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Show THE CITIZEN 12 4 GOVERNOR SMITH AND AN OC- CUPATIONAL DISEASE. Wellesley Hill, Mass., Oct. 8. Governor Smith misses no opportun- ity to proclaim himself the friend of the wage earner and a statesman profoundly interested in welfare legislation. It has, therefore, occurred to me that the following statement of facts should be brought to public attention at the present time as food for reflection upon important issues. In 1915 the New York legislature amended the schedule of occupational diseases to provide compensation for the economic consequences of silicosis, which is a fibroid lung disease, the outcome of which is almost invariably fatal. The bill was passed by the legislature after several years of persistent agitation and extended hearings. It was a bill obviously called for by the higher considerations of public policy, and a sense of justice and fairness to the wage earners concerned. The bill was promptly vetoed by the Governor, and without any explanation. Governor Smith has never explained his reason for vetoing this legislation, but it is obvious it was done for political reasons to meet the more radical view of organized labor. As a result of the veto hundreds of persons have died in the meantime without compensation, while probably a thousand are suffering from the disease at the present time. The legislation proposed would have preventative effects in that there would have been a penalty upon its occurrence. The bill in question was framed upon South African and British precedents with due regard in the interests of all concerned. But it was not sufficiently radical to meet the views of those who insist upon everything or nothing. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN, Consulting Statistician, the Prudential Insurance Co. of America. (Published in Chicago Daily Trib.) UNIFYING THE WORLD. . IT WAS SHAKESPEARE who laid down the fundamental of world peace makwhen he spoke of fellow-feelin- g ing the whole world kin. When we think alike and do alike the whole world over the great majority of the causes of past wars will have been SEND IT TO THE LAUNDRY Distinctive Work Hyland 190 swept away. There will remain, of course, national, commercial and industrial interests and national ambitions, just as we have them in private life, but if we can get rid of our hates, prejudices, ignorances and misunderstandings and distrust and disbelief in the honor, good will and pacific intentions of others that grow out of those mental defects, we ought to be able to adjust those matters of conflicting interests without fighting over them. This being true, it follows that every step that leads us toward common usages and desires is a step towards business. Let us take the results of the visit to Europe by the Ameer of Afghanistan and his wife as an example. Upon his return he began a campaign for the shaving of long beards his people have worn for ages, while his wife instituted a like discarding of the veil for women. Both acts were almost impious from the Moslem point of view. The beard is semisacred, so much so that one of the most binding oaths in Islam is to swear by the beard of the prophet. The Hebrews also swore by their beards. It was that custom Christ referred to when he said: Neither shalt thou swear by the beard, for thou canst not make one hair either black or white. But the beard is destined to go, even among the Moslems and the Jews of the old faith. As for the veil, for a Mohammedan woman to show her face to any but her own family has been considered both a shame and a sin. But the veil, the beard and even the sacred fez have been banished from Turkey and now they are on their way from Afghanistan and in time from every land and clime under the sun. That is certainly a long step toward world unity of appearance, custom and thought. When we take a casual glance over the unifying agencies that are at work in the world we are both astonished and gratified to realize that the mass in both number and potency, originated or had their great development in this country. Just to mention a few, there might be enumerated the steamboat, railroad, telephone, telegraph, electric light, kodak, sewing-machinmultiple printing press, annual distribution of the Bible by millions in nearly every language of man, photosafety-razo- r, tobacco, engraving, chewing gum, electric railway, airplane, development of the public school, moving pictures, and even the general broadcasting by radio. The tremendous work these agencies are doing to make the whole world kin cannot be overestimated, although most, if not all of them have been used as instruments of war, yet their main function is in business and in the work of producing that common human mind which will be the final foundation of peace. We may expect for some time to come, that diplomats will spar with each other for the strongest navy, the largest army, the command of the strongest compelling power, as they always have done, but the silent agencies producing unity of thought, desire and habit will continue their work of dispelling ignorance, hate and distrust more and more unto the perfect day. It is a long process, but who cannot see what it has already accomplished in a single generation! St. Louis Daily Globe. A GENTLEMAN from a state whose name is Jacob Lord has a swell method of commanding unusual attention in New York hotels. He registers as Lord, Jacob. 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