Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24

The document closes with two addi-
uonal sections. one dealing with for
cign policy and the other with the
absolute necessity OF putting the ad-
vanccmcnt or science in the forefront
OF the Labor program. AN autocratic
sultan may govern without science II
his within is law. n plutocrat!c party
may choose to ignore science il it is
needless whether it's pretended solu-
tons OF social problems that may win
political triumphs ultimately succeed
y: fail. But no Labor party can hope
to maintain it's position unless it's pro-
posals are. in fact the outcome OF the
best political science of it's time. to
fulfill its purpose unless that science
liz continually Wrestling fields from hui
man ignorance. IL Law Is the
mother OF Freedom, Science. TO the La
Dor party. must be the parent Of Law.
Such are the reassurng final sentences
Of thi. remarkable pamphlet.
! have necessarily omitted nearly all
detail. but to satisfy the healthy hui
man appetite for the concrete | may
mention that the general scheme COM
prises somewhere or other in its vast
confines such things as sex equality.
uniiication and reorganization Of rail-
ways and canals. light railways. at
forestat!on. small holdings. raising OF
school age to sixteen, shorter hours Of
work for all young persons. appeal OF
CONSUMPTION after the war, complete
personal freedom. free trade. free
speech, free press. complete adult sur
frage with three months residential
qualification same civil rights for com
W.
abolition OF the House OF Lords, no
element OF h.redity or privilcs. In
any new second chamber. Ministry OF
Health. loca. public health service, do
ing away with the present wasteful
costly system of housc-to- house indus
trial life assurance in favor OF ma
,ional insurance. and, lastly. the ma
iionaiization OF the manufacture ana
retailin. OF alcoholic drink.
Sow. while the Labor manifesto
which nave attempted 10 describe is
4 wonderfully complete anair--indeed
see no essential omission in it except
a plan TO cheaper and expedite legal
justice, which is ~ present in the
hands % i highly antlsociai trade-union
Il, is not only small document. but
"A document prepared for par;icnld:
occasion and II does rot deal ade-
quatcly. or 1t does no, deal a. all. with
some excced!ns!y important aspects OF
the questions which IL raises.
For example, take the supreme ques-
ton OF education. To multip!: schools
and the apparatus and opportunities
of teaching will not be enough. The
party OF reform must insist on
thorough reform Of education. The
elementary mechanical subjects. like
reading. writing and arithmetic. are
fairly we'll taught. But The great scicn-
the principles, such as the principle
Of evolution. are simply not taught.
so that the pupil usually leaves school
without - i;limmcrins OF any general
idea which Il. can use 30 help himself
10 explain ana Judge the various phe-
nomcna Of life.
Nor arc those !nSeparable subjects.
history and geography. basis OF Dc,iti-
cal wisdom in an electorate. We'll
taught. Geography ~ taught better
than history. hut the whole teaching
Of histor" in All schools is Grotesquc.
rotten and vicious There exists no
school manual of history. and scarcely
any history or any Aind. in which MIS-
iorical values are not sentimentalised.
falSihed and turned upside down in the
most astounding manner. Economic
history. which is ninc.teaths OF his
tory. ) nearly always ignored Thus
every school history wu point oui
tho idyIiic relations that existed he
tween the ascinG and chivalrous Pre-
micr Lord Melbourne and the s:,lish
queer Victoria. But no school history
will point out that Lord Mclbcurnes
income was derived from mines in
which boys Of six worked in absolute
darkness fourteen hours 4 dav
Without some grasp OF economic mis-
tory electorate is bound to make
fool OF itself in politics Such prog
rcss as labor has already achieved is
the direct outcome Of the education
acts which began in 1870. And its fur
tlcr efforts towards advancement Will
depend for their success on its further
interest in its own education. TO on
dow research and the arts. to provide
buildings and teachers and spare hours
for the education of the masses will
avail! little unless an improved system
OF education. free OF the bias and priv.
fectcd To arrange for the study of
this problem should be one Of the first
duties II not the first duty, Of the
leaders OF the new Labor party.
Again, there is another aspect to
the provision OF universal minimum
wage. OF constant employment and OF
insurance against unemployment These
things are right; they must come
But the evils which may accompany
them ought the sauna fitoa