Show pany cents a number sa 5 a year THE rO ILUM SOB FOR f 1 the first ar article ti cle of a p political olita cal nature that appears in the october forum is the decadence ot of new england by ox ex secretary george S boutwell whose turn is to td show by satisfies that the predicted decline of 0 the Ne new england states is 13 wholly imaginary that her manufactures fac tures have increased as well veil as tho the value of her farm products and the value of her railroads and that the total weald we althis fis greater than ever bea before ore arid and these heso facts sir mr Do dougwell altri attributes autes to alic protective tariff tile the I 1 working of silver act is by prof I 1 F I 1 W V taussig of Il harvard arvard who explains the magical cal operations ot of tile the now law arid and expresses less les fear of unhealthful tul inflation 1 than many other students of our financial system feel Theartic tho article lo isan Is an explanation oththo practical workings of financial legislation in general and of this new act in particular political in a more general sense Is edward bel first steps toward nationalism in which ho he lays down tile the nationalist pro gramme for immediate action ile would tonce once with the governmental control of railroads the telegraph the coal mines and the like and by degrees extend the system so alo ls Is l s tile the article by thomas magee a close student of tile ch nose on chinas cainas Ch inas menace I 1 to the world wherein an ho he shows his reasons reason i for tearing fearing the very rapid control by of many of the great industries ol 01 the civilized world byre by reason asoo of their cheap living and lid their enduring qualities as ai laborers ho he ox plains in detail wany many great ventures already undertaken under lakon by them anel and h shows how they outstrip the world as fa 3 tile leading article of the number Is hy by bishop of new york ou oil social problems arid and the church wherein he takes the churches to task for their sloth in bringing to the solution of our most pressing kocial problems the absolute justice and the complete fraternity of 0 christs teachings and example tho the article this month in the series of autobiographical essays on Forma formative tIvo influences la Is by by Fr frederic ederle harrlson harrison who Is rated by in many tiny grilles as the foremost living mast master or of english prose lie ho tells frankly the influences that have formed his opinions as a positivist Iti vist and explains his aim ahn in life and of ills his literary work giving much advice about methods of education and of 0 literary production product lou other articles in this number are am the future of our daughters by I 1 mrs helen 13 starrett St arrott tho the idea of life after death by prof J peter lesley 4 awo forces I 1 in n fiction by mary D cutting an explanation of the zodiacal light by prof arthur W wright and of tho the gulf stream tream by jacques IV redway who ho shows that many of tho the popular notions about tills this ocean current es air in regard to our climate are |