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terest; if he has become merely part OF
the machine and his soul is stifled, then
it is clear that the industrial air is i'm
moral, that it is stimulating and circu-
lating sordid and unhealthy desires; then
it is clear that more and more pay and
less and less work are but story OF evil
progression, a striving and a striving and
an ultimate ending in nothing.
But if we apply the rule to the first ar
rived of the workers, to those who have
become rich and powerful, do we not find
the common denominator? Is or is not
the important thing among business and
professional men how much they "get out
of it,? We have talked in the last few
days with half dozen Wall Street finan-
ciers of one kind and another, and each
time we made haste to run away. The
burden of gloom is always the same with
them; business has gone TO the dogs,
there is nothing doing" Were they
paying expenses? What has that to do
with it? The profits are less than last
year Yesterday manufacturer cursed
simultaneously the government that taxed
his profits and fixed his selling prices and
the day that saw him go into business any
way. But think of the repute Of your
wares. the long-honored name of your
firmw Business is for profit; it is not
for long honored names"
"We stand wavering between a past
whose life is extinct and future whose
life has not yet begun" wrote Nazzini
with projecting vision. That the Curtain
is falling on business as it used to be we
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

partnership has to do with personal, or,
better, with human relationships; it has
20 do with everything that concerns the
lives of the members, with their glad and
their sad days, their properties and their
trials. True partnership is "for better
or worse" arrangement. When either Ia
bcr OF capital organizes it is precisely to
be sure of the better and to escape the
worse; and, indeed, we have learned that
organization tends to best results as it
sloughs off these identical human quail
ties Of give and take that make partner
ships possible.
There has been no choice: partnership
between the strong of our social group
which was capital-and the weak-which
was unorganized labor-would have led
inevitably to labor's bondage. Whatever
may have been the easily recognizable
defects of organization as a device, it
held out the workers only chance for free
existence. Partnership and its probabili-
ties may be likened to the all-around
friendly arrangements between Germany
and Belgium before the war. Organiza-
ton is frankly like armedand suspicious
neutrality; our error and, as we see now,
our danger lay in that we did not call it
this squarely, that we did not face frank
ly the fact that it was Of war and con-
flict, not of peace and cooperation.
We have made this trite reference to
the distinction between partnership and
confronting organizations merely that we
may not be misunderstood when we speak
of the fundamental undividedness Of the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

as true of the factory hands and the
stenographer, and not less true of the re-
porters in front of the platform; their
"stories" were not of much Importance
the Saturday night envelope was "how
much they get out Of it." The refrain
remained with us like jingle or catchy
tune. Why? 1t was neither novel nor
profound, but it fitted exactly into the
hour.
One thing is plain: the social patholo-
gists who insist on diagnosing the troubles
of those who have not, apart from those
who have. can never come anywhere near
an idea of the remedy. This is exactly
what most of us have been doing. Moth
ing of any real value will BE- contributed
10 the industrial sickroom as a result OF
considering rich men and workingmen in
terms of two pieces. The ultimate trouble
that is upsetting the worlds social equllio-
rum is not confined to the workers; there
is the same cause at the bottom, OF pro-
found morbidity on the one hand and
cruel determination on the other; there
is a common denominator between labor
and capital, and it is here that the social
physician must look for the causes of the
worlds disturbance.
When we say common denominator we
do not have in mind the usual fiummery
of the employer talking to the strikers,
committee about the oneness Of capital
and labor, about their destiny of partner
ship. This is most always by way OF
compulsory rhetoric, when it is not con-
scious expression of hypocrisy. True
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rica's Conduct of the War Provokes Critical Inquiry

fed in the non-shipping character Of the
Shipping Board.
"But, in the meantime, what Of the eis-
ment Of time? what will have happened TO
the war? Why was it necessary TO go
through the slow process Of converting
board Of landsmen 10 shipping views when
shipping men Of ability and integrity were
already in existence to take hold OF the JOB
Chairman Hurley Of the Shipping, Board said
to me the other day: The idea OF critielsiDg
an organization like this that has only been
in operation six Tonths'
81 cannot follow that argument. ] cannot
see that the Shipping Board accomplishing IN
those six months anything which might'not
have been accomplished by board Of real
shipping men in months time. Six clear
months wssted-the six most important
months of the war! Must we wait for tns
inevitable to happen before We see a ight
and get down to business"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
colonel Harvey Spares None
\ In His Righteous Wrath

