Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-18

very urgent need that public opinion
should be Just as severe in condemna-
ton of the vice which hides Itself be- |
hind class or professional loyalty or
which denies that It is vice II It can es-
cape conviction in the courts. The pub
lie and the representatives, Of the pub
lie, the high officials, whether ON the
bench or In executive or legislative po-
sitions, need TO remember that often
the most dangerous criminals, so far as
the life of the nation is concerned, are
not those who commit the crimes
known TO and condemned by the popu
lar conscience for centuries, but those
who commit crimes only rendered pos
sible 10y the complex conditions Of our
modern Industrial life. II makes not
particle of difference whether these
crimes are committed by Il capitalist or
by a laborer, by n leading banker or
manufacturer or railroad man or by Il
leading representative of labor union.
Swindling In stocks, corruptlng legis-
latures, making fortunes by the intia-
ton of securities, by wrecking railroads,
by destroying competitors through re.
bates-these forms of wrongdoing IN
the capitalist are far more Infamous
than any other form of ENLIGHTENMENT or
forgery, yet It is matter of extreme
difficulty to secure the punishment OF
the men most guilty Of them, most re-
sponsible for them. The business man
who condones such conduct stands on
level with the labor man who de-
liberately supports a corrupt dema.
gogue and agitator, whether head of
| union or head of some municipality,
because he IL said to have stood by
| the union" The members of the busi-
ness community, the educators or
| clergymen who condone and encourage
| the first kind of wrongdoing are no
more dangerous to the community, but
are morally even worse, than the labor
men who are guilty of the second type
| of wrongdoing, because less is TO he
pardoned those who have no such ex-
cuse as is furnished either by igno-
rance or by dire need.
Farmers and Waseworkers.
When the department OF agricul-
! sneering as TO It's usefulness. No de-
partment of the government, however,
has more emphatically vindicated its
usefulness. and none save the most.
| otIicc den,rtment comes so continually
and intimately into touch witch the peo-
pIe The two citizens whose welfare
Is I'm the nygrepate most vital TO the
welfore of tho nation and therefore
IN tho yeIfare of NIL other cItIZens are
the wapeworker who does manual In.
bor and the filler of the soil. the farm.
or. There are of course kinds Of labor
whore tho work must no purely men.
tal and tberc ore other kinds of labor
whore under existing conditions very
littIe demand indeed Is made upon the
mind though am glad TO saw that
the nronortIon Of men onpnyed in this
kind of work Ia diminishing. But In
any community with the solid, healthy
qualities which make I'm n really great
nation the hulk OF the people should dc
work which calls for the exercise Of
both body and mind. Progress canno
nermnnently exist I'm the abandonment
Of physIcal labor. but in the devotion
mont of physical labor. so that IL shall
renrescnt more and more the work o.
the trained mind I'm the trained body
Our school system Is grayely defectiy,
I'm 40 for as II nuts n premium upor
moro literary training and tends. there
fore TO train the boy away from tn
farm and the workshop, Nothing Il
moro needed than the hest tyne of In
dustrInl school. the &c., 81 for mechnn
; icol Industries in the city, the schJu
for practically teaching agriculture II
the country. The calling of the sl;llle,
. filler of the soil, the calling OF tn
skilled mechanic, should alike be recoe
nIzed os professions lust MS emphatic
ally as the calling Of lawyer. doctor
merchant or clerk The schools shout,
, recognIz. this fact and It Shout,
rnr,Ilv Inc rrroyuI2ed I'm poyular oplu
, ion. Tho vuuug lan who has the faI
sightrduc,s and courage to rccognlZ
II and TO yet over the Idea that /
makes 4 dlG',.cncc whether what II
rurn; T. c.llIpl salary or wnges an
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