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Presipent Wrzson has struck a nail square on the 
head when he writes, “I gain the impression more and 
more from week to week that the business men of the 
country are sincerely desirous of conforming with the 
law and it is very gratifying indeed to have occasion, as 
in this instance, to deal with them in complete frank- 
ness, and to be able to show that all we desire is an op- 
portunity to co-operate with them. So long as we are 
dealt with in this spirit we can help to build up the 
business of the country upon sound and permanent lines.” 
Such an open statement will surely help solve the ser- 
ious problem of business and government control. The 
president is on the open road; he who will may follow. 
An open policy cannot fail to produce good. : When the 
business men of the country are aware of the govern- 
mental policy and its intent many if not all of the abuses 
charged to large business enterprises will be avoided. 
How can business adjust itself to law when it is diff- 
cult if not impossible to determine the real intent of 
the law, particularly if the governmental policy be in- 
choate. 
CoNGRESSMAN GARDNER has served this district effi- 
ciently and as far as popularity goes he cannot complain. 
Essex County knows his measure and has confidence in 
him. It has always been a mark of higher honor to 
serve the nation than the state even though it be the 
highest office in the gift of the people for state service. 
Fissex County needs Gardner more than the state of 
Massachusetts, even though he were successful in his 
campaign for governorship. Gardner has tentatively 
withdrawn from the state contest in response to the 
popular petition presented to him to remain as Con- 
gressman from this district. It ought to be gratifying 
to the incumbent of our Congressional chair that he is 
held in such esteem. It is to be hoped that Mr, Gard- 
ner’s tentative withdrawal will be final. Essex County 
wishes him at the Capitol House in Washington—not in 
Boston. 
CAMBRIDGE will make a serious mistake if it refuses 
to grant Harvard the permit to construct a subway to 
the elevated power station. Why will the University 
City be so short sighted. 
HAvE you a new calendar? ~ 
New Year’s is again upon us. The merchant is bal- 
ancing his books, weighing his goods and taking an ac- 
counting of stock possessions. Individuals, young and 
old, are making New Year’s resolutions and are determin- 
ing to mend the old fences and begin anew. ‘There is a — 
place, proverbial in common speech, that is paved, it 1s 
said, with good intentions. This is true to a degree, but 
it is well to aim at the sun and strike the moon. An ideal 
missed is better than a low aim gained. ‘To strive well 
and lose hard is better than to make no losses because 
there have been no efforts made to make gains. Pro- 
gress can be made only as losses are considered and cov- 
ered. Why should it be thought a folly to make reso- 
lutions anew? 
to break them, but because it is better, indeed, to aspire 
and lose than to live a life of calm indifference to ideals 
of living higher than those attained. 
Tue Era Has Arreapy OpENED for the Newer 
Heroism. The martial ambitious of men were occasioned 
by the law of force that made peaceful life an impossi- 
bility. The address of Mrs. Duryea at the Woman’s club 
emphasizes a side of human life that has been too long 
minimized. The real heroes of the race are unknown. 
Their virtues because humble and inconspicuous are un- 
sung and unproclaimed. ‘The silent heroes of the home 
and family never receive the rewards of the crowd be- 
cause their virtues are too choice for the maudlin praise 
of men, 
On OcroBER 16, 1912 Woodrow Wilson is quoted as 
saying “If I become president of the United States, the 
colored race may count upon me for absolute fair deal- 
ing and for everything by which I could assist in advanc- 
ing the interests of their race in the United States.” 
President Wilson had not counted upon the negro segre- 
gation movement when he made that statement, Now he 
has a task at hand worthy of his mettle. If he meets the 
situation as admirably as he has some other difficulties 
of his administration there will be no cause for com- ~ 
plaint. 
PRESIDENT Witson’s Mexican Porticy stirs up many 
objectors who are free with their advice, as to how the 
country is to be saved. Fortunately, Wilson, right or 
wrong, has been able to keep peace and there has been 
no martial difficulties with our neighbor. This is some- 
thing, whatever views one may have as to the wisdom of 
the president’s Mexican policy. 
Tue AMERICAN TELEPHONE ComMPANY has risen 
above petty policiesand has read the signs of the times 
and honorably determined to follow the spirit of Amer- 
ican law and will by terminating the alliance with the 
Western Union Telegraph Company. The company has 
everything to gain by the change of front and nothing 
to lose. 
BricKLEY has been elected captain of the Harvard 
football team for 1914-15. Not all of Harvard’s foot- 
ball captains have earned their office so honorably and 
justly. 
Tam Poor we have always with us. It is an honor 
to any community to solve its amelioration problems 
aright. 
Can you learn to write 1914? 
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