The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-06-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We have not heard a great deal
about the Republican nominees for
United States Senate and Congress
lately. We feel reasonably confident
that the Republicans have no hopes
OF electing a Congressman in the
First Congressional District, and it
seems almost equally as certain that
they cannot entertain the idea OF
beating ..Davy" Lewis. for the Sen
ate.
We need factories in Cambridge.
II those removing from other places
cannot be brought here, why not
start some of our own? There is an
abundance of work here all the year
for women, there is supernatural
ance for men at certain times; In
fact, it becomes necessary to send
away and bring them in by the hun
dredst O do the work; but we need
steady, good paying employment all
the year around for more men. This
il not q new idea, it is fact that is
known to every man in Cambridge,
but who will be the man of the hour,
to devise ways and means OF furn-
ishing such employment?
That advice of DIR. M. Bates Ste
phens, State Superintendent of Pub
lie Education, to guard against a
drastic enforcement of the provisions
Of the new Education Law is certain
" wise and timely. Laws are enact
Cd to be enforced; the new State Ed
ucation Law was drawn upon the
Recommendations of leading educa-
tors Of the country. and any attempt
to nullify either by ignoring its pro-
visions or by going to extremes il
their Interpretation, will simply
have the effect of depriving the
children of those parts of Maryland
affected of the benefits which trained
educators believed they would derive
from this law.
Eminent financiers, business men
and statisticians are authority for
the statement that this country is
enjoying an era of unprecedented
prosperity. The demand in many
lines il SO great that prices have adj
vanced by leaps and bounds. Wages
were never so high, railroad earn
ings were never so great, giant in
dustrial corporations are paying al
most undreamed of dividends, bank
deposits are abnormal, and the coun-
try has loaned over a billion dollars
to foreign countries, besides pur-
chasing hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth Of American securities
bald abroad; in fact. the United
States IL now the creditor nation OF
the world, and despite this fact,there
are some people who insist upon be-
ueving that the country has gone to
ruin under Democratic administra-
ton.
What mighty good thing it would
be for Cambridge if we just had
twice as many ''Pushers" as there
are at present. There is said to be
. time and place for all things, land
knocking" is all right in its place;
in fact, sometimes it really seems to
be the only. way to bring the public
to q proper realization of true con-
ditions. A newspaper is generally the
o1lcial booster" for the community
but 1t has to knock sometimes to gel
people to push" We heard great
deal Of applause in behalf of prepar
edness at 1.-The Birth of a Nation,
but when we went to the Decoration
Day exercises we found that the pa.
triotism Of the public did not extend
to attendance upon the honors paid
to the dead, who had offered their
lives on the altar of their country
We found a disgraceful scarcity Of
flowers. especially as there are sc
many beautiful flower gardens il
Cambridge.
The practical way of getting the
Congress of the United States to ap
propriate more money for guns, am
munition, submarines, scout cruisers
battleship cruisers, aeroplanes, coas
Notifications and such things is tt
write to Congressman Jesse D.Prict
and United States Senators Joh1
Walter Smith and Blair Lee, our rep
resentatives, asking them to vote TO
an appropriation sufficient for them
For our own part, we frankly admi
that we have changed from the poll
cy of favoring the maintenance o
peace with a small army and small
2DOr0DriafiOnS TO that of maintain