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down to a late period in the pagan era,
1T is only from the close OF the
feudal age that the divergence begins
to be pronounced, and it is within
the interval since the beginning of
modern times that the chronological
situation has taken on thai modern
character which. until recently, DIS
tingulshed the British industrial sys-
TEN from the German. So it is also
in modern times that the British
pattern OF culture in other respects
has sensibly diverged from the Ger
man.
The British subject in modern time
has been loyal to the common wealth,
and even on occasion TO the sovereign
and the dynasty, but il has more than
once become painfully evident Ihoth
within the island and in the more con-
siderable colonies-as in the thirteen
that formed in the United States) that
the British subjects loyalty To the
rcigning monarch or to the Crown is
conditioned on the serv!ceability OF
such allegiance to his own material
interests, A loyalty which raises the
question What fur?' comes far short
of the feudallstic ideal and of that
spirit OF enthusiastic abnegation that
has always been the foundation of a
prosperous dynastic State,
"British loyalty is not precisely to
he stiGmatizcd as fair weather loyalty
hut. as seen from the standpoint of
dyuastic politics. neither is it a good
merchantable article in its class. 1t
Is too far tempered with %insuhordi-
nation, At this point, AGAIN, the Eng
lIsh case diverges from hat of inn
perlal Germany.
But the most striking feature of
the English culture in modern times
and at the same time the most char
acteristic point of difference between
the English and the German scheme
throughout the modern period IL the
English preoccul alton with material
realities, Reality in English means
'inatcriality.'
I'm this drift of modern intellectual
life toward a matorialiStic basis %
valuations and to "A mocha
| nistic logic in the handling of phenom-
ena the German peoples have not
shared in any sensible degree. Within
the general confines OF the fatherland
the discipline of workday life has, on
the whole, been of hat personal char
acter that throws immaterinl qualities
and relations into the foreground of
habitual attention and leads to valua-
lions OF |differential authenticity, dig
nifty, caste, class, precept n prece-
dence; II has In nm exceptional degree
been the discipline of court, camp
bureaucracy and police, rather than
that OF the town meeting. the opeil
market and the open road-still less
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has II taken its bias from the ma
chine shop and the large industry.
The subsidiary consequences of the
English industrial system, as managed
for private gain. fall under two gem
eral heads: those which affect indus
try and those which affect the con-
sumption of the product, the former
belong under the principle Of compcti-
tion, the latter under that of c%onspiCu-
u waste
Among the former effects are cir
NcumstanCcs by which the pocuniary
gain Of the men in control viii best he
served by devices that are detrimental
to the community's material well be-
ing, as in the use of adulterants, the
production and sale of unwholcsome
nostrums and beverages, unsafe and
~unsanitary h%ahitations, the employ
ment of dangerous machinery, Sc.
From the competitive considerations
NJ price and Of gain in terms of price
IL has come about that the interests
Of the employer are not at m with
those Of the wOrkmen, from which
follow, on the one hand, inhibitory
trades union rules. strikes, loCkoutS {.
on the other hand. an exploitation of
the human ray material of industry
in the way Of over work, under pay,
unsafe and unwholcsome conditions.
THE shortcomings of this British
industrial situation are visible chiefly
by contrast with what the British
might he doing If it were not for the
restraining dead hand of their past
achievement; and by contrast, latterly.
with what the new come German pco-
pie are doing by use OF the English
archaeological lore, AS it stands, the
accumulated equipment. both material
and immatcrial. both in the way ot
mechanical appliances in hand and In
the way OF chronological knowledge in
grained In the population ana avail
able for use, is. after all, OF very app
prcciab.c value.
hut the case of the Germans should
make it plain that it is he latter, tn,
ilnmaterial equipment, that is alto,
gether of first consequence, rather
than the accumulation of production
, goods in hand. These production
goods = nothing but labor; tn,
immaterial equipment of tcchnologiCa
proficiency cost agelonE experience"
The second subsidiary consequence,
Of the English industrial system af
fects the consumption of the product
n II matter Of common Iotoriety
the standard Of living il and has Ions
hctn higher In the United Kingdom
than in the generality of continental
countries, and this standard has beer
rising throughout the modern period
Doubtless the English to-day lead tn,
Christian world both in the Volume o
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propaganda of '~Gerrhanism. tI.r Pro-
say, of aggressive loyalty ju '., u-
nastic policies of the cmuIr,
ANY one entering ON suc, .,
curry VIII necessarily fac" 'I, , .,.-
ton as to what is the end of ,r. ..r
IN the case, In a striking t.r. -
rhetoric this end has boon S,..,. ~
as a place in the sun for G,.m,.t
Inns nSure OF speech seems .rf.r..
