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Making Tomorrow's
World
By WALTER WILLIAMS, LL.D.
(JXtam rftkt School efjoamaltim oftU UnttcnHu oMbuurO
AUSTRALIA'S UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
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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."
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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
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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,
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