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pr1rty hud enjoyed· the il)11ter trip they were landed
ranee to the canal, where a
unrivalled excellence was
this was followed by
'he address of welcome was
1trles l\I. Thompson, prP,slSandwich B'oard of Trade,
Uarl C. Craig, who out)!' the Cape Cod Board. of
,tive Charles L. Gifford of
,nstablo district spoke on
ment of Cape Cod. , OoJD,
, speaking on ••Cape Ood
Cod Qanal," declared that
1012nd to · grow up on tho
canal. He ,vas graphic,
.I impressive.
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0oleman, director of the
,o vern1' tit '1fl'• Boston, who
Vhat An Exposition Can
loqnently portrayed how
)sition would, inform and
people. of Massachusetts,
rnir own land; would inI h zeal for co-operation ;
, magnifying glttss on tho
O,000,000 of people would
t anti see it stand up in
:hem. Jlfr. Coleman devas the out~ich•rs who- hod
HJ Cod.
Tim nutives, he .
not apprPointe either Its
rnerolul possibilities,
~- "What Advertising Can
1JLl, 11 ,John J. Morgan sugloser relations with the
secuted by having the
ll wrltfl to ohildre'l out
Jlose of his speech, Presi'.)ffered a prize of $5 for
.vrltten, and $2.60 for the
A magazine. representalunteered to add $10 to
a well-known hortlculy of New, Zealand, re-·
wide agricultural possl:ape Cod region.
·y Davis of ,South Yar)optod tho lnvltat1011 to
1lzatlon i Its Benefits 'and
tor found lie could not be
addrou, printed in
l was liberally quottid by
pe~klng for Mr. Davis, .
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th~t every on~ In B~rn- · ·
who 11 Interested In :the '
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RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT
KNOW.
Have yon ever noticed how some
11eoj1le will quickly make an unqualified statement which covers a whole
field of facts concerning which they
may ]mow nex,t to nothing? It IH the
same type of mind that readily consents to tackle almost any kind of
. task that may be presented .
! 'l'he old . s~yli1g has it, that "fools
i rush in where ai1gels fear to tread."
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1 undertake 'to deal with persons of that
i kind In an effort to get them to have
' at least a little bit of respect for what
I they do not know,•
I But the tablas are frequently turned
iiy the man who didn't know all the
facts of the situation, nor have the
requisite ability to meet them. Sim])ly
as the result of the faith and courage
which ])lunged him in where more
I timid souls remained standing on the
I brink, he learns all the facts, and acquires the necessary ability by actually dealing witl'l the situation Instead
of resting contont with his· own . or
somebody else's mensure of It.
The ex])erience of a friend of mine
illustrates the point. He was thought
very rash to start In business for himself as a manufacturer where the competition was superlatively keen, with
none !Jut borrowed capital, \Ind that
very Insufficient, without any silo]) ex-.
perlence of his own, ancl, as many
thought, without possessing the re' qnlslte ability. But he rushed In
where his angel friends feared to see
him tread and In a dozen years made
the greatest and quickest success ever
,
known In that line of industry. And
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he confessed to me that, had he
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known fron, the beginning what he
1afterwards learned, he would neve1'
have· had the courage to start, nor
'would he now be willing to go through
i1rnch an experience agai!P., All of which goes to show that,
\wl11le it is fitting to manifest a decent
:respect for what you do not know, it
'· iiB not well so to reverence your lgno/rance, as to· let it paralyze the motor
.;nerves of character and thus hinder
/YOU from walking straight into the
-/situation where you will speedily
those things that yo11 clicl11't
1 l~nrn
know, and also, If you have. the -i:lght
Eluff in yon, actJuire the ability to
handle them.
But woe be to the unfortunate that
doesn't know and plt1nge1;3, and then
is unable to assimilate the new
knowledge and apply It to the encl in
view,
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER,
.John Cowper Powys, M..(, of Camln·ldge University, England, is to talk
to us, next Sunday• evening, about the
"Social Message of the Mo<lern English 1Vriters," meaning Bernard Shaw,
H .. G. ·wells, Chesterton, and the rest.
An interesting toJJlc treated hy a brilliant and magnetic orator!
Robert A. Woods,
South End House, Boston,
, "During the past five years a very
marked change has taken place in the
spirit of th.e Greater Boston community, Our breadth of. mind has ceased
being merely a matter of trndltlon,
concerned with matters of relative Indifference.·
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"1Ve have learned to be tolerant in
present-day terms about living issues.
·we have found out that we ourselves,
for our day, had been In the same ,intolerant attitude toward the convictions of our contem])oraries as we
, condemn without question In the attitude of former generations. Now
the rights of debate are beginning to
be granted by a 11 honest people to all
honest peo[Jle, even with regard to
their uppermost Interests and their.
undermost ·conviction&.
"The Ford Hall meetings have been
one of the chief influences In bringing
about this truly humanizing result;
and the high qualities of the result
have their a])pro])riate soi1rce in the
Ford Hall leader. The free ])latform
of Ford Hall finds its true definition
in his emancipa led personality.
"Fo1;d Hall stands for the cretttlon
within the being of t•ach of us of an
inner free forum of the mind and
heart ,,. where our antagonists-whoever they may •be-shall have their
•chance wlt\1 us."
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l1"rs· werel no~the provin.:.
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unleUered people 'whicli
our story, 1.writers ai~e
111ake .· out.' ;' rt · is"'.·stated
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Il lrno~ Urn/
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law, I think there•
vnnlnge In Orrn111
hnnd, In the 11111111'
lty which IR porh
po1'lnnl, heen11Rn I
things In tho f11t11
great 11dvn11~11g11 11
havn no here1lltar
· hnvo no grPnl c-11~
offices nro 0111111 to
In lhlR wo lrnvr1 1
Inge over (Jnr11111n
IR tho matt.Pr of R•
I.hough It. cloeR nc
much, IH I hn OllC!
lo Hay, whleh 11cop
more lhnn nny <
great. fl'nlel'lllt,1· In
the fnnt. that moRI
1>0rlant 1111oplo 1111,
Havl •
, New
,ad put bu'
".1·tisemen~;
L,o. to the ·
· line.'' '!'
2,000 it~
and the I
ide of three!
111try iri V,
1 eel
"nia nnd IdI
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1ilippines w
aud later o
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rl "Quaint
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artistic 1
Hlion of tl
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UIJ,000,000 . 1
111es into •
111er,
i:1s, the no
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l1eap of sa
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said h~
Hoil whicl
of organic
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,·1· treatm
Jar from I
for som
111.ling frui
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1·1,ss of
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Charles l\
uf the
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of trade.
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WISIL\lt'I'.
LID\'I PO\\'J~ns..
Rev. Alfred Wishart,
Minister, Fonnlaln Street Baptist
Church, Grand Haplcls, :Michigan.
"I desire to express my- congratulations to yon and the hope that this
movement will continue to he a 11ower
for social betterment and practical
Christianity not only in the clty or
Boston hut throughout the country.
Yon have conducted I.his movement In
a catholic, sympathetic and intelligent manner. I believe it has helped
to brlnt,; about a mutual understandIng between those classes of citizens
widely separated hy economic r:onditions and social theory."
John J, Sullivan.
"\Vhen we enter Ford Hall there
seems to dissolve like surface shadows those religious, social and class
inheritances that bind and hamper us
ln our outside relations. Divested of
these we meet simply as men and
women, children of a common parent,
as ntembers of the human family.
. . . Intercourse with these men
and women and with each other
breeds a knowledge of the fact that
the hope of our country, yes, of the
world, of which it ls a component
vart, lies In the extension of this
spil'it of inclusiveness that Ford Hall
stands for."
Rev. 0. P. Gifford, D.D.,
Brookline Baptist Church,
Brookline, Mass.
"Forcl Hall Is not only a measurer
of 111ovement.s; it is a creator of sentiment; it performs Its double mission
with fidelity and success. :May it always be dynamic, never static. Your
baby has now cut Hs Leeth; add meal
to the milk dl<.1t, 'May good digestion
wait on appelite and health on both.'"
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SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM GERMANY
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f'!EXT STEPS IN SOCIAL
LEGISLATION,
'l'hen thore h1, I
most l11111ort1111t U
01111.allt.y,
As g1
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ll0CC1Hf!lll'\' l'OIIIIC'!'I
(Address of Rev. Levi Powers of Haverhill at the Ford Hall Meeting) ·
March 16, 1913,
tc eq11ality lllHI II
lhnt I huve 111011
there Is n very
tlon, Yon 1·1111110
fore the lnw, ro1·
have thos11 vnRt 11
which yo11 hnvo
prbm Oght. In lhP
fair aH ln n ciaH<
$10,000 lawyer 1111
Whnt show 1111H
$1i00 lawyer?
jn the 111atl.<•r
nnd In tho Iner,
holng mnr\r. lo I
other dlrocllnns I
agnln l111R every
United 8tntefl, Tl
in Germany, 1 rl'I
slrnhle.
They .
dice. l\loreovPI', '
the high 110Hltlo11
country-wlwre
higher posll Ion t I
country. '!'hem
these things In 11
vantage. On thf'
a means or co1111
of clvlllzation-i
very good tests.
dnctlon of wenlt
money fa~lcr In
are anywhere el
lion of all waste-Germany leu<lf
lntellectuul elevi
I think German.
the
practical
through the <ml'
anrl order, Oern
Can you think 1
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Are there any necessary next steps
In social le1;islation? Is such legislat'on free to go wherever it wills to go?
I believe there are n~cessary steps. I
believe in the evolution of society. It
ls necessary fpr us to govern along a
predestined way.
I am a believer in
the economic Interpretation of history. The economic Ideas and Ideals
do not necessarily have a place in the
human conduct of Individuals and nations, but I believe the great movements of history are to be explained
by economic causes.
I believe that
tlrn1;e is no nation that ever does anything until it has to. Now we are
rnpidly approaching the time, it
seems to me, when we may take some
forward steps here in America. I do
not believe that any nation ·has the
advantage In everything over any
other nation. 'fhere Is something we
can learn from all nations. ·
Take the fundamental things and
make a slight comparison between
this country and Germany, There are
four equalities that are very desirable, four which the world ·has been
moving toward very slowly but nevertheless •very surely. (1) Equality be-·
fore the law.
We practically have
that now theoretically in all states of
this country. As a matter of fact, of
course, we do not have it In any country, and if J'Oll will be patient a moment I will lndlcate why. If we make
~ a comparison between Germany and
the United States In equality before
.wt(Tti;;r
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ESTIONS FROM GER'
TO
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HEPS IN SOCIAL
:GISLATION.
Rev. Levi Powers of Haile Ford Hall Meeting,
,rch 16, 1913,
111y ne<:essa!'y next steps
1slatlon? Is such leglsla" wherever it wills to go?
·c are necessary ·steps. I
, evolution of society. 1t
l'or us to govern along a
.ny,
I am a believer In
:-. interpretation of hls:onomic ideas and ideals
mrily have a place In the
<"l of imllvldua1s and nal1elleve the great movet Dry are lo be explained
l'anses.
I believe that
ation that ever does anyI has to, Now we are
rnachlng the time, it
when we may take some
s here in America. I do
Ihat any nation ·has the
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everything over any
'Phere is something we
,m an nations.
r11ndamental things and
;ht comparlsou between
and Ge!'many, 'rhere are
i,•s that are very deslrliich the world ·has been
nl very slowly but nevel'·
snrely, (1) Equality 'be1'.