Colonel Harvey, first lord of the critics,
in his best style successively impales on
his shaft such victims as Colonel House
and the American war mission, Lloyd
George and Allied blunders, the American
governments willingness to have the AL
lies take mo thought Of recognizing her as
an equal in shaping general policy" and
the fostering of false hopes that the war
will end before the United States can
really be ready to exert its full strength.
History" says the colonel, in his opening
shot, "will record as a noteworthy Incl
dent that Colonel Edward Mandell House
vas striving earnestly to bound Serbia on
;he three sides which still possess boun-
iaries when the telephone rang and he
vas notified by Secretary Tumulty, with
whom he is once more on speaking terms,
ii long distance, that forthwith he was
10 doff the garments of peace and don
the panoply of war"
Which gives Colonel Harvey an oppor-
tunity TO conclude negatively, "First,
whether the American mission measures
up in this most important international
conference ever held and, second, wheth-
er it is the strongest in ability, experience,
and reputation that could have been sent
Both, we fear, must be answered in the
negative, the first upon its face and the
second no less assuredly upon examination.
There is no question, for example, Of the
capacity Of either General Bliss or Ad-
miral Benson, but the fact remains that,
both at home and abroad, as we'll as in the
service, the superiority, in broad sense,
Of General Wood and Admiral Fiske is
universally recognized"
As to Colonel House himself
"The country might have felt more ade-
qustely represented in statesmanship by Mr..
Root, Of worldwide fame and still member
Of the Hague Tribunal or by Senator Lodge,
sisneh sdherent of the Administrations war
Measures or, in diplomacy, by Mr.. Hcrrick,
The most successful and popular ambassador
We ever sent 10 France; or by David Jayne
Hill, as well known in Europe as in America;
or by Mr.. John Bassett Moore, our recognized
authority; in finance, by Mr.. George +.
Baker, or by Mr.. J. p. Morgan, or by Mr..
Thomas F. Ryan, or by Mr.. Otto II. Kahn; in
ousiness Of great magnitude. by Mr. Henry
I. .riek, OF by former Senator Winthrop Muir
ray Crane, or by Mr.. Theodore n. Vail, or by
Nj. Clarence H. Mscksy, or by Judge Gary;
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
A merica Has Failed, These Eight
n Months, to Prepare Herself

"The New Republic" less violent in this
instance, but more constructive, practically
admits that, owing to various causes, not
the least of which is the lack of unified
control at Washington, this country has
failed in eight months Of war to prepare
itself to be a real factor in the coming
summers campaign. The indictment fol-
lows:
l"The preparations of the Administration to
make American hostility to Germany count
during the spring and summer of 1918 have
been considerably and unnecessarily retarded
Partly because of the delay in getting the
shipbuilding programme under way, partly be-
cause of the use of antiquated methods in the
purchasing departments of the government
and partly because Of hesitation in dealing
promptly, comprehensively and decisively with
such problems as the railroad breakdown, the
determination of prices of basic commodities
and the labor unrest, supplies and materials
will not be produced in sufficient quantities
and transported to Europe with sufficient
eelerity to assure, during next spring and
summer, maximum efficiency to the French,
British and American armies. Ii is obviously
impossible, and it would be undesirable if it
were possible, to state in what specific ways
and TO what extent the military operations Of
the Allies will be hampered by the delay in
American preparations. 1t is enough to feel
sure that the delay is fact, that during the
next few months the fact will be imprinted on
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
A RE we losing the war?
b "No
"But we are not winning it

