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Full Meaning of commercialism.

who must do the physical and manual
work, by the application Of science
and invention to the arts of life. When
such men are true to their functions,
the dollars Of their wealth are but so
many tokens Of the service that they
have rendered to their fellow men, and
yet they themselves may be unaware
Of their true place in the great organ
ism which we call society, and may not
Justify even to themselves the work
that they do.
What Is the motive Of commerce?
Is 1t not mutual service for mutual
benefit? How else does commerce eX-
list and continue on its way? The mer-
chant who cheats his customers is a
fool. The manufacturer who debases
his product, and who tries to put off
goods and wares upon the public
which are not what they seem to be,
is a knave. Such men are relatively
few in number. They usually fail, or.
If they secure riches, they are marked
men whom society distrusts, even
though they pile UP dollars by their evil
practices The abatement Of this class
is only a question of time and intelli-
gence The makers and vendors of
quack medicines, of beverages purport-
ing to promote temperance but which
are merely alcoholic stimulants in dis
guise, will be unable to cheat the COM
munity even in a prohibitory town or
state when common education is a little
further advanced. The stock gambler
who uses loaded dice on the exchange
and rigs the market waits only for the
progress of better commercial educa-
ton to be abated as common nui-
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children, Just as a laborer does not
transfer his almost finished work to
another for completion, since he has
put his whole energy into It., the hard
er you labor the richer and the happier
will be your existence become.
If you are q real mother, you know
by your own experience that only SELF
denying, unostentatious labor which
inperils even your own life and tests
your strength to Its utmost In order to
give life and maintain the life Of an
other being can yield you true salts
faction, but that It also gives you the
right to make the same demands on
others and to call on your husbands to
likewise subject themselves to the la
bors Of life. You will measure and ap-
preciate the worth Of man according
to these aspirations and prepare your
children for the fact that similar la7
bors are awaiting them.
A true mother, who Is conscious OF
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Of tomfoolery, not fit to use for gun
Wadding to shoot anything but mon
key whose brain had been softening
since the creation!" and she is mad
clear through, and the editor has lost
her friendship and countenance for all
time.
People have an idea that a newspa-
per is organized to give them, and
their affairs, gratuitous puffs-that is
if they subscribe for the paper. A
years subscription entities them to $40
worth Of advertising space in the col
umns Of the paper.
Somebody gets up a fair for the
church, or for some private enterprise,
and the editor Of the local paper must
advertise that, and give it puff after
ward. That is how he gets his free
pass. He must give SIS worth Of adver-
Using space for Is cents worth of
strawberry festival.
Editors are often sued for libel-sued
for telling the truth! For in many
cases,of that kind the very worst thing
he could say about the party in ques-
ton would be the truth!
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thought and social progress. Instead
Of making an effort to discredit a con-
dition which marks the highest point in
the progress Of humanity yet reached,
and in place Of misapprehending the
commercfalism of the new century, let
them direct their thoughts to the DOM
inant power Of commerce, Joining with
men of affairs In developing 1t, until
every man and every nation shall be
free to serve another'S wants without
the perversion Of the power Of public
taxation to purposes of private gain
under the pretext Of protection to do
nestle industry.
It Is doubtless true that yet for a
short period naval armament must
be maintained upon the sea for the pro-
lection Of commerce. This necessity
will exist so long as there are brutal
nations endeavoring to extend their
commerce by conquest, and to annex
colonies or dependencies without any
regard to the rights Of their inhabit-
ants. The name of Commerce de-
stroyers' has already become term of
obloquy and Of contempt in it's applica-
ton to naval vessels. In respect to
ornaments upon the land, standing ar
mics are already in disrepute. Volun-
teers of sufficient intelligence each to
fight on his own Judgment have proved
to be better fighting machines than
regulars in any equal contest. Again,
volunteers must be men Of intellig ence
who think before they fight, but in
regular armies thinking is not consist
ent with discipline.
It may not be long before other
states will follow the good example Of
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inflicted upon him by people who want
to be writers" 1t is a very widely
conceived idea that 1t is the easiest
thing in the world to write for the pa
pers, and everybody entertains a pri-
vate opinion that if he should try he
could write as well as anybody.
And to the distress Of the editor,
great many do try, and, Of course, are
put on the list of Declined with
thanks" and If there is anything in the
world which will make an embryo
Shakespeare, or Dickens, indignant. it
is to have his gushing maiden attempts
Declined with thanks"
He looks upon the editor who does it
as a conceited idiot, who is afraid of a
rival, and he feels savage enough to-
ward him to cut his throat. fgurative-
ly, or smother him under a pile of con-
tributions Declined with thanks
We might spin this article out in
definitely, for an editor has many other
tribulations not mentioned here, but
we forbear.
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Jnibutahons Of a Newspaper Editor

