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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-08
Mr.. HIGGINS MAKES EEf LY
| TO MAluR kAIOA'S ARTICLE

Mr.. Editor: 1t is great tempta-
ton to me to sail into the mayors
article in your paper of the TIN and
Just see what 1t would look like
when l got through, but he is my
friend and perhaps 1 had better not.
l will simply say he has not touched
the point at issue. Shall a man pay
for what he gets or shall we compel
some other man to pay for it? Did
we hold out the promise to a great
number Of people that they would
get sewerage and thereby get their
yotes? We have not furnished the
sewerage to a large proportion Of
them; shall we compel them to pay
for what they voted for ard do not
get? 1t Is matter OF vital Import
ance that city shall keep faith with
its own people. Just now we are at
the point where the light and water
plant must have $4,000 in improve
ments and extensions, there is no
other way to get it except by bond
ing. For the last three years the
people have been taxed $500 year
to pay the interest on the bonds now
outstanding against this plant and
the city has been getting it's liehts
and water free to offset this tax, hut
will they stand for an additional
tax of $4,000 a year to pay the inter
est on these new bonds that must be
issued. From what ! can hear they
will not. What are you going to
, do abou. It? The Cornell has cone
into the matter and know that the
plant with the new Improvements
can, out of its net earnings, easily
pay the interest on these new bonds.
Also the interest Oh the old bonds,
, thereby relieving the taxpayers of a
yearly tax Of $500 that they have
been paying, can also add more city
lights free of cost. reduce the Price
OF electricity to the consumers and
still have net earning left.
The Council is preparing to make
a proposition along these lines to the
voters of Lakeland and ask ITEM to
vote for the bonds. We would like
for them to believe what we say ard
have faith that we will comply with
the promises we make. If the rarn~
will look up the sewerage plans that
were displayed in the postotfice and
other places before the election on
ordinance No. 1873 that he refers to
and then look at the territory that
Is actually being covered by the
plant as now built and make no at
tempt to remedy the injustice done
and still have no twinge of con-
science or shock to his sense of ius-
tice, 1t Is ny opinion thct these lr.-
portant rarts OF his makeup needs
medical attention. There are sew
eral plans Of installing sewerage in
city. One is to practically cover
the entire city and make no CHARGE
except by millepe tax. Another is
to charge up the cost of sewers
AGAINST the abutting property as was
done with our street paving and
storm sewers. Another is to charge
Tor the service rendered as you
would for light or water or for tele-
phones or other public utilities. All
OF them are just and right under
proper conditions. The first was be.
yond cur financial ability. The sec.
ond would have been a hardship on
the people in the sewerage district
Just at this time. The third is tie
only plan that is feasible and inst
under our conditions at present.
N. A. HIGGINS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-08
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-08
The t'eAlng Telegram

Published every afternoon from the
Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS.
An Advocate of the Other View Sends
Greetings.

TO tie Editor OF the Tribune.
Sir: Thanksgiving Day is here with
us again--of course, we all want to be
thankful. But. just for a moment let
US look at passing events from both
sides.
No reception i'm Washington this New
Year, the President is cold man-not
much sociability about him. lie would
rather read "A magazine article or col
!eGe rules.
In New York are demands for $1,000
900 sor Y. w. G. \. and Y. NJ. G.. \. to
build more halls FOR religious purposes
Also there are 100000 idle men and
women starving and not a cent offered
to get them work. food. or pay their
rent. think some of this great sum
should be taken to get men employment
II is useless to talk religion to men out
Of work. Fnd them work and then talk
religion t. them.
Again our eyes turn TO Mexico; there
We sec robbery and open murder. with
the United States. great Christian ma
tion. standing by and looking on. The
United States should stop talking-it is
n waste of time. Land enough men 10
settle tire matter. If you land any, that
means fght-yes. it must come TO that.
JOHN HENRY SMITH.
New York, Nov 25. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
Politics of an Objectionable Kind. "

