The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-20
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 galvanized optimism of the American people. That mankind is advancing has become so automatic as to subject a refuter of the accepted truism to SC. -Fere censure as pessimist Inuu- mefable rhetorical plaumdes have been woven around tho figure of pro gression. For one 10 assume a skep- teal attitude towards this prevalent idea of advancement is social trea- son. Any radical device tending to alter existing conditions is immediate ly branded as "socialistic.9 therefore. dangerous. To contemplate an ideal social state smacks of Utopianism, hence, impossible ReTorm Is to ul. tEa-conseryatives synonymous with demagogy. and reformers are regard ed with suspicion
 [ too, naye oftimes kept stepfo the rythm of advancement, and attuned my language to the spirit of progres. sion.
 But my friends, progress is aeith. CT obtained nor measured by Chris tian Science methods. Whether the condition of man has improved is de pendent not upon imaginary state. but upon realities.
 If "the advance Of mankind has everywhere depended upon the pro. duction of men of genius as con. tended by Huxley, it must be conceded that mankind has not advanced.
 The most powerful of all intellects, that of Aristotle. thriyed prior to the days of the Christian era Socrates, the most sointinatlng star in the phil osophic Armament tyinkled in ancient but classic Athens Primitive" days witnessed the heavenly creations of Raphael and Michael Angelo. The in- spired art of the trio of immortal pc ets-Homer, Dante and Shakespeare breathed the life of centuries gone by. Our ancestors were charmed by the divine music of Bethoyen, Chopin, and Meudelssohn Coke and Black. stone haye forever remained 1he bull wark of the legal structure No new ethics have been discovered since Is. raels prophets indoctrnated the car. dinal principles of human conduct, and modern legislation is but the em. phasization of theIr teachings.
 But, you say, we possess more things the development of industry has been phenomenal -pe marvel at the cyeloaic progress of science
 Prolific modern inventions have only intensified the competitive strus. gle for existence. Mechanism is sup planting nature. We live q machine life Restitution, as a sequence ot hazardous industrial occupations. has increased proportionate to onr indus trial progress Our multiplying char table institutions spell multiplied pau perism. Poverty shadows wealth. An cient diseases are apprehended and new diseases are discovered The ov. erflow of our penal institutions is ir retutabie evidence of the underflow Of crimnality While -the-dn4e- 4s4-- erine over the civilized nations of the world. the wolf is pr0Wliag before the dn1lr nf inc American workman.
 There is s profound feeling of un. rest and dissatisfaction among the people of this country Our system of government is condemned as mis. representative rather than representa- tive Our officials are distrusted Qur courts are regarded not as temples wherein juslice is dispensed. bat as deas wherein justice Is dispensed with it is charaed that our laws are only
 invoked in behalf of the rich.
 This disquietude has manifested ij self in sundry fashions and various remedies arc recommended by soIc tons social physicians Some assert that 8 lariff for revenue only is a cure for all ills and ailments, while others contend that an amendmea, 10 the sherman law will save us from corporate dominauon The socialists declare with imperturaDe earnest ness that socialism Is a divine p2snet medicine that will heal all the soses in the social organism. and advocates of popular government insist that the initiative referepdum and recall is the nations savior.
 some of these remedies are worse than the disease True it Is tha some diseases have been eradicated that our prisoners are being accorded more humane treatment, that oul phiIanthropic endeavors are more con cer,ed that eminent sociologists have dedicated their lives to social and in dustrial amelioration.
 But n this effort towards alleyia. ton and amelioration, we are merely doing what Is in accordance with the practice Of the time the pernieious habit Of superficial application; of treating the effect instead Of aunihi- laing the cause We whitewash so-