The Washington herald., 1909-01-18
Rich Men as Patriots.
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Editor he Washington Herald.
Philosophers complain that the best
things never get into the newspapers. .
Life OF at least q certain kind gets into
them which is more than can be said
Of magazines. The latter contain nothing
except what was dead long ago. The
Century. for instance. several years ago.
publishing a scientific article from the pen
OF a member OF the Department Of Agri-
culture. about the fertilization OF land.
emitted entirely the very most importan-
point. viz, that the manufacture OF
gunpoWder and other nigh explosives
used in war is rapidly exhaustlnE the nj
trGgen resources OF the world, and it is
nitrogen which stimulates and renovates
worn-out land" An editor Ike that. OF
course. resorts 20 plattudes and nickels
for his fertility. Farmers need 10 know
these important facts-which the Depart
ment Of Agriculture wishes to dissent
nate. It might hinder some OF them from
loving their sons so well that they are
ready to give them to die for zoe world.
In battle. but crops would be the better
Il the boys stayed at home and hitched
Up teams Of nitrogen fixing bacteria
to draw fertility from the air into clover
and bean roots. to save the soil. Facts
are meant to be told
Mr.. Brockmeyer, OF s.. Louis, 6 nephew
Of the Iron Bismarck, in reply tc a coarse
editor who complained that Goethe was
not a patriot because he was Silent
about the war his country was engaged
in. said: Can Mr. Rublee find no other
patriotism in a man like Goethe except,
How many Frenchmen did he kill?
! am an editor myself. but RubIee SUP
pressed from the report that sneer OF
BrockmeyeT's. so It never found way into
my book, as it should have done Any
body can murder for his country. The
great man improves It peacefully. or tries
TO. A clergyman asked me in the South. !
Where are the great scientists OF to-
day? Who takes the places OF Darwin. !
Tyndall. Spencer" The answer Is that
their discoveries have not yet been ap- |
piled Their places are filed by million |
aires who practically draw pay from the
depleted Treasury Of the United States. |
A rich man. having talents OF states
should give them 70 his country |
What does he need OF the salary pro-
vided for poor man? His most evident /
patriotism is TO send HIS wife and daugA- |
ters into the SWIM adorned with the 4
taii-feathers Of an ostrich. IN the later
part OF the day; such is the patriotism 4
Of society women as manifested-no think
ing, no reading. no real life. Imitation! /
Il is said that Senator Tiilman declares /
that the negro shall not vote. even If he I
learns to read and write" Senator Till /
man has lived among negroes all his life i
and he ought 10 know more about them
than Chandler. The company we keepi
keeps w. But fact is sure that negro
women are no better morally than white
men they live among The mark Of Cain
IS white enough in the race to prove that
'Eugenics." the last new word to help
race-progress as interpreted In a new
book. Health. Strength and Happiness"
means more than what we call education
to future mankind. Education IS but 4
adder; selection Is the race. Napoleon's
vars made modern Frencnmen small |
Napoleon the souIless. He was only
great tyrant
Extravagance Is the national danger.
Investigation, revelation means perma-
hence. security. Everywhere. all over the
country people have lost faith In Con-
gressmeu. Those statesmen up at Wash
n2to2 are talking for their pay. IS the
sosce OF the people and was so ex-
pressed in Boston just before :hey voted
themselves $3.50 extra salary. for a few
months work IN a year. in a city where
children are hungry at school. where pow
erty is cruel and death its only friend:
where money IS voted to those who have
and denied those who have it not, or
he comfort It car give. and where ru-
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immortality TO its victims, Ike the No