n "But we are not winning it
.od we have far, very far, to &c"
This conclusion, traceable TO Colonel
c.,rge Harvey in the December issue Of
sThe North American Review" does not
..nd alone in raising the question of how
Ill The United States is making war
II lord Northcliffe says that democracy
.kos war badly. Without designedly
ling a pessimistic view, one can easily
ca in the current prints many echoes to
CoIonel Harvey's blast, and few Of these
s,o-s destructiyely than constructively
critical, either.
after Colonel Harvey, who lambasts
.,.,rvtbing. from American diplomacy to
-. notatoes for the soldier boys, one
..oounters much doubt over the handling
- such things as shipping, fuel, food, rail-
r,s5s and army supplies, not to mention
.,cb q less material thing as unity in
.o,,rol Of the war right here at home
ro;nt now causing "The New Republic
,rest concern. There is an especially
eliminating article on shipping in the De-
.,r,ber l issue Of Golfers" Congress
,,.elf appears in the role of critic, stimuli
,aneously commencing discreet but curious
;rvestications into the work of the War
Dsnartrnent as a whole, the ordnance stu
,t;op. coal. sugar and shipping. The rail-
raads with traffic blocked by snowSorms,
need no press agent to cry aloud the meas
ure in which they are retarding American
anticipation in the war.
Indeed. Mr.. Theodore N. Knappen, writ
inc to The New York Tribune, is inclined
70 believe that when the storm struck the
railroads were so i'll prepared to weather
!. that the railway tie-up resulting was
equivalent 70 military disaster Of the
frst rank
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we'll as shrewdly with what he termed frank
ness that is perhaps brutal of blunders COM
mitted for which, although at the time mem
Der of the War Council, he could not be held
personally responsible, but what of the latest
and greatest of all-the refusal or failure Of
England to extend aid to Italy, in the time OF
her greatest need, while he himself was Pre-
mier with full authority? As to that ac-
cording to the published reports, after re-
viewing the Italian campaign he calmly OBJ
served that, so far as he was concerned, he had
arrived at the conclusion that if nothing was
changed he could no longer accept the re-
sponsibility for the direction Of war con-
demned to disaster from lack Of unity II
this was not political camoufiage correspond
ing to cuttlefsh tactics with which we our
selves are not wholly unfamiliar, then what
ever powers of intuition and deduction we
may have possessed have been lost irretriev-
ably.
"The plain fact, if we, too, may speak with
'frankness that is perhaps brutal'-as it is
high time somebody dds that both England
and France, selfshy, wantony and foolishly,
left Italy in the lurch at the critical moment,
and, largely at the instance and under the in
fuence of the British representatives in this
country, America did likewise"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
The Presidential Election
of 1889

The first election for President Of the
United States occurred in the states which
ratified the Constitution on the first
Wednesday of January, the 7th, 1889.
Only ten of the thirteen states voted in
that election, New York, Rhode Island and
North Carolina not voting. In five Of the
states, viz, Connecticut, Delaware, Geor-
gia, New Jersey and South Carolina, the
people did not vote, the Presidential elec-
tors being chosen by the state legislatures
Portsmouth Chronicle.
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Joping That Germany Would
| i Ultimately "Crumple"

This is not all that the Colonel said, but
it is enough to indicate the general trend
of his thought, with, perhaps, this addi-
ton:
"The whole difficulty, we fear, is to be
found in the secret hope, even anticipation,
both in Washington and in London. that when
this country, with its 'boundess resources
should have been in the war long enough to
make tremendous showing by way of prep
aration, Germany would 'crumple' and the war
would come to an end. We frankly doubt If
either the Secretary of War or the Secretary
Of the Navy has really believed until quite
recently, or perhaps believes even now, that
this country would actually have an
army of millions fighting in Europe. That the
same illusion has possessed the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of the Interior we
cannot even suspect; their sense and breadth
would not permit; but the inherent pacifist is
invariably confirmed optimist at this mo-
ment, in fact, unless public utterances con-
vey wholly false symptoms, Mr.. Daniels is
far more concerned with his war on rum and
gonorrhea than by the war Of the United
States on Germany" ....
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

while deeply appreciative Of the value OF the
United States as an aid. have no thought OF
recognizing her as an equal in shaping gen
ersl policy. True, Mr.. Bonar Law expressed
casual hope that this nation would partlcI-
pate in the deliberations of the Supreme
Council, but he did so perfunctorily, II not
somewhat grudgingly, and the fact that our
government is not expected to take a promi-
nent part is indicated by the circumstances
noted above, that it was not even consulted,
and by the provision in the first article that
the council should be composed Of the Prime
Minister'-a title and position unknown TO
the United Ststes-'and a member Of zach
government We do not mean 10 intimate
that this restriction was designed to exclude
our government; indeed, we do not doubt that
even private citizen personally representing
the President would be deemed acceptable;
we mention the matter only to show that the
attitude and possible wishes of the United
States were not even considered or probably
thought of.
There appears, moreover, no sign that our
own government has formed an opinion with
respect to the extent of the participation
which it may desire or consider proper. For
some reason, ineXplicable to most of us and
frankly distasteful to Lord Northclfe's Lon
don Times the Administration scrupulously
refers to our Allies $ 'co-belligerents,' and
has not even paid them the courtesy of re-
turning the visits OF their distinguished mis-
sions. In fact, so far we can make out, It
cannot quite make up its mind whether 1t is
wholly in or partly in or only looking on and
bding events. We take for granted that the
President has formulated within himself some
policy which he considers would better be
kept from the public for the present. What
it may be we would not venture to surmise,
but surely he must realize that the American
people are not going to be satisfied 10 hazard
millions of lives and expend billions and bill
ions Of money in an indefinitely prolonged
war without having something effective to say
about how that war is waged, especially In
view Of the way it has been botched for forty
months"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
From "The Villager"

