The Washington times., 1922-02-19

partment Of knowledge. This
would not exclude the larger out
look nor limit the range of know
ledge. II would certainly involve
the encouragement Of an admira-
ton Of English culture. But It
would release children from tho
curse Of being taught to initiate
and admire mechanically what is
foreign to them. thus drying up
the springs of their own original
genus. A nation Of mimics Ia not
worth q cent.
Public health and the poor law
viii be . great field for reform.
Tho whole rotten fabric Of the
poor law. slavishly copied q CEN
fury ago from . bad English
model. will be swept away. Neces-
sitous people viii 30 Tar a. possible
be assisted In their homes instead
Of In huge prison-like barracks.
The separate poor law authorities
viii probably be abolished and the
country made the sole authority
in these and othe, matters con-
corning local government.
Tho main fabric Of British law.
common and statutory. will be
adopted professionally at the first,
subject to amendments already
made by the Dali. and the common
law-or most Of it-retained, but
the system Of courts will In all
probability be wholly reorganizeds
somewhat on the lines Of the
judicial system actually established
under the existing republic in midat
of the war. with locally elected
instead Of centrally nominated
magistrates for minor business.
and with q vast simplification and
acceleration Of procedure. and an
elimination of an infinity Of red
tape.
DEFENSE NOT AN ISSUE.
Defense expenditure will not DO
large. An aggressive policy would
be impossible for US. even II we
had . leaning toward It, and.
thank God, we have none. Nor
could we possibly create q defense
which would safeguard US against
great naval powers like England,
II they seriously attacked us. We
should not be 30 mad as to at.
tempt ornaments designed to meet
such attacks. Like all small ma
tons. We should have to rely
mainly on the guarantees afforded
by international morality for our
safety and should be content. for
the rest. with a modest army and
an afr force, Q small naval estab-
nshment purely for coast defense
and fishery and revenue protec-
ton.
II IL certain that II will !, .
cardinal feature Of national pol
icy to guard and forward the In
terests Of Labor. Labor has taken
a. loyal part In the national
movement, and one Of the sigma
tories to the Declaration Of In
dependence Of 1916 was the most
brilliant Of contemporary Labor
leaders. James Connolly.
II II foolish to suppose that
there will be no controversy.
There will be a strong controv-
ersy. for Labor and Capital exist
here in separate camps. az In al
countries. But common action
and common interests and COM
mon ideals have brought about
relations which are more friendly
and more disposed for united
action than In most countries.
It will be felt to be vital that
the standard Of living should b
maintained at a reasonable height,
and the fullest consideration be
given to the other claims of
Labor. One field for develop lent
will be that Of cooperation.
It is here that we touch upon
the great land question Of the
future. There will be great battles
over 1t, and he would be q bold
man who would prophesy the 70
suit But much has been done
by Republican effort. even during
the present struggle. to solve the
greatest Of all tho questions In
our national economy. The main
problem Is how to settle a numer-
Gus and thriving population upon
the vast areas of untitled grazing
land-''ranches," as they are
called-and so to put a check
upon the emigration which con-
tinually drains our country Of
its strongest young men and
women.
One method adopted during the
last two years is to give finan.
cial aid by loans to groups OF
landless men or even laborers, or.
ganized in cooperative societies
for the purpose OF buying estates
and paying off the loans by In.
stallments. Regular State aid