We practically have
•oretically in all states of
. As a matter of fact, of
" not have it In any coun1·011 will he patient a moi 11diPale why, H we make
11 hetweeu
Germany: and
~la~ell In equality before
law, I think there is some slight advantage in German)',
On the other
hand, in the matter of political equality which is perhaps even more important, hecause l.t Is I.he .koy to all
things In the future, we 'have a very
great advantage in this country. Vi7e
have no hereditary ruling class. We
have no great caste system, All our
offices are open to a 11 our people and
In this we have a very great advantage over Germany, And then there
Is the matter of social equality which,
though it does not amount to very
much, ls the one possession, strange
to say, which people seem lo strive for
more than any other,
We have a
great fratemity in this country due to
the fact that most of our so-callecl important people have come up from the
rnnks.
'l'hen there Is, to my judgment, the
most Important thing of all, economic
equality,
As·, great a man as Mr.
James Bryce has said that there ls no
necessary connection between econom·
le equality and these other equalities
that I have mentlonecl, but I think
there Is a very fundamental connec•
tlon, You cannot have equality before lhe law, for instance, when yon
have these vast inequalities of wealth
which you have now.
There Is no
prize fight In the whole world so un·
fair as in a case where you have a
$10,000 lawyer UJJ against a $600 man,
What show has the man with the
$500 lawyer?
In the matter of economic equality
a nil ln the increasing effort that is
being macle t.o prevent inequality in
other directions l think that Germany
again has every advantage over the
United St.ates, There are many things
In Germany, I realize, that are not desirable,
They have religious prejudice, Moreover, women do not occupy
the high position that they do in this
country-where woman occupies a
higher position than any in any other
country, There are a good many of
these things in which we have the ad' vantage, On the other hand, take as
a means of comparison, the five tests
of civJllzation-and I think they are
very good tests, One is the rapid prodt.tlon of wealth, 'l'hey are making
money faster in Germany than they
are anywhere else.
In the elimination of all waste-human and material
-Germany leads the world,
In the
Intellectual elevation of their society,
I think Germany is ahead.
Also In
the practical enjoyment of
life
through the enforcement of' the law
order, Germany leads the world,
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these tests? Certainly they are desirable tests. Now there are three things
in part.lcnlar that' I am going to call
to your attention tonight, three steps
I helieve we must take In this country, where Germany leads not only
Amel'ica bnt all the rest of the world,
First, is in this regarcl: They know
over there what is the proper function
of the government. The government
there is cloing a great many things
that ls not being done In this country
and that a.great many people in this
country think it Is dangerous to do,
Germany is the only country where,
without any experimenting at all, the
people at once took over the telephone
and the telegrnph, Nearly every other
country in Europe experimented alon°·
awhile with private ownership, and
today practically all of them. with the
oxceptlon of· Spain, have haci to come
to government ownership,
In England, you know, the government
owned the telegraph a Jong while ago,
Only last summer they took over the
telephone,
Thist country of ours is
~pending a vast amount o·f money paymg people to lie about things,
You
have read In the papers that the gov~r111;1ent ownership of the telegraph
Ill England was a failure,
Well, that
was in part true, for it was competing
with the telephone. How about this
?otmt.ry? With the· ·western Union trymg· to crush It out, the telephone went
on for 25 years, Which was it that
won out In the end? It was the telephone that beat the telegraph, How
much better, if instead of the telegraph selling o,ut to the telephone the
government had taken them both over!
Then, take the n1atter of railroads.
I think that the railroads were first
taken over in Germany largely from
military necessity,
Possibly from
business necessity,
They were not
taken over by the nation as a whole.
Bismarck wanted to do it but the socialists would not Jet him, simply, r
think, because they thought Bismarck
was trying to get ahead of them and
rob t·hem of the credit for this move,
Probably he was, but neverthelesi;
he proposed some very good things
and for that reason the socialists themselves liave come to accept them, One
of them was· the national ownership of
the railroads, I believe that the railroads in Germany are better run when
you consider the welfare of ~11 tho
people, than anywhere else, First or
all, there is• greater safety,
You
would have to travel five times the distance between here. and the sun in
tJrder to get kllleu in a German railway accident.
(Applause,)
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ia·.'Jor,-Cape Cod.' Five
n-' New, York,· New Ha,
of; ford railr·oad put o·
·Ill i and
advertisemen~i.
;. words: "Go. to the
iL11 l<'all ,River 1h10. 11 '!
lie they .received 2,000 1
1:tl ~le' Cape,
and the
ltq 2,~00; Inside of thre
11~ ev,ery <country in
Ld cept_ Patagonia and I
•i·. some· inquiry,. Even.
er ini the· Philippines'
is fo;,mation ·and later
ll' Cqpe. I ' 'l'he liUle ra
u!' lei, 1 entitled "Quaint
11') is,) q . inost . artistic
:rl Ht! · suggestion of t
•11 of the Oap!J, which i
c:. e1: benefit to the p~
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II II value of the fares, j
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Over $100,000,000 ,
· mouey comes into· .I
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Dr Tho. mas, the
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'Jersey, who was at :,
• who had always i/
Cod as a heap of SE
' glowing terms of th
,yooJiand, form land J
I sce1iery. · He said hj
cleem any soil whict
per cerit of organic_
!H · per cent. of air
and proper treatm1
Cape was far from l
l.Jest. soil for i,om
crops · including frui
fall'a, peanuts, etc.·
The acldress of
given by Charles Iv,
president of the Sa
Df; l~ade; fcillo,ved by
who outlined plans !
Cod board of trade.
Live Charles ·L. Git'
iirst Barnstable dist I
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dev,elopment , · o
,John J,. l\Iorgan con
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,ubject. of what ad
Jo for the Cape; a
./, W. l\lill'er, '.•'vice
lhe ca11,1! ·coinpan
\ istaR o!' possiuility
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lJnited Statcti you have only to travel
half the distance from the earth to
the s1111 to meet wilh a similar accitlC'nt.. There ls no duplication of roads
In Germany,
'l'here are no rebates
nncl no cliviclends have to be paid on
wal.ered stock. On tlrn whole the cle•
vetopment of· the roads have been
made to fit the neecls of the people
belt.er than in this country, Take the
[1·eight rates.
The freight rates in
Gerniany are one-third for the same
distance that they are in England. One
of lhe reasons for Germany\; great.
superiorit.y toclny in business ls due to
ch~ap freight transportation,
'I'hen take the 111atter of tariff for
1n1sseugers, 'l'hey have four different
kinds of classes nnd three different.
kinds of speecl and you pay according
to what you want. There Is nobody
who cannot travel first class in Germany if he wants to pay for it-and
they do not have Jim Crow cars In
Germany, Uncler the fourth class
rates in Germany-of two-thirds of one :
penny a mile-a man can conie In and
I.alee' pretty near all his householcl
goods with him. Practically 60 per
cent. of all the people in Germany
t1'a vel fourth clnss, for 7'.ic a mile, I
helieve that I.he state-owned roads in
Prussia al·e today the best managed
roacls in the world, 'l'o be sure, they
do not run them entirely for the benefit of the people. They have a great
amount of taxes to pay in Germany
and they get $1G0,000,000 of it through
the railroads. But even so is it not
better to have $1G0,000,000 a year to
lower your taxes than have all this
profit. go intc, 11rivate hands? By owning the railroads the government has
also been able to develop canals, something which, as you have di'sc9vered,
we are not able to have in this country, If we had canals to correspond
with those of Germany we should have
thirty waterways stretching from t.he
Atlantic lo the Paciflc, On account of
the low freight rates which the German business men get because of these
canals, the German pee11le save $150,000,000 a year. Isn't that some advantage to somebody? '\Ve can never develop our waler-transvortation, which
is thp, cheapest transportation, so long
'1S our railroads are in private hands
'l'o be sure, we have had a ,vonderfully rapid development of our country
for this very reason.
There was this
immense country of ours, a large
amount of vacant land, which had to
be developed rJtilckJ~, and the men who
owned the land could not wait. ancl the
only way in which It could be developed
quickly was by offering large Induce•
ments to private capital to do It. We ,
did th.at and railroads developed very
quickly .nnd made an immense amount
of millionaires, vVas It all necessary'?
I ·Hometimes doubt whether it was
worth l11e price considering what we
pnid back. '\.\' e ga-ve these railroads
more lnncl in order to induce them to
illllld. In adclltion to that they paid no
taxes for twenty 01· thirty years, and
In addition to that they killed· 40,000
or 50,000 peo11le every year, for which
they gave no compensation, Thus we
had a wonderful development in our
railroacf in.this country. Ent we poi.cl:
for it. 'l'he ·railroad question ls settled In Germany, ls tl\e i'ailroad question set.tied in i\meric!l? Is it settled
In New J<Jngland today? I do not think
it is necessary for me to answer that
question. l~urthermore, it will not be
sett.led as long as you leave this public
function under private control. (Applause.)
Again, as yon know, in Germany
thE•re is a vast amount of public land
which is tlevot.ecl to forests and from
which the people derive a large revenue.
'vVe hav~ a billion -acres of public
land; it costs· us $3,000,000 to administer it. We get back 1½ million. i;Ve
are impfoving, Sti]J the contrast, Jt
seems to me, is rather striking between Germany and the Un!tecl States,
Again, as you know, they have ha1!
the parcel post in Germany for a long
while. W'e had a very great. struggle
to get it here. Even the very wellmea ning, intelligent people thought it
was a dangerous thing for the go·vernment to clo. At any rate, the government Is paying 60 or 70 millions a
year more for having this business
done for· them than the express companies pay for having their business
do'ne. vVhen our government owns the
railroads we can make a better comvarison, In Germany the government
goes aronnd and collects parcels as
well as delivering them. In fact., the
government in Germany ls doing a
vast number of things to accommodate
the people that we have not yet even
begun to t hlnk of,
Coal mines are owned liy the different states,· 'I wonder why we can be
so stupid that we permit this absolutely necessary fact iii human society
to lie monopolized by a few people? I
think we are coming to see the neecl
of state-owned coal mines. Even more
imperative is government ownership
of wat.er power. In Germany they have
taken the control of' that in a way
that will conserve this power which
God has put under the sun for all the
11eovJe, Again, in Germany they have
developed labor exchanges all over the
country so that a great waste of hu-
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,naires. \\las it all necessary'?
i111es doubt whether it was
1n price considering what we
·!,, 'Ne gave these railroads
1d in orcler to incluce them to
n atl<lition to that they paid no
1· I wenty 01· thirty years, ancl ,
011 to that they klllecl 40,000
people P-very year,. for which
,. no com1iensatio.n, Thus we
01Hlerful development in om
in this country. Bnt we paicZJ'l1e railroad question is set•l'nrnny, Is the railroad ques, d in Am eden? Is it settled
11gland today? I do not think
•><sary for me to answer that
l1
'urthermore, it will not be
long as you leave this public
111ulc1 p!'ivnt~ control. (Av:1,; yon know, in Germany
nrnt amount of public Janel
il,•votecl to forests and from
, people derive a large rev,. a billion acres of public
o,;ts us $3,000,000 to .admin\'e get back 1 ½ million, We
1 ing.
Still the contrast, it
111e, is rather striking be11nny ancl the United States,
yon know, they have lrntl
post in Germany for a long
, had a very great struggle
l1ere, Elven the very well11t elligen t people thought it
,gerous thing for the go\,.
1l0. At any rate, the govpaying GO or 70 millions a,
for ha vh1g this business
1um than the expreHs comfor lrnvlng their business
•11 our government owns the
l' can make a better comUermany the government
ii and. collects parcels as
\'ering them, In fact, the
in Uermany is doing a
· of things to accommodate
l1at we have not yet even
11k of.
