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favored by the retiring member of the commission but strenuously opposed by at least one of the other members, though no one afforded or suggested any better method. It was urged that because the bill had been drafted by the mining men it must be corrupt.
 This feeling was strengthened by the report of the tax commission, the reading of which would create the inn pression that anyone connected with mines and mining is pertorce dishon- est and given to dodging and evadins the payment of his dues. This is sian- der. Mine operators of this state are men of stainless regulations and pub lie spirited citizens. as a class and tax dodgers are found in every class, unfortunately. even among high state officials.
 When labor organizations, farmers bankers and other interests favor or introduce certain measures where their interests are touched such measures are treated in all fairness and with an abiding faith in the hon. estv of purpose back Of it au. The principal industry of this state is en- titled to the same measure Of fair play that is conceded to other inter
 ests. Ii was urged that it was spec | ial or class legislation, and that the same system be used in taxing farms. Impossible. After harvest the ground 1 is again prepared and will produce an- other crop, while on the other hand ! it takes thousands of years to create
 an ore body. It never yields but the ope crop. and the land is generally Of no further value. Further it should | be borne in mind that the system on- | ly applies 70 the producing mines and | their product. All surface improve ments such as smelters, mills, reduc- tion works. etc., are assessed and val-
 ued separately and the same rate ley- led on other property in the same county. All uon-productiye mines are assessed as other real estate Much
 could be said in favor Of taxing mines
 under this system. but space torbld5. 1 only want to quote Prof. Seligman'
 president of the National Tax Asso- citation. "The difference between the
 earning system and the ad yalorem
 system is as the difference between
 euesswork and precision. In shofI
 between modernism and medieval ism"
 This bill failed 10 pass. and rom
 that time on to the close We had
 rough sleddng.
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Thursday Morning, April 1, 1915
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 Important light has just been thrown upon ,he dis rupted relations of Germany and Belgium the begin ming of the war in book published by Belgian diplo mat named waxweiler and by King Albert himsc in an interview with New York World representative
 In the book the author describes the interview on Aug B. between the Belgian minister at Berlin, Baron Beyens and Herr von Jagow. the German foreign secrc tary
 von Jagow asked for free passage through Belgium and the occupation Of forts the Germans needed The Belgian minister replied by asking him whether, France had made the same request and Belgium ha acceded to it. Germany would not have said that Be gium had betrayed her in most coVardly manner. To that the German statesman made no reply
 Baron Beyeus then continued Have you anythinl to reproach us with? Have we not always mlhod ward Germany as toward all the great guaranteein powers of all the obligations of our neutrality?
 Herr von Jagow replied Germany has reproaci to make against Belgium attitude of Belgium ha always been perfectly correct"
 'weu, then admit, insisted the Belgian minis,c that Belgium give you other answer than tha one she gives without forfetng her honor"
 "I recognize it a private individual" replied won Jagow "but as secretary of state have opinion p express"
 this interview is correctly reported it lends frcs support to the general conviction the innocence Belgium. King Albert himself corroborates the report Furthermore he makes astonishing statement regar ing the alleged finding of proof by Germany in the Be gian archives, to the that Belgium had alread forfeited her neutrality by secretly conspng with Cree, Britain and Franoe.
 That charge is based chiefly a letter written D.. Gen Bucarne to tho Belgian minister of dctailin discussions with a British military attache rcgardini Belgian defense.
 King Albeu-vhose word few men will question explains that there was secrecy at all about "th matters of which it is now sought to make mucl"- that he himself the time, in order to show that th anar was absolutely open and above board had had ha very letter communicated the German military a; tacha in Brussels" that when the Germans wen through our archives they exactly what they wou find and all their present surprise and iindisnadon assumed
 So here is another accusation Of which German must clear herself before she expect the impara world to excuse ihe ruin she has wrought in Belgium
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Twenty-two states have decided that it is better to help widows to keep their children at home than to put the children public institutions where the indiy duality and initiative will be roned out them. In thus keeping families together and promoting the nl- ural development e" children in the environment O. real home. the states spend. an average. SG.3o month per child, in the Of a mothers penslonT
 New York state, wrestling with the same prob lem, has been doing figuring and arrived these facts; The state is paying S5OOoOOO year suppor children in institutions various kinds New York city alone has 3SOOO children such institutions pays for their keep" S2.5O week apiece large part of the children the and daughters of widows, who could support them comforably-and far more happily home, for less money than that Pennsylvania with it's mothers pension system of its fatheess children for half the New York rate
 When states can develop better citizens less cX- pense it's hard to understand why they hang onto the barbarous orphan asylum" system.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-01

