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J. Plornont Morgan caught a cold and
catch was followed Immediately by
a slump in stocks.
The up-to-date Thanksgiving turkey
that desires to Improve Its figure will try
to acquire a foot ball form.
The Omnibus statehood bill Is the next
automobile vehicle that will attempt to
complete the trip through congress.
President Mitchell eecms to make as
good a witness as he does a diplomat
.Versatility is one of his strong points. '
For some nnexplalnnbie reason Cap
tain Christmas' fairy tale did not even
survive the Danish island treaty nego
tiations. Betting on weather forecasts Is about
s hasardous at this time of the year as
.banking on the Mercer democrats in the
last election.
President Roosevelt will have to find
H surer field of sport for the huntsman
If bo wants to lure Emperor William
over to join him in the chase.
Central Kansas has experienced a
alight attack of terrestrial jlmjams
which aome people lu those parts im
agine to have been the fug end of an
earthquake.
Uncle Sam's team will line up to tackle
the trusts, as soon as President Roose
velt returns to Washington to assume
the position of center rush.
It is observable that under the opera
tion of the new Iowa law the prohibition
counties still contribute their full quota
of inebriates to the insaue asylums.
One army that Is not being mustered
out is that of the rural free delivery
service, in which under republican poli
cies 11,4X10 carriers have been eullsted In
four years.
It isn't fair to keep on poking fun at
Herbert Bpencer for his vegetarian fad
after he has honestly explained ihat he
was very young and a good deal of a
crank at the time.
What about the dangers of early mat
rimony besetting the young officers in
the navy? Are the graduates of An
napolis more Immune than the gradu
ates of West Pointt '
You always have to go away from
borne to bear the news. Down lu Lin
coln they are constructing a Lew
$400,000 railroad organ for Omaha, but
they have not indicated yet where it Is
to be set up and who Is to work the
bellows.
As a cabinet maker and a cabinet
builder King Alphonso of Spain has no
equal among the crowned heads of Eu
rope. Ills average has been one cabinet
a month ever since he bus been permit
ted to warm the Heat of bis pantaloons
on a throne. . ...
General Chaffee Is riirht altont the mil
tan of Jolo. It Is nonsense to bo treat
ing with that fellow as if he were an
Inriopcndeut Koverelgu. The thing to do
is to send out and bring him in the same
as if he were a blanket Indian who had
got off Lis reservation.
The Canadian press aud government
will be wise to refrain from undue ex
citement over bouudary questions. They
will be settled in due time aud the
boundary fixed exactly where it belongs.
But they ought to understand by this
time that they cannot make successful
their-old scheme of claiming a lot of
United States territory, or of disputed
tctltory, and then trade It off for con
cessions In other directions.
REACTION FROM STOCK JOBBIXd.
Too much-stress ennnot lo put upon
the fact that the financial stringency In
the east In the result of gambling and
not of legitimate business operations.
This fact was early perceived by the
com try notwithstanding the clamors of
stock Jobln-rs, promoters and birds of
prey generally, nud recent developments
bring It out in clear light It is now as
serting Itself In the continued depression
In the stock market, and most notably
lit those securities which have been the
subject of exploitation, while in broad
contrast commercial values and earnings
hold firm, and the volume of legitimate
transactions, enormous and unprece
dented as It has been, even shows a tend
ency to expand.
The root of the trouble is the prostitu
tion to purely speculative and gambling
purposes of the genuine utilities of busi
ness consolidation by modern methods.
That the latter Is potent for important
economies Is on Indisputable fact, ami
to that extent It is healthful and con
servative. It Is not however, endowed
with the gift of Midas to turn Into gold
everything It touches. The public has
been dazzled with tho temporary or
promised results of combination, and
speculators and promoters have sought
to tuke advantage of the prevalent ln-
fatuatiou. The situation in brief Is that
they and their victims have overplayed
their hand and have been caught un
guarded in the game.
