Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09
ECONOMY, SIMPLICITY. EQUAL.
ITY, JUSTICE, WATcHWoRps
OF THE REPUBLIC.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BECOME
SUPERFICIAL, SOCIAL LIFE
UNNATURAL.

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enfOrcemente for law-making," de-
eIaTed James J. Hill. in an address at
the opening exercises of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition yesterday.
There are four great words that
should be written upon the four corner
stones Of every public building in this
land, with the sacredness Of a reli-
gious rite" said Mr.. Hill. These
watchwords of the republic are equal
ity, simplicity, economy, and justice.
They are interviewer with every fiber
Of the antional fabric. To forget or
deny them will lead to every .sfor-
tune and every possibility of desTuc-
ton that rises now Overwhelmingly in
the path OF our countrys greatness.
Equality before the law is an en-
bodied promise of the United States
It is the first principle sought to be
established by the federal constitu.
ton. In so far as we have been faith
ful to il. we have not only grown
great and prosperous but have com
manded the respect Of others be-
cause we respected ourselves. In so
far as we have denied it, in so far as
here Is anywhere special privilege
or an unequal restriction, any DEGREES
.of legal governmental favoritism
whatever, we have changed the gov
eminent of the fathers and turned
backward toward the old, evil tradi-
tons whose trail of blood and oppres-
sion runs through all history.
1T demands the repeal Of many
laws and the suppression Of many Of
the bills presented to state and fed
eral legislatures. So many are there
framed 10 give TO one an undue adyan.
tage or take away from another fair
field and an equal judgment. 1t de.
mands the abolition of that most hate
ful and corroding element in a repub-
ic hat is called class consciousness.
To steer the ship Of state among
these shifting aud conflicting cur
rents. now full speed ahead and now
full speed astern, Is task of extra.
ordinary difficulty Yet, unless we
can follow the course of equal justice
laid down on the chart, shipwreck lies
somewhere ahead.
Frequent use OF the phrase, cur
comp ex civilization. creates a vague
impression that simplicity has been
banlshed necessarily from the modern
world by a kind OF natural evolution
Whereas It remains now, as always,
tho normal rule of a wholesome ma
ionai life, 30 We gain by passing
from the period when Benjamin
Franklin, IN plain dress. commanded
the homage of the most frivolous and
most decorative capital in Europe 10
The period when man cannot accept
without humiliation foreign ambJs
sadorship unless he has a large IL.
Gomez The life of those who do the
work is usually a simple thing.
/ we have comp ica.ed our educa-
/ toua system and made it superficial
/ The just complaint everywhere is
that .rhere is no thoroughness. no
wholesome mental discipline for the
/ young
I'VE have complicated our social
/ life until natural human intercourse
is OVERHEAD with a thick stratum OF
va gar prodigalty. luxury. display and
/ insincerity.
I'VE have complicated our lawmak
ing until despite the high standards.
the unimpaired traditions and the
continual lahors of the courts. the
] l.. . 90 fHtrtty
and sometimes uncertain.
We have complicated our financial
system until its encourages the wild
est specula ion al one moment and at
smother sinks into business collapse.
We have complicated our industrial
/ organizations at DO h ends of the
| scale until the great middle class.
which represents labor uncombined a
fine energy aud modest accumulations
of capital hnds many of its rights in
yaded or DESTROYED.
knd We Coniplieate ali these com.
lplications by necessarily passing
mere laws about them Simplicity in
+ royerriue methods IN character and
cenduct uusJ BE fixed quality Of the
state that survives those changes OF
he centuries in which al, others have
vanished
Mn Hill declared this u be the
most wasteful country on earth in It's
administrative features rs well as a
It's treatment Of natural resources. and
said that he discarded standard al
economy in its affairs must be re-
stored.
The euriailment OF federal TX.
penses by opcfourth would assist not
only efficiency i'm The departments. bur
reforms now postponed 10y the tasr NJ
ralsiRe and the rage Of spending g,vAi
sums that should be left In the pock
els % the people.
Mr.. Hell referred 70 Alaskas re
marbable progress recalling that
Gurty wears ago intercourse with it
vas limited practically to he needs
OF the sealing industry. The exposi
iion exhibits. he said. give mere
hiut az the contribution. sim urre.
vealed 70 cur fancy. which she IS 10
make to she national life and activity
In she half century TO come
The speaker reviewed the deve,op
ment on the Pacific coas,. and said:
When capital can be eniiced hack