Mayor Kline in making his appointments to the
Board OF Education comments sharply the num-
Der Of teachers who wrote to him in the interests
Of certain candidates Their activities he says, in
dicate that politics Of very Objectionable kind
have been allowed TO creep into the board They
do indeed And the precise way to perpetuate poll
tics of that kind and every other kind to reap
point Mr.. Churchill.
Continuance Of his influence will not establish
that "sense Of propney and discipline among
teachers which Mayor Kline regards as necessary.
Teachers organizations active in behalf Of the
vicious educational bills which his so-called pro-
gressive faction Of the Board of Education pro
NOTED at Albany. 1t was currently reported that
teacher prominent i'm teachers organization circles
would benefit by the passage Of one Of them.
Perhaps the opposition that developed to Mr..
Churchill in the press and among dsinterested cti-
zens will have restraining effect Certainly no
such unfortunate result can come from his con
tinued influence over the schools as was threatened
last winter; for there is longer Tammany
majority in both houses Of the Legislature ready
to oblige with school ripper bills.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
Militancy and American Dollars.

Counting the S200oo which her lectures ncttcd.
Mrs. Panhhurst has left these shores with word
Of commcndation for her reception and Il promise
TO come again the next time the militants i'm Eng.
land need money. Mingled with her commcn-
dation were mild-vcry mld-dSScnt from the
views Of those who think militancy has set back
woman suffrage and the gentle suggestion that mill
fancy may be necessary here i'm some of the Eastern
states. where the men very slow about listen
ing TO the voice of their women
The Pankhurst moncy-hag filled with American
dollars IS the best answer to Mrs rHnkhurst>
genial advice. Hundreds of suffrage organizations
in this country are financing thcmSelyc- and grad
ually obtaining what they are working for. They
haven't yet adopted barnburnng and window
breaking tactics. The Pankhurst miitantS have TO
obtain financial succor hcre-and they haven't yet
won the vote. The very obvious moral is that mill
fancy only pays the lecture circuits.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
"BARNESISM" THE ISSUE
That Eliminated, a Get-Together Would
Be Possible.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The attempt of the Progressive
Republicans 10 resuscitate the Republi'
can party by ousting William Barnes Is
II commendabe undertaking.
As stepping stone to making the party
really progressive it is OF some value. As
a lure 20 catch Progressive voters IS alb
surd.
The matter with the Republican party
in New York is not William Barnes, but
"Barnessm" The cause Of the disease
may be removed and yet still leave the
disease. The Progressives are not warrinG
against Mr.. Barnes, but what Mr.. Barnes
stands for.
who can help being pessimistic when
viewing the conditions OF the Progressive
and Republican parties? Since the last
election one realizes that their combined
vote would have made them triumphant
everywhere. yet sees no immediate pros
pect of theft combining.
In another year we Will have an oppor-
tunty 20 vote for officers. Will the same
thing happen again? VIII we send To
Albany Democratic Governor? VIII we
strengthen the Democratic sway in Con-
gress?
The get-toge,her question is plain. The
reed Is imperative Progressives and Re-
publicans as distinct separate bodies eau
not conquer Democracy Progressive with
Republican aid, or vice versa, can. Which
shall II be? HAROLD FOGEL.
The Bronx, Nov. %. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
Probation's Value in Practice.

Judge Grains senrannual reception for his proba-
TONERS gives new practical proof of the value of
the probation system. At present there are l2D
prObationers on the judges list. Only three were
absent from his reception at his chambers in the
Criminal Courts Building. Six had made such II
good record that he discharged them from making
any further report to him All are living ION the
square Some have made restitution of stolen
money, as they promised Three of the prOba.
TONERS have gone into business for themselves;
others have places of responsibility and trust.
Lacking the power to put these lawbreakers on
probation, the judge would have had 10 sentence
them to pencntiary state prison. They would
have been an expense to the community and no
good to themselves during their Imprisonment. II
they escaped further corruption in JAIL they would
have been unusually fortunate. If Imprisonment
brought reformation. that change would have been
unnecessarily delayed as compared with reforma-
ton OF probation. The probation system, of course
is subject TO human fraty and errors But ad-
miniStered with and discrimination it appears
well able to demonstrate in practice its value 90
the individuals concerned and the community.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
A Currency Compromise Feasible.