At a time when the whole circle of
stocks and securities had been pushed
either by the excited sanguine spirit of
tho times or by deliberate manipulation
far beyond the warrant of earnings,
present or prospective, and Just as the
Judgment of the public was beginning to
appreciate that fact, it was found that
innumerable groups of speculators and
stock Jobbers and syndicates of promot
ing banks, trust companies and control
lers of large interests had still on hands
a prodigious total of Inflated securities,
representing merged and combined prop
erties, w hich had not yet been disposed
of to the public. The absolute condition
of success In these schemes was to un
load at the level of an abnormal bull
movement. While still in the hands of
the promoters, these securities had ab
sorbed a vast proportion of surplus
funds in eastern depositories and it is
known that they had been hypothecated
in European money capitals for an enor
mous amount certainly not less than
$300,000,000. The maintenance of the
speculative movement absolutely de
pended on the ability of the public to
continue to buy, but this had largely al
ready been exhausted.
The good sense of the American peo
ple, braced by the conservative judgment
of European financiers, has called a halt
The movement marked in Ihe records of
the New York stock market Is simply a
remedial process whereby prices are be
ing restricted to values and speculative
as well as business calculation to the
line of earnings, ft" may be severe on
those who have too far transgressed that
line, but it is none the less on that ac
count necessary and beneficial. It Is
fortunate Indeed that the reaction has
come at this time, for if the, gambling
movement had gone unchecked to the
lengths to which desperate speculators
would have carried it the consequences
of the inevitable collapse might have
been so far-reaching as fatally to In
volve the world of legitimate business.
TBE TROUBLESOME MOROS.
All recent reports regarding the Phil
ippines show that with the exception of
the territory occupied by the Moros peace
prevails and the functions of civil gov
ernment are being fully exercised. Vice
Governor Wright has said that there is
a degree of peace and safety in the Phil
ippines now that was never reached un
der the Spanish rule. This is corrobo
rated by General Chaffee, who states in
his report, Just made public, that all
parts of the archipelago, except what is
known , the Moro country, are free
from disturbance of a serious nature,
though bands of ladrones continue to
menace some communities. These,
however, can be taken care of by the
constabulary, which appears to be gen
erally ,efflclent and faithful. y
' The task of dealing with the Moros is
the one remaining of greatest difficulty.
They are fighting people, fearless, obsti
nate and will not be easily subdued.
General Chaffee recommends aggressive
measures and he thinks that even with
these It may be several years before the
Moros can be brought to fully recognize
and submit to the authority of the
United States. It seems evident from
the report of the former commander in
the Philippines that there must be ac
tive military operations in the Moro
country before those people can be
brought to obedience to American au
thority, aud even after this Is accom
plished they are likely to prove more or
less troublesome for an indefinite time.
Of course there Is nothing to do now but
compel them to yield and undoubtedly
the advice of General Chaffee as to bow
this should be done is sound.
REFORM BT CRIM1SAL PROSECUTION,
One of the fit. Louis prosecutions for
bribery aud corruption has just ended In
the conviction and sentence of the guilty
man to the peuitentlary for a term of
thre years. The novelty of the case
does not consist in the fact that It grows
out of the existence of a widely ramified
conspiracy of wealthy politicians and
corporations oiratiug In public fran
chises and public contracts. These exist
In all cities of considerable size. There
Is scarcely a city or town which has not
had scandals of this character or in
which attempts have not been made to
get at the public treasury by tampering
with the authorities who should guard It
for the public, attempts which too often
have been successful.
The extraordinary feature of the St.
Louis case is that a millionaire briber
and corrupt lonlst, influential in political
circles and backed by powerful corpora
tion for which be acted as agent, should
be successfully prosecuted to a crtnvlc
tlon. He was armed with every conceiv
able resource for smothering legal In
quisition In its Inclplency and for baf
fling It If persisted In the result that
usually follows. All these resources, all
the delays aud, strategems known to
criminal practice, pressure upon wit
nesses and the like, were exhausted In
his behalf. This conviction of the mil
lionaire br!ler Butler Is under the cir
cumstances a signal triumph for good
government aud honest administration.