,; are owned by the cliffer1 wonder why we can be
1u t we permit this abso;:1 t·y fact in human society
1ilized by a few people? I
• coming to see the need
•d coal mines, Elven more
s government ownership
vr, In Germany they have
n1trol of that in a way
11,;erve this power which
111Hler the sun for all the
111, in Germany they have
,01· exchanges all over the
l,at a great waste of Im-
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man energy among people trying to
could think of. v\1hat are the results?
find work is saved,
From 1878 to 1908 the population of
What is true of the state and the na- Germany increased by 19,000,000; nev' tion Is also true of the cities. Nat- ertheless in J 908 with 19,000,000 more
ural mouopolies are pretty largely people there were actually 32,000 less
owned by the cities in Germany, Ger- deaths, I clo not know of any other
man cities are the finest in the world.
nation that has a record to compare
Why? That is the important question.
with that. Tlrnt is one of the thing-.,
I think that the chief explanation is that keeps the Germans at home, The
this. 'l'hey have a . good deal more Germans are not going away from
money to spend than we have. For their country in these days in any
this reason. They own a great many g1-eat numbers, The human factor is
productive enterprises-such as the the greatest factor in the prosperity
street railway, electrlp light and gas of any nation. That it pays to be
light-65 per cent. of all municipal good, it pays to be clecent and that
monopolies are owned by the munici- the nation that takes the best care of
palitie·s themselves, In this cpuntry its men and women ls the nation that
only about 3 to 5 per cent.
prospers most in the mere dollars and
In F1·ankfort where ,they have their cents is perfectly clear, (Avplause,)
own electric llght plant, the c'ty Isn't it. funny that that very simple
made $700,000 last year out of it.
thing should not be seen more readily?
I do not think that was a good
The working population in Germany Is
thing to do,, Service should have been insured against practically everything,
given to the people at pretty nearly 'l'hey have three special insurances
cost.. But isn't it better to have $700,- against -sickness; this was the first
000 with which to make the city bet- 1rind or insurance that went into et'ter - better streets, . better school fect ln Germany. 'I'hey said it is bethouses and the like than to have it ter to keep people well ·so that they
go to a few Individuals who would
can earn money than to try and cure
build yachts for their own selfish plea- them after they are sick, So 30 years
sure? Consider what you have to pay ago they began to insure against sick/or,· You have the Elevated Road here ness. This is very important. It is
in Boston. I was reaqing the other very difficult for an individual to proday an article wl1ich stated that they
vide for himself when lll. I suppose
had 70 lawyers on their payroll at an there are four people insured against
average pay of $5,000. Reckon that a pauper's funeral to one that ls inup.
$360,000.
vVhat are the-se law- sured against ·sickness. But I am so
yers doing?
They are seeing that sure that they will take care of this
nothing is done against the railroad.
body of mine without any wony to
• (Applause and laughter.) We know
me that I do not care much about inhow well they control the newspapers,
surance against pauper burial. I
Very few things get in tliere that they should like to be insured against sickdo not want printed. Again, in Ger- ness. Not over one-third of the wagemany there Is nothing that a German
earners in · thb count1·y are insured
city cannot do, Every time you want against sickness. In Ge1;many tl1ere
to build a school house here you have were ·4,000,000 people insured against
to go to the legislature, In Germany sickness out of a possible 13,000,000
the cities do just as they feel they wage-earners. Of that 4,000,000 250,ought to do and want to do. Many 000 conic! not keep up their payments,
German cities own two or three times 'l'hey got sick and they could not pay
as much Janel as they have built upon,
!heir insurance and their insurance
It is unconstitutional in Massachulapsed, So ·there were seen to he
setts for a city to own any land, Don't 250,000 sick every year among those
you think it is time we went down to who were struggling to insure themthe legislature and changed that selves against ·sickness, No poor man
thing41!' How else are we going to im- can afford to be sick here in America,
prove housing conditions? These are and the result is that people keep on
some of the things, it seems to me, working when they ought not to work,
that are necessary steps if we are A man gets all run down and what
going to live together as we ought to else Is there that can cure him than
live.
this;. Goad food, good all', good nourAnother thing, one of the most lm- · ishment. Food, rest and air all cost
portant things that Germany has done
money. If you were a doctor and a
Is in the matter of social insurance, man should come to you with conGermany leads the world in this re- sumption, what would you say to him?
gard, About 30 years ago· they began You would say: You have got to die,
their plan of insuring against nearly I /do not know what else you could
every· possible contingency that you say, In Germany· every working man
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or .Cape Cod,' .Five·
is insured against sickness. He pays
rather a dangerous thing to put into
iew York,· New Hav
two-thirds of it himself and the emthe hands of a person a big sum
u1·d 'raikoad put bu'
ployer Jmys the other one-third. Here
which would not be well used. So in
is a ra'ther curious thing, ·when there
Gem1any it comes along as they need
1lld
adverLisement;, :,
was a revision of this rnte a\Joul a
it. In the case of death from an accivords: "Go,
th~
year ago, the goveniment proposed
dent or from sickness lhis is whal;
l,.all ,River line.'; •1'
that the employer should 1my one-haH happens. 'l'his went into effect in Ger,hey ,received, 2,000 hi
and working man one-half and the somany last year. The widow in ,every
1J1e · Cape, and the ,
cialist party opposed that. 'l'hey case gets a 11ell'sion until death or rewanted ·to keep lt just as it is, the
marriage o1 about' two-thirds of the
:,500; ·' Inside of three
working people paying two-thirds. earning capacity of her husband. I(
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lhere are any cW!dren each child is
Proba~ly they had sense to ·see that
t'Ppt, Patagonia and le
the working people pay for it any- · also provided [Jf. ln Massachusetts
~ome ·inquiry,, Even
how, and they wanted to have them
they are wondering whether it ls wise
in; the Philippines' w
get the credit. (Applause.) It costs to have widows' pensions. There is a
about ·10 cents a week for the average
group of ladies who are running the
t'o~mation 'and later o
worker to be insured. What are the Associated Charities of Uoston who are
Cape, '.' , The little rai
benefits? First of all they have free
anxious that these widows should not
I Pi,: entitled "Quaint
medicine and free doctors for life. be pau11erlzed. They are living upon
is,: 4 ·· rnosL artistfo
lhe incomes of money that has been
'rhey have one-half pay in case they
Jul · suggestion of tt
are sick. They have treatment in given to them, nevert\1eless they are
sanitariums and hospitals. They have
very anxious that these women who
uf the Oape, which is
have children should not be pauper900 places where peo11le can be sent
l'l'. benefit to the pe
for rest. 'rhere is the maternity bene- ized. In Germany they have come to
lhe · l'ailroad, who on
fit. Germany is the only country that see that the men who produce the
i rnlue of the fares,
·
·sees to It that woman has a pro1>er wealth of the country ·have earned
Over $100,000,000 .
chance for life and that the "baby gets insurance by produping that wealth,
insurance is given not as charity but
a · proper chance for life when a II ttle
money comes _into
one is expected. The woman remains as justice, I want to add that in my
uvepy summer.
judgment this is the only sane thing
in the hospital from two weeks before
Dr 'l'homas, the not
to do,
unlll six weeks after the ba\Jy ls born.
ogist, of New 1/;ealan
Then there is the funeral benefit;
Here is a mother left with three or
, Je1·sey, who was at t
and, In adition to that, t)1e family
four children-let us take 3, real case
, who had always i
that I came across a year or so ago, I
benellt to cover the expenses of even
member of the family. All this is the found that this woman had been left
I Uod as a heap of sa
result of this sickness insmance. The 8even years befoi·e, with four children.
! glowing terms of th
doctors In the countries that have this She had struggled for seven years
i ,".oodland, farm land I
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social insurance nre enlisted on the working in shoe shops, until she. had
i scenery. He sa.id he
side of health. 'I/Ve use om' doctors been all worn out. She was almost
, deem any soil which
rp,ther hadly, I think, We graduate gone. It was necessary to ·s.end her
a very large number of doctors to a hospital. One of the daughters
:.I per cent of organic
got into trouble and had to marrr.
and then we send them into the world,
91 per cent. of air
saying, "Find some sick people and A boy had become a delinquent · in
and proper treatme
get them well or go hungry," Natur- · school. A judge of our city told me,
Uape was far from I
ally, they have to find some sick about that time, that he had to send
JJest soil for ~ome
people, For Urn 2G years ending in l l times as many boys to the House of
Correction in the city of Lawrence
1910, 92,000,000 cases of sickness were
crops · including fruit,
cared for in this ·soclal way in Ger- on account of the death of their pafalfa, pea1ruts, etc.·
many at an expense of $1,110,000,000. renls as he had from all the rest of
'l'he address of
It has been one of lhe cheapest things the conununil.y. The whole thing Is
~ given by Charles M,
this. The mother ls in the shop and
that Germany has ever done.
'i president, of .the Sm
Then, there is the accjdent insur- the children are in the street and the
>
of, l;;_•ade, f'ollowcd 1,y'
ance in Germany. This is all paid by inevitable happens. Wouldn't It be
'the e'tnployer, And why not? Why inuch better to pension mothers and
~ who ou~lined plans
should not this expense be pnid by let tl;1em stay at home and take care
v · Cod board of trade. ·
1' Live Charles ·L. Giff
the em11Joyer? When machinery is of their children? It would b.e not
scrapped the em11loyer pays for it. · only more humane to the mothers but
8
l'irst BamstalJ!e distr
When he scraps the human factor why more j1,1st to the state. (Applause.)
the development , · of
Again, ·in. Germany, they have the
should he not pay for it? I do not
see any reason why not. It is added old age pension. It ls a little different
,r John J, . l\lorgan cont
to the cost of production .. 'l'he pen- than what it is In England. In Engsubject of what, adv
ti
sion is two-thirds the earning capacity land a person at 70 reeelved a gift of
do for the Cape; an
of the man who is insured against $1.12 from the state. He pays nothit ,J. W. Miller, ,'vice
accident as long as the injury remains. ing himself. In Germany each person
who expects an old age pension must
In some cases his full earning capacity
;'; the CHIU:tl ccin1pany,
contribute, according to the wage he
ls covered. 'rhe pension comes as a
vislnR ol' possiJJility f
uension and in a limited 'SUJn. That is receives. Consequently, the pension
id : tte, was graphic, · f
enables him to continue to live In the
·1 very good thing.
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· a dangerous thing to put into
1:111ds of a person a big sum
would not be well used. So in
111y it comes along as they nee<l
1 l he case of death from an accior from sickness this Is whal.
11s,
'l'his went into effect in Gerlast year, 'l'he widow In every
;ds a pe1rnion until" death or re:1ge of about two-thii'ds of the
1g capacity of her husband. If
are any children each child is
>ro\,!ded for, In Massachusetts
ire wondering whether it is wise
:r, widows' pensions, There Is a
of ladies who are running the
iated Charities of Boston who are
1s that these widows should not
11perlzed, Tliey are living upon
1<·omes of money that has been
to them, nevertheless they are
anxious that these women who
children should not be pauper1n Germany they have come to
liat lhe men who produce the
:1 of the country have earned
111ce by producing that wealth.
rnce is given not as chatlty but'·
;tice, l want to add· that in my.
tL,nt thhi is the only sane thing
tc is a mother left with three or
:hildren-let us take a real case
came across a year or so ago, I
that this wo111an had been left
years betore, with four children.
i1ad struggled for seven years
11g in shoe shops, until she had
all worn out, She was almost
It was necessary to ·send lle_r
l1ospital. One of the daughters
1to trouble and had to marry,
1· had become a delinquent in
I. A judge .of our city told me,
that time, that he had to send
1es as many boys to the House of
.:tion In the city of Lawrence
1·.ount of the death of their paas he had from all the rest of
D111munity, The whole thing Is
The mother is in the shop and
lildren are in the street and the
allle hapvens, ·wouldn't it be
l1etter lo pension mothers and
em slay at home and take care
di· children? It would be not
nore humane to the mothers but
.inst to the state. (Applause,)
in,· in Germany, they have the
e pension, It Is a little different
what it is in England. In Eng1 person at 70 reueived a gift Of
from the state. He pays noth111self. In Germany each person
•xpects an old age pension must
!Hite, according lo the wage he
PS,
Consequently, the pension
eB him to continue to live In the
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manner to which he· has been aGcustomed, The American theory is pretty
good-that you pay a man enough
wages so that he can save something
and when he gets old he will take ca·re
of himseU, But -it does not worh:,
It is proven that the best cl tizen
is not· necessarily the man who
scrim11s and starves his family In
order that he may lie provided for In
his old age. The hest citizen may be
the man who ·spends every clollai' in
seeing that his childre1i are properly
cared for, · In Germany 2,000,000 people have come In for $95,000,000 since
this old age pension went into effect,
'l'he cost of Germa1iy's whole' system
that I have been · talking about, sick
benefits for everybody, old age pensions for widows and children, all
these benefits, including old age pensions, cqsts only one-third more than
we are Jiayiug to our vetreans of the
civil war.
