The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-26
Magnitude In Order


has placed on our desk work with the
above title, issued from the Dallas HERALD
presses with the above title.
1t is thesis upon national, stat
aud county order, on the following bases
the naturalization of the human family
made simple and complete crime pre-
vented; congress of nations and no more
war; an International university with COS.
mopolitan language; the telegraph and the
telephone connected with the postal de-
partment and United States z. 0.
banks; no more adultersted goods; debts
collected with certainty, etc, etc.
Starting out With the census law the au-
! thor proposes the following novel and re.
markable plan: 1--WE want the amended
law to provide that all the states and terri
tories be arranged in alphabetical order and
| then numbered Next, the counties in each
state and territory must be arranged in like
alphabetical order ana numbered. Then
each county will be sub.dvided into pre-
cincts and numbered. Now, after the cen.
sus is taken in each precinct in alphabetical
order each individual will be Numbered.
| This then presents TO yon q nation OF 90
0OO coo people in perfect order This ar
/ EhlletlutllL WNulu EiNF va WI NhN lOll VI
STATES. Alabama, No l. Arkansas, No. 2,
eic. The counties woud he numbered n
tie same order, M. l, 2, etc. Wards in
cities would take the name of precincts and
all known bv their number. The number
on the lett OF the individuals name in the
same order would complete his sch of mum.
beFs which would distinguish him from any
and every person in the nation on the books.
To illustrate, suppose at the time the GEN.
sus is taken you are domciled in precinct
No. 8 in Dallas county, Texas. We will
say Texas is No 30 on the roll OF states and
Dallas county No 49, aud In your precinct
roll you are No. l75 Then your legal mum
bers land tr,de mark would be 32-3S 5.l1j
In our arrangement for taking the celsu'
OF the United States, there are certsu
things which suggest themselves, aItachtC
to each individual, which goes to his iden
Afcation. For instance, we want to know
when and where born; his height and aver
age weight; the Q mplexiOn; color OF hal
and eyes; the kind OF face, nose, mouu
and teeth. Next, some permanent ant
, distinctive mark about the face, neck, head
, hands and arms; his occupation. Then 10
the benefit OF himself (sometimes), and tn
/ commercial world (oitentimes), we want
: first the assessed valuation OF his realty
second, the assessed valuation of his per
, sonality and third, the excess of his credit
! over his debts, or vice versa"
Some of the ideas are quite radical, 10
= instance, the author contends that both tn
!, practices of law and medicine need som
! reform. Neither the lawyer nor doCtO
i should be allowed 10 collect any fee unles
beneficial services have been rel
10 dered. in other words, that tn
imam pay the doctor II h
seeps him IN health, and the doctor pay III
man when the latter gets ok, This, b
; urges, would give All impetus 10 hyglen
: and the doctors time would be more ocol
= MED In trying TO preserve health, and 4
:, delivering lectures rather than in writn
II fashionable prescriptions, wisely feeling III
y 5pulse, looking at the tongue; II the ma
" dies the doctor should get no fee, etc. 81
- too, with the lawyer, when case is los
q he should receive no compensation.
- Mr.. Wolff also proposes that the unli'
a States take the initiative In forming
"a Union OF the nations OF the esrth uhuer
~ written limited constitution and thus ave
~ war which Is after all only the building
u bridges out of dead mems bodies for amt
., tious men to ride TO glory on. This 20
u eminent should havethe three department
y executive, legislative and judicial; while q
~ congress should be composed OF delegaV
% ~ elected by the sovereign power oil each
~ In the treatment of terminals, the auth
" saws they should be regarded as monom
80 MACS or mental invalids and not as brut'
n and that it Ms much public duty to II
-, "a nish employment for the idle as 1t is
~ punish men for being idle
90 Mr.. Northumberland outlines new 5!
10 tom of assessment and taxation, and 60
or into details to show the value and ieasio
~ ~ of his scheme. So, too, he treats OF lo'
lnh option laws, manual labor, schools, tra'
nj marks, etc. ,.
III lie thinks that each precinct in cour
er should have public library, and procee
er TO furnish descriptions as to the arrani
90 The volume is Of some 100 pages o3ta
Ol long primer type, good paper and clee
'o printed, and Is tor sale by the author, !
I \. I0i Main street, Dallas.
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