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Feb.e4y 1916. No. 
CyL 
ONE OF THE Best PARAGRAPHS in President Wil- 
son’s addresses of the week is this one in his Chicago ad- 
dress: “And yet it has been assumed throughout this 
struggle that the greatest principles of international law 
and of international comity had not been suspended and 
the United States, as the greatest and most powerful of 
the disengaged nations, has been looked to to hold high 
the standards which had governed the relationship of na- 
tions to each other. JI know that on the other side of the 
water there has been a great deal of cruel misjudgment 
with regard to the reasons why America has remained 
neutral. Those who look at us at a distance, my fellow 
citizens, do not feel the conviction of America that her 
mission is a mission of peace and that righteousness can- 
not be maintained as a standard in the midst of arms. 
They do not realize that back of all our energy by which 
we -have built up great material wealth and created ma- 
terial power, we are a body of idealists, much more ready 
to lay down our lives for a thought, than for a dollar.” 
That paragraph will be read all over Europe and it ought 
tc help in creating a more friendly spirit toward us and 
correct erroneous views of our position on the question 
of the war. 
A Street Car LIne is a money-making institution 
just as any other business, and it must be made to pay if 
its equipment is to be kept up, interest earned on its 
Londed issue and on its stock, and if it is to pay reasonable 
wages to the workman. The income from fares is the only 
source of revenue a street car company has. Provided 
every economy is practiced and no financial blunders are 
committed in administering the company’s business it is 
obvious that the only recourse a company has is to raise 
the price of the individual fares if the revenue does not 
meet the normal business requirements of the enterprise. 
Presto9ENT Wintson Craims that no man is com- 
petent to judge what will happen after the war ends and 
onportunities for immigration are open. There are those 
who claim that there will be an exodus from the old 
country, and then again others of equal intelligence and 
with good reasons aver that when the war is ended op- 
portunities will all be on the other side and that there 
will be an exodus from America to the old country. The 
period of reconstruction will demand skilled men and un- 
skilled labor. One must wait to see. 
Wirth Ait THE Worip AFtre, floods in the west, 
intense cold in the north and business depression through- 
out the south, New England appears to be a good place 
in which to live. 
A Recorp Warm SPELL in January is much more to 
be desired than a record cold spell. 
Feb. 4, 1916. 
Tue AppointMENT of Louis Brandeis to the Su- 
preme Court of the United States is the culmination of a 
long and hard struggle for success. | While Brandeis’ 
appointment is not viewed with favor in New England, 
one cannot but admire the brilliant Jew who has risen to 
such a position commanding respect and carrying with 
it honor. Opposition to the appointment because Mr. 
Brandeis is a Jew is un-American. Mr. Brandeis is to he 
congratulated .upon his success. It does seem strange, 
however, that with so many judges serving in the various 
courts throughout the country that the President could 
not have found a man of judicial temperament and train- 
ing to fill the post of honor. Mr. Brandeis’ appointment 
will be contested in the Senate. When seated with the 
ocher Justices his views and attitudes to great judicial 
questions may change. One thing against Brandeis,—or, 
people seem to have that impression, at least—is that he 
cannot be depended upon; he changes his mind too quick- 
ly. That has been very pronounced in his political career. 
It ts RumorEepD Now that in the event of peace being 
sued for by Germany, the allied powers will refuse to ne- 
gotiate with the Imperial Government and will insist up- 
on negotiating with the German people and an accredited - 
representation from them. If such a program be carried 
out it means the collapse of the Kaiser’s power; but un- 
fortunately the war has not yet ended and the time has 
not yet come for peace dreams. 
Ir A PresmenNtT Since Linco~n was confronted 
with a more serious international condition than Wilson 
has had to face we do not recall it. The President must 
take his American citizens into his confidence far enough 
to reveal his purposes and yet not so far as to alienate 
nen who ought to be his friends or to give foreign powers 
information that should not be divulged. 
Ex-PrEsIDENT RoosEvELT claims that the hyphen 1s 
an evil and that it should be eradicated by compulsory 
instruction in English, compulsory naturalization under 
certain restrictions and compulsory elevated standards of 
living. ‘The Colonel takes many positions that are com- 
mendable. These are worthy of Roosevelt and his better 
days. 
Dr. SNEDDEN Has ResicNeEp from the State Board 
of Education, with which he has so long been connected, 
and has accepted a position as a professor in the Teachers 
College of Colurbia University. He will carry with him 
tc his new position the appreciation of his Massachusetts 
constituency. 
Ty ts or ‘Vrrar, IMporTANCE that some nation main- 
tain its poise in the world war. Who will furnish the 
world with the means of rehabilitation if the United 
States enters the contest of arms? America will have a 
large task upon its hands when the war is over, financing 
tne nations at war. 
Ont SHREWD FINANCIER has loaned to the City of 
Worcester on a note maturing April 2,.one hundred and 
fifty thousand dollars at the rate of four-tenths of one 
percent and incidentally avoiding taxation on that amount 
at a high rate. High finance at a low rate! 
GoveRNoR McCay knows very well that if he is to — 
be nominated President by the Republican National Con- 
vention the best thing he can do is to sit tight and keep 
on declining State selections. It is unlikely, however, that 
a New England man will be selected. 
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