'Now, there is another thing that we
ought to learn from Germany-obedience to law,
Germany has been a
military nation and the first words
you want to, learn if you are going to
Germany are Es ist verboten: It is
forbidden, Some one has figured out
that there are more. things prohibited
·in Germany than there are permitted,
(Laughter,)
The Germans have a
great deal of respect for law and order, Also in Germany the children
are taught to obey in the home. Some:,
one has said that in Germany the
father is the head• of the house, in
· Ei1gland the oldest'son is at the head
of the. house, in l<'rance the 'Yife is
the head of the house and in America
-the oldest daughter. (Laughter.) The
word obedience that is taught In the
home is further taught in the school,
and when the scliool is through the
urmy takes It up; and by the time
that the army has gotten through with
the German young man he kriows perfectly the familiar words Es ist verboten, '\;\/hen a German sees that a
thing is forbidden· he knows it is forbidden. When an American sees it
he does not believe it. He goes in
and tests it out. He finds it is forbidden in Germany,
In Germany there are five kinds of
police to prevent fire,
We had an explosioh three years
ago, 'l'hey were transporting some
dynamite and blew it u11, causing a
great deal of damage, 'l'hey got five
commissions at work trying to find
out how It happened. It seems to me
that having five kinds of police to
vrevent its hap11ening· is rather better'
than our way of trying so hard to dis•
covet· afterwards why it happenefl.
There is a great deal in tl1e difference
7
of point of view. Every nation wants
liberty. I sup11ose every nation thinks
it has it, Some thinlc the Germans
have not any liberty, England thinks
that. The American's idea of liberly
is his right to sticlchls 'umbrella into
peoples' ribs; the German's iclea . of
liberty is his right to keep his ribs
intact.. Laws have been in force so
long in Germany that it seems lo b.e
~ habit to obey, I Laugllt school once
in a German comnrnnity, All my boys
and girlR Wflre German boys and girls.
For the whole winter those GO German
boys and girls gave me less trouble In
the way of discipline than ten fine
Christi~n Yankees have given me in
one hour of Sunday School, (AJ>plause,) The reason is this, 'l'hese
German boys and girls knew that if
they got punished in school they would
get punished again when they got
home. 'l'he parents would lmck up the
teacher's auH10rlty, In a school in New
.Jersey, not long ago, one of the boys
was disciplined and the mother sent
word that, as soon as she had time
s'11e was coming down to the school to
knock the slats out of that teacher.
Back up your teachers and make It
easier for them to maintain discipline.
(Applause,)
When you go to a German hotel, the
waiter brings you a card upon ,which
are these questions: Who are you?
'\V'1lere do you come from? What Is
your character?
The last question
means: what Is the character of your •
business here? That card is sent out
to police headquarters.
Afterwards,
you may be a stranger but you are
known In Germany,
If you have a
friend in Germany in any city you
can fincl out exactly what he is doing
by telegraphing the police.
They
Jr'now what ·he Is doing,
A Gennan
physician, whom I met, told me th!~
story,
He was studying in Berlin
and he wanted to go to Leipsig, He
started off very hastily; said nothing
to his lanr!lady and was gone three
days, and when he came back he apol-.
ogized to the landlady and said: "I
am very sorry that I gave you so much
trouble," She said: "No trouble at
ali. When I saw you did not come
·home the next morning I sent to the
police headquarters and they told me
wbere you were,"
'!'here Is another thing. They have
300 murderers, a year in Germany and
they probably punish 287 of them. We
have 8000 and we punish 300 of them.
'l'here are probably more people arrested in Germany in vroportlon to
the JJOJJUlatlon t:han any other country, Why? Because there are more
'laws lo be broken. It is a crime in
wr Ir.'\ ;' '. : :f; . ll~loated
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'P~rfect~d >"at ;~ape ..O~dders werel rot' Lile :p_rovl!1:.:.:1 tor .. of' the 'F'orct· HaU: nioverne'I)
G . •t. E' 11 th: ·1·: :cia,l··a11d un.le4t,ered people .. •whichl1 ,!11 Boston,.' whoi·boomed the·.cap'~,
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make . out..; It 'is'',•sta_ Led i
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He e oquently porLt•ayed how, sue
and . Will Be, that,· i1l 1837. there wer\l ·i50 'sya an exposition would , 'iuforrri · ah
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' .· 'cuptaius i11_,.one1; town -~o~n~t~h~e~C~a~l)~e~,
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A.. No, I would not recommend the
I. 10,30 a. m., 111 /Jor,-~upe Cod.' Five
cigar on the street. It Is a crime to German system. Bnt I would he glad
ii)
representn-! -~ew .', Y,~rk, New Hav
I.ear up your letters and throw them for 'the sake of a youth's physical, de11s boards otl lord, railroad_ put ou
on the streets In Germany, There are velopment to see In America one year
hundreds of crimes of that sort In at least of compulsory military ser·
:i 11izutious 'fi•oJi1\ .Ul.ld'. · a4~e;t1se~_envl
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·Germany and they are all In the In- vice-or nine months, such as they
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terests of decency and ordel'.
The have In Denmark.
ii to ,the Keith _l• all ,River !me.
large proportion ~f arrests, Instead ot
Q. Doesn't the working mun of
I y !Jfiarde<l the tll~Y .r.eceived · 2,000 h
proving t-lrnt Germans are the most Germany pay the military taxes and
luwid the cana\ \l1e' . Uape,. and the
criminal people in the wo.rld proves, war taxes and, if so, Is It not a great
in my judgment, that they are the drain on his eamlngs?
as/i_·a1· as thj 2,~o-O; ._,111s1tle of, ~hre~
most civilized.
A, The laboring man pays for al·k./over the en ev,ery .... country m ij
'l'here are three · things which are most everything everywhere.
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d,;led CUll(li. t' cept Patagonia and Id
the necessary next steps and they all
Q. Doesn't the speaker think that
I lie breakwate/!, ~01:ne' h1qui~?·. _Eve1;1 .
come out of this one -fact: consldent- Ii the railroads .were owned by the
a11ul is 80 P~f:-1_11/ the_ Pl~1hppmes·
tlon for the other man. ( Applause.)
govemment In this country politics
EJqual justice for all.. What we have
would so enter In as to make them
t.110 dredger
1~;,n~a ~t~n and_ later
got to learn in this' countrJ; is that, less efficient than. they are now?
uudred to foul U~p.e . . ·: rhe IIU!e ra
God made Bill, too. I do not know
A. You •have grasped the one great
cub.le yards.. oJ_!el;, -~(.1titled. "Qt~ai~1t
whether yon have heard this story or fear of a great many people. Undoubl·
way is bemg· _is,~!\ · most artistic•
not. A little boy had been brought In edly there Is danger in that as long
of U00 lineal 1'ul ' suggestion of t
to a Sunday school and after a while as we have not learned tci do our publich means ten of the Oape, which i
he came again, bringing B!ll in with lic business In a business way. · But
him. 'I'he teacher hegan going ove1· the railroads a.re In politics now, They
,~ of dredging; er. benefit to the p
the previous lesson ancl asked, "Who are more In politics riow than they
u idle winte 1 the· railroad, who o
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made you?"
He answere'd, "God." could possibly be If they were ownen
, the canal will v,alue of the fares.
"And what else did He make?" The by the government.
i"ear from · this
Over $100,000,000 ,
boy dldn't seem to know and for a
Q. Are the reforms referretl. to lD
· :1'1 money
comes 'into •
long while he hesitated.
'l'hen his any large measure due to the activity
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ad en,ioyed the/· eve_ry, ~ummer.
srdcl, "I guess He made Bill, too." 1Ve women hold any large. positions In
rip they were: l_)r lhomus, t!1e no
must every one of UR learn that les- m unic!pal affairs?
liigh platfo.rm'_jl og1st,. of New 1/;eala
son thoroughly and soon.
A, · I think there are •only one or
rial from the, Jersey, who was a_t
two cities where women hold office.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
The German woman ls supposed to be
clambake' was, who had always · i
Q. Is there any alarm · .it the Indevoted to church, !dds and cooking.
I'd exceli'ence ·l Uoc\ as a heap of s i
crease In Germany's taxation?
But the German women are waking up
,~rs, clams anct! glowing te~'mS of LI)
A, I think that the business men and all the universities are now open
·ilicism. 'l'hen\ w:oodlaud, i~r1.n !and~
of Ger'many are quite well agreed that to German women.
Cod board sc(lnery. He . sa_1d ,h
there ls no handicap to business In the
Q. Is there child labor in Ger0
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Increased taxation which comes from many?
for a mental deem apy s_o1I wlu_cl
these schemes.
..,t.t
A. Yes, I think there is.
I think
!tad its origin I
cent o1 organ.IC
Q. Can you give a few details In rethere are about 3000 Germans under
1nember of the! I.Ji· per ceut. of au·
gard to the parcel post system In Ger- 14 years of age working.
Compare
·. I and proper treatm_
many?
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that with other countries.
l'ade.
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Cupe was fur rom 1
A. I suppose that everyone knows
Q. Can you get a divorce In Ge.rs called i>rac- best soil · for i,om
111 Germany there ls · practlca:lly no many as quickly as you can In this
Lhe best way crop~ · including fruj
lln1it of what they carry as parcel country?
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A. I do not belleve you can do any•
post. I cannot g! ve you the details of
ing the Cape i'µ,lfa, pea1iuts, etc.
expense, etc. They go around and col• thing In Germany as quickly· as you
t unifying the .. 'l'he address . of
lect the bundles for you. There is al- can In this country,
hamlets inio given by Charles
Q. A few years 'ago attention was
most no limit In the size of the packrnr~d at large president . of. ,the . Sa
called to the fact that a great many
ages.
r, the . unique pf 1:;;,ade, follo,veu 'J.iy
German boys between the ages of 12
Q. What political party in GerCod and its who_ outlined plans
man:v, was most active In Introducing and 14 were committing suicide, Is
these reforms and why did the three It not possible that the enforced mlll!tore pl'operty Uod boa.rd of trade.
conservative parties oppose equal suf- . tary service In Germany was responii !alms and I tive Charles 'L, Git'
slbie for this?
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frage?
tich there are I first· BarustalJle dist .
A. It ls possible but ther·e ls, also,
A, ·well, so far as I can learn most
It tow:1 alone. ' the de'lelopment,: o
'I'here
of these reforms were begun by Bls- another possible explanation.
, nlso ignorant i John J, . l\loi•gau con
nrnrck, probably in order that •he are more suicides In Germany In proportion to the population than any
might head off socialism. ·
resburc~s of , subject of what ad
Q, 1''ould the speaker recomment1 •other country. IQne In every 27 of the
o apple. a nd do for' the Cape; a1
the German system of conscription fol' population of Leipzig who die, die by
years ago at i J W Miller h''vice
self-murder.