We stand l0dUering betWeen past
shOse life Is extinct and future
'ehose life has not get begun; look
mG through the clouds for some star
to guide US. One and all, like Herder,
ne demand of the instinct Of our con-
s1encs great religious thought
which mcy rescue as from doubt,
social faith tchich may saUe as from
onarchy, moral inspiration Vhtch
nay embodv that faith an action and
keep US from idle contemplation.
JOSEPH MAzzlNI.
0CoD only knows where it's all
r going to end" One or an
other variant of this thought
finishes great deal Of the present NOR
oio speculating about industrial unrest.
for no one sees very clearly; there is
Just feeling that the prospect is dark
sha uncertain. The word revolution,
Which we used to speak apologetically
@s II II were an insult to the time, is now
'" eSerybody's lips. Ask what, concrete
2, ne lamenting prophet has in his mind
'uen he talks thus vaguely about the
approaching chaos, and you get only a
-.'ug Of the shoulders for reply. A man
'ScIurer buttonholes you and goes on
M gloomy hour about the country
soor troubles" but demand to know
"as' specifically, is our labor trouble,
- e seSeribes how it is that wage and
~ ~ demands are running him out Of his
aess You tell him that all this IL
''e y the unions; is there nothing
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in resuscitation. by Major General Henry P,
Dawson, head OF the Red Gross; or, better
yet perhaps, for the effect abroad, by Major
General William Howard Taft, and so on.
But unfortunately, these, with the exception
Of Mr. Ryan and the possible exception OF Mr
Kahn, are Republicans"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

different members Of our entire commu-
nity. When the workers of the world be-
gan to come into their own, some, like
bankers, merchants and lawyers, were in
advantageous positions and gained head
start of the rest The immense crowd
was left behind, but only temporarily. Be-
tween middle class" and "proletariat"
there has been but one difference, and
that difference is in the time of their
arrival. Those Americans who are mill
ionaires and , those who have night and
morning to punch their numbered time
cards belong alike to the worlds Third
Estate; the synthesis of their mental
habits and their moral attitudes is basical-
ly the same; they have one philosophy Of
life in common. This intrinsic likeness
os all the different degrees of member
ship in the Great Workers Community
is what we have in mind when we say that
that which is fairly wrong with labor.
must be fairly wrong with capital because
they are composed alike; or, better, il We
are to determine what is the real trouble
with labor we must discover in what iden-
teal particular both the rich group and
the poor group are deficient.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Mo Thought Of Recognizing Amer
N ica AS Genuine Equal

AS to the haste with which Lloyd George
formed the Allied Supreme Council, pro-
viding for representation therein by
"prime Minister'S and Americas use Of
the word o-belligerent," the colonel is
equally sarcastic:
"At present, it is quite evident, our Allies
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

more? He looks at you blankly and be-
comes inarticulate.
Something is vitally wrong in the in
dustrial world, that is obvious; it is some
thing more than the war, or, perhaps,
something behind the war. But what IS
that something? The dazed condition OF
canital is understandable. The realization
that labor is suddenly exceeding the grasp
If the employer must eventually play
strange pranks with the latter's emotions
Rut il does not help to any answer.
A Phrase That Suddenly
n Struck Spark
We went the other evening TO a meet
ing of the Dakota farmers, held IN New
YorL Citv The Northwestern league has
become well known as successtul ciass
orternrise; the Minneapolis middlemen
have had pretty hard shedding against tne
orcan;zed effort of the farmers. we ala
NOT oxpect to gain any freshly illumined
vow Of the "labor situation" from the
r,oet;nq. we merely happened to CO. we
,yerc fully prepared to hear the speaker
Io,,ource the distributors and spectators
ard nrofteers-all those who live on
,he nnboly arrangement which separates
bv many profits the producer from inc
oonsumer-and o.. we listened with little
enough attention until phrase came
which struck a spark: "The most imp0r-
tort mart of their business is how much
they es. out of it," He had been SPEAK
Inv of the farmer slevi"e sixteen hours
: day And, he continued, it Vas just
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
A Long Striving and An
. Ending in Nothing