nv agreeing i'm conference to hold long daily SeS-
sione evan during the ordinary Christmas recess
period the Democratic majority in the Senate prom
ably insures the early passage OF currency pi'''
And there is no reason why the result should not
he good bill The majority wisely reframed from
making any bill party measure SO long as 1t
does this there will be no jamming through oi any
one bill irrespective of its defects under the crack
of the party whip All that will be enforced Is Il
COMPROMISE among men near together as 10
make compromise perfectly feasible.
The extreme Democratic bill. the owen BILL most
intelligent critics admit, is four-tifthS sound. Ana
the report of the Democratic members of the Bank
ing Committee indicates that the majority Is not
disposed to insist upon all of the fifth that Is not
sound That report marks an advance IN the
party's position
The Republican members Of that committee more
over are not far away from their Democratic COL
leagues. having abandoned their party's position Ill
favor Of the Aldrich proposal of a single cehua'
institution as theoretically sound, but politically not
feasible Such differences those that sun exist
ought not to be rreconcilabe. compromise
should be possible among those who believe that
there should be twelve district reserve institutions
those who believe that there should he elght ana
those who believe that there should he only tour'
For our part we are persuaded that the system
will be stronger with small number of these H.
stitutions the object being to concentrate reserves
There will not be sufficient concentration if the
country is divided into twelve reserve districts.
And if there are many district institutions some OF
them in the less developed centres of the country,
will he sure TO he weak
Upon other details regarding which there is
divergence Of views compromise should be
reached without difficulty. Conditions favor com
promise The two parties, indicated by the diyi
sion in the Banking Committee, are not far apart
And the minority is strong enough to demand and
secure terms In body like the Senate there is
no way Of riding roughshod over Il numerous op-
positon II is as well able TO tire out the majority
as is the majority to tire it out There must be
give and take.
1t is not altogether desirable TO have legislation
of vital moment to the country depend upon the
outcome of an endurance test. But there IS no
reason why with several weeks of constant ham
mering away practically upon topic, if the
majority and minority do not lose their tempers, Il
practicable system of currency reform should not
he constructed. To have this subject disposed Of
soon and disposed of rightly will he great relief
TO the business interests of the country.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
Concessions Out of Date.

Colombia is to be congratulated upon the refusal
relinquishment or whatever ii is, Of the proposed
concessions 10 Lord Cowdray and his associates
That is not because of any jealousy or fear on the
part Of the United States at the prospect of such
concessions being granted TO corporation which
is not only British but Is supposed TO exercise
large degree Of political influence in Great Britain
Americans recognize South America as n fair field
for international competition and would feel no i'll
will if some rivals proved more entcrprisng than
themselves; while for alleged menaces 10 the
Monroe Doctrine OF to The Panama Canal this coun-
try would be quite capable of dealing with any
should they arise
But il is well for the concessions to he abandoned
because that sort Of exploitation is now out of date
in civilized lands. John Company" all right i'm
India for a time; and the Hudson's Bay Company
in the sub-Arctic wilderness; and the Chartered
Company in Rhodesia But II is not fitting for
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27

