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VOL. XIII 
January 29, 1915. 
Breverty Dors Not SEEM to take kindly to the idea 
of taking water from the Ipswich River as an auxiliary 
supply to its present resources. Provisions must be made 
for the future and the Ipswich River has been suggested. 
Beverly and Salem jointly obtain water from Wenham 
Lake with an auxiliary supply in the Longham meadows. 
It has long been Beverly’s hope that Salem would volun- 
tarily withdraw and enter the Metropolitan system. This 
would leave the lake for Beverly and would be sufficient 
for years to come. The Beverly Board of Aldermen 
have voted to hold a public hearing on the question of 
accepting the proposed Ipswich River auxiliary system 
plan. ‘The outcome of the enquiry will be watched with 
interest. 
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS of the government 
report that work in their department has almost ceased. 
The figures for the last six months of the old year are 
lower than for any six months in recent years. The first 
six months of the new year bids fare to establish an even 
lower record. ‘The emigration of able-bodied men from 
Great Britain is forbidden. Immigration from Italy has 
ceased. Many able-bodied men are returning in anticipa- 
tion of Italy’s entrance into the struggle, but few if any 
are coming from that sunny shore. What all this will 
mean to the nation at large cannot be determined at this 
early date. | 
Tue Heap of the Massachusetts Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has called the attention 
of the President to a serious situation that must arise if 
all the horse traders in America are permitted a free hand 
to purchase horses for shipment to Europe. The Presi- 
dent of the United States is powerless in the premises, 
but Congress may pass restrictive legislation. In the 
interests of humaneness, Congress should stop the ex- 
portation of horses. 
SALEM IS AN UNFORTUNATE city. Its fire loss within 
a year has been phenomenal. Last week’s fire for a while 
was menacing, but the conflagration of last June taught 
the department efficiency and before many hours the 
fire was under control. 
Tue Fact that there are many American ships using 
the canal and meeting all the demands of commerce be- 
tween the two coasts, shows that no mistake was made in 
repealing the old bill and passing the new one. 
A New York WEEKLY is neutral. It claims that “‘it 
does not care which of the allies win.” 
No. 5 
THE REPUBLICIAN Party does not take kindly to the 
President’s ship bill. On the face of it the bill does 
seem to provide for a way out for our commerce in our ~ 
foreign trade dilemma. It seems a simple matter, indeed, 
to purchase a ship to meet our ship needs and to hoist 
an Amemican flag to the topmast. So far the problem is 
simple. 
Neither may nations live unto themselves alone. 
the European belligerents recognize the new flag? 
is a question of great moment here. 
should refuse to recognize the flag on a converted ocean 
ship? Would it not mean conflict, diplomatic quarrels 
or humiliation? America may well take care lest it 
forget the’ chains that bind. 
way of avoiding “entangling alliances” ! 
There 
classed among the decisive victories of the war, but it 
was a significant conflict nevertheless! It means that 
Germany’s whittling down policy and daring raids must 
stop. When it is known that only by a half hour and 
because of heavy fog the German fleet escaped after the 
Scarborough outrage, it will be realized that the English 
navy is at work with all vigilance. The conflict was a 
testimony to the value of swift boats and long range, 
guns. The affair was not of first importance, but it was 
highly creditable to Admiral Beattie and his vigilant men. 
Tue Facr Tuat New York merchants are not re- | 
trenching in their plans for the summer is a most whole- 
some sign. It means much for the Shore. There is 
every reason to believe that the present season will be 
the best in years, for various reasons, but particularly be- 
cause of the war. The California exposition may attract 
some travel, but wise tourists will avoid railroad travel 
across the continent in July and August, and the North 
Shore must gain. 
_ THE BLUNDERER is finding it a difficult matter to ex- 
plain away that “scrap of paper” slip. The unfortunate 
part of the whole incident is not that an individual made © 
an error in making such a statement, but that the activi- 
ties of a certain government seem to indicate that they 
regarded treaties as such. The blunder in speech with- 
out the activities of war in Belgium would not have given 
the phrase currency. The war, not the slip of the tongue, 
gave the phrase currency. 
AMERICA Faces a serious problem in trying to avoid 
a protection policy that leads to militarism and yet main- 
tain an efficient army and navy to guard its interests. 
Wilson and Gardner are both right—and when the policy © 
has been determined that strikes the happy medium be- — 
tween militarism and military inefficiency all America will 
rejoice. 
THE SUMMER Is Cominco and the long winter is 
passing. 
song sparrow brings, but it will bring also the battle cry 
from the fields of Europe. What will the summer of 
1915 mean to Europe and the World? 
To Pronounce INTELLIGENTLY the names of the 
places brought into prominence through the Mexican and 
European situations requires an education in seven lang- 
uages and then one must seek a pronouncing gazetteer. 
THE ALLURING, bewitching, deceiving seed cata- 
logues are filling the mails. Plague take them! Winter 
is bad enough without such reminders of summer. 
Suppose England © 
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