10 convey that what is var',. I
ialr chance for the untoldiu- .tr ~
the people of the fathcr.auo.
Indeed. there can bo nu ,
nut that the common mar ..s abe
solutely nothing to gain in un-
terial respect from the su,,,~- tHe
imperial STATE. There Is . '.au
made in good faith. that Oh, ,,r.,.
ing German population needs 4t..a.
on which to house their iu,r,.s. '.a,
the German population mul'.l..,, ~
the face OF the earth and s. rorls
its share OF the earth's face ua v...-
10 multiply. But the e4rth'~ fItD .
notoriously as accessible f0r any S...
multiplication outside the German
frontiers as II would he I'm case 'aesa
frontiers were extended to tr,.n3r any
outlying territory.
In the material respect % d
question of transportation ami ~ 'sr
conditions Of liss offered n r.4 49,
territories aimed at, and trar>p'r'a'
ton would be in no degree f1.. are!
by m extension OF the German from
tiers, while the conditions ~ .'e n
the new settlements would he 30 ,Gs'e'
under German rule than t'.." ~"
offered in tho same localities l'' ,et
experience would appear o. '1',
somewhat unequivoCally, that g. man
rule Is n good deal OF a ma,,r.. 1Hf'
den, and that merely as d o|v.'.a"
OF private economy "A man ". ..'n'
monly be more at ease uul,r ,."1E
any other governmental Cstl,' pens
within tho civilized word, T.N'.'
is relatively heavy, not TO e.y q. ''S'
tant, under the empire; a'l q. Ge'
gree OF interference with Ir. "'
fairs commonly exercised .. ''
state exceeds what prevails e. "''''
land is, indeed, cndural'o .
virtue of long and thorough '. ..''
ton.
at may be noted, by the "" ''A'
the German colonies have DI'. .
traCtcd substantially no Ger .. '"'
migrants, settlers, apart tr." -
and business men engaged .. '...'
priscs of the nature Of esq
nor, indeed. have they arr.
migrants of amy other
seeking a place in IN" sun .. ".
man auspices, Germans
better their opportunities 'N
ton have continued t. Is
lempire."
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" HOCGH there is nothing wcrl!ke
in the study which Thorstein
Vebelen presents in Imperial
Germany and the Industrial
Revolution CMacmillan), and hough
II does not inquire into the compare
tive force or probable success OF either
belligerent, II compares and correlates,
In a clear, Illuminating manner, the
case of Germany and Of the English
speaking peoples, considered as two
divergent lines of cultural develop
ment in modern times. The author
aims TO cou for Germany's In
dustrial advance and high efficiency,
not by national genius" but by nat
ural cause.-the first theoretical IN
curry OF this kind yet made into the
imperial era and its run of industrial
affairs.
The first appearance in Europe of
the Germanic peoples is traced and
their thriving under their archaic cul-
lure and state of industrial arts.
''By and large, all these north Euro
pean peoples that live within the eli
matte Re giOn of the Baltic-North Sea
littoral are of one racial complexion,
irrespective of language or national
fly. They are all of "A composite dsriva-
ton, a hybrid population made up OF
some three Tor morc) racial stocks;
the composition of this population
varying only by negligible differences
from wtst to east. and varying north
and south after a systematic fashion
- r,.,.E, - tho p.'utiNa np,Slnrtinn
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HINTS OF A SCANDAL

Washington dispatches intimate
that q scandal is about to break in
volving United States officials in re-
gard to services rendered belligerent
warships of the coasts. in violation
OF our neutrality declarations. The
investigation which started in New
York last week. at the instance OF the
Collector OF that port. revealed
enough to suspect conspiracy which
sought to embarrass the governments
of this country and England An
agency was uncovered in New York
which sought afldavits from tugboat
men that they had previously supplied
British warships with the promise OF
being employed to make future deliv-
cries of supplies. The secret service
men found that operatives OF a pri-
vate detective agency were working
on the case. but not as employees of
the United states government The
superstition is that the detective agen-
cy was securing evidence which It
would make public. proving that the
United States was not exercising prop
er vigilance in maintaining the neu-
trality OF the port OF New York.
but the mystery grows when II IL
known that German ships have en-
joyed the same benefits bestowed on
English vessels. What. then. Is the
purpose OF the alleged conspiracy?
