Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11

a similar measure In the House; that
I hoped it would pass; that L was writ
ing to every member ofthe house known
to me, asking his support on the ground
of humanity.
My host was throughly interested
and, reading from notes taken at the
time, Find he said: "a sad oversight
committed by u Legislators, national
and S ate, is neglect of the humanities!
l have no leaning toward Socialism,
but l would like to see Congress al
tempt solutions of some of the great
problems confronting the American
people, instead OF continuing its tradi-
tional course-spending hundreds of
millions of money on generally I'M
practical N improvements England is
striving to devise methods for support
ing its aged. Why should not our law
makers grapple with poverty through
out this land? Many of our charities
are mismsnaged.
1--WE need a few great, capable. un-
selfish men in Congress to argue the
cause of the humanities Abolition of
poverty will do away with half the
crime. There must be a solution |! Some
man will disc )ver 1t, one of these days.
He will be immortalized. He will ad-
n civilization, as We understand
the word, a thousand years p
What a concrete statement of fact
and an exhibition of real heart in that
brief utterance! Man has only onelif
on earth and a constant effort on the
part of his fellows ought to be to assist
aud encourage an unfortunate trans
gressor of moral or civil laws SO to act
that he may enjoy every possible hour
thereof by prompt reformation and
early release. A good start was made
at that session of Congress and the law
is much better today. No nan was
more gratiied than William G. Nc
Adoo, as will be seen later.
In human progress the chief requl-
site of a leader is initiative. There are
many excellent people who have to be
shown how they car perform acts of
pure philanthropy; methods for such
b~enefactions never sprout In their own
brains. They wholly lack original sug-
gsstiveness. Therefore. much may be
confidently ex expected of a man who
POSSESSES the heaven-given facility Of
%origination.
William G. McAdoo is such a man.
As an epllogue to the above, 1 subse-
quently received a letter from Mr.. Nc
Adoo, in which are these words: "My
Dear Chambers-I am delighted to
notice the progress and the ~probabili-
ties of passage of the Humanitarian
Bill for the benefit of prisoners in
United States penitentisries. which
you have sponsored. l hope sincerely
this measure will become a law, as it
is in the right direction. L do not see
how anybody can oppose it. Always
with kind regards and best wishes,
sincerely yours, w. q. McAdoo."
That is the kind OF a man who has
grappled' the gigantic problem of work.
log the railroads of this country to
their utmost capacity and there by
checking and finally stopping threat
ened famines of coal and foodstuffs.
The moving of United States troops to
the seaports is a not less important
part of his task.
MeAdoo will prove to be a marvel
if he escapes criticism, but he can be
relied on to go straight ahead, keep
ing on the job while amateur critics or
political fa~ultfinders croak.
Edgar Saltus nee said to me regard
ing some reviewers of books, who
never had written a work that any
publisher would print: The intentions
of the Almighty in permitting the ex-
istence of centipedes and such critics
are divine mysteries unfathomable to
the human mind"
1t isn't apropos, but very true.
On this occasion the entire country
and Congress is back of Director Nc
Adoo and every local citizen wishes
him we'll.