Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-02-11


answer is that the beet sugar people
last year exceeded their previous an
nual output by $4,000 tons, and at
least one small crimp was put in the
sugar refineries combination to the
end that they had to stop edging up
the price of sugar to the consumers.
Concerning this sugar industry,
over which the protective tariff advo-
Gates have had several violent
spasms, all in the interest of labor of
course, it was found when the mat
ter was investigated that the sugar
people in the larger sugar growing
sections of the South we're paying
their labor less than a dollar day.
Thus does a protective tariff boost
wages to lofty heights.
Among other alleged reasons why
the military idea and practice are
good things, the militarists have been
wont to tell how the army drill
works wonders for boy school stu
dents. After listening until it got on
his nerves, Col. Thomas F. Edmonds,
himself a military man, knocked the
sawdust out of the thing by hurting
out:
"The effect of school drill is
to make boys narrow-chested
and round shouldered. I never
saw a school company we'll set
up in my life. Except few of
the larger ones, the boys are
overweighted by the musket
they are obliged to carry. Mod
ern drill regulations are by no
means adapted for work in
schools; they need a mans
brain and muscles. A boys
conceit engendered by this drill
is one of the greatest arguments
against it's continuance"
ton for you, to be sure.
Speaking of extraordinarily fitting
appropriateness and significance in
nomenclature as we find it at times,
there is Roosevelt DAM"
Some peoples idea of the way to
encourage patriotism and increase
the number of patriots is to line up
about two million of the lustiest and
most patriotic on one side of an
imaginary line and another two mill
ion on the other side, and set them
at work blowing each others heads
off.
The baleful influence of women's
entry into politics is already mani
fest. Several thousand saloonkeep-
ers have bit the dust and more are
doomed.
Fifty-odd years ago Californian
invented a rapid fire gun which would
fire a hundred shots in three min
utes-when it worked. The inven
ton was deemed marvel and her
aided as a peacemaker. Every su
perior device in armament and de
structive appurtenance of war has
been accounted the thing that would
abolish and prevent war. AS peace
makers, superior arms always go of
backwards.
Whether or not the Democratic
party, as a mere organization, meas
ures I'D to the possibilities that ar
offered it much more than any othe
mere political party does. the ten
dency of the Democrats toward rea
fundamental social improvement ant
the adoption, in a practical way, o
genuinely democratic ideals in tn
interest of all the people may not b
questioned. Secretary Lanes plan
for Alaska, Secretary McAdoo's gov
eminent shipping policy. the sea
mans law passed at the last sessio
of congress, Secretary Wilson's an
Assistant Secretary Posts efforts i
the interest of labor, the thorough
going investigation and radical rec
concentrations of the Walsh indus
trial committee, the attitude of Nj
Bryan and Mr.. Kitchin and othe
Democratic leaders on points of high
est democratic ethics and ideals. tn
attitude of such men as Senate