not be improved by its dismemberment. 
On the contrary, the railway service of 
New England will not be made the best 
it can be, or, in the long run, improved 
at all, by breaking up the New Haven 
system and developing general compe- 
tition. The best service can be secured 
at the least cost by completing the co- 
ordination and unification of the ex- 
isting New England railroad system. 
These things would make it practicable 
to adapt the service of each community 
to its needs, to route traffic by the most 
direet lines, to develop terminals where 
most needed. 
This kind of co-ordination, unifica- 
tion and development, while incompati- 
ble with competition in construction, 
is not incompatible with some compe- 
tition in service. Mr. Mellen’s theory 
is that the New Haven is a great ter- 
minal yard which all the railroads that 
want to enter New England should be 
allowed to use with their trains. He 
would let the Grand Trunk and Can- 
adian Pacific in from Canada on the 
same terms. He would let the railways 
of the United States in on the some 
terms. There would be no difficulty 
in carrying out this plan if Mr. Mel- 
len’s terms to the other railways should 
be reasonable; and the fact that the 
Grand Trunk shows willingness to ac- 
cept them indicates that they are. The 
advantage of competition in service 
would be secured, while the disadvan- 
tage of economic waste by competitive 
construction would be avoided. This 
is not merely Mr. Mellen’s plan. It is 
opposed by those who study and dis- 
euss the New England railroad situa- 
tion as agitators, but endorsed by those 
who study and discuss it disinterested- 
ly and with public spirit. One of these 
is Professor Bruce wyman, of the Har- 
vard Law school. Professor Wyman 
says in an article in the Boston Trans- 
eript of January 29: ‘‘ Believing in uni- 
fication of our railroads as I do, I am 
convinced that we can get better ser- 
vice from a single system than we 
could ever hope for from _ seperate 
roads.’’ 
But whatever thoughtful men who 
devote their lives to the study of sub- 
jects such as this may believe, a large 
part of the public still believes that 
we should go on regulating railways, 
both by laws that aim to compel them 
to compete and by administrative bod- 
ies that make it hard or impossible for 
them to compete. The public still be- 
lieves that it can perform the great 
equestrian feat of riding two horses 
running rapidly in opposite directions. 
Many public men still think so to. So 
long as the public and public men so 
think, doubtless we shall keep on our 
statute books utterly inconsistent laws 
for the regulation of the railroads. And 
so long as this is the case the grand 
juries will continue to grind out true 
bills indicting common sense. 
Self-Satisfied 
He—But you didn’t exclaim: ‘‘ This 
is so sudden! ’’ 
She—No, your proposal did not sur- 
prise me; I know you had excellent 
taste. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
DAVID LIVINGSTONE 
Coming Centenary of Great Explorer-Missionary. 
The coming centenary of the birth 
of one of the world’s greatest mission- 
aries, brings to mind the fact that it is 
about a ceutury ago that America first 
began to take a systematic interest in 
foreign missions, It is rather interest- 
ing to know that one man—Adinorain 
Judson—took part in bringing about 
the organization of two great mission- 
ary societies. 
Judson with three other young men 
made application to the Congregational 
Association of Massachusetts for funds 
to carry the Gospel to the _ hea- 
then. ‘I'he result of this application 
was the organization of the American 
Board of Foreign Missions of the Con- 
gregational church. Judson was sent 
out to India by this board in 1812, 
Shortly after reaching Burmah he 
joined the Baptist denomination and 
the American Baptist Missionary so- 
ciety was organized to help support 
him in his work. 
_ This society is making great prep- 
arations for celebrating the centenary 
of its birth next year. They are go- 
ing to charter a vessel and a large 
company will visit this year the mis- 
sionary fields of the world. 
Vhey will hold special services in 
Burmah in commemoration of the one 
hundred years work in India of this 
society. After touring the world they 
will return to Boston in May 1914 
where a great centenary celebration is 
planned. 
David Livingstone was born in Scot- 
land, March 19, 1813. Even as a boy 
he was a great lover of nature. It is 
said of him that ‘‘ before the age of ten 
he had wandered over all the Clyde 
banks about Blantyre and had begun 
to collect and wonder at flowers and 
shells. ’’ 
He had also received a prize for be- 
ing able to repeat the 119 Psalm ‘‘ with 
only fivé hitches.’’ He had a tender 
heart and was very fond of his mother 
and tried to help her in many ways. 
He used to often sweep the house for 
her. He was very thorough in his 
work. His mother said when sweeping 
the room he would sweep ‘‘even under 
the door-mat.’’ 
At ten years of age he began work 
in a cotton mill. There was at that 
time no law against child labor. The 
hours were long, for he started work at 
six a. m., and left off work at 8 p. m. 
With his first week’s wages he bought 
a Latin grammar. He persevered so 
well that he was reading Virgil and 
Horace before he was sixteen. He was 
always very much interested in science 
and when he became a spinner in the 
mill at nineteen he saved money so he 
could attend lectures at Glasgow Uni- 
versity on medicine Greek and Divinity. 
A missionary society was started in 
the village and became much interested 
in missions. At first he wanted to go 
on his own responsibility as a medical 
missionary to China, 
He changed his mind and applied 
to the London Missionary society for 
work in the foreign field and was ac- 
cepted. He received his medical de- 
gree from Glasgow University and on 
Vec. 8, 1840, started for Africa. His 
decision to go to the ‘‘dark continent’’ 
had been brought about through the in- 
fluence of Dr. Motfat the great mis- 
sionary to Africa, 
-~ few years later he married Mary 
Moffat, the daughter of the missionary 
He spent his whole life in Africa ex- 
cept for two visits home. He was lost 
tor several years in the heart of the 
continent and found by Henry M. 
Stanley. He would not return with 
him choosing rather to stay and try 
and complete some work he wished to 
accomplish, Stanley was the last white 
man who saw him alive 
He was at Ilala on his way to ex- 
piore the source of the Nile when he 
died. He was found dead kneeling by 
his bed. 
David Livingstone was one of the 
world’s great men. He did more than 
any other man in stopping the trafiic 
in slaves in Africa. He explored the 
river Zambesi and discovered the Viec- 
toria Falls. He hardly ever failed to 
overcome the hostility of the native 
tribes in his work among them for he 
was a very loveable man. His native 
servants thought so much of him that 
they spent three months in carrying his 
body from the centre of the continent 
to Zanibar. From there it was taken 
to England by ‘‘a Ship of the Line.*’ 
His bones now rest in Westminster Ab- 
bey. It is said that no tomb in the 
Abbey is so often visited as his. Next 
month the missionary societies and the 
scientific societies will meet to do honor 
to his memory. And what a change 
has come over the world during the past 
hundred years in regard to its attitude 
to missions. Last year ‘‘the churches 
of Christendom’’ gave over $30,000,- 
000 for missions and of this amount 
over half was given by the United 
States and Canada. 
Those interested in the life of the 
great missionary to Africa may learn 
much about him by reading ‘‘ David 
Livingstone’’ by Thomas Hughes. This 
small book gives the principal facts of 
his life. ‘‘Missionary Travels and Re- 
searches in South Africa,’’ written by 
Livingstone himself makes very fasci- 
nating reading. He also kept journals 
during part of his travels. These have 
been published under the title of 
‘“Livingstone’s Last Journal.’’ 
The standard life of Livingstone by 
‘*Blakie’’ has just been ordered for 
the library and we hope to have it in 
a few days. There are also articles on 
Livingstone in the various encyclopedias 
to be found at the library. With the 
help of the above-named books one 
may learn much about this heroic char- 
acter. —R.T.G. 
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