'this country?
ieultural show tiie 0111 u,ll ~ciiupan
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possi~ility
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ild towns and I uupre,;si ve.
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unrivalled excellence was
this was followed by
'he address of welcome was
1trles l\I. Thompson, prP,slSandwich B'oard of Trade,
Uarl C. Craig, who out)!' the Cape Cod Board. of
,tive Charles L. Gifford of
,nstablo district spoke on
ment of Cape Cod. , OoJD,
, speaking on ••Cape Ood
Cod Qanal," declared that
1012nd to · grow up on tho
canal. He ,vas graphic,
.I impressive.
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Commodore Miller ca111 e
0oleman, director of the
,o vern1' tit '1fl'• Boston, who
Vhat An Exposition Can
loqnently portrayed how
)sition would, inform and
people. of Massachusetts,
rnir own land; would inI h zeal for co-operation ;
, magnifying glttss on tho
O,000,000 of people would
t anti see it stand up in
:hem. Jlfr. Coleman devas the out~ich•rs who- hod
HJ Cod.
Tim nutives, he .
not apprPointe either Its
rnerolul possibilities,
~- "What Advertising Can
1JLl, 11 ,John J. Morgan sugloser relations with the
secuted by having the
ll wrltfl to ohildre'l out
Jlose of his speech, Presi'.)ffered a prize of $5 for
.vrltten, and $2.60 for the
A magazine. representalunteered to add $10 to
a well-known hortlculy of New, Zealand, re-·
wide agricultural possl:ape Cod region.
·y Davis of ,South Yar)optod tho lnvltat1011 to
1lzatlon i Its Benefits 'and
tor found lie could not be
addrou, printed in
l was liberally quottid by
pe~klng for Mr. Davis, .
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th~t every on~ In B~rn- · ·
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RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT
KNOW.
Have yon ever noticed how some
11eoj1le will quickly make an unqualified statement which covers a whole
field of facts concerning which they
may ]mow nex,t to nothing? It IH the
same type of mind that readily consents to tackle almost any kind of
. task that may be presented .
! 'l'he old . s~yli1g has it, that "fools
i rush in where ai1gels fear to tread."
•, And It Is always most exasperating to
1 undertake 'to deal with persons of that
i kind In an effort to get them to have
' at least a little bit of respect for what
I they do not know,•
I But the tablas are frequently turned
iiy the man who didn't know all the
facts of the situation, nor have the
requisite ability to meet them. Sim])ly
as the result of the faith and courage
which ])lunged him in where more
I timid souls remained standing on the
I brink, he learns all the facts, and acquires the necessary ability by actually dealing witl'l the situation Instead
of resting contont with his· own . or
somebody else's mensure of It.
The ex])erience of a friend of mine
illustrates the point. He was thought
very rash to start In business for himself as a manufacturer where the competition was superlatively keen, with
none !Jut borrowed capital, \Ind that
very Insufficient, without any silo]) ex-.
perlence of his own, ancl, as many
thought, without possessing the re' qnlslte ability. But he rushed In
where his angel friends feared to see
him tread and In a dozen years made
the greatest and quickest success ever
,
known In that line of industry. And
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he confessed to me that, had he
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known fron, the beginning what he
1afterwards learned, he would neve1'
have· had the courage to start, nor
'would he now be willing to go through
i1rnch an experience agai!P., All of which goes to show that,
\wl11le it is fitting to manifest a decent
:respect for what you do not know, it
'· iiB not well so to reverence your lgno/rance, as to· let it paralyze the motor
.;nerves of character and thus hinder
/YOU from walking straight into the
-/situation where you will speedily
those things that yo11 clicl11't
1 l~nrn
know, and also, If you have. the -i:lght
Eluff in yon, actJuire the ability to
handle them.
But woe be to the unfortunate that
doesn't know and plt1nge1;3, and then
is unable to assimilate the new
knowledge and apply It to the encl in
view,
NEXT SUNDAY'S SPEAKER,
.John Cowper Powys, M..(, of Camln·ldge University, England, is to talk
to us, next Sunday• evening, about the
"Social Message of the Mo<lern English 1Vriters," meaning Bernard Shaw,
H .. G. ·wells, Chesterton, and the rest.
An interesting toJJlc treated hy a brilliant and magnetic orator!
Robert A. Woods,
South End House, Boston,
, "During the past five years a very
marked change has taken place in the
spirit of th.e Greater Boston community, Our breadth of. mind has ceased
being merely a matter of trndltlon,
concerned with matters of relative Indifference.·
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"1Ve have learned to be tolerant in
present-day terms about living issues.
·we have found out that we ourselves,
for our day, had been In the same ,intolerant attitude toward the convictions of our contem])oraries as we
, condemn without question In the attitude of former generations. Now
the rights of debate are beginning to
be granted by a 11 honest people to all
honest peo[Jle, even with regard to
their uppermost Interests and their.
undermost ·conviction&.
"The Ford Hall meetings have been
one of the chief influences In bringing
about this truly humanizing result;
and the high qualities of the result
have their a])pro])riate soi1rce in the
Ford Hall leader. The free ])latform
of Ford Hall finds its true definition
in his emancipa led personality.
"Fo1;d Hall stands for the cretttlon
within the being of t•ach of us of an
inner free forum of the mind and
heart ,,. where our antagonists-whoever they may •be-shall have their
•chance wlt\1 us."
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this '· court(ryl ''£he
l1"rs· werel no~the provin.:.
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unleUered people 'whicli
our story, 1.writers ai~e
111ake .· out.' ;' rt · is"'.·stated
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Il lrno~ Urn/
of se~ capl1
li'/r~ti~~~ol
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law, I think there•
vnnlnge In Orrn111
hnnd, In the 11111111'
lty which IR porh
po1'lnnl, heen11Rn I
things In tho f11t11
great 11dvn11~11g11 11
havn no here1lltar
· hnvo no grPnl c-11~
offices nro 0111111 to
In lhlR wo lrnvr1 1
Inge over (Jnr11111n
IR tho matt.Pr of R•
I.hough It. cloeR nc
much, IH I hn OllC!
lo Hay, whleh 11cop
more lhnn nny <
great. fl'nlel'lllt,1· In
the fnnt. that moRI
1>0rlant 1111oplo 1111,
Havl •
, New
,ad put bu'
".1·tisemen~;
L,o. to the ·
· line.'' '!'
2,000 it~
and the I
ide of three!
111try iri V,
1 eel
"nia nnd IdI
Even I
1ilippines w
aud later o
e liU!e rai
rl "Quaint
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artistic 1
Hlion of tl
,e, which
to the pe
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lie fares.
UIJ,000,000 . 1
111es into •
111er,
i:1s, the no
\ew ienlm
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always ii
l1eap of sa
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said h~
Hoil whicl
of organic
11 L. of air
,·1· treatm
Jar from I
for som
111.ling frui
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1·1,ss of
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Charles l\
uf the
Sa
>ilowctl Ly
1ed plans
of trade.
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WISIL\lt'I'.
LID\'I PO\\'J~ns..
Rev. Alfred Wishart,
Minister, Fonnlaln Street Baptist
Church, Grand Haplcls, :Michigan.
"I desire to express my- congratulations to yon and the hope that this
movement will continue to he a 11ower
for social betterment and practical
Christianity not only in the clty or
Boston hut throughout the country.
Yon have conducted I.his movement In
a catholic, sympathetic and intelligent manner. I believe it has helped
to brlnt,; about a mutual understandIng between those classes of citizens
widely separated hy economic r:onditions and social theory."
John J, Sullivan.
"\Vhen we enter Ford Hall there
seems to dissolve like surface shadows those religious, social and class
inheritances that bind and hamper us
ln our outside relations. Divested of
these we meet simply as men and
women, children of a common parent,
as ntembers of the human family.
. . . Intercourse with these men
and women and with each other
breeds a knowledge of the fact that
the hope of our country, yes, of the
world, of which it ls a component
vart, lies In the extension of this
spil'it of inclusiveness that Ford Hall
stands for."
Rev. 0. P. Gifford, D.D.,
Brookline Baptist Church,
Brookline, Mass.
"Forcl Hall Is not only a measurer
of 111ovement.s; it is a creator of sentiment; it performs Its double mission
with fidelity and success. :May it always be dynamic, never static. Your
baby has now cut Hs Leeth; add meal
to the milk dl<.1t, 'May good digestion
wait on appelite and health on both.'"
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SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM GERMANY
AS
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NECESSARY
f'!EXT STEPS IN SOCIAL
LEGISLATION,
'l'hen thore h1, I
most l11111ort1111t U
01111.allt.y,
As g1
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ll0CC1Hf!lll'\' l'OIIIIC'!'I
(Address of Rev. Levi Powers of Haverhill at the Ford Hall Meeting) ·
March 16, 1913,
tc eq11ality lllHI II
lhnt I huve 111011
there Is n very
tlon, Yon 1·1111110
fore the lnw, ro1·
have thos11 vnRt 11
which yo11 hnvo
prbm Oght. In lhP
fair aH ln n ciaH<
$10,000 lawyer 1111
Whnt show 1111H
$1i00 lawyer?
jn the 111atl.<•r
nnd In tho Iner,
holng mnr\r. lo I
other dlrocllnns I
agnln l111R every
United 8tntefl, Tl
in Germany, 1 rl'I
slrnhle.
They .
dice. l\loreovPI', '
the high 110Hltlo11
country-wlwre
higher posll Ion t I
country. '!'hem
these things In 11
vantage. On thf'
a means or co1111
of clvlllzation-i
very good tests.
dnctlon of wenlt
money fa~lcr In
are anywhere el
lion of all waste-Germany leu<lf
lntellectuul elevi
I think German.
the
practical
through the <ml'
anrl order, Oern
Can you think 1
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Are there any necessary next steps
In social le1;islation? Is such legislat'on free to go wherever it wills to go?
I believe there are n~cessary steps. I
believe in the evolution of society. It
ls necessary fpr us to govern along a
predestined way.
I am a believer in
the economic Interpretation of history. The economic Ideas and Ideals
do not necessarily have a place in the
human conduct of Individuals and nations, but I believe the great movements of history are to be explained
by economic causes.
I believe that
tlrn1;e is no nation that ever does anything until it has to. Now we are
rnpidly approaching the time, it
seems to me, when we may take some
forward steps here in America. I do
not believe that any nation ·has the
advantage In everything over any
other nation. 'fhere Is something we
can learn from all nations. ·
Take the fundamental things and
make a slight comparison between
this country and Germany, There are
four equalities that are very desirable, four which the world ·has been
moving toward very slowly but nevertheless •very surely. (1) Equality be-·
fore the law.
We practically have
that now theoretically in all states of
this country. As a matter of fact, of
course, we do not have it In any country, and if J'Oll will be patient a moment I will lndlcate why. If we make
~ a comparison between Germany and
the United States In equality before
.wt(Tti;;r
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ESTIONS FROM GER'
TO
NECESSARY
HEPS IN SOCIAL
:GISLATION.
Rev. Levi Powers of Haile Ford Hall Meeting,
,rch 16, 1913,
111y ne<:essa!'y next steps
1slatlon? Is such leglsla" wherever it wills to go?
·c are necessary ·steps. I
, evolution of society. 1t
l'or us to govern along a
.ny,
I am a believer In
:-. interpretation of hls:onomic ideas and ideals
mrily have a place In the
<"l of imllvldua1s and nal1elleve the great movet Dry are lo be explained
l'anses.
I believe that
ation that ever does anyI has to, Now we are
rnachlng the time, it
when we may take some
s here in America. I do
Ihat any nation ·has the
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everything over any
'Phere is something we
,m an nations.
r11ndamental things and
;ht comparlsou between
and Ge!'many, 'rhere are
i,•s that are very deslrliich the world ·has been
nl very slowly but nevel'·
snrely, (1) Equality 'be1'.
