The Washington times., 1914-04-30

1872 ......... 1,056. ss4,sO
1913 .......... 1,29, ,27.940
These figures smash fiat the the
ory thaf the little ehaneeIlor's at
tempt to realize social jufsiee by
Hitting the burdens Of taxation
from the weak and putting them
on the stronx would halt prog
perfty and produce . serious
deficit In the national incone.
British sfandpatis,n Il aEhast at
this Triumphant demonstration Of
progressive and humanitarian
statesmsnship.
Square Deal for the People
1t seems only yesterday that the
lords and their allies were solemn
ly foretelling the widespread ruin
that would be produced by the
welshman's mad attacks upon
property interests. and now we have
tndisputable evidence that the coun-
try Is richer than ever and its in
dustrtes SO busy that they have
little time to reach out for the new
markets opened up by the Ameri-
can tariff reductions.
He has shown that, after an, a
square desl f0f the people In not
incOnsistent with business pros-
Derity, and that the Ieftiest senti-
nent Of social dreaming can he
converted into sound and profitable
statesmanship.
Here is how Mr.. George has put
1t himself:
I'VE propose a scheme which we
think squares with the highest prin-
ctples Of equity. We want to nut
An end to the old order of things
slums and warehouses;, sweating.
unemployment. hunger. undeservei
wretchedness. and poverty caused
not by the man hImserr, but by the
mismanagement Of things general
You waste and. you. want. but
tho waste belongs to one set Of per-
sons and the want Is endured by
the other. The state has been like
. bad housekeeper-slovenly, a slat-
tern, extrayagant, mismanagine
things-some children wasting the
substance and others crying for
bread. That Is the old order of
Things which. please God. Is pass
The new dispensation is on the
try win be wen ordered, well hus-
banded. fairly distributed. Where
now you have the land abandoned
70 tne pleasures of the few, there II
VIII be producing the best, the
sweetest food to sustain and glad
den the hearts of the multitudes.
You will have more dwelling houses
you will have fewer public house,
AS to slums. you will have ne
more OF those pest houses ard
plague pits to poison the lives -
the people Honest labor will IL
requited with plenty, comfort an7
leisure. Instead of workmen seek-
ing labor with heavy hearts, you
viii have work seeking workmen.
Demolish Ancient Monopoly.
'The cbildren-tAe children will
be the wards Of the State, and the
aged and infirm will be fts honored
guests. The sick workmen viii he
cared for by the conmunity, for
the nation Will be one family, and
Its might and its majesty Will NOT
rest In camps nnd great engines Of
war, but In the homes of its peo-
PIE. And because we know that
I'm order to lay well and truly the
of that new order of
things yoa must root every priv
1880 .~ssu s.sSuopohy ouI VI I0e SOIL
that In why the government ts
placing before you these proposals
for q land REFORM.
That sounds like the speech of an
American politician in q Presidential
but it Is the utterance of
a statesman who is big with a de-
sign to demolish the ancient monop-
oily Of land that supports the British
aristocracy, a man who has shown
that he can keep his word to the
people.
He speaks, too, with the unani-
nous approval OF the Liberal govern
ment- and he has an overwhelming
majority of the people behind him.
How well / remember Gladstone in
his last great oration In the house of
pale, scholarly, haggard,
worn with the cares of office. his
yes burning in their sockets as he
the house of lords and
declared that it must be mended or
ended
Little did he dream that memorable
night how soon his prophecy would
De fulfilled and to a large extent by
a man then almost unknown, a man
who dares to speak with the tongue
Of democracy even in ssordid pre-
cincts of the British tenancy.
Copyright, 1914 by James CreeIman.l