You want to be an editor? Well, why
not try it? IL you want to be in the
condition of trying to please everybody,
and of succeeding in pleasing nobody,
there is nothing better for you.
Everybody finds fault with the news
papers. The taste Of all creation is to
be catered to; and we are got up on
such plan that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison" in lit
erary as we'll as literal sense.
One man likes political Intelligence;
and if there is anything said against
his party, he calls the editor a liar, and
wishes he could meet him out where
he could get chance to give him
piece Of his mind.
Then, there are other men who care
for only the financial intelligence, and
they want to know who has failed and
who is sound; and If the paper gives
the firm of Brown & Co. as solvent to-
day, and Brown e Co. fail next week,
then the editor of that paper is held re-
sponsible, and his veracity is called
in Question-just as If a newspaper ed
ttor knew who was going to fail next
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she must go back to the best, and read
them again and keep reading them,
and them only. This was counsel
meant to give her with respect to the
history, biography, and criticism which
I would have her mainly read, but it is
far more pertinent in respect to imag-
NATIVE literature. No one really hears
an opera at the first hearing; it is at
the second, third, tenth or twentieth
hearing that one begins to hear it;
and the case is much the same with
any work of art. When you first see
a picture, statue, edif1ce, you do not
see it; you have only looked at it;
and you have not read a great novel at
the first reading. If it is a great novel,
1t will make you wish to read it again;
though this is not the prime test Of a
great novel. If it has been written in
sympathetic ink, as a novel always
should be, the warmth of your liking in
repeated perusals can alone bring out
the lines and colors Of character and
situation and design; and it is better
to read a great novel many times than
to read many novels, even good nov
els.
The common notion Is that books are
the right sort Of reading for girls, who
are allowed also the modified form of
books which we know as magazines,
but are not expected to read news
papers. This notion is 80 prevalent
and so penetrant. that detected it in
my own moral and mental substance,
the other day, when I saw pretty
and prettily dressed girl in the elevat-
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business world! That would be better
than nothing! A man who subscribes
for a paper wants to get his moneys
worth, somehow. But these newspapers
are a regular swindle."
Mrs. Smith, an old friend Of ours,
wants to read the marriages and
deaths. She wonders why on earth ed
itors do not print all OF them all over
the country; it would be- such interest
ing reading; and tell what they died Of,
and how old they were, too. She thinks
it is a positive wrong to people who
subscribe for paper, and pay for 1T,
not to know what people die of. And
some editors never put that in!
Miss Angelina De Swasey wants
more poetry. Poetry feeds the soul and
inspires the spirit and-and-makes
one feel $3.50 so-so-welL so sweet
and exalted! She wonders that editors
do not have more poetry. and she sends
her paper a sonnet to 'eThe Mild-Eyed
Neon" and in the next issue reads the
editors opinion Of the precious effu-
sion.
"A mere mawhish. sentimental mass
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By kate Thorn

S, metimes they are threatened with
cowkidings, and we have known Of one
editor who was treated to a coat Of tar
and feathers, simply because he said
in his paper that Dir. So-and-So, the
leader of the opposition party, was a
liar, gambler and a drunkard! And
it was just as true as anything you can
find in Holy Writ, only, perhaps, it was
one of those cases where "the truth is
not to be spoken at all times"
Editors are expected to give free
copies Of their papers to all friends who
drop in. "a paper is nothing, Of course
might as well give them away as to
sell them for old paper! An editor
ought to be pleased to think anybody
wants one"
So you might argue about a dealer In
anything else. You might go into a
hatter's and ask him for a hat; he
ought to be pleased to think you no
ticed him enough to want one of his
hats.
But the most trials an editor has are
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OR some such reasons one
-u-. might say either that a girl
should read whatever she finds
in her fathers library, or that
a father should have nothing
In his library that his daughter might
not read. But we cannot quite say
either Of these things. Literature is
the biography Of the race, and it is not
unlike personal biography in being fire.
auently faulty, and frequently false.
The very masterpieces Of literature
mirror some of the worst moods of the
race; they paint it's darkest passions,
and remember its fllthieSt vices. We
may not destroy the record because it
forms the consciousness Of civiliZa-
ton, and marks the far way which the
enlightened man has come from being
q savage. Literature remains, out of
all of the ruin Of the past, in such bio
graphical adequacy that whatever its
partial or entire losses, it still tells the
human story, the growth of the soul,
with miraculous fullneSs. If the proper
study Of mankind is man, and If self
knowledge is the sum of wisdom, there
would seem to be no reason why girls
should not read everything.
Yet there are things that father or
brother, or even a husband, when he
has married one Of them, would shrink
from having her read, though there is
less contamination to be feared for her
than is imagined. It is the expert
ence of life which brings the knoWl-
edge of good and evil, and without this
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ness. Under the American policy they
are permitted in the first instance to
determine what this shall be, and the
people will accept their conclusions up
to the point, and often beyond that
point, where it becomes excessive and
burdensome. They have, however,
gone further than this and elected to
decide what compensation the miner
shall receive for his part Of the work,
and thus determine what is the ulti-
mate cost to the consumer. Herein lies
an opportunity for a grave error.
Suppose, in the first place, the operator
was to charge for use Of his capital,
his brains and his time, only such an
amount as he would be able to justify
before any competent tribunal, and
then add to such a sum whatever may
be demanded by the miner for his
work, what would happen? Certainly
coal would at the outset cost the con-
sumner more than ordinarily is the case,
but if it could be demonstrated that
the extra cost was on the one hand
excessive and on the other more than
the miner was entitled to, it would not
be long before that part Of the total
cost would be readjusted. 1t certainly
is indisputable that the miner has the
same right to determine what he shall
receive for himself as has the operator
for himself, and it is more than ques-
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By Count Geo ~. Jolstoy