We practically have
•oretically in all states of
. As a matter of fact, of
" not have it In any coun1·011 will he patient a moi 11diPale why, H we make
11 hetweeu
Germany: and
~la~ell In equality before
law, I think there is some slight advantage in German)',
On the other
hand, in the matter of political equality which is perhaps even more important, hecause l.t Is I.he .koy to all
things In the future, we 'have a very
great advantage in this country. Vi7e
have no hereditary ruling class. We
have no great caste system, All our
offices are open to a 11 our people and
In this we have a very great advantage over Germany, And then there
Is the matter of social equality which,
though it does not amount to very
much, ls the one possession, strange
to say, which people seem lo strive for
more than any other,
We have a
great fratemity in this country due to
the fact that most of our so-callecl important people have come up from the
rnnks.
'l'hen there Is, to my judgment, the
most Important thing of all, economic
equality,
As·, great a man as Mr.
James Bryce has said that there ls no
necessary connection between econom·
le equality and these other equalities
that I have mentlonecl, but I think
there Is a very fundamental connec•
tlon, You cannot have equality before lhe law, for instance, when yon
have these vast inequalities of wealth
which you have now.
There Is no
prize fight In the whole world so un·
fair as in a case where you have a
$10,000 lawyer UJJ against a $600 man,
What show has the man with the
$500 lawyer?
In the matter of economic equality
a nil ln the increasing effort that is
being macle t.o prevent inequality in
other directions l think that Germany
again has every advantage over the
United St.ates, There are many things
In Germany, I realize, that are not desirable,
They have religious prejudice, Moreover, women do not occupy
the high position that they do in this
country-where woman occupies a
higher position than any in any other
country, There are a good many of
these things in which we have the ad' vantage, On the other hand, take as
a means of comparison, the five tests
of civJllzation-and I think they are
very good tests, One is the rapid prodt.tlon of wealth, 'l'hey are making
money faster in Germany than they
are anywhere else.
In the elimination of all waste-human and material
-Germany leads the world,
In the
Intellectual elevation of their society,
I think Germany is ahead.
Also In
the practical enjoyment of
life
through the enforcement of' the law
order, Germany leads the world,
1 • and
· · Can you think of any better tests than
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these tests? Certainly they are desirable tests. Now there are three things
in part.lcnlar that' I am going to call
to your attention tonight, three steps
I helieve we must take In this country, where Germany leads not only
Amel'ica bnt all the rest of the world,
First, is in this regarcl: They know
over there what is the proper function
of the government. The government
there is cloing a great many things
that ls not being done In this country
and that a.great many people in this
country think it Is dangerous to do,
Germany is the only country where,
without any experimenting at all, the
people at once took over the telephone
and the telegrnph, Nearly every other
country in Europe experimented alon°·
awhile with private ownership, and
today practically all of them. with the
oxceptlon of· Spain, have haci to come
to government ownership,
In England, you know, the government
owned the telegraph a Jong while ago,
Only last summer they took over the
telephone,
Thist country of ours is
~pending a vast amount o·f money paymg people to lie about things,
You
have read In the papers that the gov~r111;1ent ownership of the telegraph
Ill England was a failure,
Well, that
was in part true, for it was competing
with the telephone. How about this
?otmt.ry? With the· ·western Union trymg· to crush It out, the telephone went
on for 25 years, Which was it that
won out In the end? It was the telephone that beat the telegraph, How
much better, if instead of the telegraph selling o,ut to the telephone the
government had taken them both over!
Then, take the n1atter of railroads.
I think that the railroads were first
taken over in Germany largely from
military necessity,
Possibly from
business necessity,
They were not
taken over by the nation as a whole.
Bismarck wanted to do it but the socialists would not Jet him, simply, r
think, because they thought Bismarck
was trying to get ahead of them and
rob t·hem of the credit for this move,
Probably he was, but neverthelesi;
he proposed some very good things
and for that reason the socialists themselves liave come to accept them, One
of them was· the national ownership of
the railroads, I believe that the railroads in Germany are better run when
you consider the welfare of ~11 tho
people, than anywhere else, First or
all, there is• greater safety,
You
would have to travel five times the distance between here. and the sun in
tJrder to get kllleu in a German railway accident.
(Applause,)
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ia·.'Jor,-Cape Cod.' Five
n-' New, York,· New Ha,
of; ford railr·oad put o·
·Ill i and
advertisemen~i.
;. words: "Go. to the
iL11 l<'all ,River 1h10. 11 '!
lie they .received 2,000 1
1:tl ~le' Cape,
and the
ltq 2,~00; Inside of thre
11~ ev,ery <country in
Ld cept_ Patagonia and I
•i·. some· inquiry,. Even.
er ini the· Philippines'
is fo;,mation ·and later
ll' Cqpe. I ' 'l'he liUle ra
u!' lei, 1 entitled "Quaint
11') is,) q . inost . artistic
:rl Ht! · suggestion of t
•11 of the Oap!J, which i
c:. e1: benefit to the p~
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II II value of the fares, j
s
Over $100,000,000 ,
· mouey comes into· .I
e evepy summer,
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'Jersey, who was at :,
• who had always i/
Cod as a heap of SE
' glowing terms of th
,yooJiand, form land J
I sce1iery. · He said hj
cleem any soil whict
per cerit of organic_
!H · per cent. of air
and proper treatm1
Cape was far from l
l.Jest. soil for i,om
crops · including frui
fall'a, peanuts, etc.·
The acldress of
given by Charles Iv,
president of the Sa
Df; l~ade; fcillo,ved by
who outlined plans !
Cod board of trade.
Live Charles ·L. Git'
iirst Barnstable dist I
I he
dev,elopment , · o
,John J,. l\Iorgan con
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Jo for the Cape; a
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lhe ca11,1! ·coinpan
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lJnited Statcti you have only to travel
half the distance from the earth to
the s1111 to meet wilh a similar accitlC'nt.. There ls no duplication of roads
In Germany,
'l'here are no rebates
nncl no cliviclends have to be paid on
wal.ered stock. On tlrn whole the cle•
vetopment of· the roads have been
made to fit the neecls of the people
belt.er than in this country, Take the
[1·eight rates.
The freight rates in
Gerniany are one-third for the same
distance that they are in England. One
of lhe reasons for Germany\; great.
superiorit.y toclny in business ls due to
ch~ap freight transportation,
'I'hen take the 111atter of tariff for
1n1sseugers, 'l'hey have four different
kinds of classes nnd three different.
kinds of speecl and you pay according
to what you want. There Is nobody
who cannot travel first class in Germany if he wants to pay for it-and
they do not have Jim Crow cars In
Germany, Uncler the fourth class
rates in Germany-of two-thirds of one :
penny a mile-a man can conie In and
I.alee' pretty near all his householcl
goods with him. Practically 60 per
cent. of all the people in Germany
t1'a vel fourth clnss, for 7'.ic a mile, I
helieve that I.he state-owned roads in
Prussia al·e today the best managed
roacls in the world, 'l'o be sure, they
do not run them entirely for the benefit of the people. They have a great
amount of taxes to pay in Germany
and they get $1G0,000,000 of it through
the railroads. But even so is it not
better to have $1G0,000,000 a year to
lower your taxes than have all this
profit. go intc, 11rivate hands? By owning the railroads the government has
also been able to develop canals, something which, as you have di'sc9vered,
we are not able to have in this country, If we had canals to correspond
with those of Germany we should have
thirty waterways stretching from t.he
Atlantic lo the Paciflc, On account of
the low freight rates which the German business men get because of these
canals, the German pee11le save $150,000,000 a year. Isn't that some advantage to somebody? '\Ve can never develop our waler-transvortation, which
is thp, cheapest transportation, so long
'1S our railroads are in private hands
'l'o be sure, we have had a ,vonderfully rapid development of our country
for this very reason.
There was this
immense country of ours, a large
amount of vacant land, which had to
be developed rJtilckJ~, and the men who
owned the land could not wait. ancl the
only way in which It could be developed
quickly was by offering large Induce•
ments to private capital to do It. We ,
did th.at and railroads developed very
quickly .nnd made an immense amount
of millionaires, vVas It all necessary'?
I ·Hometimes doubt whether it was
worth l11e price considering what we
pnid back. '\.\' e ga-ve these railroads
more lnncl in order to induce them to
illllld. In adclltion to that they paid no
taxes for twenty 01· thirty years, and
In addition to that they killed· 40,000
or 50,000 peo11le every year, for which
they gave no compensation, Thus we
had a wonderful development in our
railroacf in.this country. Ent we poi.cl:
for it. 'l'he ·railroad question ls settled In Germany, ls tl\e i'ailroad question set.tied in i\meric!l? Is it settled
In New J<Jngland today? I do not think
it is necessary for me to answer that
question. l~urthermore, it will not be
sett.led as long as you leave this public
function under private control. (Applause.)
Again, as yon know, in Germany
thE•re is a vast amount of public land
which is tlevot.ecl to forests and from
which the people derive a large revenue.
'vVe hav~ a billion -acres of public
land; it costs· us $3,000,000 to administer it. We get back 1½ million. i;Ve
are impfoving, Sti]J the contrast, Jt
seems to me, is rather striking between Germany and the Un!tecl States,
Again, as you know, they have ha1!
the parcel post in Germany for a long
while. W'e had a very great. struggle
to get it here. Even the very wellmea ning, intelligent people thought it
was a dangerous thing for the go·vernment to clo. At any rate, the government Is paying 60 or 70 millions a
year more for having this business
done for· them than the express companies pay for having their business
do'ne. vVhen our government owns the
railroads we can make a better comvarison, In Germany the government
goes aronnd and collects parcels as
well as delivering them. In fact., the
government in Germany ls doing a
vast number of things to accommodate
the people that we have not yet even
begun to t hlnk of,
Coal mines are owned liy the different states,· 'I wonder why we can be
so stupid that we permit this absolutely necessary fact iii human society
to lie monopolized by a few people? I
think we are coming to see the neecl
of state-owned coal mines. Even more
imperative is government ownership
of wat.er power. In Germany they have
taken the control of' that in a way
that will conserve this power which
God has put under the sun for all the
11eovJe, Again, in Germany they have
developed labor exchanges all over the
country so that a great waste of hu-
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:incl made an immense amount
,naires. \\las it all necessary'?
i111es doubt whether it was
1n price considering what we
·!,, 'Ne gave these railroads
1d in orcler to incluce them to
n atl<lition to that they paid no
1· I wenty 01· thirty years, ancl ,
011 to that they klllecl 40,000
people P-very year,. for which
,. no com1iensatio.n, Thus we
01Hlerful development in om
in this country. Bnt we paicZJ'l1e railroad question is set•l'nrnny, Is the railroad ques, d in Am eden? Is it settled
11gland today? I do not think
•><sary for me to answer that
l1
'urthermore, it will not be
long as you leave this public
111ulc1 p!'ivnt~ control. (Av:1,; yon know, in Germany
nrnt amount of public Janel
il,•votecl to forests and from
, people derive a large rev,. a billion acres of public
o,;ts us $3,000,000 to .admin\'e get back 1 ½ million, We
1 ing.
Still the contrast, it
111e, is rather striking be11nny ancl the United States,
yon know, they have lrntl
post in Germany for a long
, had a very great struggle
l1ere, Elven the very well11t elligen t people thought it
,gerous thing for the go\,.
1l0. At any rate, the govpaying GO or 70 millions a,
for ha vh1g this business
1um than the expreHs comfor lrnvlng their business
•11 our government owns the
l' can make a better comUermany the government
ii and. collects parcels as
\'ering them, In fact, the
in Uermany is doing a
· of things to accommodate
l1at we have not yet even
11k of.