There's good theme for a sermon in the action of the Atlantic City trolley company which, after equip ping Funeral car" and finding that 1t didn't pay, has decided to make it into tango car" On with the dance! Let the dead bury their dead"
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-01

German p.fze court has decided that Germany is uuder no obligation to pay for a noncombatant cargo sunk by one of he submarines. Maybe the owners of tbe cargo ought 10 pay Germany an indemnity for the trouble and expense of sinking it.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-01

The editor of the Irish Temperance Quarterly sus. gests way the growing practice Of drinking on the part of respectable women. He would make the ladies stand up against the bar with the in full view of the public That would stop 1t, all right What city will be first to adopt the plan?
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-01

Miss Annie 5, Peck. the celebrated mountain climb or says that anyone live 20 cents day" May be soon a mountain, But somehow in American ci' ties it's hard to get decent meal for 1-3 cents 2
Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-01

Billy Sunday got s5l,ooO his honorarium for con yerting OOOO Phadelphians Anybody who has ever tried to convince Phiadephidn of anything win agree that he earned the money
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
THE REAL SITUATION IN
MEXICO.

lll-informed persons who be-
lieve that the cause of the pres
ent state Of things below the Rio
Grande is purely social and eco
homie may find enlightenment in
what a "Mexican Lawyer has
written for the Catholic Mind
pamphlet for November %. He
shows that in his country there
has never been real antagonism
between the masses and the class
es. Mexico's dreadful condition
today is due, he shows, to the sell
fish ambitions of u few anti-Cath-
Ollie bandits, who snever would
have been able to attain the bad
eminence they now enjoy were it
not for the sympathy and help
they receive from over the bor-
der. E. G. Hendrix, in the same
number, proves that the Mexican
people are Catholic at heart and
that the general public is being
misled by the anti-clerical slam
.ders sent abroad about their feel
4ings toward the Church. i Two
other short and timely papers
bearing on the present state Of
Mexican affairs conclude the mum
Der, which is published by the
America Press, SO East SD street,
New York, at the price Of five
cents a copy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
A WORTHY APPEAL.

Last Tuesday, the actual work
of soliciting subscriptions i'll the
100000 campaign for the Boys
Orphanage began III Minneapolis
and viii be continued until next
Friday, December 10, when, it is
expected, the entire amount will
be pledged. As we go to press,
it looks as If the hopes of the pro-
meters would be fully realized.
This is the first general appeal
made to the citizens of Mime
apolis on behalf OF this most wor-
thy institution in the thirty years
of its existence. During that
time it has housed, fed, clothed
and educated, thousands of or
phan boys, many of whom have
risen to positions of prominence
in the business and professional
worlds, in church and state. and
all of whom were given opportu-
mites to make good" in life,
which many other children who
had all the advantages of home
|training and family life did not
enjoy. Under the watcllful eye
and motherly care of the Sisters
in charge of the orphanage, these
children enjoyed all the blessings
of a Christian home. They were
given an education that fitted
them for the battle Of life-a
training which not only developed
their mental powers and stored
their minds with a knowledge of
material things, but which formed
and developed their moral char
acter and enabled them to appre-
ciate the supernatural at its true
and abiding value. When one
considers the number OF boys and
girls who reach maturity without
any definite religious training, or
well-founded understanding of
the relative values of the temporal
and the eternal, it is assuredly
cause for congratulation that
there rs in Minneapolis, as
there is III other parts of
the state, an Institution such
rs the Boys Orphanage for
THE upbringing and education of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

