNGRATEFUL. "Wealth Is n burden and brings unhappiness," said Mr. Goodman, as ho handed a tract to the occupant of cell 2323. "That's what I nl ways said," obsorved No. 2323. "Horo I de voto my whole life relieving the burdens of others and trying fo mako thom happy, and look at tho thanks I get." Cincinnati Enquirer. Fine Example of a Country Home, Where Planting of Vines and Flowers Makes for Beauty. Curtain. Gilbert K. Chester ton, tho English satir ist, was an extraord inary stout man. An English newspaper, describing a mooting at which Mr. Chester ton was the principal speaker, said: "Mr. Chosterton then mounted tho platform, and the chairman was seen no moro for half nn hour." DIFFERS WITH MRS. GILMAN Writer In New York Newspaper Takes a Dip Into Present Day Controversy. "The homo doesn't fnll to tho ground whon tho man goon out to work." aald Mrs. Oilman. "Why ihould it when tho woman goes out?" Or uj rue might vary the question. i " an docen t uecerBarlly fall to tho r-vm when ho Btnnds on ono leg, rgiQT tho Now York Evening Post Why should ho fall to tho ground when both his legs nro cut off? Or, again, peoplo do not succumb to tho weather whon tho thermometer goos up to 90 degrcos In tho shade. Why Bhould thoy bo any worao off when tho thormomotor goo3 up to ISO de grees In tho shado? Mr3. Gllman, we aro bound to Bay, has not met tho very old argument that the wifo Is the pillar of tho homo and tho guardian of tho hearth precisely becauso tho man does go out of the home to do his work. Wo do not say that It 1b an unanswerable nrgumont, but Mrs, Gll man hasn't anawerod It. On tho face of It, hor statement contradicts ono of tho most frequent of femlnlBt contentions, uamely, that It Is tho mother who Is tho nucleus and tho bond of tho family, and that tho fathor Is at most a necossary collabo rator. To the oxtent that ono dwells on the theory of tho matrlarchato, to the extent that one cites the lessons of biology, as Mrs Gllman herself liuo re cently done, In ordor to show that in low forma of life tho presence of tho molo Is not necossary oven for tho propagation of tho raco, tho Inference ariooB that what Is true of tho un important mombor of tho family can not be truo of tho important mombor. Tho argument would run: If tho door keepor of tho Whlto House can tako a year's vacatlo"h without Injury to tho country's welfare, why cannot Prosideht Wilson go away for a year with exactly tho same result? Tho poultry ration of Now York city amounts to 273,972 pounds n day, X X 4