The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-01-13

arc ulSpOSeu 10 COmmlSeTdte tueul
selves as the victims of some abnorma
and unnatural calamity.
That food adulteration is quite a
prevalent in Germany as it is in thi
country, points out the Epitomist, il
shown by our Consul General a
Frankfort, who calls attention to tn,
report Of DR.. H. Matthes, director O
the bureau Office for examining food.
of the University of Jena, relating t.
the articles most frequently adulterat.
ed.
This Matchmaking of corporations
this prostitution Of legislatures and
public servants, this befouling OF tn.
commonwealth, will go on till we car
md men who will administer our large
corporations with absolute integrity
declares the New York Evening Post.
We want men who can look at a heap
of hundreds of millions Of dollars
without being dazzled by it; who are
strong enough to resist the temptation
to fitch some of it for themselves or
their children; who will manage
fiduciary institutions with the most
scrupulous honor. The moment a
company slips into questionable tran
sactions, it throws wide its doors to
the raiders. 1t has done irreparable
mischief both to itself and the State.
Statutes" says President Nicholas
Murray Butler Of Columbia College,
will not put moral principles where
they do not exist" This may be SO,
but we know Of one thing that statutes
would do if properly applied: they
would put some of our leading life in
surance men in jail The consignment
Of these persons and their outside fell
low conspirators to a government in
stitution where plain living and hard
thinking prevail would have a power
full tendency to put moral principles
into portions Of the business COM
munity where such principles certainly
do not now exist It would be far
more effective as moral agency in
the community than any lesson ever
taught by the accomplished president
Of Columbia University or within the
walls Of the famous institution over
which he presides, comments the New
York Sun.
Japanese publicists, observes the
Spectator, are already alive to the in
evitable changes in the social condi-
tons Of their country likely to be
brought about by the war. The editor
Of the Mainchi Shimbun, who is also
a Deputy to the japanese parliament.
contributes to the last number of the
Europeen, a striking article in which
he forecasts the effect of the great
national struggle on the national
spirit. His chief point is that it will
exert a democratizing influence on the
people. After the war is ended every
soldier will remember that he has
done his country SERVICE" and when
the men return to their homes they
will think little of social distinctions
they will weigh all their fellow SUBJ
jects in the same balance" In spite
Of this equalizing tendency the writer
anticipates that economic changes con-
sequent on the war will widen the gulf
between rich and poor Gin a word.
while public opinion tends toward
equality, the financial situation will
end to create social abyss" Hence
he appeals to the governing classes
o mitigate the dangers Of the situa-
ion by an extension of the franchise
he expedient adopted by the British =,
government after 1915, and by Ger.
many after 1870.