those who have been deprived OF
their natural guardians and who
would otherwise not have the OPP
portunity for instruction in relig-
ion which it gives to them. The
value of a Catholic orphanage in
any community, from the civic
and social points of view, is in
calculable. 1t makes for good
citizenship: it lays the foundation
for honest and upright careers in
every walk of life: it inculcates
respect for lawful authority and
for the rights of others; and above
all it emphasizes the necessary de-
-pendence of the individual upon
the Creator for everything that he
is and hopes to be.
Every intelligent citizen of Min
neapolis is conyersant with the
good which the Boys Orphanage
has accomplished during the past
three decades Of years. This is
the basic reason which prompted
the friends of the institution to is
sue a general appeal to the public
in the hope that the response
would be another tangible evil
dence Of the generosity with
which every appeal for public
or semi-public purpose has been
met in the past by the people OF
that city, irrespective OF class or
creed. This appeal is made OIL
the broadcast lines because the OBJ
ject is a most worthy one. The
door Of the orphanage has never
been closed to any worthy appli-
cant for admission, so long as
there was room for an extra bed
i'll the dormitory or place for All
additional chair at the table.
Boys of all nationalities, creeds
and colors have found a welcome
there as long as it was possible to
find room for them.
The people of Minneapolis
know this. They appreciate what
the Orphanage has done in the
past and they know that, with the
ampler opportunity for usefulness
afforded by the financial aid now
sought, it will, in the future, do
even more to justify it's existence
than it has done in the past.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

in the Mass the Offering is I'M
bloody by a mystical sacramental
death. On Calvary He offered
Himself; i'll the Mass lie uses the
ministry Of a priest. On Calvary
there was suffering; in the Mass
the Sacrifice is free from pain.
The Sacrifice of the Cross was Of
fered but once for the redemption
of mankind; the Mass was insti-
tuted to apply to individual souls
the treasures of grace merited on
Calvary, and SO He offers HIMSELF
daily to bestow them in abundant
measure.
When we recall the Infinite
praise and glory given to God by
every Mass, the privilege we have
of offering worthy thanks for all
the benefits we have received, the
efficacy OF the Mass in obtaining
the remission Of our sins and all
the graceS we need, both for our
selves and our neighbors, and aid
for the suffering souls in Purga-
tory, we can readily understand
the glowing terms in which the
saints have written Of Holy Mass,
and we shall be moved to pray
with fervOr that Catholics may
never neglect the sacred duty Of
hearing Mass every Sunday and
that many may be induced to take
up the salutary practice Of being
present every day.
IL we, ourselves, learn to know
and estimate, at something even
family approaching It's true value,
the marvellous efficacy Of the
Mass, we will require little urging
to assist at it each day with
boundless confidence i'll it's un-
speakable power.
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THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN
LIFE.