The lesson cannot be too closely laid
to heart If the wretched petty criminal
whose act Is felt only In a narrow circle
Is to be punished, the millionaire and the
powerful corioration whose corrupt
practices Involve the Integrity of govern
ment Itself and rob the public by whole
sale cannot be let go. There is a world
of vain moralizing and pretentious but
vague and futile preachment of reform,
but all of It, for practical value, is not
to 1h compared with this one conspicu
ous conviction. For corruption In high
places unrelenting criminal prosecution
Is the true method of reform.
MAKE AK-SAR-BEN PERM A II EXT.
The benefits accruing to Omaha from
the work of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
are so obvious and so numerous that no
one interested In Omaha's future would
listen to a proposal to disband the or
ganization. Yet from its Inception Ak-Sar-Ben
has been instituted upon a
temporary basis, Its membership being
recruited and new In its entirety each
successive year. While some advantages
have resulted from this system they are
far outweighed by the disadvantages
and by the unnecessary repetition of
laborious work on the part of volunteer
committees that could be almost com
pletely obviated if the organization were
put in a more permanent form.
Instead of soliciting applications each
year, membership subscriptions could
without additional exertion be secured
for a period of three years, the fees
being paid annually, as now. This would
give a membership nucleus to be con
stantly expanded, to say nothing of
permitting more definite estimates upon
an assured Income. Such a chauge need
not interfere In any way with the Initia
tion ceremonies, which constitute a dis
tinctive feature, participation In which
might be made oue of the conditions of
membership.
The temporary character of the Ak-
Sar-Ben organization Is due originally to
the fact that its promoters had no idea
to what extent it would become a part
of the social and business fabric of the
community. That it has more than met
all expectations and now justifies a de
mand for permanency is the best tribute
to it efficiency as a factor in the
progress and prosperity of Omaha.
AS TO BRANCH BAXKMG.
While it is not at all probable that
there will be any legislation in the near
future authorizing national banks to es
tablish branches, the proposition yet has
some earnest advocates and therefore the
discussion of the question 'by ,Mr.
Dawes, former comptroller of the cur
rency, before the American Bankers' as
sociation, is timely and merits consider
ation by all who are Interested In the
matter. Mr. Dawes presented reasons
against the creation of branch banks
which seem to us to be conclusive.' lie
pointed out that the effect of such a
system would necessarily be the central
ization of the banking Interest and the
establishing of a monopoly in national
banking, controlled by a few great banks
in the principal cities. Consolidation is
now going on and under a branch system
it would be only a few years until the
banking business of the entire country
would be In the hands of a score or
less powerful institutions, all acting to
gether for the control of the money
market and the financial affairs of the
nation. .
Such a system, Mr. Dawes said, would
not be in the interest of the large class
of business men who in a small way, as
manufacturers and merchants, are de
veloping the country and whom we are
not ready as a nation to dispense with.
These men require credit and they are
more likely to obtain it from independ
ent banks in their localities from
the branches of institutions that are
hundreds of miles away. The advocacy
of branch banking comes from a few
pnly, a majority of the bankers of the
country and particularly of the west op
posing it The country does not need
Buch'a system and the more it Is dis
cussed the more unpopular It is sure to
become. ,
EXPERT EVIDENCE.
It is remarkeil that the chief 'lesson
of the Molineux trial Is the utter worth
lessness of the evidence of so-called
"handwriting experts" In such cases.
These were so contradictory la their
opinions that the court regarded this
evidence as of no value and it was
largely for this reason that the jury
promptly acquitted the defendant It Is
another Instance added to the many
which have caused expert evidence to
be very generally discredited and Is one
of the most striking examples ever given
of the uutrustworthtness of such testi
mony. In a recent magazine article Justice
Woodward of the appellate division of
the supreme court of New York points
out that grave criticism of expert evi
dence in courts of law has not sprung
from recently celebrated criminal cases.
It is almost as old as the use of this
species of evidence, which goes back
several centuries. lie gives numerous
examples showing the dangers inherent
In such evidence as they sppear to an
experienced jurist. An Incident Is re
lated of a conscientious prosecuting at
torney who discarded the services of a
haudwritlug expert, because on private
trial he found the expert ready to prove
that the haudwritlug ou certain decoy
letters which the attorney had procured
to ba written was exsUy the same ai
that on postal cards alleged to have been
written by the accused person. The ex
pert in this Instance stood very high In
his "profession."
