Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-01-07
"THE PASSING OF Semi"

E&# i'll GG Gel u Tie appearing
the press OF the state, that he has perfected arrangements fc
continuing the paper in new quarters and that his fight againE
vice In various forms will not cease.
The paper alleges, among other things, that there is
sort Of partnership. between Vice and the city officials; ths
ton; that beer is served, at one dollar a bottle, in variou
Joints, s by maids scantily clad; that bawdy houses are openl
conducted through g license system under the guise Of monti
y fines, and that the mayors bank in association with tn
mayors father holds mortgages aggregatng nearly iftee
Thousand dollars against one Of the principal resorts .
the city.
The Telegram is but experiencing the difficulties int
which all self-eonsttuted reforners eventually find themselves
and IN saying this we do not wish to be understood as ques
tloning the purpose of the Ielegram's editor, concernin.
which We know nothing excepting as appears on the surface
and based upon published reports.
One tremendous obstacle encountered by men who see]
70 work social reformation lies in the fact that Vice reaps
there is no direct and immediate apparent financial remun
erationsin Just simply being good
Another important factor in such contests may be found
dn the TACT That Wee never sleepsIt remains on the Job, ever
ready to- take advantage Of the drowsiness Of those who are
fighting it-and the time is sure to come when it's foes relax
their vigilance under the theory that they have fought to a
finish and have 8triumphed.
q the mad scramble for the almighty dollars that all of is
are seeking and 50 comparatively few Of us fnd-or, perhaps
we should say SO very few of which the great preponderating
number ofa us ever get-We are apt to hold aloof under the
Tear that Vive may curtail the profits Of our business if we
even smle encouragement 70 the efforts OF those who are
graphing with il.
50 many great and good men-and III this general stric-
lure se VS. are not seeking to screen ourselyes-lend assistance
only ia their prayers--and not very loud prayers at that.
They are quite apt e speak in whispers in the privacy Of their
sanetuaries. They appear to want to shove Him whom they
worship into the thick ofsthe fight while they themselves stand
back ready to gather UP the fragments. The man who merely
psags for Something to be done to relieve suffering and Is
elevate the plane Of lunnan standards doesn't count for much
- the great battle of life It's personal service that counts
But there is also an inclination on the part of reformers
to 80 to the extreme. The human race can't be made perfect
AZ 81 minute. The outbreak Of the terrible war last August
among christian nations indicates that savage instincts
are still dominant when once aroused. We have perhaps
ceased to burn witches at the stake, but We are still vyingl
with one another To discover the most effective means for
destroying human life and at the longest possible range.
IN REQUIRES generation for man to work out Of one groove
and into another, especially If the change is ID tue line Of I'M
&DrOyGUlHnt. The world ne still %haffHnn with tNa# Trnhiana imI
Volveain the trite saying that II is easier for /. good woman to-
apeeo ms bad than. for# 8 bud woman to become good:
@a The application need not be confined to the social aspect
at APPLIES with equal force to other phases of life, even to In
sdustrials and commercial affairs.
Nebraska judge has ruled that ! man Who accepts !
newspaper must pay for If even though ne may never havel
subscribed. The man accepted the paper but refused to pay
when q bill was sent. He was sued, and the court instructed
the Jury 81 bring ans verdict for the publisher. The principle
as with regard ii merchandise. II Il can Be shown that Ger
tain Goods have been delivered ut 4 mans house and that tle
recipient used them, lie is held liable for the purchase price.
sIneHonlx safe way Tor e man receiving q newspaper who never
suhscribed and doesn't want 1T is To- refuse rs accept it fromIl
Hloneatte publisher man continue 20 send Il to the ~postonce.
al having been said that some years ago Tie late ]. f. Mor-
szanapa q back approximately twelve million dollars which hel
haa received for a lot of had railroad Stock the Aberdeenl
aAIneTaeans remarks that ths chief differences between Morganf
Ssza eoncernedai s that Morgan manifested as perverse dispose
stion toS giyestipe money back ~ TIE partiesSfrom whom he hadl
Sraeeived M instead Oh building colleges libraries and ehurchesI
ltas quite ats in view of the general Impress on With
Sreferanae HUI ffANe Rockefeller and the Carnegie wealth. anall
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