,; are owned by the cliffer1 wonder why we can be
1u t we permit this abso;:1 t·y fact in human society
1ilized by a few people? I
• coming to see the need
•d coal mines, Elven more
s government ownership
vr, In Germany they have
n1trol of that in a way
11,;erve this power which
111Hler the sun for all the
111, in Germany they have
,01· exchanges all over the
l,at a great waste of Im-
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man energy among people trying to
could think of. v\1hat are the results?
find work is saved,
From 1878 to 1908 the population of
What is true of the state and the na- Germany increased by 19,000,000; nev' tion Is also true of the cities. Nat- ertheless in J 908 with 19,000,000 more
ural mouopolies are pretty largely people there were actually 32,000 less
owned by the cities in Germany, Ger- deaths, I clo not know of any other
man cities are the finest in the world.
nation that has a record to compare
Why? That is the important question.
with that. Tlrnt is one of the thing-.,
I think that the chief explanation is that keeps the Germans at home, The
this. 'l'hey have a . good deal more Germans are not going away from
money to spend than we have. For their country in these days in any
this reason. They own a great many g1-eat numbers, The human factor is
productive enterprises-such as the the greatest factor in the prosperity
street railway, electrlp light and gas of any nation. That it pays to be
light-65 per cent. of all municipal good, it pays to be clecent and that
monopolies are owned by the munici- the nation that takes the best care of
palitie·s themselves, In this cpuntry its men and women ls the nation that
only about 3 to 5 per cent.
prospers most in the mere dollars and
In F1·ankfort where ,they have their cents is perfectly clear, (Avplause,)
own electric llght plant, the c'ty Isn't it. funny that that very simple
made $700,000 last year out of it.
thing should not be seen more readily?
I do not think that was a good
The working population in Germany Is
thing to do,, Service should have been insured against practically everything,
given to the people at pretty nearly 'l'hey have three special insurances
cost.. But isn't it better to have $700,- against -sickness; this was the first
000 with which to make the city bet- 1rind or insurance that went into et'ter - better streets, . better school fect ln Germany. 'I'hey said it is bethouses and the like than to have it ter to keep people well ·so that they
go to a few Individuals who would
can earn money than to try and cure
build yachts for their own selfish plea- them after they are sick, So 30 years
sure? Consider what you have to pay ago they began to insure against sick/or,· You have the Elevated Road here ness. This is very important. It is
in Boston. I was reaqing the other very difficult for an individual to proday an article wl1ich stated that they
vide for himself when lll. I suppose
had 70 lawyers on their payroll at an there are four people insured against
average pay of $5,000. Reckon that a pauper's funeral to one that ls inup.
$360,000.
vVhat are the-se law- sured against ·sickness. But I am so
yers doing?
They are seeing that sure that they will take care of this
nothing is done against the railroad.
body of mine without any wony to
• (Applause and laughter.) We know
me that I do not care much about inhow well they control the newspapers,
surance against pauper burial. I
Very few things get in tliere that they should like to be insured against sickdo not want printed. Again, in Ger- ness. Not over one-third of the wagemany there Is nothing that a German
earners in · thb count1·y are insured
city cannot do, Every time you want against sickness. In Ge1;many tl1ere
to build a school house here you have were ·4,000,000 people insured against
to go to the legislature, In Germany sickness out of a possible 13,000,000
the cities do just as they feel they wage-earners. Of that 4,000,000 250,ought to do and want to do. Many 000 conic! not keep up their payments,
German cities own two or three times 'l'hey got sick and they could not pay
as much Janel as they have built upon,
!heir insurance and their insurance
It is unconstitutional in Massachulapsed, So ·there were seen to he
setts for a city to own any land, Don't 250,000 sick every year among those
you think it is time we went down to who were struggling to insure themthe legislature and changed that selves against ·sickness, No poor man
thing41!' How else are we going to im- can afford to be sick here in America,
prove housing conditions? These are and the result is that people keep on
some of the things, it seems to me, working when they ought not to work,
that are necessary steps if we are A man gets all run down and what
going to live together as we ought to else Is there that can cure him than
live.
this;. Goad food, good all', good nourAnother thing, one of the most lm- · ishment. Food, rest and air all cost
portant things that Germany has done
money. If you were a doctor and a
Is in the matter of social insurance, man should come to you with conGermany leads the world in this re- sumption, what would you say to him?
gard, About 30 years ago· they began You would say: You have got to die,
their plan of insuring against nearly I /do not know what else you could
every· possible contingency that you say, In Germany· every working man
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1837 . tirnre were 150 sea
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· 'llhl),,.t•ai i:Qads·'ha~e
or .Cape Cod,' .Five·
is insured against sickness. He pays
rather a dangerous thing to put into
iew York,· New Hav
two-thirds of it himself and the emthe hands of a person a big sum
u1·d 'raikoad put bu'
ployer Jmys the other one-third. Here
which would not be well used. So in
is a ra'ther curious thing, ·when there
Gem1any it comes along as they need
1lld
adverLisement;, :,
was a revision of this rnte a\Joul a
it. In the case of death from an accivords: "Go,
th~
year ago, the goveniment proposed
dent or from sickness lhis is whal;
l,.all ,River line.'; •1'
that the employer should 1my one-haH happens. 'l'his went into effect in Ger,hey ,received, 2,000 hi
and working man one-half and the somany last year. The widow in ,every
1J1e · Cape, and the ,
cialist party opposed that. 'l'hey case gets a 11ell'sion until death or rewanted ·to keep lt just as it is, the
marriage o1 about' two-thirds of the
:,500; ·' Inside of three
working people paying two-thirds. earning capacity of her husband. I(
i:V!JI'y ·. '. COUntry I it~
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lhere are any cW!dren each child is
Proba~ly they had sense to ·see that
t'Ppt, Patagonia and le
the working people pay for it any- · also provided [Jf. ln Massachusetts
~ome ·inquiry,, Even
how, and they wanted to have them
they are wondering whether it ls wise
in; the Philippines' w
get the credit. (Applause.) It costs to have widows' pensions. There is a
about ·10 cents a week for the average
group of ladies who are running the
t'o~mation 'and later o
worker to be insured. What are the Associated Charities of Uoston who are
Cape, '.' , The little rai
benefits? First of all they have free
anxious that these widows should not
I Pi,: entitled "Quaint
medicine and free doctors for life. be pau11erlzed. They are living upon
is,: 4 ·· rnosL artistfo
lhe incomes of money that has been
'rhey have one-half pay in case they
Jul · suggestion of tt
are sick. They have treatment in given to them, nevert\1eless they are
sanitariums and hospitals. They have
very anxious that these women who
uf the Oape, which is
have children should not be pauper900 places where peo11le can be sent
l'l'. benefit to the pe
for rest. 'rhere is the maternity bene- ized. In Germany they have come to
lhe · l'ailroad, who on
fit. Germany is the only country that see that the men who produce the
i rnlue of the fares,
·
·sees to It that woman has a pro1>er wealth of the country ·have earned
Over $100,000,000 .
chance for life and that the "baby gets insurance by produping that wealth,
insurance is given not as charity but
a · proper chance for life when a II ttle
money comes _into
one is expected. The woman remains as justice, I want to add that in my
uvepy summer.
judgment this is the only sane thing
in the hospital from two weeks before
Dr 'l'homas, the not
to do,
unlll six weeks after the ba\Jy ls born.
ogist, of New 1/;ealan
Then there is the funeral benefit;
Here is a mother left with three or
, Je1·sey, who was at t
and, In adition to that, t)1e family
four children-let us take 3, real case
, who had always i
that I came across a year or so ago, I
benellt to cover the expenses of even
member of the family. All this is the found that this woman had been left
I Uod as a heap of sa
result of this sickness insmance. The 8even years befoi·e, with four children.
! glowing terms of th
doctors In the countries that have this She had struggled for seven years
i ,".oodland, farm land I
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social insurance nre enlisted on the working in shoe shops, until she. had
i scenery. He sa.id he
side of health. 'I/Ve use om' doctors been all worn out. She was almost
, deem any soil which
rp,ther hadly, I think, We graduate gone. It was necessary to ·s.end her
a very large number of doctors to a hospital. One of the daughters
:.I per cent of organic
got into trouble and had to marrr.
and then we send them into the world,
91 per cent. of air
saying, "Find some sick people and A boy had become a delinquent · in
and proper treatme
get them well or go hungry," Natur- · school. A judge of our city told me,
Uape was far from I
ally, they have to find some sick about that time, that he had to send
JJest soil for ~ome
people, For Urn 2G years ending in l l times as many boys to the House of
Correction in the city of Lawrence
1910, 92,000,000 cases of sickness were
crops · including fruit,
cared for in this ·soclal way in Ger- on account of the death of their pafalfa, pea1ruts, etc.·
many at an expense of $1,110,000,000. renls as he had from all the rest of
'l'he address of
It has been one of lhe cheapest things the conununil.y. The whole thing Is
~ given by Charles M,
this. The mother ls in the shop and
that Germany has ever done.
'i president, of .the Sm
Then, there is the accjdent insur- the children are in the street and the
>
of, l;;_•ade, f'ollowcd 1,y'
ance in Germany. This is all paid by inevitable happens. Wouldn't It be
'the e'tnployer, And why not? Why inuch better to pension mothers and
~ who ou~lined plans
should not this expense be pnid by let tl;1em stay at home and take care
v · Cod board of trade. ·
1' Live Charles ·L. Giff
the em11Joyer? When machinery is of their children? It would b.e not
scrapped the em11loyer pays for it. · only more humane to the mothers but
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l'irst BamstalJ!e distr
When he scraps the human factor why more j1,1st to the state. (Applause.)
the development , · of
Again, ·in. Germany, they have the
should he not pay for it? I do not
see any reason why not. It is added old age pension. It ls a little different
,r John J, . l\lorgan cont
to the cost of production .. 'l'he pen- than what it is In England. In Engsubject of what, adv
ti
sion is two-thirds the earning capacity land a person at 70 reeelved a gift of
do for the Cape; an
of the man who is insured against $1.12 from the state. He pays nothit ,J. W. Miller, ,'vice
accident as long as the injury remains. ing himself. In Germany each person
who expects an old age pension must
In some cases his full earning capacity
;'; the CHIU:tl ccin1pany,
contribute, according to the wage he
ls covered. 'rhe pension comes as a
vislnR ol' possiJJility f
uension and in a limited 'SUJn. That is receives. Consequently, the pension
id : tte, was graphic, · f
enables him to continue to live In the
·1 very good thing.
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· a dangerous thing to put into
1:111ds of a person a big sum
would not be well used. So in
111y it comes along as they nee<l
1 l he case of death from an accior from sickness this Is whal.