Justice Woodward urges that a rem
edy should be found for the evils of ex-
pertlsm, but he thinks It Is not attain
able by legislation. "Indeed." he says,
"I do not believe that the fault Is In the
system so much as lu that relaxation of
the professional and public conscience
w hlch has permitted abuses to continue
uncorrected." A great difficulty Is that
not a few so-called experts do not hesi
tate to sell their opinions, or what they
are pleased to term their opinions, to
tho highest bidder, and this It Is mani
festly not easy to correct or prevent.
Expert evidence has come to be so
generally suspected and discredited that
no great amount of Importance Is now
given it by courts or Juries. The worth
lessness of such testimony was very dis
tinctly shown In the last trial of Moli
neux. OUR HIM An E ARMY.
General Young Is undoubtedly correct
wben he says that the United States
army Is the most humane army that
ever waged war, and nothing could more
forcibly Illustrate this fact than the
actual truth of the campalgus In the
Philippines and In China. AVar Is In
herently cruel and terrible, for death
and destruction are its means. But no
army of a civilized nation campaigning
among barbarians and savages who vio
late every custom and principle of civ
ilized warfare ever conducted .Itself
with greater self-restraint and humanity
than the American soldiers in tho
Orieut
With the most recent experiences un
der like conditions, those of tho British
In the Soudan and in northern India
and of the Russians among the bar
barous tribes In Interior Asia, the record
of the American army stands out In
striking contrast. In the iuternatlonal
corps In China, where American soldiers
marched with the French, Germans,
British and Russians, the difference In
their treatment of women and children,
of prisoners and armed foes and of the
property of the Invaded country was
such as to Impress profoundly the opin
ion of the whole world.
It was exactly what was to be ex
pected. The young men who composed
the American army were not mere hire
lings nor recruited from the dregs and
outcasts of society, but for the most
part went patriotically from the repre
sentative homes of the country. They
were neither better nor worse than their
brothers and neighbors who remained
at home as a reserve to reinforce them
if need should be. 1
It was folly for the so-called antl
Imperiallsts to attempt to promote their
contention by besmirching such an
army. The American people , Instinct
ively resent it The charges against the
character of the army were palpably and
demonstrably overdrawn. The evidence
employed by the detractors was the
same as if they bad collated the records
of the police courts of our cities as typi
fying the civic character of our people.
The point that Americans are not an
aggressively military people, that their
true Ideal is peace and - industrialism
ratffer than the glory of war is well
taken and cannot be too tnuch insisted
upon. . So far as the anti-imperialists
can enforce that point they will per
form a useful service. But falsehood,
detraction, unmerited slander of the
American army hinder and by no possi
bility can ever help the promotion of
the true American military policy.
MAKS1XQ TBE XAVT
"To provide battleships and cruisers
and then lay them up," said' President
Roosevelt, "with the expectation of
leaving them unmanned until they are
needed in actual war, would be 'worse
than folly; It would be a crime against
the nation." In a recent speech Secre
tary of the Navy Moody said that 607
officers were needed to give even the
minimum complement to the vessels now
In commission and that for sixty or
more vessels under construction 783 ad
ditional officers will be needed to pro
vide the minimum complement. The
navy is thus shown to be short of 1,3!H)
officers. At the present rate AnuapoliB
will provide 355 officers by July, 1905,
and under the law u6t more than eight
een enlisted men may obtain promotion
by that date. Even with every midship
man graduated and every enlisted mau
promoted who is entitled to a commis
sion, the navy will hick more than 1,000
officers In July, 1905.
The navy also needs an Increased en
listed force. With the 3,000 increase
authorized at the last session of con
gress the present enlisted force numbers
28,000 men and boys, giving the ratio of
sixty men for each 1,000 tons of ship.
The completed and authorized tonnage
is 750,000 tons, so that on the basis of
sixty men for each 1,000 tons there will
be required an enlisted force of 45,000.
