Tue Care Cop CANAL has now been in operation for 
month, allowing time to measure its usefulness and to 
determine its probable success and the difficulties which 
experience alone might reveal. The Canal has already 
taken its place as a great New England waterway. The 
objections which were advanced concerning the swiftness 
of the tide have been found to be unfounded. During 
_ the month barges, commercially employed, schooners and 
F ste vessels, as well as large pleasure crafts, have used 
the canal. At night the entire length has been illuminated 
by electric lights, making it navigable at all hours night 
and day. It will be some time before coastwise steamers 
_ or naval vessels can use the canal, but work is being done 
to deepen the waterway. When completed it will permit 
the passage of any of the naval vessels. The military 
and naval advantages of canals and inner waterways has 
_ been demonstrated during the present European war. 
_ Eyentually so important a waterway must be taken over 
by the government and operated as a government 
enterprise. Among the incidental advantages that have 
accrued to the people of Massachusetts is the passing of 
fish from Massachusetts Bay into Buzzards Bay. It is 
reported that cod which have never found their way up 
into Buzzards Bay have been caught by the hand line of 
pleasure seeking fishermen. No commercial advantage 
is expected from this passage of fish from one bay to the 
other. The Massachusetts Bay shore has been success- 
fully planted with lobster seed. With the Woods Hole 
Fisheries station so near there are new possibilities” for 
lobster culture in both bays for it places the Woods Hole 
station very much nearer than before. In fact the geo- 
graphical advantage the. Woods Hole station acquires for 
service in Massachusetts makes it possible for that station 
to render increased service, and such, as only could have 
been rendered previous to the Canal construction, by the 
establishment of a fisheries station by the government 
on the Massachusetts Bay shore. Now the Woods Hoie 
station can serve both shores advantageously. 
THERE HAVE BEEN LoyaL Spirits who have been 
laboring to create a healthy public opinion against war 
but their efforts have been discounted for many who have 
been interested in a general way in peace have never 
- dreamed that such a holocaust as now menaces all Europe 
could be possible. Every editor, journalist, teacher and 
clergyman in the land now realizes that the development 
of a peace party in America is not a negligible program. 
There are dangers in America from the militaristic ideals 
of the old world. The immigrants to the new world are 
all steeped in the fears and training of the older world 
military systems. Peace, honorable peace, should be the 
aim and desire of every country the world over. Presi- 
dent Wilson’s proclamation was wisely announced, care- 
fully written and will further the great cause that must 
be championed by every thinking man in the community. 
Ir Germany Succreps in Masterinc the European 
continent does anyone for a moment suppose that it will 
respect the barriers of an ocean or the distance to the 
American shores? Will a nation that has no honor for 
neutrality and no consistent respect for treaties (“scraps 
of paper’), have any respect for the Munroe Doctrine 
that America has flaunted in the face of the world for 
a century. America’s cause is being fought out on 
European soil by the allies. 
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| THE REPUBLICAN Party was not slow in finding the 
holes in the armour of the democratic machine. The 
economic argument still reigns supreme in politics and 
domestic affairs. 
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Tur LAND oF PEACE AND HApprINEss never seemed 
more blessed to this nation than during the months just 
past. To enjoy this peace and be grateful is not national 
phariseeism. The Master of Men has forever rebuked 
such a spirit by his story of a Publican and a Pharisee. 
Being thankful for national peace and being grateful that 
this nation is not at war like other nations is not con- 
demnable. No nation regrets the horror and exploitation 
of human life and industry in Europe more than America. 
The European War and its suffering cannot be blotted out 
or forgotten. In these days the nation can be inspired 
with sympathy for the suffering nations across the sea 
and yet be grateful for the blessings of liberty which have 
been assured to it. Well did Washington warn the young 
republic of making entangling alliances with the old world. 
America has had no martial arrangements with any of the 
warring nations. If a war entente existed with any of 
the nations at war this land of ours would also have 
been involved. With a Mexican difficulty to the south 
and unrest in South America the result would have been 
a world war of proportions even greater than the present 
conflict. America may well be grateful. 
Tur New Haven Rariroap under the direction of 
Mr. Elliott is facing its problem with optimism and effi- 
ciency. It will take time to solve the great New England 
transportation problem, but it will be done. The serious 
business depression that inevitably followed the opening 
of the European contest has not helped matters. But 
New England’s prosperity is assured by the genius and 
working ability of its people. The prosperity of New 
England means prosperity to its railroads. The pros- 
perity of its railroads has a reflex action upon the busi- 
ness of the district its branches serve. The business in- 
terests of the New Haven and of New England cannot be 
divorced. Progress has been made already and before 
many years have gone by the New Haven and the Boston 
& Maine will have come into their own. Meanwhile this 
struggle across the seas has had a tendency to divert the 
muck-raking news mongers from their vicious attacks 
upon American enterprises to the discussion of the war 
and its many ramifications. 
Tue Crty oF BEVERLY Is CONGRATULATING ITSELF 
this year upon a low tax rate. The city holds the record 
low tax rate for cities in Massachusetts. This new record 
is due in no small measure to the careful work of the 
assessors. The administration under the direction of 
Mayor MacDonald has endeavored and succeeded in 
maintaining a low tax rate and an efficient maintenance of 
city affairs. When the election day comes round the 
voters of Beverly ought to remember the low tax bill. 
Tere WILL BE A CHANGE OF Poricy in the ranks 
and interests of the republican party toward the progres- 
sive party. The olive branch of peace has been hung 
out. Will the progressives seize the advantage of work- 
ing out their program within the ranks of a party that 
has a chance to win. If the progressives and the repub- 
licans will but unite success will be inevitable. 
Ture Apimity of McCauy 1s ACKNOWLEDGED and 
every day that goes by adds to the powers of his candi- 
dacy. The republican party has made no mistake in its 
gubernatorial nomination. A strong man with a clean 
record is the available and true slogan. 
Wuo Wit, WIN THE PENNANT appears to be as 
great an issue in the world of sports as the issue of the 
war in Europe? 