state like Colombia practically to farm out Tue
functions of sovereignty for cash to indrsrlal anu
commercial corporations either foreign OF uoileS'i.'
The right of eminent domain. the controi oi ha'l
gable waters and similar powers belong 10 the sia'e
and should not be alienated or delegated. IL Tue!
are. there IS always danger and generally 1keIl-
hood Of trouble.
Colombia like other comparatively undeVel"pe"
countries doubtless needs foreign capital IL shouu
invite and obtain It, however. not by partially apu-
eating its own sovereignty and permitting the lhsti
tuition of an impcrium in imporio. but by making
conditions so stable and secure that capitalists VIII
be willing to place their money there on oruih"!
terms Of investment No extraordinary "cohces-
sons are required to induce capitalists to invest III
the United States or Canada or Australia, anu
none should he needed In Colombia. 1t Is To he
hoped that the lapse of Lord Cowdrays scheme
will mean the end of the Of concessions In that
country and the rise of industrial and comher'"
systems comparable with those of other civilized
nations.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
BUILD ANOTHER GREAT MEADOW
Its Merits Make II Model for New
Sing Sing.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: After the horrors Of Sing Sing. let
us turn 10 Great Meadow, the highest
achievement in American prisons. -Four
years ago. when a new prison was needed.
site Of LOO acres was selected near
Lake George and a cell block to hold ga
prisoners was erected. This was the first
vital step for humane prison-ample
farming land in the open country. The
second vital step, the selection Of
warden, was met by taking business
man. of no prison experience, but Of glow.
ing personality and strong convictions
This man has made and is daily making
demonstration Of the supremacy OF
moral power over the lives Of convicts
which renders obsolete other penal
methods.
The new warden believes that man.
though convict, IS still a man with
human nature unchanged. This view is
of course, directly opposed to the common
belief that a convict is a beast, to be
kept in a barred cage, 10 be guarded BY
armed men and to he treated with fear
suspicion and cruelty. Despite many pre-.
dictions Of failure from oldtime prison
officials, the warden had the courage to
act on the belief that the convicts had
sense Of honor and would respond 10
his trust in IT,
The results have been beyond credence
Out of nearly 200 me1 who have passed
through Great Meadow in the last three
years there have been but five runaways
No case has been known of an inmate
assaulting a keeper. Why don't the men
run away? Why don't they attack their
is the answer, that If you treat a pris-
oner like beast he will act like beast
and If you treat him like man he will
act like a man. Loyalty to the warden
who respects them ard builds I'D their
self-respect crops out in every inmate
one talks to. Nobody can visit Great
Meadow without being conscious Of the
honor spirit emanating from the warden,
reflected in the keepers and responded.
TO by the convicts.
Which is the better way to handle the
stream Of cOnvicts who enter and leave
our prisons every year-to humiliate and
degrade them, crush their manhood, de.
stroy their self-respect, ruin them body
and soul, or to believe in them, TO build
them up physically and morally and 10
return them to the world ready to do
some share in its daily work?
Here at Great Meadow we have the
model for the new Sing Sing. Let the
state buy thousand acres Of farming
land, select another Warden Homer and
send him out with $40 convicts 70 build
the new prison. Great Meadow, Guelph.
Montpelier and all the new honor prisons
demonstrate that the od-fashioned equip
ment of steel is a needless expense. The
convict's promise not 10 run away is more
effective than steel bars. Is this hard to
oeheVeF It's true. r. VI HURD.
New York Nov. %. 1919
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
No More Speeding for the Mail Trucks.

In adopting the ordinance dcpriying the automo-
bile mail trucks of all special privileges the Board
of Aldermen took the only course possible The
postal authorities to the contrary Notwithstanding
there is reason. i'm logic fact. why these huge
vehicles should have right To unlimited speed or
more laxity of control than any other vehicle in
the ctys streets.
Their record has proved to the CONSERVATION and
grief of the public that their drivers and the con
tractors back of them, need the restraint of law.
If more time has to be allowed for their trips the
business of the country won't 90 10 smash. About
the only thing injured will he the postofrc officials
opinion Of the importance Of their routine duties.
And compared with human lives that doesn't look
very biz to this community.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
Thank ssiving Day in Little Old New fork

