The Detroit times., 1912-08-01

ZION. the postal savings banks. which
work directly la the promotion OF
. thrift among tho people. by Payhens
or only > per cent interest on deposits
! they do not compete with the savings
banks But they do attract those VINO
fear hanks and are unwilling 20 trust
their funds except 60 governmental
agency. Experience, however, leads de-
ly-vs4taES- 10 a knowledge OF the lmpoL-
tance OF Interest and then seeklhs
higher rate they transfer their AZ
counts 10 the savings banks In inns
way the savings bank deposits instead
OF being reduced. are increased anu
thets rs thus available much Larger
fund for general investment
For some years the administrator
has been recommending the parcels
post and no vi am glad 70 say a meas
ur, Will probably be adopted by eou-
pioss authorizing the governIrent 70
avail itself OF the existing machinery
OF the postofhCe department 10 carry
parcels at reasonably low rate 50
that the communication between tAc
ICitN and the country In ordinary mei-
lChaudise VIII be proportionately as
I cheap and as prompt ~ the newspaper
land letter delivery through the post.
| Offices now. This must contribute
llFeatIy Co reduction In the cost ana
comfort 81 livins
! W.. are considering the changing
needs 81 tho people In the disposition
OF our public lands and their rCnscFNd-
! tiOG As those lands owned by the
] government and useful for agricultural
/ pup, ses which remain are as a whol"
Z less desirable as homesteads than thoSt
which have been already settled. IL
has been properly thought wise 20 re-
duce the time for perfecting nome
stead claim from hVe years 20 thltt-
and this whether on land within the
rain area or in those arid tracts with
iu-the reclamation system
Again the bill has passed the SER
TAT, and is likely To pass the mouse
which will not compel the settlers on
emo Z f..Ft In L. IN -
and until full payment OF what theN
owe the government before they re-
ceivt "a tile; but which gives a ttlC
after three Years with a hrst govern
nleut lien.
ON the CHER hand. the withdrawal
OF coal lands. phosphate lands, and OIL
lands ana water power sites Is sua
maintained until congress sshalI proc
"ideN or the principles OF proper con-
servation "a system of disposition which
viii attract capital OF the one hahd
AID retain sufficient control by the
government on the other 10 prevent
the evil OF concentrating absolute own
crship Ia few persons OF those
sources for the production OF neces-
stiles.
I'm the work OF rousing the people
TO the danger that threatened our ciE-
ili1atiou from the abuses 81 cunCeH-
trated wealth and the power u Was
likely TO exercise the pubic ima8lna-
ton was wrought upon ana a reign
OF sensation journalism and unjust AND
UNI rTrTCTUtUt rTTtTCt1 tSrTIS hHS fUttuyyesi,
lu which much injustice has been done
70 honest men DemagoEues have SELL
ed the opportunity further 10 inflarra
the public MIND and nave sought 70
turn the peculiar conditions 10 their
advantage.
We are living in an age in which by
.eNagEtration OF the defects OF our pres
cpt condition by false charges of re-
spoEs,hllitN for II against individuals
and CLASSES. by holding up To the few
lao. fAE
ate and the discoutented the possibil-
tiles Of a millennium a condition or
popular unrest has been produced. NeT
PARTIES are being formed, with the
unrest by promising a panacea. lnso-
far az inequality OF condition can be
lesscued and equality OF opportunity
ear bt promoted by Improvement OF
our educational system the betterment
Of the laws 10 insure the quick al
ministration ~ justice. and by the pre-
VeEtion OF the acquisition OF prlVheg'
without just cor'pcae o. insofar as
the HpoptiCn or thE station above
rccited ana laws az liar Charac-
tel may aid the less nate In their
struggle with the VI ships az life,
all arc In sNmpathE with continued
effort TO remedy injustice and 10 all
the weak. and | venture 10 say that
there is no national administration n
which more real steps or such progress
: lave been taken than in the present
: one. But insofar as the propaganda Tor
Tie satisfaction OF unrest involves the
promise OF "A millennium. condition In
" Itch the rich are TO be made reason
ably ypoor and the poor reasonably
rich by Law. We are chasing phantom.
We are holding out TO those whose un-
rest we fear prospect and dream,
vision of the impossible
IN the ultimate analysis, | fear, the
equal opportunity which those seek
who proclaim the coming OF so-callcd
social justice involves forced diyl-
] .t ~. Il at ms
CiaI SIN. In the abuses OF the last TWO
decades il is true That ill-gotten wealth
has been concentrated in some unde-
serving hands, and that II il were pos
stnle 70 redistribute ~ on any equit-
able principle 10 those from whom X
y as taken without adequate or prop
Cr compensation IL would be a good
result. to bring about but this * OH
All that can be done Is TO treat this
as on, Incidental evil OF great eN-
pansive movement IN the material pro-
gICsA Of the world and TO make sure
I that there viii be no recurrence OF
such evil In this regard We have made
great progress and reform, as In re.
lspect TO secret rebates in railways. the
/ improper comforting OF publlC iran
chI2es and the immunity OF monopoliz-
ling trusts and combinations The mis-
fortunes 81 ordinary business IN edl-
Vision OF the estates of wealthy men
/ al their death the chances 81 specu-
ldtion which undue good fortune seems
often 10 stimulate OperatinG as
causes through a generation, VIII do
much TO divide up such large fortunes.
Ii is far better 10 await the diminu-
don Of this evil by natural causes than
10 attempt what wCuld 500 intake on
the aspect OF contscatiOn or TO abolish
the principle and Institution OF private
property and 10 change TO Socialism
Socialism involves the taking away OF
the motive for acquisition, saving, en-
ergyy, and enterprise. and futile at
tempt hy committees TO appOrtion the
rewards due for productive labor It
means stagnation and retrogression. Ia
destroys the main spring Of human ac-
ton that has carried the world on AMI
UPWARD for 1000 years
do not say that the two gentlemen
VINO now lead. one the Democratic par
|ty wand the other the former Republi
cans. in their attacks upon existing
conditions and In their attempt TO sat
isfy the popular unrest BY promises
O. rem edies. are consciously embracing
Socialism The truth is that they yd0
not Der any definite legislation or pol
Icv hy which the happy conditions they
promise are TO be brought about, but
III their promises mean anything. thcy
lead directly toward the appropriation
or what belongs 10 one man. TO an
other, The truth vs., my friends. both
rarty under the inspiration 81 their
, the Democrats under their candidate
are going In a direction they do not
!, SON LEADS