The Washington herald., 1912-10-27


won . victory which American diplo-
mats had deemed impossible. The emf
grants who thronged the Oregan Trail In
the early 'l0s were better material for
the building Of . commonwealth than
the trappers and voyagers on whom the
great company was fain to rely. and Ore
gon was added to the territory Of the
United States by Inevitable consequences.
In this arid waste between the Wasatch
Range and the Sierras the resourceful-
ness, capacity for cooperation. and in
dustrial energy Of the Angio-Saxon win
ming success from hostile nature laid the
fundation Of prosperity In the face OF
untoward circumstances.
TIE NEW COMPETITION: By Arthur Jerome
Eddy. d. Appleton 4 Co.. New York. Price. e
THE New Competition" Is as valuable to
the laborer as to the employer-to the
country mechanic and merchant as to
tho large corporation and trust 1t II
an examination Of the conditions url-
deriying the radical change that Is
taking place in the commercial and in
dustrial world-the change from q COM
petitive to q cooperative basis. The con-
illusions are based upon the operations
OF q number Of open-price associations.
which have accomplished results that
were once considered visionary and un-
with what u now going on-with facts:
secondly. with the principles underlying
actual conditions; thirdly. with tenden-
cies 80 far a. they can be inferred from
close and impartial consideration Of
facts and principles
No attempt Is made to 1T facts to
preconceived theory. or stretch any
stubbornly held theory to cover unrelat-
ed facts. Such notions as the writer
H..
ing years Of intimate contact with many
forms Of cooperation. and the best evi-
dence to himself that he has been open
minded in his observations Is that nearly
all his early ideas regarding competi-
ton and cooperation have been forced
to yield to the pressure of realities. The
reader will be interested to know that
many of the suggestions have been
tested in practice.
In SO far as the book has any merits.
II 10 Of as much value to the laborer
as to the employer: to the country me-
chanic and merchant as to the large
corporation and trust.
SOCIAL PROGRESS IN CONTEMPORARY Eu-
ROPE: By Frrsieric Austin osx. assistant pro-
fessor of history, Simmons College. The Mac
millan Company. New York. Pricr. $50.
The term social has been inter-
preted by Prof. Ogg to comprise any
thing which bears upon the status and
opportunity of the average man. There
Is not one country in Europe which in
the past four or fve generations has
not Progressed considerably along this
line. and Prof. Ogg's purpose has been
to explain the origin and character of
some of the social changes which have
taken place. The ground which he
covers is the century and a quarter
which has elapsed since the uprising Of
lIs9 in France.
Prof. Ogg has done a great and much
needed service to the public In thus
bringing into small and easily gstable
form 30 much information about the
of our present social con-
ditions and tendencies All OF 1t is Of
the sort that ought to be familiar to
whoever presumes to have opinions upon
questions. and particularly to
all who would direct or influence the
Impressionable public. This volume
should be in the hands Of all who would
like to build for their opinions some
more solid than prejudice
and emotion.
A HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF AN
CIENT ISRAEL: By II. Thatcher Fowler. Pm.
D.. ,rrofes.or Of Biblical history In Brown Uni
rulty. Tbs Macmillan oumpsnr. Nov Yuk.
Pncs. ES.
WOEk 1St8 CuTOnOlOklC8l
order the history Of the Old Testament
and earliest apocryphal writings, pre-
senting the orderly development of Is
-aers thought and its changing forms
,f expression from the oldest fragments
n folk song to the completion Of the
ater Old Testament books. In recent
years many have written general his
ories Of Israel and more have discussed
ner writings; but. thus far. little at
~. a. San
nected story of this growth OF Israers
thought and its relation to other as
,ects Of her history.
The author has found It possible to
arrange the writings Of ancient Israel
In their historical connections with
more Of detail and certainty than in
the case Of most early literatures, and
the time has seemed to him ripe for
writing a history Of the literature of
this Arabia. and more modern peoples.
DR.. Fowler has proved. IN university
and general lectures. that such treat
nent Of Israel's literature can be made
Ineligible and helpful to constructive
The historical order set forth rests
upon a finn basis. since a constant re-
examination of the Hebrew writings
and consideration of the critical discus
sions indicate few and slight changes
Is presented In this work.
THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT: ny Henry
Rruere direcfor burrAu Of municipal research. |
New York. D. Appleton Co. New Yusk |
Price. N.A |
In The New City Government" Mr.. |
3ruere. who has been a director Of the |
Sew York bureau Of municipal re-
'earch since its inception, presents both
IN Illuminating discussion Of the act
ial operation Of commission government. |
md a practical. suggestive handbook on
he chief problems Of municipal admin
stration.
The book II based upon q unique |
ield study made by the Metz Fund OF
he bureau OF municipal research OF
en- cities in which commission govern
nent had been in operation from one to
en- years, including Galveston and Des
doines. The results of this survey pro-
'ide the basis for constructive sugges-
Ions regarding health work, accounting, /
civil service. purchase
ng and other subjects which make upl
large part of the book.
THE New City Government" will be
to students of government
uggestive to workers for efficient gov
rnment. and useful to officials desiringI
o govern well. Its suggestions apply
D any municipality. whether commission
,overned, or not. OF most OF them 1t
nay be said that they constitute the
ssential steps in the conversion Of in
ompetent. misdirected city government
nto an efficient agency Of community
Welfare.