The phrase Of the agitator will not
out. THE most important part of their
business is how much they get out Of it"
None will disagree that this is symptomatic
of something radically wrong. II the
worker has no JOY in his work and no in
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-28
FULTON HAS CLEAR
CHANCE AT TITLE

New York, Nov. 2S.--Unless Jess
Willard consents soon to meet Fred
Fulton in bout for the worlds
heavyweight title, Fulton will have to
follow Wizards example and become
a pacifist fist wielder.
Fulton today holds an unquestioned
victory over Gunboat Smith, always
considered among the most dangerous
heavies. He has beaten the heavies
all down the line including Carl Nor
ris. There isn't a good big man in
his way now for a chance at the title.
He has been willing to slug his way
to prominence.
Willard has stated there is no pub
lie demand for his appearance. He
has asserted George Carpenter is the
logical man for him to meet. In that
Willard appears to be wrong, for Full
ton seems to be the logical man and
the public seems ready for the bout
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-28
TWO IMPORTANT
GAMES IN THE EAST

New York, Nov 2S-Pennsylvania.s
two annual football contests-Pennsvl-I
vania versus Cornell and Pittsburg
versus Pennsylvania State-are the
only Thanksgiving day games of any
great Importance In the east this year.
Pennsylvania, greatly favored to win,
will take on Cornell at Philadelphia.
In view OF the fact that the Penn
eleven downed Michigan, which de-
feated Cornell, the home team has the
favor of critics.
Pittsburg is expected to have only
passing trouble in disposing of Penn
State. although one Of the years best
games Is expected to develop in the
meeting.
Washington and Jefferson and Wash
ington and Lee will swing into each
other in Richmond.
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
Bucknell versus Susquehenna at
Lewisburg.
Pennsylvania versus Cornell at
Philadelphia.
Pittsburg versus Pennsylvania State
at Pittsburg.
Rochester versus Carlisle at Ro-
chester.
| Washington and Lee versus Wash
ington and jefferson at Richmond.
| Georgia Tech versus Alabama Poly
at Atlanta.
Louisiana versus Tulane at Bator
Rouge.
Mississippi Aggies versus Haskell a
Memphis.
Alabama versus Camp Gordon a
Birmingham.
Mississippi versus Mississippi col
lege at Jackson.
Vanderbilt versus University o
South at Nashville.
Fort Sheridan versus Great Lake,
at Chicago.
Nebraska versus Syracuse at Lin
coin.
Colorado Aggies versus Colorado a
Fort Collins.
Case versus Western Reserve a
. Cleveland
Iowa State versus Drake at De
Moines.
Marquette versus Wabash at Mil
. waukee.
, Oklahoma Angles versus oklahom
at Oklahoma City
, Oregon Aggies versus Oregon a
Portland.
) Rice versus Texas Aggies at Hous
ton.
= Missouri versus Kansas at Columbis
, Utah versus Utah Aggies at Sal
, Lake City.
Washington versus Washington Stat
, at Seattle.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-28
BENNY LEONARD AND
KIRKE MEET TONIGHT

Denver, Colo, Nov. IS. = Benny
Leonard. lightweight champion, was
resting here today after two weeks
hard conditioning in preparation for
a 10-round go tonight at the Stock
yards arena with Sailor Kirke. The
bout, under the auspices of the Elks'
club, marks his first appearance In a
western ring.
A crowd of 200. anxious to get a
peep at the little Hebrew title holder,
welcomed Benny and Billy Gibson, his
manager, on their arrival late yester-
day afternoon.
A record crowd has purchased seats
for the bout tonight. Kirke has rec
ord of never being floored and Is ex-
pecting to make things interesting for
the champion. The title could only
change hands in case Of a Knockout oil
q foul.