Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-07
VARIOUS TOPICS


The question OF making laws to regu-
late marriage so as to rule out the unfit
from that relation is going to keep alive
until something is done One OF these
days II will blossom into a law that will
make unlawful the marriage OF defeo-
tives, either OF mind or body There Is
a great opposition to II, but there Is a
growing public sentiment in favor OF
some law to prevent such marriages.
There is feeling that humanity should
be bred up and not down, which is not
the rule in vogue now. But It will be
one OF these dAyB.-Ohio State Journal.
Why should any ono think OF closing
an important Colorado Industry that Is
doing its part toward meeting an in
dustrial situation marked by increasing
unemployment The proposal Is too alb
surd for serious consideration. It Is for
the interest OF the mine owners and oper-
ators, their employees and the public that
the mines be kept open. The Colorado
government has appeared to very poor
advantage ever since the beginning OF
the trouble, Its failure to protect its
citizens and their property interests is q
repToach to the State and sufficient
justification for keeping United States
soldiers on the ground as long as their
presence is required to make life and
property safe. The question OF closing
the mines Is one for the owners. not the
President, to decide.
Why Is 1t, in the face OF prompt and
vigorous action In Arkansas, that the
Federal Government dawdles with the
strike situation in Colorado? Now that
the campaign has closed perhaps We may
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one side or the other but in the interest
Of law and order and honest work.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Incessant drill at sea or at stations
like Guantanamo had been the practice
OF the North Atlantic fleet before Seere-
tary Daniels took charge, Whether our
navy 10 a great or small one. the
American people have a right to expect
that 1t shall remain true to its traditions
as ship for ship and man for man the
most thorough-going and efficient In the
woTld-Boston Herald.
Then why this appalling deterioration
OF the youth OF the Commonwealth? In
casting around for a specific cause, We
are impressed by a third phenomenon
which seems TO go along with the in
crease in juvenile crime and the COR
responding increase In State and school |
supervision This Is the notorious and |
lamentabls decrease In parental oversight |
Of the young. Fathers and mothers are /
more and more being relieved Of their |
natural responsibilities by the State, and |
In the same ratio they arc either being |
shorn OF their authority or they are vol |
unfairly Abdieating Ii. Compared with |
conditions half a generation ago there |
Is practically no control in the home by |
the parents OF ehiidTSn.-DstFoit Free /
Prsss.
Professor Jenks, OF New YORK City uni |
yersity, said in a recent lecture that the /
war would force radical changes In our
laws governing the admission OF aliens. !
and he added: Immediately following /
this war we win have Mood OF immi-
grafton such as this country has never
seen" Nothing now furnishes q suf-
icient basis for this confident prediction
Unless the war continues until the ma
lions are utterly exhausted most Of the /
men left will be needed at home. The /
work OF destruction must be followed i
BY that Of restoration. There Is no prob /
ability that the close OF the conflict Will /
and England. France ana Russia at the
and Of their resources ana no certainty 4
hat Germany win be unable TO under
.aks the task Of rs-establishing her In /
iustriss No one can tell what the fu-
.urs has IN store. but Il the war should /
End much earlier than now seems prob
able. Europe would Be busy for years
10 ecme. It Is doubtful II any radical /
OF our immigration laws viii /
b needed. The present statutes must i
5e rigidly enforced. ana II changes are 4
made they should be in the direction Of /
greater striotnesa. 10 prevent the Rd- /
mission OF persons likely 70 bseoms =
charge upon khs .shlio The Industrial \
situaton ia ths Lnitsc states does act \
warrant ahy iaersass b lcsaisratiaa.-=
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