The Washington end OF the inquiry
throws some little light on the matter
when II Is intimated that bribery OF
officials may be shortly disclosed.
Just where the responsibility will be
placed for the alleged laxness Is not
yet known. II Is said. however. that
officials OF the Treasury and State De
rartments are becoming intensely in
terested in the situation and tina. the
result is likely to be uncomfortable
for someone.
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effect of the observations made by
the tariff commission. organized by the
late Joseph Chamberlain TO prepare
the way for a scientific British tariff,
on the new financial and industrial
problems created by the war. The
memorandum is the result of a de-
tailed inquiry In which the commission
has secured the advice OF leading
financiers and economists and repre-
sentatives OF the manufacturing and
mercantile interests of the country.
The conclusion Is that II England is
TO avoid fiscal bankruptcy she must
have a protective tariff
Great Britain, like the United
States. as the war progressed. found
herself to be handicapped by depend
ence on foreign countries for supplies
suddenly shut on by the conflict now
raging. Reading the conclusions OF
the British commission are we net re-
minded OF the same predicament that
cohfronts the United States? Hear Il:
War conditions have disclosed for the
hrst time to many OF the firms whom
the commission have consulted the eN-
traordinary degree OF dependence on
foreign countries TO which essential in
dustries have been reduced. both for the
supply Of necessary materials and for
the disposal Of their products.
Except IA very few cases there T. an
urgent demand coming from business
people that the country should now
consider. without prejudice, the best
way % removing the dangers arising
from this dependence upon foreign sup
plies In Tins Of peace a. well as OF war
and there is a general desire 10 see
adopted whatever measures may prove
necessary. whether they are in harmony
or not with the policy hitherto pursued
by this country.
The policy referred TO means free
trade. which England has chung to
with the same obstInacy a. the Demo
cratic party. As the business inter
ests OF England see their only saliva
ton through the adoption OF a protec.
tive tariff. 80 the business and indus.
trial interests OF this country look to
return Of the Republican tariff to
save them from fiscal and Industrial
bankruptcy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-13
A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION

The river counties Of West Virginia
and the legislature we're recently Inn
portunod ~ the promoters Of the Lake
Erie and Ohio River Canal TO cough
~ millions for that project In the
shape OF bond issues when the time
came. While IL IL no more a dream
th.n the Panama Canal. in fact .
scheme Of great expectancy and prom
ise. iis building involves too great a
sum TO be supplied from the sources
Intended There il another thing
that should warn the people of this
State against listening 10 the siren
song Of the promoters. and that Is
the manner they are attempting TO
saddle immense liabilities on the
Psnnstivania counties for education
al and other preliminary work Now.
Il may be a great thing for Pittsburgh
and Western Pennsylvania. but n Is
doubtful n any particular benefits are
In sight for the lower Ohio valley
commensurate with the outlay that 10
expected from H.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times is en-
saged Just now IN exposing some Of
the bills now before the Pennsylvania
legislature which authorize the Canal
Hoard To raid several counties OF that
State for millions. II points out some
dangers In the following editorial:
n II Is the hope Of promoters o. the
canal. with the assistance at the Canal
Hoard. 20 bond Allegheny county for
sss.eee.0Ve. as reported. the amount 9th
~ counties Will be asked 20 contribute
the merits OF the canal proposition.
which are Questionable az best the
method OF muictins the people that Is
proposed in these acts IL indefensible.
AZ few ss 100 taxpayers can force an
election. or repeated elections. at the eN-
pence Of the county. without any let or
hindrance from the court. grand jury
or county commissioners. When this
Canal Board arrives 81 the conclusion
that airs set and N needs the money
the petition does the rest
There j. a saying that at every ses-
sion % legislatures some big Job" APP
rears. This canal scheme Is at for
the present General Assembly OF Penn
~ylvania- IL ~ TO be- hoped some rep
resentative OF capacity and courage Will
70 20 the front In the matter and XIII
the proposition. There Is no general
public sentiment in favor OF "a. either in
Pennsylvania. Ohio or West Virginia.
This certainly is plain enough warn
ing to West Virginia to keep on the
grass.'