THANKSGIVING, Doy s in n certain interesting sense
Neyy York institution II was in this city that the
example was set of appointing the last thursday Vi
November as Il national festival oi thahkSSNlhe'
There had. of course. been such days before Every
schoolboy. in Macaulays phrase. knows the StorF
of that first Thanksgiving at FIymoutn' IA l"-''
which was not Il day but Il week. ana Wmch was
devoted TO athletic sports and revels as mucn as
any of those modern days which have caused some
unwiSely to lament the departure from the solemn
intent of Colonial days There were many other
thanksgiving days during Colonial and Revolution
arv times often local and generally inspired by
some one occurrence and not calculated to establish
national custom.
Earlier precedcntS are not lacking. November
: was A legal thanksgiving day in Great Britain
for more than two hundred years Martinmas was
q harvest festival on the Continent for centuries
The Romans had their festival Of Ceres, the Greeks
theirs Of Demeter the Jews the Feast of Taber
naclcs and the Egyptians the festival of Isis. MI
these were harvest festivals, and possibly were
copied one from another in chronological sequence
But it was reserved for George Washington
hundred and twenty-four years ago, TO set the
precedent of national observance of the last Ihurs
day of November He issued a proclamation to
that erect on OCTOBER - liN' from tue 'l'N"c"''
Mansion at No. / Cherry street. New York ap-
pointing Thursday November 26, as national
day Of Thanksgiving and prayer; proclamation
which in form and phrase was the prototype of the
corresponding documents which are put forward
i'm our day II is true that the annual custom was
not Immediately fixed. Rut when long afterward
Abraham Lincoln did establish the series which
has ever since been unbroken he harkcd back to
his only comparable predecessor for the appropriate
suggestion of date and form.
So we celebrate to-day the festival which had its
origin in this form right here in New York in the
halcyon and vocfcrouS autumn of 1IS9. And ON
the whole. with all our woes. don't know that
there is any place in all the nation that has more
cause for observing the day than that in which the
grateful custom had its birth.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
The Fighting at Juarez.

The decisive victory Of General Villa at Juarez
is significant in several respects. 1t goes far
toward giving the insurgents complete control of
the northern part of the republic From the Gulf
10 the Pacific. and from the Rio Grande well down
toward the City Of Mexico. the opponents of Gen
eral Huerta now bear pretty general sway. That
fact has obvious bearings upon their claims 10
recognition as belligerents and upon General
Huerta's claim to he the accepted President of all
Mexico and his promise quickly to suppress ali
opposition
The incident is suggestive. also. of the status of
the insurgents as a. fighting force. They are not
mere bandits and marauderS. Not only in numbers
but in Organization and methods they re
spectabe an army as any that General Huerta
seems 60 he able to send against them and they
are able to defeat his leyies not in irregular guerilla
engagements but in pitched battles. Their cam
paigns are not brgandage but civil war.
Much will depend upon the ability of General
Carranza to retain the loyalty Of his successful
lieutenants At present General Villa has the
centre Of the stage and General Carranza him
self is in eclipse The temptation will be strong
for the former TO put himself forward, or to be put
forward by others. as candidate for the headship
of the state Such movement would make the
present confusion worse confounded and would les
sen the prospect Of restoring order Since the in
New-York tribune., 1913-11-27
A SQUARE DEAL FOR HUERTA
United States Should Let Mexico Alone,
SAYS This Reader.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What business Of ours is 1t to in
tcrfere in the home affairs Of our sister
republic on the other side Of the Rio
Grande?
We call Huerta dictator, usurper.
dcspot and God knows what not, but
what. I'm the name Of common sense, IL
il our concern whether he is or is not n
dictator. etc?
n the people Of Mexico dlsapprove or
lie autocratic administration of Huerta
thcy will soon find means To retire him
to private life and choose a man more iit
10 rule the nation. President Wilson hon
ostly believed that he was doing the right
thing when ne appointed John Lind and
Dr Hale as his personal representatives
10 confer with Hucrta and General Car
rama. what have the two ENJOYS ac-
,omplished? The one, John Lind. the
cnmlty OF the Mexican government and
,he people Of Mexico toward n friendly ma
.ion: the other. Dr Hale, the nourishing
~ Presidential bee in the bonnet Of
General Carranza.
We Americans believe In fair play and
square deal There is a splendid oppor-
tunity TO prove it by giving General
iuorta a chance to bring order ont OF
tho existing chaos I'm Mexico, he being the
only man who can DO IT,
VIII President Wilson and Secretary o.
state Bryan avail themselves Of this OPP
porunity? BELA TOKAJL
Now York. Nov. %. 1913.