The sun., 1912-07-14
IAN JEREMIAH.
A DOur scot On American Weaknesses and
Wickednesses.

W1Cke0nes0es.
TO rBH Eprron OF THE SrN--Si,: IL
seems to me. a mere Britisher. that you
Americans might profit by the critical
analysis Of your situation which follows
Certainly you deserve to be lectured. Tor
you are no longer all there. as your grand
parents of native or British origin under
stood the application OF that term TO ones
intellectual status.
A q stream cannot rise above its source
suppose we examine the elements which
constitute the American nation OF to-day
What do we hnd? First. n country whose
citizenship has been polluted out OF all re-
semblancc to the republic Of Washington. +.
Jefferson and their ccnfreres. who were
men Of deep thought and learning. with
hearts Of oak and hands steadied for any
emerRency-a citizenship which In your
larger centres. at the sources Of your litera-
ture. art and commerce. Is conglomeration
OF Jew, Slav. Greek and Latin. wholly pagan,
abandoned to tho pursuit OF the dollar and
constantly displaying the symbols thereof
when not discoursing in public upon pearl
buttons. shirtwaists. suspenders and "un-
derwear. These elements have poisoned
your social system. Controlling your
fashions. your amusements. your apparel.
and pandcring to your weaknesses OF habit.
these alien groups have undermined your
whole social and political structure. They
make vice look attractive 10 your boys. They
foster the poker clubs and poolrooms. They
MI the back rooms Of your cafes" and con-
stitute the immediate personnel Of your
cadet" system.
As for your men. they are lashed to land
by the stock tickers which mark the ups
and downs OF your extravagances. In
stead OF the family unit OF old your homes
are merely lodging houses. each member
coming and going at will and subsisting
the while upon the timed provender dis
pensed by greasy foreigners whom one
finds on every city block. There is no
family cohesion. no solidarity Of thought.
no unity OF purpose. You have become
a nation OF crude. hand TO mouth people.
drawn and auartered morally by those
to whom you have given asylum: you are
| a drop jawed. gaping crowd. waiting. ever
waiting, and eager. for the next chance
to get something for nothing" You arc
lacking in resources within yourselves.
given over to the silly slang OF the day.
drawing your inspiration from cartoons.
! alleged funny pages" OF newspapers.
moving pictures and the vulRarities Of
| vaudeville mot forgetting your best"
Broadway "dramas"). with no better excuse
| for your conduct than the explanation.
in your loathsome vernacular. that every
body's doin IT,!
What a traveller sees in New York he
finds initiated in smaller cities and towns
throughout the country and duly exploited
by the press. whose mission here seems
TO he to put the American people to sleep
with silly trash while your syndicates work
their will In politics. in business and in
flnance-to keep the popular mind revelling g
in the shadows. forsooth. and away from
| the deeps OF truth which they dare not
t-l
course understand.
To such an electorate your Presidential,
| candidates must appeal. Taft as the con-
servative. typifying the "Cincinnatty" idea
OF politics and property rights. supported
by only a minority Of his party. plus some
| business men who fear a change and the
| Jewish element, which is grateful to him
because he denounced the American treaty
| with Russia: Wilson. a scholastic theorisi.
| educated beyond his means and within
! short memory seeking the bounty of
Carnegie to bridge his need. now leading
| the Democratic hosts against Carnegie
et al. and willing. no doubt. to renew his
| friendship with Colonel George Harvey:
| in the backg ground Roosevelt. an aristocrat
| with q marvellous grasp Of popular passion.
| crusader who knows how to capture and
| hold the crowd and is at his best ou, by the
| roundhouse or near ths factory on a half
holiday promising more money in the pay
envelopes and cheaper food to boot as soon
as the wage workers return him to power.
Think YOU that the American electorate q
| which have described will tarry with Taft
or Wilson? Perhaps: II your old parties
can produce a regiment or two each Of
Mark iiannas. Arthur p. Germans and "A
corps of men like Whitney apd Quay. con-
trolling the treasure of your porcine pluto
Gratis. who have titled the soil fallow to the
hand of yonr proletariat "progressives.
Meanwhile take IA bit OF Scotch advice:
Trust not to luck stake the issue upon
bipartisan Congress. hostile to and COM
| mtted against your insouciant { @sar
Else the Bull Moose may break your china.
IAN MACPHERSON