The Calumet news., 1912-07-20

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We find our ailments when doctors
disagree Monarchies go To smith
Greens because there is no chance
TO find out what is really happening
in the government.
Just now. it does seem that Ameri-
ca is on the verge of real trouble. but
we must discount what we hear in a
presidential year.
There is. however. a little more fire
than usual behind the smoke.
The twentieth century has introduc-
ed Innovations faster than we have
been able to administer them proper
~. Invention has crowded upon in
vention. Labor saving. time shorten
ing devices have poured upon us in
steady flood; agriculture has chang
ed from a trade TO science: trans
portation has not only been extended
but quickened: railroad mileage and
telephone systems have been enor-
mously multiplied; millions of acres
have been irrigated and opened to
settlement advanced notions have
been introduced into business.
But more important still, the con-
tinent has been standardized Mile-a-
minute trains, long distance phones
night lottergrams. fast mail service
and colossal newspaper circulations.
have made east and west realize a
closer kinship with north and south
State insularity (and, therefore,
rrovincialism) has gradually lessen
ed under these conditions. and clos
or communism of interests has re.
suited.
Not only have we made titanic in
iustrial strides. but we have. as well.
encountered hundreds of equations
with which business never before
dealt.
The people are better educated.
There is higher intelligence in the
masses, but we have advanced men
tally and commercially faster than
legislatively.
Laws which were competent enough
in the earlier days, OF the republic, do
not today cover our needs. our poll
ticians have not maintained pace with
us.
There have not been enough bust
ness men at Washington and in the
legislatures. Individually. we have
made signal gains over the records of
our fathers. but as a people we have
been careless-we have not sufficient
ly realized how necessary IL is for
government to keep i'm step with trade.
The enormous opportunities dis
closed by invention and science have
inspired us to notable successes, but
We have not often enough borne in
mind our mutual responsibilities.
We have peen seinsh-reckless. We
have organized our own firms with
splendid skill, but the master Firm
has been sadly neglected
We have eliminated waste from our
factories and stores-mlnimized oper-
Gting costs and perfected private
equipment. but we have permitted
wantonhess and criminal extrava-
gance In the conduct Of our common
business.
In light of these facts II is only ma
tural that there should be more accu-
sation and discussion throughout the
presidential campaign than i'm any
other since Washington took office.
We never before had so much land
under cultivation, and we never be-
fore realized better prices for our
crops. The masses. as a whole, are
In contented frame of mind. Cost
OF living is high, but so are wages;
employment is steady; mills are run
commercial agencies show few fail
Tres: the banks are bulging with re-
serves: there's plenty Of money every
where for every legitimate undertake
ling; interest rates are reasonable:
there are few strikes and these are
local and sporadic
We are the most intelligent nation
on the face OF the earth. and no mat
ter who's elected. wen see TO 1t that
the necessary repairs and improve
ments are made.
We viii heed an unusually capable |
man for the job for there will be bit |
more work and bit more RESPONSE
bility in the White House than the !
average president ,has faced; but. |