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WEDNESDAY. FEB. %. 1888.
ONE STEP FORWARD

After fifteen years of discussion Indiana to-
morrow will join the long list of states which have
adopted the old age pension method of caring for
its aged men and women.
1t oyerthrows the calous system of the poor house
established 300 years ago and changed but little
since that time.
The measure will no longer condemn men and
women whose only crimes age and poverty to the
humiliation of the aims house.
1t means that the state will permit such and
women to finish their lives in their own homes.
In the end the state will probably find that the
system will be less expensive to the taxpayers.
For years the Eagles lodge and organized labor
have urged such law. In the beginning, the idea
was turned away as sociaistic experiment. 1t had
few supporters.
But with each year sentiment for the measure
grew until, two years ago, the legislature passed
such bill only to have it destroyed by veto read
in person to the legislature by Governor Leslie.
In the last campaign the victorious party made
1t platform pledge. 1t is matter of history that
the political rivals did not attack or criticise. No
longer was it denounced as socalistic and imprac-
teal The people approved.
The new law recognizes the fact that under our
present industrial and economic system there will
be and women who reach the unproductive
stage of life without savings means of support.
Misfortune in various forms will produce this result.
Today, there is but fate for such people.
That is the gray, drab comfortless life in the poor
house
Tomorrow, the machinery will be put into mo-
ton whereby small pension will be given and the
clouds of despair and unhappiness will open just a
trife.
The measure as passed by the legislature is writ
ten in depression terms The given is small and
the age limit for the pensioners is high. The re-
strictions are difficult.
But the glorious fact remains that society and
this state recognize duty and are prepared to
meet that obligation upon the high plane of decent
treatment, rather than in grudging inhumanity One
step toward the realization of the brother
hood of man has been taken.
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A MISTAKEN METHOD

The legislature will make a mistake if it permits
itself to be stampeded into the passing of sales
tax, unless the people firmly sold it's necessity
and The terms of the bill are given the broadest
public discussion
To rush through so important measure as an
emergency and as a party measure can only give
the impression that we have government by edict
rather than by representation.
The business interests of the state are firmly
convinced that such tax will add to the difficulties
under which all business is conducted, that it will
mean bankruptcy for many small merchants and
certainly a curtailment of employment.
The merchants are so firmly convinced that the
proposed burden is unbearable that on it's passage
many will unquestionably reduce the number of their
employees.
The legislature assumed a grave responsibility
when it produces such situation.
The farmers of the state, as represented by the
Farm Bureau and the owners of rental property in
the cities favor the measure as a means of trans
ferrng their own taxes to others. In the end they
must lose. there will be fewer customers for the
farm products and fewer renters for the real estate
owners.
There was no discussion of such plan during
the past campaign. There has been no change in
conditions since November which would justify the
imposition of tax policy without a refer
endum.
In the campaign much was said of reducing the
cost Of government. There pledge of income
taxes but nothing of raising the cost of living and
reducing employment
The method is mistaken from every point of
view It's collection is likely 70 be costly There
is room for evasons and inequalities The honest
citizen is quite likely to be penali2ed for his honesty
The new administration has the confidence and
high hopes of all the citizenry An appearance of
rushing through such important legislation without
discussion and under the party lash VIII do much
to destroy that situation. Any new tax arouses
protest. To impose it by show of power is quite
likely to bring the most bitter resentment
Until the cost of government has been reduced
to the same level that private business has been
forced to adopt, new taxes result only in pro-
test and rebellion.
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SCIENCE
Save u. S. Resources
BY DAVID DIETZ

