Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25

relationship. To war and It's results. In
both anticipation and settlement. he attrib-
utes the chief bulk OF the burden which
rests upon the shoulders Of men. He there
fore argues against war as unnecessary
and wasteful. and outlines a state Of So
ciety in which the now jealousy watchful
and prepared powers shall combine for the
settlement OF disputes. Collective justice
and collective insurance. he claims must
take the place Of the present systems. By
collective insurance he means state OF
permanent peace. guaranteed by an asso-
citation OF the nations of Europe strong
enough TO force all states to submit dis
putes to an arbitral court, and supplemented
by SUFFICIENT troops to enforce that tribu-
nails verdict. This body Of troops would
be mere police force OF an International
character. and vastly smaller than the col
lective armies now maintained by the sep
arate powers. The war burden being re-
moved. society would soon advance rapidly
to state of high indvidualism. M. de Mo-
linarf does not believe that the ropaganda
OF the socialists will hasten the day Of
equitable readjustment. and he does not
give them a serious place in his enumera-
ton or the factors now at work to that
end. Mr.. Pratt in his introduction does not
agree with this estimate. and contends that
the socialists are all contributing materially
to the clarifying thought of the world on
TINS question. and that they are today fur
nishing the chief motive power of the great
propaganda for human betterment Mr.
Atklnsons treatise to show what the
United States has spent and is spending
OH us war account Is suggestive reminder
or his literary activity during the days OF
the wax with Spain and of the campaign in
the Philippines.
THE WOMAN WITH THE FAM By Robert
Kitchens, author of Felix" &c New York:
Frederick a. Stokes Company. Washington:
Brentano's
Mr.. Hichens is a London specialist His
stories all reek of the fog. His best types
are those of the English society leaders
more or less immoral and more or less en-
tertaining. In this novel of London life in
the swell set he sets forth the problem Of
external appearances as a factor in the
great game of love and life. A beautiful
woman with a rare voice, we'll born and
married to man of title and wealth, is
loved by several others besides her hus-
band. but carries herself discreetly and
properly. A retired diplomat, young
mem Der of the same service a brilliant but
erratic man of some genius and notorious
young LondOner OF ample means. all are
devoted to her. When by an accident to
her motor she is diSfigured for life and
her beauty of face is destroyed all shrink
from her, even her husband. save the man
from whom lofty ideal was least expect
ed Just which one that is must be left to
Mr.. HichenS story to disclose. The Situa-
tons are cOntrfved with somewhat more
than this authors usual force through the
utilization of young American actress
with unusual powers of mimicry.
TRUSTS OF TODAY; Facts relating to thei-
Promotion. Financial Management and the At
tempts at State Control By Gilbert Holland
Montague, AM, of the department Of econom-
les and sometime Ricardo Prize Scholar in
Monies at Harvard University. New York: Me-
Clure. Phillips s. Go. Washington: Woodwara
Lothrop.
Few of the books on trusts approach the
subject in scientific and temperate a
manner as that adopted by Mr. Montague
in his treatise. He regards the trust phe-
nomenon as a phase of the economic devcl
opment of the country. and he believes that
after period of unwise and dangerous in
fiation the tendency toward combination
has reached normal lines. The speculative
period. during which seventh OF the
manufacturing business Of the United
States organized into consultations and
four billions In securities were marketed
by the Industrial trusts. has spent itself.
The heavy losses in this class of securities
have warned the public. and meanwhile the
efforts to regulate the trusts through legis-
lation and the enforcement Of existing
laws have brought the question to a climax.
Mr.. Montague does not regard the trust IS
a thing to be eliminated by law or public
opinion. but a definite condition which must
either adjust itself or be adjuSte ed to the re-
qurements of society today. He says:
The issues OF the trust question are
clear. If the trusts deserve to live they
must show that their economies are real
and that their evils-those resulting from
monopoly and also those resulting from the
present trust management-can cure them
selves or be cured by statute. Some of the
facts also are clear. Economies resulting
from the control of resources-such as the
international Paper Company expected
from its monopoly Of timber land-have
generally proved illusory. Combination as
a relief from industrial warfare. however,
such as the United States Steel Corporation
has shown itself to be-has more firmly es-
tablished itself as a natural economic evo-
luton. Certain of the evils expected from
monopoly, such as the dscOuragement Of
individual initiative. have not been realized
Certain other evils of monopoly, however.
such as unreasonable prices and the extor-
ton of Determinations from the railways.
have grown more conspicuous The evils OF
present trust management. moreover. which
have brought discredit on great field Of
industry have attained an Importance
transcending all other evils How far
these evils can cure themselves is now be-
coming evident. How far they can be
cured by statute appears in the progress
of the law from the overthrow of trust
agreements to the case Of the Northern
Securities Company"
THE MYSTIC MID-REGION, the Deserts Of
the Southwest. By Arthur J. Burdick Illus
trated. New York: q. T.. Putnams Sons.
Those who have braved the dangers and
discomforts of the arid southwest declare
that 1t Is we'll worth the trouble to gain q
glimpse OF the weird beauties Of scenery
there to be found. Judging from Mr.. Bur-
dicks text and the numerous illustrations
reproduced in this work from photographs
these reports are justified. and the book
itself Is calculated to induce tourists to
venture into the deserts for the sake of the
great exaltation that comes from the
touch with the vastness the strangeness
and the mystery OF the region Here are
reminders Of civilization too ancient to
be accurately traced and measured. Here
untold riches guarded by menaces to
the lives OF those who seek them. Here
are landscapes such as no painter has ever
accurately reproduced. Here are aborig-
Ines whose customs awaken the keenest
curiosity OF the scientist. Here are in
dustries which disclose the ingenuity of
man in wrestling with stubborn nature.
Here are the records of deeds of bravery
and adventures without end OF heroisms
and sacrifices. sufferings and failures
which put to shame the fertile Imagination
of the romancer The mystic mid -region,"
as the author has 50 appropriately called