the will Of God, will also hold her chill
dren to the fulf1ilment Of this divine
will. To such true mother 1t is tor
ture to see her child overfed, pamper-
ed and dressed up. because she knows
that all this will aggrayate thu fulfill
ment OF the will Of God on the part OF
the child which she has revealed unto
Him, nor will she teach her girl or
boy that which will enable them to es-
cape the troubles and cares Of life.
but that which will make them strong
to bear anything that might befal
them.
A true mother Will not consider
white hands and fine manners In the
choice Of husband for her daughter
and since sllo knows what is true COM
duct and what Is fraud, she will always
and In every instance, not excepting
her husband, prize only that true labor
which may even exact our own life and
despise that false and pompous labor
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week!
Again, there is a class who want to
read about crimes and murders; and
what is the poor editor to do when
murders are not perpetrated? Though,
to be sure, there is an epidemic of them
most of the time.
Then some people want to read col
umns about the coal miners strike, and
how they continue to exist on air and
glory while the mine owners eat big
dinners, and discuss methods of starv-
ing the poor miners into submission.
"Such dull paper!" said neighbor
to us, the other day, f1inging down one
of our dai1ies; mot single murder or
scandal Of any description in it! I
guess I'll pay IS year for such a pa
per rs that!"
We ventured to suggest that perhaps
nothing Of the kind had occurred for
the editor to chronicle, and our neigh
Dor looked at us with ill-concealed con-
tempt, and snarled out:
'.Well, he might pitch into Pierpont
Morgan and give him rats for en-
deayoring to control the affairs Of the
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Ownership OF Public Necessities

his own mining. He is entitled to so
much of the supply as he requires for
his use, but because of attendant So
cial conditions he must employ some
one to get it out and deliver it in the
form and place suited for his purpose.
The right to do this is all the mine
owners obtained when they purchased
the property. Should they attempt to
close down the mines and stop the
supply Of coal under the plea that as
belonging to them they had the right
to keep their property, they would soon
discover their mistake. 1t is at this
point that individual rights become
subservient to public welfare. The OBJ
legations implied in the purchase Of
the control of the property must be
fulfilled.
If our premises are correct, the cost
to the consumer of this commodity
should be such sum as will afford
adequate return for the labor involved
to all concerned. The mine owner is
entitled to his share because Of in
vested capital and supervisory en-
ployment; the miner to his share for
the labor in getting out the coal; the
owner Of transportation facilities to
his share for delivering it at the place
of consumption, and each of these pro-
portions because Of the public charac-
ter of the article in question is prop
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A true mother gives birth to and
nurses the child herself, prepares food
and drink for 1t, washes it, instructs
1t, sleeps and talks with 1t, because
she sees therein her life purpose. She
will try to make them strong to bear
trouble and labor, since she will regard
that as the sole happiness Of life. She
will not ask others for advice; she her
self knows all and fears nothing.
Only such a mother can calmly say
unGer the shadow of death to Him who
created her and Whom she served by
the bearing and rearing of her most
dearly beloved children: Lord, now
lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace"
Such women, who fulfill their calling,
will always rule over men. They pre-
pare new posterity and guide. public
opinion. In their hands, above all
rests the salvation of the world.
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I'm order to be true mother 1t is
not sufficient that you work and
worry in secret without receiving
praise therefor-for you are SIM
ply fulfilling your duty according
to the ideas Of some people-nor must
YOU look for any gratitude from those
for whom you work, and if they cause
you sorrow or find fault with you, you
must bear it without a complaint
AS in the case of the first child, so
in the case of the second and each
succeeding one, the same cares, the
same labors, and yet the true. genuine
mother will feel, in spite of everything
a quiet and deep satisfaction, although
she cannot expect any thanks, and
when all women shall think and feel
so the power over mankind will pass to
them and the salvation Of the world
will rest in their hands.
But unfortunately the number Of
these true mothers is steadily growing
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I@ow G)oman Guides the Uond