11s,
'l'his went into effect in Gerlast year, 'l'he widow In every
;ds a pe1rnion until" death or re:1ge of about two-thii'ds of the
1g capacity of her husband. If
are any children each child is
>ro\,!ded for, In Massachusetts
ire wondering whether it is wise
:r, widows' pensions, There Is a
of ladies who are running the
iated Charities of Boston who are
1s that these widows should not
11perlzed, Tliey are living upon
1<·omes of money that has been
to them, nevertheless they are
anxious that these women who
children should not be pauper1n Germany they have come to
liat lhe men who produce the
:1 of the country have earned
111ce by producing that wealth.
rnce is given not as chatlty but'·
;tice, l want to add· that in my.
tL,nt thhi is the only sane thing
tc is a mother left with three or
:hildren-let us take a real case
came across a year or so ago, I
that this wo111an had been left
years betore, with four children.
i1ad struggled for seven years
11g in shoe shops, until she had
all worn out, She was almost
It was necessary to ·send lle_r
l1ospital. One of the daughters
1to trouble and had to marry,
1· had become a delinquent in
I. A judge .of our city told me,
that time, that he had to send
1es as many boys to the House of
.:tion In the city of Lawrence
1·.ount of the death of their paas he had from all the rest of
D111munity, The whole thing Is
The mother is in the shop and
lildren are in the street and the
allle hapvens, ·wouldn't it be
l1etter lo pension mothers and
em slay at home and take care
di· children? It would be not
nore humane to the mothers but
.inst to the state. (Applause,)
in,· in Germany, they have the
e pension, It Is a little different
what it is in England. In Eng1 person at 70 reueived a gift Of
from the state. He pays noth111self. In Germany each person
•xpects an old age pension must
!Hite, according lo the wage he
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Consequently, the pension
eB him to continue to live In the
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manner to which he· has been aGcustomed, The American theory is pretty
good-that you pay a man enough
wages so that he can save something
and when he gets old he will take ca·re
of himseU, But -it does not worh:,
It is proven that the best cl tizen
is not· necessarily the man who
scrim11s and starves his family In
order that he may lie provided for In
his old age. The hest citizen may be
the man who ·spends every clollai' in
seeing that his childre1i are properly
cared for, · In Germany 2,000,000 people have come In for $95,000,000 since
this old age pension went into effect,
'l'he cost of Germa1iy's whole' system
that I have been · talking about, sick
benefits for everybody, old age pensions for widows and children, all
these benefits, including old age pensions, cqsts only one-third more than
we are Jiayiug to our vetreans of the
civil war.
'Now, there is another thing that we
ought to learn from Germany-obedience to law,
Germany has been a
military nation and the first words
you want to, learn if you are going to
Germany are Es ist verboten: It is
forbidden, Some one has figured out
that there are more. things prohibited
·in Germany than there are permitted,
(Laughter,)
The Germans have a
great deal of respect for law and order, Also in Germany the children
are taught to obey in the home. Some:,
one has said that in Germany the
father is the head• of the house, in
· Ei1gland the oldest'son is at the head
of the. house, in l<'rance the 'Yife is
the head of the house and in America
-the oldest daughter. (Laughter.) The
word obedience that is taught In the
home is further taught in the school,
and when the scliool is through the
urmy takes It up; and by the time
that the army has gotten through with
the German young man he kriows perfectly the familiar words Es ist verboten, '\;\/hen a German sees that a
thing is forbidden· he knows it is forbidden. When an American sees it
he does not believe it. He goes in
and tests it out. He finds it is forbidden in Germany,
In Germany there are five kinds of
police to prevent fire,
We had an explosioh three years
ago, 'l'hey were transporting some
dynamite and blew it u11, causing a
great deal of damage, 'l'hey got five
commissions at work trying to find
out how It happened. It seems to me
that having five kinds of police to
vrevent its hap11ening· is rather better'
than our way of trying so hard to dis•
covet· afterwards why it happenefl.
There is a great deal in tl1e difference
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of point of view. Every nation wants
liberty. I sup11ose every nation thinks
it has it, Some thinlc the Germans
have not any liberty, England thinks
that. The American's idea of liberly
is his right to sticlchls 'umbrella into
peoples' ribs; the German's iclea . of
liberty is his right to keep his ribs
intact.. Laws have been in force so
long in Germany that it seems lo b.e
~ habit to obey, I Laugllt school once
in a German comnrnnity, All my boys
and girlR Wflre German boys and girls.
For the whole winter those GO German
boys and girls gave me less trouble In
the way of discipline than ten fine
Christi~n Yankees have given me in
one hour of Sunday School, (AJ>plause,) The reason is this, 'l'hese
German boys and girls knew that if
they got punished in school they would
get punished again when they got
home. 'l'he parents would lmck up the
teacher's auH10rlty, In a school in New
.Jersey, not long ago, one of the boys
was disciplined and the mother sent
word that, as soon as she had time
s'11e was coming down to the school to
knock the slats out of that teacher.
Back up your teachers and make It
easier for them to maintain discipline.
(Applause,)
When you go to a German hotel, the
waiter brings you a card upon ,which
are these questions: Who are you?
'\V'1lere do you come from? What Is
your character?
The last question
means: what Is the character of your •
business here? That card is sent out
to police headquarters.
Afterwards,
you may be a stranger but you are
known In Germany,
If you have a
friend in Germany in any city you
can fincl out exactly what he is doing
by telegraphing the police.
They
Jr'now what ·he Is doing,
A Gennan
physician, whom I met, told me th!~
story,
He was studying in Berlin
and he wanted to go to Leipsig, He
started off very hastily; said nothing
to his lanr!lady and was gone three
days, and when he came back he apol-.
ogized to the landlady and said: "I
am very sorry that I gave you so much
trouble," She said: "No trouble at
ali. When I saw you did not come
·home the next morning I sent to the
police headquarters and they told me
wbere you were,"
'!'here Is another thing. They have
300 murderers, a year in Germany and
they probably punish 287 of them. We
have 8000 and we punish 300 of them.
'l'here are probably more people arrested in Germany in vroportlon to
the JJOJJUlatlon t:han any other country, Why? Because there are more
'laws lo be broken. It is a crime in
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and . Will Be, that,· i1l 1837. there wer\l ·i50 'sya an exposition would , 'iuforrri · ah
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A.. No, I would not recommend the
I. 10,30 a. m., 111 /Jor,-~upe Cod.' Five
cigar on the street. It Is a crime to German system. Bnt I would he glad
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representn-! -~ew .', Y,~rk, New Hav
I.ear up your letters and throw them for 'the sake of a youth's physical, de11s boards otl lord, railroad_ put ou
on the streets In Germany, There are velopment to see In America one year
hundreds of crimes of that sort In at least of compulsory military ser·
:i 11izutious 'fi•oJi1\ .Ul.ld'. · a4~e;t1se~_envl
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·Germany and they are all In the In- vice-or nine months, such as they
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terests of decency and ordel'.
The have In Denmark.
ii to ,the Keith _l• all ,River !me.
large proportion ~f arrests, Instead ot
Q. Doesn't the working mun of
I y !Jfiarde<l the tll~Y .r.eceived · 2,000 h
proving t-lrnt Germans are the most Germany pay the military taxes and
luwid the cana\ \l1e' . Uape,. and the
criminal people in the wo.rld proves, war taxes and, if so, Is It not a great
in my judgment, that they are the drain on his eamlngs?
as/i_·a1· as thj 2,~o-O; ._,111s1tle of, ~hre~
most civilized.
A, The laboring man pays for al·k./over the en ev,ery .... country m ij
'l'here are three · things which are most everything everywhere.
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d,;led CUll(li. t' cept Patagonia and Id
the necessary next steps and they all
Q. Doesn't the speaker think that
I lie breakwate/!, ~01:ne' h1qui~?·. _Eve1;1 .
come out of this one -fact: consldent- Ii the railroads .were owned by the
a11ul is 80 P~f:-1_11/ the_ Pl~1hppmes·
tlon for the other man. ( Applause.)
govemment In this country politics
EJqual justice for all.. What we have
would so enter In as to make them
t.110 dredger
1~;,n~a ~t~n and_ later
got to learn in this' countrJ; is that, less efficient than. they are now?
uudred to foul U~p.e . . ·: rhe IIU!e ra
God made Bill, too. I do not know
A. You •have grasped the one great
cub.le yards.. oJ_!el;, -~(.1titled. "Qt~ai~1t
whether yon have heard this story or fear of a great many people. Undoubl·
way is bemg· _is,~!\ · most artistic•
not. A little boy had been brought In edly there Is danger in that as long
of U00 lineal 1'ul ' suggestion of t
to a Sunday school and after a while as we have not learned tci do our publich means ten of the Oape, which i
he came again, bringing B!ll in with lic business In a business way. · But
him. 'I'he teacher hegan going ove1· the railroads a.re In politics now, They
,~ of dredging; er. benefit to the p
the previous lesson ancl asked, "Who are more In politics riow than they
u idle winte 1 the· railroad, who o
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made you?"
He answere'd, "God." could possibly be If they were ownen
, the canal will v,alue of the fares.
"And what else did He make?" The by the government.
i"ear from · this
Over $100,000,000 ,
boy dldn't seem to know and for a
Q. Are the reforms referretl. to lD
· :1'1 money
comes 'into •
long while he hesitated.
'l'hen his any large measure due to the activity
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eye chanced to fall on •Bill and he of the German wo1han, aiicl do the
ad en,ioyed the/· eve_ry, ~ummer.
srdcl, "I guess He made Bill, too." 1Ve women hold any large. positions In
rip they were: l_)r lhomus, t!1e no
must every one of UR learn that les- m unic!pal affairs?
liigh platfo.rm'_jl og1st,. of New 1/;eala
son thoroughly and soon.
A, · I think there are •only one or
rial from the, Jersey, who was a_t
two cities where women hold office.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
The German woman ls supposed to be
clambake' was, who had always · i
Q. Is there any alarm · .it the Indevoted to church, !dds and cooking.
I'd exceli'ence ·l Uoc\ as a heap of s i
crease In Germany's taxation?
But the German women are waking up
,~rs, clams anct! glowing te~'mS of LI)
A, I think that the business men and all the universities are now open
·ilicism. 'l'hen\ w:oodlaud, i~r1.n !and~
of Ger'many are quite well agreed that to German women.
Cod board sc(lnery. He . sa_1d ,h
there ls no handicap to business In the
Q. Is there child labor in Ger0
,'
Increased taxation which comes from many?
for a mental deem apy s_o1I wlu_cl
these schemes.
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A. Yes, I think there is.
I think
!tad its origin I
cent o1 organ.IC
Q. Can you give a few details In rethere are about 3000 Germans under
1nember of the! I.Ji· per ceut. of au·
gard to the parcel post system In Ger- 14 years of age working.
Compare
·. I and proper treatm_
many?
.
that with other countries.
l'ade.
f
Cupe was fur rom 1
A. I suppose that everyone knows
Q. Can you get a divorce In Ge.rs called i>rac- best soil · for i,om
111 Germany there ls · practlca:lly no many as quickly as you can In this
Lhe best way crop~ · including fruj
lln1it of what they carry as parcel country?
·
A. I do not belleve you can do any•
post. I cannot g! ve you the details of
ing the Cape i'µ,lfa, pea1iuts, etc.
expense, etc. They go around and col• thing In Germany as quickly· as you
t unifying the .. 'l'he address . of
lect the bundles for you. There is al- can In this country,
hamlets inio given by Charles
Q. A few years 'ago attention was
most no limit In the size of the packrnr~d at large president . of. ,the . Sa
called to the fact that a great many
ages.
r, the . unique pf 1:;;,ade, follo,veu 'J.iy
German boys between the ages of 12
Q. What political party in GerCod and its who_ outlined plans
man:v, was most active In Introducing and 14 were committing suicide, Is
these reforms and why did the three It not possible that the enforced mlll!tore pl'operty Uod boa.rd of trade.
conservative parties oppose equal suf- . tary service In Germany was responii !alms and I tive Charles 'L, Git'
slbie for this?
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frage?
tich there are I first· BarustalJle dist .
A. It ls possible but ther·e ls, also,
A, ·well, so far as I can learn most
It tow:1 alone. ' the de'lelopment,: o
'I'here
of these reforms were begun by Bls- another possible explanation.
, nlso ignorant i John J, . l\loi•gau con
nrnrck, probably in order that •he are more suicides In Germany In proportion to the population than any
might head off socialism. ·
resburc~s of , subject of what ad
Q, 1''ould the speaker recomment1 •other country. IQne In every 27 of the
o apple. a nd do for' the Cape; a1
the German system of conscription fol' population of Leipzig who die, die by
years ago at i J W Miller h''vice
self-murder.
'this country?
ieultural show tiie 0111 u,ll ~ciiupan
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possi~ility
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ild towns and I uupre,;si ve.
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·o opening. up
e .Cape,·. ori
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