TTOW the United States depart
Il = ment of the interior, aided
by the counsel and services of dis
tinguished scientists, is working
to conserve the natural resources
of the nation, is told by DR.. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, secretary Of the
department.
Among bureaus of the depart
ment concerned in this work are
the national park service, the
general land Office, and the bu-
reau Of reclamation.
THE national park service does
conservation work in a double
sense" he says. wild life of de-
creasing species is preserved.
THE big trees in the scenic
valleys of California, the geyserS
and mountains and wild life of
the Yellowstone, the peaks and
glaciers of Glacier national park
and the wonders of Arizona'S
Grand Canyon all are rendered
available to our people by this
bureaus work.
But this kind Of conservation is
but a means of the real objective
of the park service, which is the
recreation and education and
health of our people.
1--WE are in the. midst of the
rounding out of the national park
system. Three million Americans
each year visit our parks.
These parks are the happiest
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RATIFICATION

Two prohibition issues remain, now that con-
gress has sent the repeal amendment to the states
for ratification One issue is that the convention
method OF ratification be truly representative The
other issue is speed.
The most representative method is the popular
election of delegates-at-large in which the voter
chooses between two cear-cut tickets one for re-
peal" and the other against repeal"
Obviously, any method of representation in which
any district receives voting strength out of proper
ton to its numerical strength will be both inaccurate
and unfair as a referendum. This objection, of
course applies equally to the proposal that egsla-
lures constitute themselves conventions for the pur-
pose Of voting on ratification.
The whole intent and purpose of the national
political parties in writing the convention method
into their platforms and of congress in writing the
convention method into the repeal amendment. was
to prevent an unrepresentative decision by state
bodies elected on questions other than prohibition
Any method other than the straight election of
delegates on q clear one-issue ticket for special
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ment for its repeal on the ground
that the law-abiding should be
armed equally. But I don't think
that even good proof of the law
abiding record of a citizen should
be sufficient reason for his posses
sion of a revolver.
i regard myself as a mild man
and law abiding, under any rea-
sonable construction of the Vol
stead act, but there have been
several occasions when I was much
better off without a gun. Granted
the possibility Of bootleg weapons,
I still think that adequate state
and federal law could prevent GER
tain sales which are far too in
discriminate.
Another point worth considering
is the elimination of needless risk
and strain in the case of our Pres
idents. Everybody knows that
Franklin D. Roosevelt is physically
courageous, and so I hope that he
will not hesitate to abandon the
silly practice of public handshak-
ing.
1t was public reception of this
sort which cost Mckinley his life,
and even at best I never have
been able to understand why
busy national executive should
have to go through the gruelling
process of saying Pleased to meet
YOU to a long line of time vast
erS.
Every now and then I read in
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ing owners for the loss of the
ANNALS.
nR. BERNET emphasizes par
~ ticularly as of importance in
controlling the spread of tuber-
culosis the use of dispensaries in
which the disease can be dag
nosed in its earliest stages and
properly controlled.
Experimentation with the
method of vaccination against tu-
berculosis by Calmette has not
gone sufficiently far to warrant
its general adoption in this coun-
try.
The most powerful social fac
tors in controlling the disease are
housing, nutrition and education.
The regular examination of
school children and teachers,
studies Of the nutrition of the
school child, and education of
those who are infected in meth
DDS of preventing the spread Of
the disease are significant fac
tors.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

OF special Importance in the
~ prevention of tuberculosis is
control of tuberculosis cattle. The
germ of tuberculosis of the type
which lives in cattle is rather rare
as a cause of tuberculosis of the
lungs in man, but is exceedingly
frequent in tuberculosis of the
abdomen, the glands, the bones,
and the joints.
Milk for children, unless COM
ing from cattle free from tubercu-
losis, invariably must be paSteur-
lied, and in fact it probably is
better to paSteurize all milk for
children-at least here there is
more certainty of safety.
Every effort must be made to
stamp out tuberculosis among cat
tie. This commonly is done by
testing cattle for the presence of
the disease and then destroying
all that are infected, compensate
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Questions and
Answers