smaller. Many women allow them
selves to be carried away by passion
and give themselves over to men at
the expense Of their honor, others vie
with men in the desperate struggle for
social position, and still others, al
though they do not forget the object Of
their life and even fulfill their mater
ual duties, disavow them in spirit by
regarding childless women with envy
and so lose the sole reward that Hes In
the consciousness of having served as
the instrument Of God, and see only
misery in what ought to contribute to
their happiness.
We men are so entirely taken up
with the Importance of our sham ex-
istence that we have all completely
forgotten the real object Of life
While placing the whole burden Of
life upon others we are at the same
time too cowardly to call ourselves by
the true name that belongs to man
that for their own dear ego's sake al
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whose end is simply to escape all true
and honest labor.
The women who renounce the life
purpose Of their sex and yet raise the
claim Of their rights, need not say
that such a point of view is impossi-
bic for a mother, that a mother Is too
much bound UP with her children by
love to deny them dainties and pleas
ures or dress.
A true mother will think differently.
She knows that her duty does not con-
sist in making Of her children what
ever is agreeable to her or them.
She knows that she Is necessarily
lowering between life and death when
she is bearing a scarcely budding life
under her heart, but that life and
death are not her concern, but that It
is her concern to serve this life, and
this service she will not seek to evade,
but she win 60 straight toward her
aim.
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low their fellow men to perish in mis-
cry and want.
But among women there Is a differ
ence. There are those who embody the
Hottest ideal of purity, and there are
those who are prostitutes. This diff
ference will be fully apprehended only
by our descendants. but feel 1t my
duty to call attention to It.
Every woman, no matter how de-
graded, who submits to her husband
with the consciousness Of the posi-
bility of becoming a mother, fulfls the
highest object Of life, higher than she,
there is no one, and If you are Of these
women. you viii not say after you
have borne twenty children Enough!
Just as a laborer Of fifty years Of age
does not say he has worked enough as
long as he can eat and sleep and his
muscles demand work.
If you are one Of these women, you
will not burden other mothers with the
cares OF nursing and educating your
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F, as is not improbable, the pros
pectiye settlement of the anthra-
cite coal strike shall prove to be
the beginning of the solution of

= T, as is not improbable, the pros
4 pectiYe settlement of the anthra-
cite coal strike shall prove to be
the beginning of the solution Of
the question as to where the
rights of private ownership becomes
secondary to the rights of the people
whenever public utilities or necessi-
ties are concerned, then the privations
endured by the miners, the losses in
Cured by the operators, and the in
conveniences borne by the people will
not have been altogether useless. 1t is
conceded that as between individuals,
the right to determine the disposition
of property is inviolable, but it must
also be admitted that whenever such
disposition tranSgresses public welfare
this prerogative must be modified, if
indeed, not altogether abrogated. In a
primitive state where social obliga-
tons are practically wanting, a man
may do what he will with his own
without let or hindrance. In such a
condition, and such a condition only,
are men independent. The moment So
cial relation and interchange begin,
that moment reciprocal obligation
commences. The development and
progress of these relations involve a
corresponding diminition Of individual
authority, and it is easily conceivable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-26
. o easy to be an editor!

- o easy to be an editor!
We hear the opinion pro-
mulgated very often.
~ 1t seems to be a very gener-
ally entertained idea that all
an editor has to do is to write few
lines now and then; issue orders to the
''dcvil" go to theaters as deadhead;
be invited to all the balls and parties,
without cost, and live on the fat OF the
land.
Editors always wear good clothes,
and have white hands, and are &C
quainted with all the leading politi-
clans and big-bugs; and they can say
just what they please about anybody,
and who is to help himself?"
Now, we have never been an editor,
and we don't banker after the job. We
have no 1usting after the fieshpots in
that Egypt. We have seen too much
of life behind the scenes. We know too
much of the life one leads as the editor
of popular paper
Is his Office a sinecure, and a happy,
peaceful sinecure, at that? Well, we
guess, not Veryi
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. OR some such reasons one
!. might say either that a girl
should read whatever she finds
in her fathers library, or that
n fo4Lar cbo,1Id Iooua notEiO o.