The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-11
WIN the President Reconsider Ills Aui.
tude Toward business?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: There
Is n curious Analogy in divine law gov
etning 500 al communities. whether Of
animals or insects Bee civilization has
come down TO us In primitive purity
Having suffered little from the inroads
OF higher education. II may he taken to
represent the Creators plan for balanc-
ing relations between industry and gov
eminent. Competent authorities place
the ideal bee colony at, say. 20. 600
souls" OF which is.iss are workers, one
a queen. and 500 drones The business
Of the workers is producing and ware
housing honey. The queen and her court
Of drones nre charged with clearly de-
fined communal functions no manual
labor is expected of them, and their vo-
racious appetites are literally supplied
with honey. When this Official class have
performed their mission they are annually
weeded out or exterminated. n process not
unlike our November elections.
II IL an interesting speculation as To
what would happen should the drones Of
any particular hive imagine themselves
charged with divine mission to reorgan-
ize and upllf; the honey industry 1t
would probably take long time for the
pra ctical workers to realize that n brain
storm so grotesque could BE- possible even
among drones but once realized II Is
doubtful whether the proposed legislation
would ever get beyond the committee
stage.
Fellow workers in this American hive.
tossed about as We are In food OF
| ideals pouring through the brol1en dam
OF higher education, let us grab some
landmark. some skyscraper or mountain
peak long enough to collect our thoughts
Where are we nj anyhow? How did this
meddlesome millennium mess ever get
started? As usual. In a competition be-
tween demagogues over the imaginary
wrongs OF some imaginary "pecpul' some
where. The whole trouble began with a
former President OF the United States
elected on other issues who thought he
had discovered a new attraction In the
shopworn stock OF discredited faker
| The faker being now in the saddle, the
former President In opposition Is among
the loudest shouters OF stop thief
Keep your eve on him, 50 Ear az business
Is concerned, Msrcptio's line hits II OF
"A plague o. both your houses"
To President Wilson, the gtntlemsr
ana scholar. and the great office he fills
| I lft my hat in sincere loyalty. With
| Woodrow Wilson the alleged authority
on business. I have a bone To pick. He
has described the genuine distress OF the
business world as state OF mind" as a
| trouble which IL merely psychological
In n measure he Is right; we are In d
state OF mind. but our a,lment is DIS
tlnctly and unequvocs.lly Woodrowlogi
| cal, and its germ IL Bryanlmus
The business world deeply appreciate.
| Executive cOndescenslon m shaking hand'
with prominent business men. but they
can still hear the hammering OF the Sen
ate smiths on the shaokles OF future en-
terprise which will take our courts year.
| 10 strike OFF
Unless the present policy IL reconsid
cred, the only thing that viii restore con
ldence Is the expiration OF the Democrat,
term IL takes a great man TO discover
| u Lola Nd 10.
1t is yet to be demonstrated whether
scholar can successfully rule a practica
nation. There is no conspiracy afoot and
| there has been none you are simply con
fronted nv widespread business indlgna
nation and defiance from strong and soot
men whose Me work is being destroye,
by governmental stupidity. believe the,
and their affiliations have strength enough
to break any administration wide open |
II refuses to accept sane counsel.
JAMES A. RADCLIFFE,
BROOKLYN. July ..