Q-Give the home address Of
Norman Thomas, Socialist can
didate for President?
A-2O6 East Eighteenth street,
New York City.
O-What was the date OF the
Boston Tea Party?
A-Dec. 16, 1773.
Q-Does the United States i'm
pose export duties on any COM
modities or manufactures?
A-No.
O-Has Mahatma Gandhi ever
visited the United States?
A-No.
O-Where was Adolphe Menjou,
the actor, born?
A-Pittsburgh. His father was
French and his mother Irish.
O-How can the sex Of guinea
fowl be distinguished?
Alt is difficult to distinguish
between the sexes, but the males
have a larger helmet and wattles
and a coarser head. They also
can be distinguished by their cry,
which in the females resembles
.buckwheat, buckwheat," and is
decidedly different from the one
SYLLABLE shrek of the male.
O-What country leads in the
production Of faxseed?
A-Argentina.
O-Is July 4 bank holiday in
all states?
Ayes.
O-Is Iceland of volcanic origin?
Ayes.
Q-Can hens eggs be produced
synthetically?
A-No.
Q-Name the heaviest metal2
A-OSmiun1.
Q-How much does mercury
weigh to the cubic foot?
About BAT pounds.
Q-Name the national flower of
Egypt?
A-Lotus.
Q-What is papyrus?
"A reed that grows abundantly
in Egypt, from which the earliest
paper was made by weaving strips
of papyrus crosswise.
Q-How much forest land doe;
the United States government own:
At owns 157,5O2, 1893 acres, OF
246,098 square miles.
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Many Problems Faced
TINE general land office is faced

THE general land office is faced
Il with many problems requir-
ing scientific solution, DR.. Wilbur
continues.
"This office is the agency of the
government which has supervised
the carving of the public domain
into individual homes" he ex-
plains. Its activities have kept
pace with the frontier while set
tiers overlooked into state after
state.
"The usual action Of the federal
government has been to distribute
land resources into private hands
as fairly and rapidly as possible.
Certain artificial conceptions such
as that Of the acre, have been
used in dividing up our continent
just as we have divided up our
cities into town lots Of arbitrary
size and shape.
This has been done largely re-
CARELESS Of quality Of soil, amount
OF vegetation, water supply.
climate, or those other factors up
on which all values Of the soil,
IN so far as the habitation of
human beings is concerned, de-
pend.
Unfortunately, congress never
has given the general land Office
or the states adequate authority
to protect the public domain from
overgrazing and abuse. About
i15,OOOOOO acres remain, most of
II valuable principally as a source
OF water and for grazing.
Few OF our people realize the
destructive effects on the water
supply OF our valleys which may
come from overgrazing and fires
IN distant mountain country"
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Balance of Nature

WIHEN vegetation is uprooted
w by animals or burned by fires.
the balance of forces which ma
ture has built up through mil
lions Of years is destroyed, D. Will
bur tells us.
Rains, instead Of soaking into
vegetation and surface soil, run
down barren slopes" he saws.
wash away the surfaces. carry it
as silt into rivers and fill reser-
voirs, and form disastrous floods
instead Of permanent streams.
The growing value of the soil
is lost, homes are washed away in
distant valleys where the smoke
Of the forest fires never is seen
and the grazing animals are en-
countered only as mutton chops
and roast beef"
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was the acknowledged master of all
these men, commanding their con-
f1dence and loyalty.
A T a time when others tenn
L n porized with shifting preju-
dice and sectional animosity,
Washington gave his voice for a
powerful Union. Others doubted;
he was sure.
The people did not trust Jeffer-
son, much as they admired him
they seldom trust brilliant,
facible mind. Hamilton did not
trust the people, on the ground
that to be ruled by the majority
is to be ruled by ignorance.
Had not it been for Washington,
who stood above all parties, our
republic would have fallen between
two stools.
All men knew that whoever else
might let go of faith, betray the
public trust, and sink into self
seeking, that Washington would
never do. The secret of his power
lay not in the magic of personal
magnetism, of which there is no
trace, but in the sheer power of
character, in which moral integ-
rity and common sense were lifted
to the level of genius.
No man in history ever did more
L.
nation may alter as time brings
new occasions and teaches new
duties, but Washington himself
will live while humanity treasures
worth, his labor a legacy of in
spiration to mankind, and his
character q conservation to his
country.
Copyright, 1888. by United Features
Syndicate, Incl
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some obituary note that Joe Zilch
shook hands with six Presidents,
but I still ask, What of it?"
1t is essential that the President
OF the United States should be &C
cessible to all who have something
OF Importance to say, but as in the
case OF other executives, some as
Slstants should Winnow out the
nuts, the cracks and the utter
fools.
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This is the second of two articles by
DR.. Morris Fishbein on the prevention
of tuberculosis.
THAT human beings may con-
u tract ard transmit tubercu-
loSis at all ages is pointed out by
DR.. E. Bernet, French authority,
in a recent survey of the general
principles governing the preven-
ton of the disease.
And DR.. Bernet emphasizes
what most observers nov are en-
phasizing-that young people are
more particularly susceptible than
are older ones. The two most
dangerous periods are early in
fancy and adolescence.
These are the periods when
children must be watched most
closely for development of symp-
toms and when everything pos
sible must be done to keep up
their nutrition and to see to it
that they have plenty Of rest and
good hygiene.
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Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