It is said that plenty of men can be
enlisted, but not of those who are really
qualified by seafaring experience and
training. It takes time to train men
who are to be of use to the navy and
they need to be men of better intelli
gence than are usually found in the mer
chant marine. The naval authorities
are now endeavoring to secure enlist
ments, but It does not appear that they
are meeting with satisfactory success.
While there Is no difficulty in securing
men of the most desirable kind for the
army, relatively few are disposed to go
Into the naval service.
The secretary of the navy has a&ked
members of congress to nominate can
didates for mldshlpmeu, for whom a
special examination Is to be held at
Washington City November 12. Mean
while the question of providing officers
for the navy Is regarded in naval rircles
as a serious one and congress will again
be urged to adopt legislation for meet
ing this urgeut need of the naval estab
lishment It is manifestly uncles to go
on Increasing the number of ships in
the navy without making adequate pro
vision for officering and manning them,
Several recent fires In eastern sky
scraper buildings above the line where
fire-fighters can do effective work to
ward extinguishing flames come as icr
tinent reminders of the dangers of ex
cesslvely high construction. Efen where
the buildings are to all inteuts and pur
poses fireproof in character, tho contents
are more or less inflammable, and nl
though the damage to property may be
slight, the risk of life to Inmates and
firemen Is beyond what the necessities
require. The engineering problems of
lofty construction can without doubt
readily be solved so as to permit of tow
ering structures of several times the
present height, but other considerations
that Involve their safety for human oc
cupation will fix limits not easily over
stepped. Bear stories and bear cartoons will be
the fad from now on until Christmas.
People whose memory carries them back
Into the 50s will recall forcibly the
campaign of the first republican candi
date for president General John C. Fre
mont, whose encounters with, grizzlies
were the all-absorbing topic for the boys
and afforded material for the pictures
of the yellow press of those days. The
next time President Roosevelt goes on a
bear hunt he should try his luck in
Alaska, where he can buy four bear
cubs for a dollar with Uie privilege of
perforating their fur with lend thrown
Into the bargain.
It would be interesting to know just
what the so-called "no shelter to monop
oly" plank of the Iowa republican plat
form means. With almost as'many In
terpretations as there are interpreters,
about the only thing regarding It that
everybody agrees on is that it does not
mean n general revision of the tariff.
Omaha has been made a port of orig
inal entry for packages sent from
abroad through the registered mall, but
Omaha has yet 'to be ueslguated a point
for more rapid distribution of mall at
the point of departure fronrthe various
depots where railway mall cars arrive
and depart
Tom Johnson, like Colonel Bryan, is
now speaking of the first battle, and In
dicates, with contemptuous allusions to
McLean, that he is enlisted " 'enduring
de wah." The distinguished Ohio states
man probably means that he intends to
take his circus on the road next year. I
Whencrness of the Attack.
Baltimore American.
Attacks on co-education frequently em
anate from those who fear that women
will prove more than a match for men In
the struggle for learning.
Snaplcloata Visit.
Buffalo Express.
Prime Minister Balfour ridicules the Idea
that the visit of Emperor William to King
Edward is anything but a friendly call.
Yet In this wicked and prying world no
man can go to see his uncle without ex
citing suspicion. 1 -
Justice Does a Good Job.
Philadelphia Record. .
Tbe magistrate who Imposed a fine of
$50 on a coal dealer for selling coal by
short weight, and further bound blm over
for trial on a charge of false pretense, will
receive commendation from the average
housekeeper. To pay a fancy price for
coal, wben it can be had, is hard enough;
to get less coal than is paid for is too
much for endurance. The lightweight coal
dealer Is an obnoxious person at all times,
but Just now he is an object of particular
execration.
The Church-Going; Habit.
Burlington Hawkeye.
Too many people go to church merely to
hear a good sermon or fine muslo or to seo
people and be seen. And so when there is
likelihood of an Indifferent sermon or poor
music or a storm prevails or other ad
ventitious conditions obtain they stay away.
The church-going habit ia one to be culti
vated, the same as the habit of attending
to one's business or dally duties regard
less of weather or anything else. Once
acquired, , the church-going habit goes
quietly on moulding character and deter
mining destiny.