Elsewhere i'll this issue we pre-
sent to our readers an authorita-
tive exposition of the teaching of
the Catholic Church in regard to
the sacredness Of human life.
The author, taking occasion from
the much-heralded case Of the
Bollinger baby in Chicago, re-
states the principles which the
Church has ever upheld III deal
ing with this important subject.
The article is timely and valu-
able not only for the enlighten-
ment Of those who are expected
to know the Church s attitude on
this question, but because it
points out the cause which under
lies the disregard for human life
which is such a marked character
istic Of the age, i'll which we live.
This cause is the materialistic
doctrine SO prevalent at the pres
ent time in every stratum Of soci-
ETY.. The non-Catholic world is
permeated with an un-Christian
Disregard for everything pertain
ing to human life that rises above
the plane of physical perfection
and well-being. The Dagon of
eugenics has been lifted out Of the
mire of the brute world and en-
throned in a niche in the human
heart which should be sacred to
the God Of Christianity. Neo-
paganism reigns where Christ and
His teaching should have full
sway over conscience and its die
tates.
The modern world is material
istic. With it there is nothing
but matter. The soul does not
exist. A human being has no IT,
tie to existence which is not postu-
lated by organic perfection. The
spiritual element makes no appeal
to those who, if they do not deny
it's very existence, would subju-
gate it to the material, and sub
stitute the vagaries Of deified
naturalism for the truths of reVe-
lation.
This pagan conception Of life
threatens to undermine the very
foundations of the social organ
ism and, unless checked, will
bring about the inevitable ruin OF
the race. Against it, the Catholic
Church raises her voice with all
authority born of God. She pro.
claims "the Way, the Truth and
the Life THE narrow way along
which the Christian must walk il
he would escape the Egyptian
bondage Of sin and the stygian
pool of eternal misery; the heav-
emily truth which, if accepted, will
restore to earth the pristine beau
| ty of creation s morn; the eternal
life which alone can make the hui
man God-like. This is the teach
ing which the world needs and
never more sorely than at the
present time-to make human
life and it's rights sublimely
sacred for each Individual, even
before he reaches the age of rea
son.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

notice will meet the eye of the
persons referred to and that they
will communicate with the office
as soon as possible.
In this connection we suggest
that subscribers be very exact in
giving their names and addresses
when making remittance. Fail
ure to do so will cause no small
amount of Inconvenience to the
office force and be a source of an
noyance to those who remit.
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Continued from page ID
THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE.

willfully take away the life of the in
nocent. So much is clear.
Secondly, man is bound to use all
the ordinary means in his power to
preserve himself Hence person
who for example would refuse food
and drink which are necessary for
sustenance is guilty of grave sin.
Similarly a patient who rejects the
common and usual medical means
when these are required, violates a
divine precept. The reason is clear
The direct result of such actions is
death. It is likewise unlawful to
mutilate ones body unless for the
sake of preserving life, such as for
example the cutting off of diseased
limb which If allowed to remain
would prove fatal. 1t is also permitted
to expose ones life to danger for a
sufficient reason. That is, a person
may sometimes do actions the direct
effect of which is something very
beneficial to himself or those dear to
him, but which nevertheless are at
tended with danger The father of a
family may, for example, when it is
necessary for. a livelihood engage in
| such occupations which are more or
less injurious to health. The captain
| of sinking ship may and ought to
use all possible means for the safety
OF the passengers, even at his own
risk. The principle therefore is that
when an action has a good and evil
effect, the chief and direct one being
good, it is lawful for a sufficiently
grave cause to place the act, and per-
NIT the evil result to follow, provided
this can be done without unduly sub
graduating the rights of an individual,
Examples such as have given are to
be found in everyday life.
No Obligation to Use Extraordinary
Means.
We have said there is an obligation
to use all the ordinary means at our
disposal. There is precisely the same
duty to do so for those committed to
our care, especially when these latter
are incapable of acting for themselves.
Hence parents and guardians of chill
dren are Obliged to do for them, all
that they would do In their own case.
The question here arises what about
extraordinary or very difficult means.
Is there the same duty to use these
when life is in danger? The answer
is no. We are bound to act in an or
binary human manner, but generally
speaking there is no law obliging us
to heroic acts. Let us illustrate this
by few examples. Suppose for in
stance a patient is in the last stages
of CONSUMPTION. Tie doctor says the
only chance of life is q very long
voyage. or journey 10 some far dis
tant health resort: or again life is
threatened by dangerous malady.
and an extremely critical operation
may possibly bring about cure. Now
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