ITO me Washington remains
l. mystery, and no one can
solve it. 1t is hardly correct to
speak of him as a man of genius,
though his old f1intlook intellect is
more highly rated abroad than at
home.
But if he was not a genius, he
was something better-a still,
strong, wise, clear seeing man, who
picked his way amid the intrigues
Of friends and the trickery of foes,
leading his people to victory,
peace, and honor.
If we are to understand Wash
ington at all, we must remember
that he was distinctly a man of
action-a man born to do, to
achieve, to lead, not think, to
write, to dream; he lived not in
ideas or feelings, but in duties and
deedS-he did more and said less
than any man Of his age.
There was in him a certain
stateliness of soul, a blend of cour-
age, foresight, integrity, and moral
authority which won and swayed
men.
No one would say that he was a
military genius of the first rank,
though, like Washington of
Orange, he could lose every battle
and yet win the campaign. He
triumphed more by tenacity than
by strategy, more by endurance
than by adventure.
He had not the eloquence of
Patrick Henry, the financial
wizardry of Hamilton, the legal
acumen of Marshall, the political
science of Madison, the creative
inventiveness of Franklin, or the
intellectual curiosity Of Jefferson.
Yet such was his power that he
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So They Say

Mr.. President, there are no con-
ceivable circumstances, under
which, in the senate, there would
be less debate Senator Henry F.
Ashurst Dem, Ariz.).
Civilization is the history Of
surmounted difficulties. - Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover.
Somehow Christian people must
find ways to be in earnest about
moral questions and at the same
time to keep an easy attitude to-
ward and give free operation to
other peoples minds-Dr. Wini-
fred Ernest Garrison, history ed
itor Of the Christian Century.
It would seem that the senate
has a case Of jitters-Senator NJ
NJ. Logan Dem, KY.
They (high-salaried coaches)
make heroes out of the boys with
the bull necks and neglect the
students who've really studied
State Representative D. S. COL
Inns Of Alfalfa county, Oklahoma.
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TINE problem of protecting the
i life of the President Of the
United States is before us. Many
suggestions will be made, and
some already have been offered.
But of these a number will rest
upon wild and unworthy gener-
alizations.
Two specific things should en-
gage the attention of legislators
and citizens Immediately. Joe
Zangara, when questioned about
the shooting, said: About two
days ago I bought a paper for 5
cents and saw that the President
elect was coming to Miami. So
yesterday I went to a place that
had a big front and said, Money
to loan and bought a gun for &c."
I never have been able to I'M
derstand why American communi-
ties, and particularly urban COM
munities, should be willing to al
low the sale of deadly weapons to
proceed upon such casual basis.
Tt seems to me that the uniden-
titled man in any city who seeks
to purchase a revolver is a proper
object of suspicion.
4 II
Purchase of Firearms
TT is true that the Sullivan law
Il in New York state has not pre-
vented criminals frfom obtaining
weapons. Indeed, this fact often
has been used as a basis for argu-
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Japan MOueS Steadilu TorQrd Goal

