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VO Dec. 19, 1913 No. 51 
Tue Present of the United States has acted well 
within hig rights as Commander-in-Chief of the United 
States army in instantly investigating the reflections 
made upon a previous administration and upon the insur- 
rectos of the Philippine Islands. That it was merely the 
“fun creation” of a group of men is no acceptable ex- 
cuse for the extravagances shown by the committee 1n 
charge of the Carrabao entertainment. The history of 
nations has been stained many times by the lack of esprit 
de corps for the government within its army corps and an 
excessive esprit de corps for the army itself. Disloyalty 
or its suggestion cannot and ought not to be tolerated by 
the government. ‘To dismiss Wilson’s energetic and pa- 
triotic effort to unravel the causes of that breach of 
faith by the organization as supersensitiveness is to miss 
the point at issue. President Wilson has a right to ex- 
pect dignity and unreproachable honor among its soldiery. 
‘The regrettable incident is not that Wilson took notice of 
the incident, but that that organization’s committee 
should have been so blind to the proprieties of the army 
branch of the government as to have even unwittingly 
given offense or the suggestion of offense to the “little 
brown brothers” in the Philippines or given cause to feed 
the hostilities which exist between the two races. The 
age of such barbaric sentiments has gone, even though the 
defense be made that it was only “in fun.” It is evident 
that the gentlemen could have been spending their time 
to better advantage. President Wilson did right. 
THE SocrAListic SCHEMERS for governmental con- 
trol are making the best of the successes of the parcel 
post and of the chaotic conditions of the railroad mar- 
ket in stocks. ‘The deductions that they make are along 
their honored lines of governmental ownership. This is 
their panacea for all economic ills. Now the telephone is 
assailed. It will be an issue this winter and it ought not 
to be carried out. The success of the parcel post is no 
indication that there will be a successful operation of 
the telephone and telegraph lines. All sorts of socialistic 
schemes are in the air and it is wise to read the signs of 
the time and beware, 
Tue Brest Way that the individual can exemplify 
the Christmas spirit will be to. make his Christmas 
plans and store arrangement early in the week. ‘There 
are others who want the day. Do Monday what you 
plan for Wednesday. 
Ture New Haven has passed its dividend and this — 
ought to have been expected. Yet it was not fully anti- — 
cipated. It was recognized, of course, that a reduction 
from the six to four per cent. was certain. Hereabouts 
the losses of private income in January from dividends — 
in July will be considerable. It may entail economy and — 
retrenchment on the part of the stockholders and the 
railroad, but the move was for best interests of all con- 
cerned. The stockholder should hold on to his stock with — 
tenacity and not be hood-winked into selling at the pres- — 
ent low market. The declaration of a dividend would 
have eventually done more harm than the refusal to pay 
it. The money is in the hands of the company at good 
use and it is better there at the present times than in 
the hands of the stockholders. It was a heroic measure, 
but it was wholly justified. The holders of stock should — 
be grateful to have a management that considered safety 
first. 
THE OPPONENTS TO VIVISECTION are good people — 
with motives that are honorable and purposes which are ~ 
humane, but they lack vision, accuracy and breadth. To | 
prevent pain to the lower world is truly to be desired, but — 
ought one to sacrifice the lesser pain that the greater pain 
endure? In values of pain-bearing it will be more than 
evident that the suffering entailed by vivisection has never _ 
equaled the suffering which has been saved by the result — 
of its operations. The believer in modern science has no _ 
stone to throw at these brethren. A moment’s thought — 
will show that but for animal experimentation, 
would never have diphtheria antitoxin, and the toxin — 
that alleviated and has diminished the deaths from ~ 
cerebro spinal menengitis and lock jaw. The anti vivi- 
sectionists mean well, only they should think more and 
say less. 
In America the force of the feminist movement is 
lost because it is little realized here the struggle which — 
woman is waging. The antics and hysteria of many 
workers for woman suffrage are to be regretted, but that — 
ought not to blind one to the real motives and spirit which 
animates the women of old England. The right of suf- 
frage appears as only one factor in the struggle. The 
real issue is the recognition of the right, position and re- 
sponsibilities of womanhood. In the eyes of the law in — 
England woman is not a person. A mother is not legally 
recognized as a parent. The authority and recognition ~ 
is masculine and masculine only. Woman knows she has — 
a place and demands recognition. 
THE SUFFRAGE MovEeMENT is not all on the one side. 
Mrs. Augustus Peabody Gardner, wife of our representa- 
tive, has become the leader of the District of Columbia — 
organization opposed to woman suffrage. The fight is © 
now on, but the struggle in America will be none the less 
interesting even if it lacks the belligerent episodes of 
Europe. ; 
PresmpeENtT Wixson’s PLans to clear up the trust 
atmosphere by careful definitions of the various forms 
of monopoly restraint of trade which should be deemed — 
unreasonable and in violation, is a step in the right di- 
rection. It is a hard task, but it can be done without 
interfering with legitimate business enterprise. | 
America ts Honorep as well as Senator Elihu Root 
in the award to him of the Nobel Peace Prize. Root is 
aman of parts. Will he or Hughes lead the Republican 
forces the next campaign? | “a 
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