The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
fsr the G;eaeraI Melfare.

company
Fsr the GeaerMl WelsaPe.
Or. Frederick c. Hows's "Privilegs
and Democracy In America CCharsss
Scribnsr'a Sons) IL an unusually clear
and we'll informed brief ina support OF the
single tar theory. Or. Howe thinks
there can be no genuine industrial dsmoc-
racy until the tariff 10 aboliahsd. until
natural mOnopOlics. including trans
portation. Transmission and mining. are
placed under Governm0nt ownership.
and until the use Of the land. the greatest
monopoly % All. 10 appropriated by the
public through tho singie tar. His book
In easily the most important on the affirm
alive side OF the land tan question pub
lished recently In America.
Tho Roosevelt policies for curbinR
trusts are commanded In The Conflict
Between Monopoly and Good Citissnship'
6Houghton Miffiin Coz. lecture given by
John Graham Brooks On tho Weinstock
foundation at the University Of California.
Mr.. Brooks would have the Government
retain control OF such portions OF the
primary sources OF wealth-minss. forests.
water power. oil deposits. ground areas in
large towns and public service utilities
are susceptible TO vicious monopoly. All
this. h thinks. might BE- done through
State regulation without raising the q1es-
ton Of socialism or universal ownership.
Reginald Wright KAuhman's what Il
Socialism CNufat. Yard and Company
treats lie subject under these cha pt er
heads; The modern devil. the point Of de-
perture. the ascent of man, whittier. the
war 10 the glasses. the apostle TO the Gen.
tiles. the propa gAnda and the cooperative
Commonwealth. Mfr. Kaufman believes
tina. the quicke<, way 20 arrive az a COM
prehensive understanding q socialism 10
through a discussion in the form OF a
debate on capital. Use value, exchange
value. labor and profit. The argument
OF the capitalistic school OF economies
10 accordingly stated frat and then the
counterargument Of the socia listic school.
The debate prepares the reader for a
philosophic Interpretation OF history.
which until time almost recent has been
treated exclusively from the point OF
view OF literary art. The organ notes
OF GiblDOn ths stately march Of Macaulay ,.
the symphonic paragraphs Of Froude 70
not 20 mention the hirdlik. twitterings
Of the French memoirist~ were all at
tuned Co what these artists Consids-ed
the kew of greatness. hut Darwin
changed all that. History. Il 10 now
seen. proves socialism To he the goal OF
an immutable law OF social evolution.
Much new matter has been Incorporated
ia the third edition ii Prof Edwin u 4
s..Iigmsn's authoritative book on The
shifting and lnsideuo- % TaKation-
columbia University PTessD II may l,e
oG interest 20 note that the discussion &C
city real eSt1t t. taNs-S lIs- bs~-n rs-stst and
enlarged and that -ueCial attention -
gwen to recent stock aud produce eN-
y.langp ,axs-. NJ 0cgaS,on has b.-en
found. however. luT any substantial d"c-
tTillsl notifications
GssurEr 4 Rankin ~ An American
Transportation system az y Putum =
Soa-' tavors consolidation at all our
existing railways under the control Of -
single private corporation which shall he
subject T. the authosity 81 a Epecial
Federal court The plan - supported by
a great variety 1t Statistical and other
information. winch 10 made accessible Tor
reference through a good index
Robert EmIn-tt lreton. ssSOca'e editor
81 the Wall street SraHGyg. explains IN
A Central Bank 'Anthuny Stumpf Pub
listing Company. New Yor.sI. the central
banking syst-m- Ol EngiBHd. Frano-, Ger
mani and Canada and gives a condensed
statement 81 each II "A number Of proposals
for a central hank in America advanced
by recognized financial authorities
An unhurrisd style and "A cheerful out
look upon life are sufficiently rar. virtues
nowadays - demand recognition when
met with az they are in The Human Way
1Harp@rsD Ivy Louise Collier Wilcox. Mr.
Wilcox writes genislIy and with a deal
81 matronly wisdom On friendship. the
out Of door world. solitude. memory. de-
tarhment aud other themes which in the
generation IL the Concord philosophers
were embraced under tho general head
Of self culture.
Robert = Horton an -Oreat Issues'
CAlacmillans) discourses pleasantly aud
not too profoundly but with helpful
good sense. on pretty nearly everything
that the lnquiring human mind wants 20
know about. including religion. politics.
sciance. literature. art. life and death
His philosophy 10 drawn from . source
which he has discussed i'm earlier volumes
OH -Inspira tion and tho Bible "Reve-
In ion and tho Bible and -Vsrbum Del =
A now presentation Of an old doctrine
IL given by DR.. Frederick Meakin IN
Function. feeling and Conduct" GO. p
P,Itnam's Sonsl The doctrine 10 that
moral law IL grounded IN human nature
and in the structure % society. II il
modern investigations in biology. history.