FREK LIBRARY MOVEMENT.
Advantages that it Spreads Before
Even the Humblest Reader.
flail Catne in the Independent.
In opening a free library the doors are
flung ajar of a great treasure house where
the peculiarity ia this: That every man
may take, and yet none will find any less.
Think what la being added to the wealth of
the community the thought, the poetry,
the science, the romance of nearly all the
ages. It Is being gathered up and put into
one room, and no man can be so poor that
he may not be owner of it all. If a person
happen to step into one of tbe great free
libraries in the poorer districts of London
or Liverpool, or of any great city, he must
have been touched by the thought that such
places are the great comfort houses of the
poor man and poor woman. In winter, when
the day is cold and chill, there they are who
would otherwise be in the streeta, without
work and sometimes without food. But for
a little while they are able to forget their
hard necessities and to remember their
other troubles no more.
What if they are all, or nearly all, read
ing novels? The novelists are the magi
cians wafting them, as on wings out of their
anxieties and sorrows. Some of them are
away with Walter Scott among the hills of
Scotland, and some of them are with
Thackeray on tbe field of Waterloo, and
aome of them are with Dickens, tramping
the country lanea by the aide of the grand
father and Little Nell. Some of them are
rolling with laughter and aome are choking
with sobs; but all of them are carried out
of themselves and out of their pitiful cir
cumstances. And it Is only their poor,
pinched bodies that sit there. In their mean
and meager garments.
Isn't this a wonderful thing to do? Tou
may be rich, but you cannot do it with
money; you may stand In high places, but
you cannot do It with power. You have
done it with books, and books are the great
est force now existing la the world. Judged
by It effect on man and on time, a great
book ia a far greater event than a great
battle; and there la no book so poor but It
has taken generations of men to write it.
A race baa never been great without hav
ing great books. Sometimes the books have
remained wben tbe race bas disappeared.
The highest Inheritance of our own race,
the Anglo-Saxon race, ta the Inheritance of
a great and glorioua literature. And this
ia tbe birthright of every apprentice boy
ho speaks and reads bis mother tongue.
BLASTS FROM RAM'S HOR.1.
Heavenly manna is better than earthly
mmmon.
Foes without are less to be feared than
faults within.
Old truths are too great s price to pay
for new doubt.
The temperature of tbe heart cannot be
gaged by the head.
The star of faith will shine long after the
comet of fame has disappeared.
The first thing some people do when
troubles fly Into their Uvea la to clip their
wings.
Almost every fool thinks that be Is bright
enough to throw dust in the eyes of the
Divine.
Happiness depends not on the things
the heart has but on the heart that has
the things.
Some people make a great show of flee
lng from the roaring Hon that men may not
see the secret serpents they carry In their
pockets.
Talk about "looking for opportuntlea
of doing good!" We may as well talk about
looking for fire-wood In forest or for
water during flood. The world is full of
such opportunities.
PERSONAL ASD OTHERWISE.
St. Louis and Chicago are getting to
gether. Six hours trains are tromotlnr a
brotherly feeling.
Chicago has changed the name of Fake
street to Clover avenue. The new title
has a more dignified sound and comports
witn the prosperity of tbe residents.
A large bunch of democrats are enfffteprl
In the annual exercises of throwing har
poons Into defeated leaders. It Is s shock
ing ex mnmon or disrespect for the dead.
It Is settled In advance of the show' that
the midway at St. Louis will be a society
affair, pure in spirit and elevating In tone.
Wher" ,e exhibits are to come from to
mako the prayer meeting a success is not
known, and will not be until the box office
gets busy.
An ordinance Drohlhltlne the tmninvm.ni
of barmaids In Hoboken has been sus
tained by the courts of Jersev.
tho trusts the barmaids of Hoboken have
Deen tne wonder of Jersey. Their panning
from the scene leaves the rmti nf v...
hawken without a rival as a rustic spec
tacle.
A comic opera singer rlv tho
public a comic variation of the last Jew
elry racket. She blushingly admits hav
ing swallowed her watch, while asleep.
Free advertising is in rockr straits whon
a woman suggests a guessing contest on
B'e ot ner moutn as a prelude to tick
lish sensation. .