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The world has usually been
throughout It's history passing into
war cycle or passing odt OF one.
The centuries have been centuries
OF blood: the times OF peace have
been decades. The seventeenth
century had It's Thirty Years war.
The eighteenth century had It's
one Hundred Years War. Il pe-
gan with Marlborough and ended
with Napoleon. The nineteenth
century-the century OF science,
Of discovery. OF achievement-wss
a century OF war. civil. national.
international. Waterloo. the CD
mea. Gettysburg. and Sedan are
bloody names. Man seem. TO be a
fighter rather than q passtyist.
Truces are usually armed. Urea
ties OF peace usually result In
being preparation for further hos
tilities.
Is the present world war TO lasty
Is the present hate to persIstY
Are nations TO 20 on learning war
and transforming pruninE-hook
and plowshares into spearsI Ia
the mailed fist TO be the hand OF
greeting? Some teaching OF his
tory. some lesson OF the past.
would seem to impress the nor
rible fact that again the world Is
entering into war-cycle. Yet
shrlnks from the historical con-
clusion.
What can be done TO remove
such condition from the more
than possible conditions or the
future? One thing most compre-
hensive can be done: II Is found
in all the people of all the nations
OF the world thinking. feeling.
speaking. arguing for. proclaiming
peace. The number OF peace so
cieties Is great. Let each society
In its group plead for peace. Let
all societies In convention. In con
ference. In writing unite their
sentiments In one tremendous Pc
tition for peace. 1t world peace
party be formed. a party which
may be more or less atmospheric,
as most parties are in their origin.
but a party which. going forward
under the atmospheric conditions.
might become ss the very breath
OF the God OF Peace. Such condi-
lions wour prepare the way Tor
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the diplomatic UNDERTAKINGS that
ultimately Of course are 10 give
end for the time being 10 the war
cycle.
But second thing. possibly
siill more important. can be done
IL lies N the breeding o, a gen
GRAFTON OF 1esce-loving people.
There are nations whose chief
purpose and method has been 10
breed warriors. Children have
been taught the glory OF war.
Their eyes have seen its pomp
and circumstances. They have
been obliged to enter military
service as recruits and to serve
in the militia for a year or more.
They have. on retiring to private
HE. known that they were liable
TO be called 10 the coiors az
moment. Their thoughts have
been OF war. Their most highly
praised national achievements
have been Of war. Their orators
have preached the duty Of war.
Even their pulpits have resounded
10 the truths OF the imprecatoTy
psalms. The result Is that nations
have through. the training OF a
generation become normally war
like. bellicose. belhgerent.
All this may and should be
changed. The duty II for children
TO b. taught the glory OF peace.
for young men TO be trained IN
the duty OF seeking peace. for
those in mature life to be i'm
pressed with the glory OF peace.
for the whole nation indeed to be
so saturated with the duty ana the
glory and the benehcience OF
peace. Such a breeding OF a gen
Grafton would help TO transform
the world.
This method is feasible. The
breeding OF animals illustrates It's
prscticability. We are able to
breed the wolf-like qualities out OF
dogs. We are able to breed the
vicious qualities out OF horses.
Difficulties there in breeding a
generation OF peace loving people.
but. II not by generation. vet
by the regeneration of feeling.
thinking. choosing peace. ana OF
all that goes along with peace. a
nation and the nations can b. re-
moved from 'he peril Of the war
cycle which may impend.
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10 wac not Co be- Fkps.tff fhaf me
m-nlpers 20 these cgfnrissiuns woUId
rlrylue Mr. luNs suecssspf WIN otru
20 them $50 .af What We aTFetfsn ~
them Ihss sought a'cnT 9Th Ftnlss .
uaalaffr-a o. dls.rnI.f tie rev admin.
ns fpuhd him sef Surrounded Nfth hos.
