The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-27
President Wilson's Ideals, as Set
Forth in His Message.
From the American Economist.

In his inaugural message President
Wilson shines forth as a man of ideals
Good writing contains few examples of
Few presidential messages have been
so admirable in the matter of brevity.
Ideals are excellent things. Most Of
us have them. but few OF us are ever
able to realize them. II will so turn
out with Mr.. Wilson, we greatly fear.
His party has never been party Of
ideals. 1t now Is and for long
stretch Of time has been party of
negation chiefly: party to get the
other fellows out and get itself IN: q
party accustomed to antagonize the
policy Of its successful opponent, but
lacking constructive policy Of its
own. Can such party be expected
to so conduct itself as to materiaize
high ideals? Some portion of the
party might wish to do 1t, but that
portion does not hold office and has
no share In Legislative action. Per-
haps the new president will, among
other reforms, be able to reform his
own party in this regard We hope
So Perhaps he can convert II from
party of destruction into a party of
but not confidently. He has some very
tough materials to work with.
Let us take Mr.. Wilson at his word |
and as we find him. man Of sincere
Intentions for the betterment alike Of
the government and the people: a man
whose loose campaign utterances in
terviews and magazine articles. have
in a commendable degree, given place
to more carefully considered forms of
expression; man who Is c'.nscien-
tious in his desire to reform things
and improve things. In those re-
spects one sees in President Wilson
some Improvement over Candidate
Wilson. That is as 1t should be- There
was room for Improvement HAPPY II
experience in his high Office viii lead I
line 7
May the time soon come when Pres +
ident Wilson shall cease to take so dis c
NAL view Of the existing order of
things and hold SO low an estimate +
of his own country. While he End; Il
much to be glad of in our national life, I
which, as he says. contains every q
great thing and contains il in rich
he Is very pessimistic as f
to the diverse of the picture. Thus: V
But the evil has come with the a
good, and much fine gold has been "
With riches has come in Il
axcusable waste. We have suuander- Fl
I'd a great part Of what we might have e1
used, and have not stopped to con- c,
serve the exceeding bounty Of nature al
without which our genius for enter IL
orise would have been worthless and Of
mpotent, scorning to be careful, CT
prodigal as well as admir- a,
Ibly efficient. We have been proud
# our Industrial achievements, but tie
ve have not hitherto stopped thought be
ully enough to count the human cost. su
he cost Of lives snuffed out Of ener- Ia
les overtaxed and broken, the fearful tie
hysical and spiritual cost to the men DC
nd women and children upon whom co
ne dead weight and burden Of 1t all II,
as fallen pitilessly the years through te
he groans and agony Of 1t all had not M
ct reached our ears. the solemn, NOV.
lg undertone of our life. coming up Pr
ut Of the mines and factories and mi
ut of every home where the struggle ri,
ad It's intimate and familiar seat vi,
18th the great government went many we
aep secret things which we too Ions no
slayed to look into and scrutinizc ar,