ONCE the beginning of this moved steadily
~ forward 1t have taken longer or cost few
more lives to reach particular objective expected
on the whole her plan OF campaign have
The stand taken by promises little except
the almost certain withdrawal
Realizing this the league will invite Russia
to cooperate which
those two countries have privilege enforcing the
leagues
this to remember that those two
countries could have accomplished less fuss
by themselves.
The trouble that they position in concert If
they had doubtful
policy ~
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IS
ing to force
which ignores the
A rifle shot at moment might spoil
IN spite OF all we have done discourage
are many rifles IN the hands
We try believe represents an r-
reslsbe psychic that nations will hasten
OBEY and that the
to meet the problem.
We try believe that
possibly could be required n her
beautiful conception, doubt,
it dreams. - ~ - ~
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EGGS AND ERGS

The whole world may go democratic, but that
good old egg factory the hen still will defy stand
ardzation.
Fancy poultrymen have been trying to evolve a
f1awless layer by the measurement method. Those
with the chests, heads and hips of the perfect SO
of henhood were allowed to lay on; those without
such dimensions were made to lay off and sent
to pot.
The United States department of agriculture set
out to find if this was the real test of egg efficiency
or just lot of barn yard democracy Taking 400
hens it trap-nested them and measured their bones
It found that "the shape of the body, as indicated
by the length of keel and width and depth of body
has been much overemphasized in culling prac
tees"
There is no "egg-laying type" Instead, a useful
hen will display "early maturity" good nature
steady habits, and willingness to work even dur
ing the hot summer months.
All of which the technocrats doubtless will dis
cover when they come to measure the rest Of us
bpeds in relation to the ergs we turn out.
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Daily Thought

The blessing Of the Lord, it
maketh rich, and he addeth no
sorrow with it.-Proverbs 1922.
THE soul never grows old
L. Longfellow.
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contact points between our people
and their government; both gain
by it.
wv constantly are building up
its scientific staff. A corps of ma
turalistS always is present to
make lessons of the parks avail
able to the visitor"
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FLAWS IN Protection

MO way ever has been devised
4 Y to protect national leaders
from all risk. None can be. Ger
talnly there is no safety in severe
and rigorous measures against
dissenting opinion even of the
most violent sort.
I am very much afraid that the
act of a crack Drained man NAV
serve to stimulate regulation
against large or even small groups
OF people who can not Justly be
held responsible for the act of a
lunatic.
A local contractor who en-
ployed zangara is quoted as say
Ing, He was an anarchist, So
clal1st and Communist" That
covers a great deal of territory.
l never have understood how an
individual could be any two of
those things, let alone all three.
Anarchism itself has many
mansions, and any sort of blanket
drive against its disciples would
include many simple nystics who
hold that all organized govern
ment and compulsion is wrong.
AS matter of fact, almost every
body's dim dream of a Utopia is
anarchical Even those who ac-
cept restraints do so as a neces-
sary compromise.
Unfair to Communists
THE drive against the Com
Il muniSt party may be sharp
ened, and this, too, will be quite
beside the point. In spite of the
1nsistence of Communists upon "di-
rect action" they have no faith
whatsoever in individual acts of
terrorism, and any belief in such
tactics you'd win for its pro-
ponent immediate expulsion. 1t is
ono Of the arch heresies of the
Communist creed.
1t is an unhappy accident that
the man who shot. at Franklin D.
Roosevelt and his companions
happened to be of foreign birth.
No just generalization can be
drawn from that. Insanity and
persecution mania do not respect
boundaries.
The newspapers reported that
when the firing began Franklin
D. Roosevelt remained entirely
calm and self-possessed. L trust.
that America will follow his ex-
cellent example.
Copyright. 1888 by The Times)