Next Wednesday, December s, is
the Feast Of the Immaculate Con-
ception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
1t Us a HOLIDAY of obligation on
which all the faithful, unless legiti-
1nately excused, are bound to assist
at Mass. 1t is the patronal feast
of the Church in the United States.
As such, it ought to be a day of
special devotion for the Catholics
otsthis country who should pray to
their glorious patron to shield the
Church from the attacks of the
enemy and cause the fire Of divine
love to glow with greater fervor in
the hearts of the faithful.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

In this day much emphasis is put
on the strong, masculine traits of
character, by which they mean the
embodiment of those recognized manly
or masculine elements which are re-
garded as essential to success. No
one questions the value of such traits,
but the fact that gentleness lis neces.
sary to Well-rounded character
should not be overlooked BY gentle
ness is not meant effeminacy or weak,
ness, but that real, genuine. sterling
quality in one which has ever marked
the truly great men of the world.
Some ono says, The truly great arc
the most gentle"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
ATTENDANCE AT MASS.

The general intention recon-
mended by His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV to the members OF
the League of the Sacred Heart
for the month of December is at
tendance at Mass.
"There is nothing i'll Holy
Church, says a great spiritual
writer, so sublime and Of such in
estimable value as the Holy Sacri-
flee Of the Mass, for in it the
Adorable Sacrament Of the Altar
is consecrated and offered as az
sacred oblation to the Most High
.God.'' It is, moreover, as St.
Francis de Sales assures us, "the
sun Of all spiritual exercises, the
handspring of devotion, the soul
of piety, the fire Of divine charity,
the abyss of divine mercy, and the
precious means by which God con-
fers on us His graces.1
Were Mass offered but once a
year, let us suppose, in Rome, the
center Of the Christian world, who.
is there who would not esteem it
the greatest happiness and priv
lege of his life to be present at
that august Sacrifice, il only once
Or even were the offering of the
Holy Sacrifice confined to one oc-
casion yearly, i'll the capital OF
every country, would not all true
Catholics in every land, make
every possible effort to assist at
such supremely solemn and I'M
portant function? It is not once
year iii Rome or i'll the capital
city Of the land, alone, that this
tremendous sacrifice is offered.
By day and night it never ceases.
The tinkling Of the Mass bell at
thousand affairs accompanies the
rising of the sun in every land,
the wide world over.
And who can draw the faintest
picture of the Wondrous power OF
this mighty Sacrifice? As a holo-
caust of nlatchless sweetness,
strength, and efficacy 1t every
where ascends before the throne
of God to save asWicked world
from His righteous anger, TO draw
down efficacious grace III rich pro-
fusion, to offer endless thanks to
Him for all that He has done for
men. 1t is an infinite sacrifice OF
alteration, whereby we. pay in full
the debt of homage that we owe
to God, our Sovereign Lord and
Master and Creator; an infinite
sacrifice Of thanksgiving, whereby
we adequately thank God for all
His infinite aud endless fayours ].
an infinite sacrifice of expiration
whereby we may most fully atone
for all our sins and those OF
others, and lessen or blot out the
enormous debt of punishment that
they entail an infinite sacrifice of
importation whereby we draw
down upon ourselves and others
every grace and blessing that we
need.
Catholics who realize even
family the glorious privilege
which is theirs in being permitted
to attend the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass, need no urging to be pres
ent as often as their duties permit.
Faith teaches that the Holy Mass
is the same sacrifice that was Of
fered on Calvary In both sacri-
fees the principal Offerer is the
same-,Iesus Christ our Lord and
High Priest; IN both, the Victim.
+ IS the same.
The differences are merely such
as regard the manner of offering.
On Calvary lie was offered III a
bloody manner by actual death:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

The legalized saloon went out Of
existence. i'll East Grand Forks,
Minnesota, last week i'll obedi-
ence to the wishes Of the citizens
OF Polk County as expressed at the
polls some months ago. This week,
for the first time in more than a
year, the local Jail is without a
single inmate. A dispatch from
East Grand Forks says that this is
a case of cause and effect. 1t may
be. At any rate, it is peculiar
coincidence.