The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-30

taste for music, better society. whics
they approach respectfully, and conse&
quently find much reader admttance.
Ihey cultivate music, they read. they
enjoy the pleasures Of scenery and travel,
ana are better citizens In every way.
We're IL not for education, all of our In.
dustres would cease. Were 1t not for I'M
formation that has been from ages TO
ages accumulated, and spread abroad hy
the free schools of this country, these
industries would never have existed, ana
this country would be what England was
in feudal times. We need not insist on
knowledge which aids In giving q iivel!-
hood This is admitted by all, but there
is another still more important feature
and that Is self-preservatIon, knowledge
of how to live properly, to prevent disease
and death that follow breach of physio-
logical laws, us without health and ener-
gy the Industrial the parental. the social
and all other activities become, more or
less. impossible. DO but consider for a
moment the regime TO which children In
some of our factories are subjected to-
day and you Will get some idea OF the
enormous mischief that is being inflicted
by the haphazard system In common Use
Such treatment will tell on the child's
whole future existence,i either in illness
or In stunted growth.
When these children grow UP sickIy
and feeble parents commonly regard the
event as visitation OF Providence, as
Stunning that these evils come without
cause, or that the cause Is supernatural
Such parents should not. by the law OF
our land, be allowed to control the lives
Of their offspring with such cruel care
lessness. The law OF our land does not
allow parents to kill their children be.
cause they belong to them. or inflict
unreasonable punishment upon them,
neither should 1t allow parents to de-
prive the child of the advantages which
are held out to them by tho State.
which subsequently affects the child'a
future life and posterity.
Those natural rights OF man are SCI
forth In the American Declaration Of
Independence as the basis upon which
legitimate government can rest wherein
it is declared that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights
that among these are life. liberty and
the pursuits OF happiness: that to secure
these rights, governments are Instituted
among men deriving their just powers
from the consent OF the governed; thar
whenever any form OF government be-
comes destructive of these ends, II Is
the right OF the people to alter or abol-
iEh II. ana TO institute new law lay
ing It's foundation on such principles as
shall seem to them most likely to affect
their safety and happiness.
The progress of civilization requires
that more and more intelligence be diff
fused. and this. not to the few. but to
the many
Social progress makes the well-being
of all more and more the business OF
cacl 1t binds all closer and closer to-
gcther in bonds from which none can
escape He who observes the law and
the proprieties, and cares for his family,
and yet takes no interest in the general
wc4h. and gives no thought to those who
are trodden under foot, save now and
then to bestow aims. is not a true Chris
tian. nor is he good citizen. The duty
of citizen is more and harder than
this.
Ihc intelligence required for the solv-
ing of social problems is not mere
thing of intellect; it must be animated
with the religious sentiment. and warm
from sympathy for human suffering. 1t
must stretch ont beyond self-lnterest.
whether 1t be self-intercst of the few
or the many. 1t must seek justice. for
at the bottom of every social problem
we will find n social wrong.
w. II. MosELEY.
South Boston, Va.