Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-21

the WORKING out Of the provisional
system was mes essary 90 bring onr d.
the advantages and disadvantaeas Ia
the whole situation. and while e
adopted, such system would. for ~
time being. make the least possibl.
change in the present speuing. su.t
provisional simplfication is. never.
theiess, incomplete and must ayertr
ally change over into the perfect speu.
ing Of the universal alphabet. Thars
lore and as il is just as EASY. ar
easier. Co make the transition fr,r,
the present spelling 10 that Of the urt.
versal alphabet as it is from the tram.
sitiOnal spelling. the latter's intro5n.
tion would cause needless disturb
ance and a long delay. The simplssr
the natural. and the ultimate solnii.,
for the reformation and simpufeatiar
Of English spelling seems to lie i'm fb.
authoritative PRONUNCIATION of sueb
universal alphabet and of its neces.
sary concomitants, and correct anaIv-
sis Of the human speech sounds ANA y
the Roman script letters
No existing university, learned y.
ciety nor other similar institution bas
the power 10 act authoritatiyeN in M.
matter The trio Of associations men.
toned tried after doctorine nm b,
Whitney system to stamp il with tbei.
Joint authority i'm the hope thar This
would make the system take. buf +
fen flat And the repeated failures of
such associations in projecting unfir
systems would deter the public from
placing confidence in their further A.
tempts Congress should. Therefore
appoint a commission Of representa-
tive men to thoroughly look into tba
matter, and, if Mr. Luthy has what
the situation demands the government
should i'm some way promulgate the
discoveries under its direction or CON
troll for the good Of all
Mr.. Luthy states that if such a COM
mission is appointed and its report IS
satisfactory and the government win
freely promulgate the matter for ina
benefit Of mankind he will turn over
the -four manuscripts to the govern
ment and it can determine for itself
what it would be just to award him
therefor AS these things must reyo-
lutionize the teaching of reading
writing, spelling and the speech
sounds, and the works can be adapted
to an the grades, it is to be hoped
that the matter may not pass into the
hands Of some greedy money making
corporation that with fifty-six-year
protective copyright would extract
hundreds of millions out of ina
masses.
Further. as the world looks To- this
country as THE hope OF the future"
would not the pronunciation of these
great, fundamental educational dis
coveries by our government among
other nations put their people in "a "a
vorable attitude towards our people
Take Gor example China, with it's
400, 900, 900, and that is soon To adopt
alphabetic writing Would not She
appreciate TO receive from this gov
eminent, al tho psychologist moment
what must be for all time the correct
analysis of the human speech sounds.
the correct analysis Of the Roman
script letters and the natural universal
alphabet? And how all this would
advance the cause of English as the
world language,
But congress will not eX-officio take
cognizance of this matter: it is mp to
influential, public spirited men ana
the press to act Who win take the
initiative.
Such commission could well serve
without compensation as the honor TO
serve thereon would be ample re-
ward.