The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-15

view Is entitled Between Eras From
Capitalism to Democracy The a,r-
thor Is Professor Albion w. Small.
well known as the head Of the de-
partment of sociology in the Univer.
sity OF Chicago.
"Dr. Small has written his book as
story In the form OF series OF
dialogues. These dialogues take
place between different people who
are types OF varied elements OF soci-
ETY. rather than highly distinct In
dividuals. A mild love story. as a
sideissue. adds to or detracts from
the interest of the tale, according to
the taste of the reader. In fact the
book may be regarded as a primer
of modern social economies, in which
certain ideas are strikingly empha-
sized for the average student.
Plot Of the Story.
The plot of the story consists Of
the relation of the successful out
come OF a strike. conducted along
somewhat unusual lines. The hero
is a labor leader, man of great
wealth. who is operating his i'm
mense mining properties in Idaho on
cooperative basis. He says the
more he has TO do with financiers.
the better he likes working men. 1t
Is he who engineers the strike
against a great manufacturing con-
Germ. not as a company per Sc, but
as a matter of principle to secure the
adoption of the ideas for which ne
is fighting. His strategy is to con-
centrate the working class vote on
the principle of labor representation
in the control OF corporations. The
campaign he says, is along entire'
ly new lines. We have reversed the
usual order. We are not now fighting
over spells. We are fighting TO
change conditions that raise all the
questions of spells. Business is the
reign OF capital. Democracy Is the
reign of the people. On the one
hand capitalism DEGREES that capitaf
shall fix the destinies of the people.
On the other hand democracy de-
mands that the people shall fix the
destinies OF capital Upon these lines
the strike Is inaugurated and brought
to successful issue. n
THE strike is finally settled when
the consciences and reasons of the
heroine and the son of the owner of
the business. both large stockholders,
are convinced that the course EN-.
bodied I'm the slogan, Partnership
without representation is undemo-
cratic is right" y
Read a Paper on Pasteur.
DIR. ]. A. Hancock of the normal
school read a paper reviewing the re-
Gently published work on the life OF
Dr. Louis Pasteur by his nephew,
valery Radot. The paper laid great
stress on the service to his country
and to humanity in general per-
formed by DR.. Pasteur in discover
Ing the disease that was running the
silk industry of France, and provid-
Iue Tcincug. thts tnS dCttuphSh-
ment has saved France billions of
dollars. Considerable attention was
given to the development OF the vac
method of treating many
diseases. Before DIR. Pasteur's time
this method was resorted to in cases
Of smallpox only. Attention was
called to the fact that DIR. Pasteur
reduced the percentage of deaths
from hydrophobia from 40 per cent
TO less than one per cent, and
deaths i'm the maternity hospitals
from twenty-three to about one. He
also saved the cattle and sheep in
dustries of France and to some ex.
tent of Europe in general by discov-
ering an effective cure for the dis
ease known as anthrax.