Governor-elect fialler of Ka
all the pity that can be shipped to him by
mail or otherwise. He la ha.ii-. i
"-".-.'. 'Ul . iu K
moment of thoughtlessness preceding his
nomination ne agreed If elected governor
not 'only to marry, but to select a Kansas
woman for a bride. The awakening on the
morning of the day after finds him In
distressful state of mind because tho a.n.
able matrimonial material In Kansas does
not approach his standard of feminine
loveliness. Duty commands, but his heart
rebels. What renders the situation one -of
acute distress Is the ideal helpmeets to
be had In Nebraska.. When tbe happiness
of a lifetime is at stake the governor-elect
would be justified in tying a can to pledget
and raiding his northern neighbor.
IDEALS OF BROTHERHOOD.
President Roosevelt Emphasises One
of the Needs of the Times.
Kansas City Star.
The addresa of President Roosevelt on
"Brotherhood" at Philadelphia was appro
prlate and timely. It came with especial
force from Mr. Roosevelt just after his im
pressive demonstration ot his belief in the
principle by his Interference to end the suf
fering resulting from the coal' strike. It
was opportune in following that prolonged
struggle in which the Ideal of brotherhood
bad been ignored with lamentable results.
Put as that struggle was one of tbe symp
toms of the times, the address was of more
than temporary significance. The president
did not exaggerate when he said that the
great Industrial and social problems of to
day could not be solved without the apply
ing of "the lesson of brotherhood."
Few persons seem to realize what a
critical period In American history tbe next
few years will be. When plenty of land
was accessible and opportunities were ap
proximately equal the country got on well
with a crude code of social ethlca that en
couraged each man to care supremely for
bla own interests without much regard to
tboso of bis neighbors. But the aoclal life
baa become too complex, opportunities too
restricted and chances too unequal for the
old code to be successful. The manager of
a' big corporation who manipulates Its atock
In his own interest may find himself justi
fied by former standards, but he Is a
dangerous person to the modern commun
ity. The obsolete code must give way to
one founded on the idea of brotherhood if
tbe new order is to last.
Legislation can do something to remedy
the abusea that arise with the development
of material civilization. But so long as
laws do not register the wishes of sincere
public sentiment they will be evaded and
fall of their purpose. Prohibitory legisla
tion Is Ineffective where the people want
liquor. Laws against some form of In
dustrial oppression can accomplish little
unleas the majority of business men dis
countenance the evil. ' The only certain
remedy for the injustices that are develop
ing in the Industrial order lies in the spirit
of brotherhood. , Upon the spresd of this
Ideal depends the stability of tbe whole
system.
Tbe period is critical, too, on the side of
individual as well ss public ethlos. There
was a time when the threat of excommuni
cation from the church was a powerful
weapon to enforce a 'certain standard ot
conduct. Belief in a future system of re
wards snd punishments bas continued to
the present day to exert s strong Influence
for morality. But this belief Is weakening,
and fear aa a motive for right conduct is
becoming , ineffective. Unless the ides of
brotherhood can take lta place the break
ing down of the' old sancttona will lead to
moral anarchy. The great religious teach
ers have recognized the importance of this
Ideal. Christianity Is founded upon It. Its
absence from the Greek and Roman sys
tems led to tbe deterioration, ot those
civilizations and left them sn easy prey
to the barbarians. History bas proved tbe
profound -wisdom of tbe Injunction to love
thy neighbor aa thyself by showing that
the ideal of brotherhood among the citi
zens Is essential to- nation's self preserva
tion. In emphasizing "the lesson of brother
hood" President Roosevelt showed bis ap
preciation of the great need of tbe times.
His address was Inspired, not by emotion,
but by good, bard sense. The pressing
problems of today are to' be solved only
through the spread of the brotherhood
ideal.
ECONOMY VS. EXTRAVAGANCE.
On the word of one of the wisest philosophers of ths sge you may set It down
as a truth that a man can better afford the most economical ot extravagances than
tbe most eztravagast of economies.
It's eztravagaat economy to wear yojr old glasses If they srs not exactly
suited to you.
