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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
North Shore Breeze 
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VOL. X Oct. il, 1912 No. +1 
Unproven Principles. 
A great many people feel that this 
country is in.a_crisis at the present, 
time, and certainly it has never been 
in a similar position, at least viewing 
it from a politicaly standpoint. 
Public sentiment is waking up and 
demanding reforms in varigated 
manner, and suggests.through its 
law makers, more progressive meth- 
ods of carrying on the nation’s busi- 
ness. The word “progressive” is a 
much-abused expletive, during these 
days of political furore and through 
the formation-of ‘a so-called third- 
party, out for presidential honors, 
and all that goes with it, it is sy- 
nonomous for anything that. is 
against sound Republican principles. 
In summing up the three parties, 
one of which is not as yet officially’ 
recognized, for their wearing quali- 
ties, the Bull Moose contingent 
stands as something spectacular, the 
¢harm and newness of which has 
worn off the minds of the voters of 
the nation in a very great measure. 
The intelligent men of the country’ 
who have its best interest at heart 
are not prone to accept the- hum- 
drum whims of a, few disgruntled 
politicians led by. one whose ambi- 
tions have been measured in their: 
success. 
On the other hand, the scholarly 
appeals of the Governor of New Jer- 
sey, who heads the» Democratic 
ticket, do not wholly agree with the 
thoughts which he has frequently 
penned for the edification of the 
reading public. Even in his home 
territory, Woodrow Wilson is not 
unduly popular, and as the wearing 
qualities of his party’s principles 
have never been demonstrated ex- 
cept as instruments to bring panic 
with their operation, he may be eli- 
mminated from the presidential race 
without a more than passing consid- 
eration. 
Now that the campaign is well 
under way, the Republicans are 
aware of their possibilities and are 
swinging into line for President 
Taft. 1n Massachusetts, which 
state is supposed to express the key- 
note of the entire country, the Taft 
forces are assembling to the ranks 
of their chief and in the short time 
that remains before the election, 
pledge that the Republican 
principles will be just as much in 
vogue in the White House during 
the coming four years as they have 
in the past. 
Truly, the country is in a crisis, 
but it has survived many times, and 
bids fair to survive the present one. 
The voters can certainly not afford to 
discard these principles for others 
whose worth has not been demon- 
strated or even partially proven. 
And it is safe to predict that the 
level-headed citizens will not de- 
sert their standard. 
The Man Behind. 
The recent law governing the 
publicity of newspapers has resulted 
in diversified opinions by publishers 
throughout the country, and press 
associations had thoroughly de- 
nounced is as being one of the most 
harmful measures which could be- 
fall the profession. 
With all the various objections by 
publishers representing the “big in- 
terests” it is rather interesting for 
the public to be acquainted with the 
“man behind” the individual news- 
paper, to know what his real policy 
is in treating the public, whether his 
methods are for clean journalism, or 
whether they tend to corrupt all 
who come under the influence of the 
publication. 
It is certain that the honest pub- 
lished who is discharging the mis- 
constituents in a trustworthy man- 
sion which he owes the public as his 
ner will have nothing to fear and 
much to gain from the new postal 
law. 
There may be measures in thc 
postal code which the publisher con- 
siders abusive, but the recent law 
should act no hardship on the jour- 
nalist who is giving his readers 
what he should, namely, honest, 
clean journalism. 
Fruit Thieves. 
There is no class of fruit offend- 
ers which is more obnoxious to 
householders generally than fruit 
thieves. After a man has cared for 
his yard and trees during the year, 
perhaps planting the trees in the 
first place, and then keeping them 
free from bugs, and properly nour- 
ished, he naturally feels that he has — 
a first claim on the fruit.. And yet 
it happens again and again that a 
horde of small boys, and sometimes 
of grown men, take the whole of it _ 
just before it is ready to pick. The 
owner loses his fruit, and those who 
steal it do not get more than half 
the good of it. Such stealing has 
become very common, and gives a 
month or more of unrest to every 
man who owns any apples or pears 
or grapes. Men even go with carts 
and wheelbarrows in order that they 
may clean up a place which they are 
threatening. : 
Such petty thievery is just as 
much to be condemned as that 
which seems of more account. There 
is every reason why the police 
should be particularly vigilant 
against them, and why the court 
should visit them with severe penal- 
ties. Because most boys are in- 
clined now and then to take an 
apple or two is no excuse for con- 
doning the offence of these men and 
boys who rob on a much larger 
scale. 
The Boston Herald expresses the 
wish that Mayor Fitzgerald will re- 
new his bil! providing for the plac- 
ing of the collector’s department at 
City Hall under civil service rules. 
When the mayor presented the bill 
to the Legislature at its last session 
it met a violent death, but he will 
be making a popular move if he 
again makes the attempt to have the 
bill made a law. The collector’s de- 
partment at the present time is 
made up of cronies of the local poli- 
ticians, and is of course utterly de- 
void of the merit system, where a 
man worthy of promotion by reason 
of his capabilities, would be given a 
position which might now be held 
by one possessed of the proverbial 
“pull.” The mayor will have plenty 
of support on the measure if he de- 
cides to show its good points to this 
year’s Legislature. 
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