Tie liguteranfs Who were constantly
ready 90 ofpoas openly. of otherwise et-
efy move contemplated D. ne adrinfe.
fratinn. Whn fevsf hope fhe gnVerrrr
may have entertained - obtaining fheir
coop erauou even o. tho smallest de-
rrrs We speedily hanfsfsd
Naturally therefore he governor n
Justice - himself and - tfs people who
ruf him fn office fsif rs.lsf urr~ % "a
himself of This fIefurhirE sIsrerf Ans
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about the details of modern battles
was more than Interested TO learn
how the company and the regiment
are fought. Much was told OF tactical
formations. of losses. OF supports and
reserves. but the theory still being In.
applicable TO me. major told the
story OF the company he commanded
at the battle OF the Aisne:
The company went into action 2j0
strong and seven officers. N came out
20 men and one wounded officer lie.
sides this ordeal OF FIRE the charge 81
the Light Brigade was a ride In Lin.
coin Park. and yet this tale Of grisly
death was told as II It had been a
mountain climbing expedition. the
stricken men alluded TO A. n they had
stopped from fatigue or were short OF
wind. The tale was told with all slim
plIcity. and in the English vernacu-
lar
Often I missed the meaning. but did
not interrupt. ] was getting the key
to The English spoken language. sud
denly the answer came remem-
bcred Putnam Weal's description in
lis ''Indiscreet Letters From Picking
OF the two American marines who mad
been sent for 10 dislodge snipers when
all other nationalities had failed flo
said: They talked in that bantering
which Americans use in converse
ton"
Il is our way TO express ourselves
in jokes. The English express them
selves in understatement, the French
I'm exaggeration.
These are national characteristics
OF expression and are utterly unre-
lated to the character Of the peoples
which I believe are all very alike. only
disguised in outward appearance
Which makes me think that the pro
fessional pece apropagandlsts are not
only doing much harm In America.
nut no good 10 the cause over which
they claim exclusive Jurisdiction.
Instead Of preventing an adequate
organization OF defense and thereby
assuring the slaughter of our regular
army and the first few hundred thou
sand volunteers a. they are doing.
they should devote themscl'os to ex.
planning the idiosyncrasies Of the dit.
fercnt nations 10 each other
Copyright 1915 BY The Chicago
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England IL facing a taxation prob
lem brought on by the var. which has
Incurred 2 permanent increase OF at
least s50o.OOO.OOO in the normal ma
tional expenditure. There r. serious
objection 10 raising the new revenue
BY direct taxation. as IL would place
an inequitable burden on capital and
Industry. In its dilemma the country
Is squirting strongly towards a protec-
tive tarln. not only for revenue pur-
poses. but for the protection OF new
industries u must evolve to relieve
the country from its former depend
cnce on other countries. This r. the
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Comments of
Chic Editors


We find 90 .r oLr heart tp approve q
Governor Willis and bis action ON Tri-
dav in rc1uestinE the rcsiEnattons 81 =
number ~ hfadH % state department.
Governor wills has been sadly haurp-
cred through fUe efforts Of the old cox
machine ana Iie hands have been tied n
fnrrfinr OFT fuf reforms. Dol ururnI iced
the people IIaf Isli ffaI those Demo
rrafs been willing fn PLAY fair. we don {
believe hat any attempt would have
been made c. Duet them from office. a-
L-L.I IIn- Im.I -L.-a
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UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.


VIC arc eermore forgetting that earth is brief and
VIC "Nse e Tune IN tretung hunting for Of
,,, 49, moan about the weather magnfyng every in as NE
OLNS ON toh along together the the hin All
- g. our little g1efs and worries will forsske us in a dsv
e uk aHeton hurres but we lssso ~
every trouble
Doneysrd IN the vale Life should cheerful rsm6e bur Ne
~oss An9 Ne howl shout the bfsmbe overlook the
~ We tnors the scented heather looking thistle elump
o sShg ogsher TO the oonsysrd BY dump There's 50
70 make Joyous. there's
neTss 80 little 70 annoy only right Wbv
forth from lungs Of leather protests fierce when eli we'll a. %
toll along together 70 the boneyard n dsIY "
WALT MASON
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numerous small cities voting "dr,"
which had been wet They are Fivsr
object lessons In the form % counties
taken out ~ tho vet columns and PLACED
Iu tho dry lists. They are brought ia.
tn face Nifh marked gains for the forrea
uf prohibition and equally heavy losses
for che liquor Interests N many place.
whore uu change was made in the r0ndI
lions formerly eNisflnF Cleveland
Leader
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GOV willie ufd exactly night fU aaE
- TT tie rasiGnaticn 90 tie difftrsr
Boards which really 90 ~ wofE % fha
Adufnlatratilr Lhe HeraIa-sfar Haa
advised thif from the frat when ar.
head ~ e. department d. OUT 81 armps-
tnN With IN adUfufstra ffn be should
sifrer set on or 30 ruf out --struhsn-
vile WeFaff.gfar