Ws can show you whether they are snd it won't cost you snytblng to know.
J. C. HITESOS CO.; 1S tk ISIS. St., Pastes Blofk .
SEt lLAR SHOTS AT TIIE ri I.IMT.
Chicago rost: A New York IorKymn
Informed his parishioners that William
Waldorf Astor Is s fool. Thus is the
to heaven effectively pointed out.
Brooklyn Eagle: There appears to b
only one way In which to treat tho Doiik.
hobora and that Is not to treat them st nil.
Let them walk the frenzy out and lit
them go hungry till they have an appetho
for wholesome victuals. You can't inter
fere with religious enthusiasm. If people
want to be martyrs let 'em snd they'll got
over It.
Chicago Chronicle: The excess of Moth
odlet emotion of which President KHot
complains has been a genuine Godsend to
America. It penetrated the western wil.ls
and with Its religion led the way for com
merce aa well aa a higher civilization, of
all religious emotion none ever took a
more definite and practical shape than the
fervor of tbe Methodists. It meant butl
nees every time and America is richer,
wiser, more humane and more religious
as a result of It.
Baltimore American: A New Jersey min
ister has Just declared popular govern
ment to be a hoax. It Is eay to make
such statements, but they are aa mis
chievous aa they are untrue. Men occupy
ing positions of authority and responsi
bility should be more careful than to help
spread a spirit ot contempt and pessimism
toward government. Popular government
may not be Ideal, but It it what tho people
have selected aa best for themselves, snd
If it were a hoax It could not have ac
complished the results which have made
this the freest and tnoBt proaperous of the
world's nations. And it Is very certain
that any ttate of affairs needing reform Is
not going to be mended by misstatements
of s misplaced cynicism.
Washington Post: While the commercial
idea Is absent from the tcbemet of the
churches and their auxiliaries the work
which they perform is commercially profit
able. It adds to the value of real estate
by increasing the security ot person and
property and by reducing taxation. It in
creases tbe turn total and the quality of
manual and mental work by promoting so
briety and general morality. It it doubt
ful if any investments are In the long run
more profitable than the millions expended
for churches and schools. While the profit
may not come directly back to tho con
tributor, it comes to the community and
Is pretty equally divided. Each successive
generation draws a dividend from tbe re
ligious and educational investments of its
predecessors.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Detroit Free Press: Sidney Have you
any marked ability of any kind?
Kodney Well, I've kept a lot of widows
from marrying me.
Philadelphia Press: He No matter how
plain a woman may be If nhe has pretty
teeth and hair she s bound to attract some
attention.
Phe Yes, they may be said to be a
woman's best friends.
lie That's eo; for, they say, tbe best of
friends fall out.
Indianapolis News: "Yes," sobbed th
widow, "me poor husband was cut right in
two be the cars."
"Terrible! Terrible!"
"It was so. The wheels jist ruined the
brand new watch in his vest pocket."
Detroit Free Press: Mr. Hutt Well, the
coal trouble Is happily over.
Mr. Sutt Oh, no; I still have three un
married daughters.
Baltimore Herald: "I hear that Jack's
fiancee has made him promise to stop
smoking."
"That so? Well, mine has not said a
word about giving up the weed, but our
engagement has just the same effect."
,rHow so?"
"Every time I call all the cigars In my
vest pocket manage to get crushed, and, of
course, 1 don't smoke then!"
SHALL I LOOK BACK,?
Louise Chandler Moulton. "
From aome dim height of being, undeacrled.
Shall 1 look back and trace the. weary
way
By which my feet are Journeying today
The toilsome path that climbs the moun
tain aloe.
Or leads Into the valley aun-denled,
Where, throuKh tho darkness, hapless
wanderers &tray.
Unblessed, uncheered, ungladdened by a
ray
Of certitude their errant steps to guide?
Shall I look back and see the great things
small;
The toilsome path, God's training for my
feet.
The pains that never had been worth
my tears?
Will aome great light ot rapture, bathing
all,
Make bygone woe seem joy; past bitter,
sweet?
Shall I look back and wonder at my
fears?
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