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VOL. XII IQTA. 
PRESIDENT WILSON has been a fortunate man politi- 
cally. Generally speaking the voters of our land are 
not partial to theorists or professors of colleges for pub- 
lic office. The President overcame these objections and 
was elected the governor of his State by a generous mar- 
gin with good luck in his way. The democratic party 
had constantly met with defeat in the national elec- 
tions and the nomination to the presidency by that party 
had been a questionable asset. Then came the four years 
of Taft and the surprising activities of Mr. Roosevelt and 
in an incredibly short while the demorcatic nomination 
beca:re a valuable one. Wilson’s good fortune was with 
him again and he was elected. Elected,.the problem of 
maintaining his policies was solved by having a strong 
backing in both branches of the Congress. Again good 
fortune smiled on him. To succeed in one’s policies as 
a party program is one thing and to make them succeed 
as a national program is another matter. The Wilson 
policies have never had a chance and just when public 
unrest and business depression began to pave the way for 
_ unrest with the administration and desire for a return 
to the republican policies the war broke out in Mexico. 
The President’s dilemma was his salvation. A loyal na- 
tion waited patiently, war was averted and Wilson won. 
Again fortune smiled. Like a rising storm the European 
war broke with unprecedented rapidity upon the whole 
world. It has caused a world-wide depression that will 
take years to remedy. But above the storm rises the 
good fortune of the President. He has met the situation 
honorably and with characteristic good sense. The na- 
tion honors him for his success. He was big enough to 
meet the situation, but it was the situation that brought 
out the talent of the man. President Wilson’s problem 
again was his good fortune. The present war has done 
more for the personal successes of the President and for 
the party policies of the democratic party than that or- 
ganization has been able to do during its entire ascen- 
dancy of recent years. Good fortune smiles! 
October 2, No. 40 
Ture New Marine INsurANcE Bureau of the na- 
tional government has a big task upon its hands. Its 
first “job” has been the preparation of a list of contra- 
band and near contraband articles which are uninsurable 
and which are forbidden exportation privileges. It is to 
be hoped that the list ‘has been carefully outlined and that 
their work will be successful in preventing any embrass- 
ing episodes with any of the nations at war. 
_Aut LONG For Prac, but it is folly to think or speak 
of it until the arms of nations have won a victory that 
will assure peace for a goodly period of time. 
Tuer Liguor PRoBLEM will not down. It is and will 
be for some days to come an intensely live issue. The 
progress that has been made in personal abstinence from — 
the use of alcoholic liquors has been phenominal and the 
growth of public sentiment against it as a business has 
been equally surprising. So quietly has this sentiment 
grown that but few persons realize the sum total of all — 
the “yes” votes in the country is but a trifle larger than 
the “no” vote. 
begun for national prohibition. 
one. There are many who earnestly disbelieve in the 
use of liquors personally, who think the time has not 
yet come for prohibition.. Be that as it may the question 
is before the country and the individual states now have © 
It is doubtful whether — 
the problem placed before them. 
such a movement will succeed the first year. But every 
state that votes for the national amendment is a state 
gained. This vote cannot be revoked and it stands, so 
that a running fight may be kept up for years until a 
sufficient number of the states have declared themselves 
in favor of the amendment. When the requisite number 
has been obtained the national amendment will become 
operative automatically. The enthusiasts of the prohibi- 
tion movement are sanguine of an early victory. Whether 
their forecast be true time only can tell; but it is evident 
as it has never been before, that the real problem of legis- 
lation on the liquor problem has been transferred from 
the limited battlefield of the separate states to the larger 
field of national legislation. Every well-informed citizen 
will be interested in the progress of this new change of 
alignment. 
THE EurRopEAN War has thrown its burdens upon 
our national government as well as upon all private enter- 
prises. The restoration of the war taxes of the days 
of the Spanish war is probable, with its many objection- 
able features. To the list of taxed articles, gasoline is 
to be added. Such an addition seems unjust for gasoline 
is no longer a luxury it has become a necessity, an indis- 
pensable factor, in every day life. The theory of all 
special taxes is to place them where the burden will be 
felt the least and if possible upon the luxuries of the 
rich and the poor, as beer and tobacco and silks and 
finely manufactured products of man’s skill. There was 
a time when a tax upon gasoline would have been a tax 
upon a luxury and upon the rich. Such a tax now will 
fall upon the commercial and industrial enterprises. Those 
who use the automobile for pleasure can reduce the mile- 
age of their motors, but business men who use the motor 
in business must continue to use it despite the tax. The 
American Automobile association has opened a campaign 
against the proposed tax and whether they succeed or 
not the interests of the commercial users of gasoline will 
be ably presented. 
Tr 1s Now AvutHoritaTIVELy ANNOUNCED that re- 
gardless of the embarrassment and inconvenience caused 
by the war that the Symphony concerts are to be given 
this winter in the city of Boston. With the opera sus- 
pended for the winter and the Symphony concerts also 
omitted, there would be but little to interest music lovers 
in the city this winter. But thanks to the enterprise and 
heroic efforts of the board of managers of the Symphony 
organization this disappointment is spared the lovers of 
music. 
THERE HAS BEEN A DECIDED CHANGE in the methods 
employed by Germans in America to influence public 
opinion. Early in the war some serious blunders were 
made that will take long to correct. 
A nation-wide campaign has now been ~ 
The question is a large — 
