The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-02-10


America means. German Socialists stand for
program but little more extreme than that favor
ed by the Progressive Republicans and Progress
I've Democrats in America. The nine principal
planks of their program have been summarized
follows:
vote.
(2) Referendum.
CD Citizen army for defense
(4) People to decide on peace and war
(5) International Courts of Arbitration
CD Freedom to form unions and hold public
meetings
CD Separation of church and state
(9) Education, free and secular, and feeding
of school children.
(9) State expenditure to be met exclusively by
taxes on income, property, and inheritance.
If it were not for the gerrymandering, Social
ists'' supporting these policies would now have
majority in the German Reichstag, or Congress-
The Socialists are strongly opposed to the enor-
nous military and naval expenditures for which
the German Government has been notable in re-.
cent years, and their attitude in this matter has
aroused the extreme wrath of the Kaiser
That apt reply of Senator Borah to
Senator Bailey in the recent debate on the bill to
establish Chidrens Bureau in the Department
of Commerce and Labor in Washington. The
point had been made that the Government looks
after the welfare of livestock but neglects study
the condition of children in our great industries.
putting children on a level with pigs" "The
effort is to raise them to the level of pigs"
Mr.. Borahs apt reply. If the National Govern
ment should collect adequate information, it
should be much easier to force Southern leg
islatures to adopt chld-labor laws as progressive
as other enlightened States have adopted The
Senate has passed the Children's Bureau bill, and
hope the House will do
The commission form of government has been
adopted by Southern cities as follows: Alabama,
8; Kentucky l. Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, q
North Carolina, 8; Oklahoma, 15 South Caro-
lima, /; Tennessee, 5; Texas s. Almost without
exception the plan produces far better results
than the old method of government. In Columbia,
S. c., for example, the commission government
in two years has invested $685. 900 in permanent
improvements has met all the ordinary expenses
of the city government, and is starting the third
year with a cash balance of $S7,OS6.24-a "really
astounding showing, the Augusta Herald
marks.
Now that the whole world knows of the definite
break in the former close friendship between Mr..
Taft and Mr. Roosevelt, there is general interest
in tracing the rupture back to its beginning. 1t
seems to be accepted that the coldness between
the two men began just before Mr.. Roosevelt
started for Africa. Mr.. Taft sent Mr. Roosevelt
letter, saying, 81 more to Charles P. Taft
and you than any other two men on EARTH nam
ing Charles P, Taft first, it will be noted. Good
Lord!" exclaimed Mr.. Roosevelt, che puts money
before brains, does he?" Charles p. Taft of
course had furnished considerable money for his
brothers campaign fund, but Mr.. Roosevelt re-
garded himself as being almost wholly responsible
for Taft's election.
Representative Volstead, of Minnesota has in
troduced bill that ought to pass, requiring the
automobiles used in interstate travel to pay
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