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Show g EDITORIAL HI INDUSTRIAL j WAR MB El ' Wero not the American peoplo an- Si xlous over tho situation on tho South Hi em border, tho armed conflict In Col- BJ orsxlo would bo seen In nearer Its H truo proportions. It is far moro ora Kg Inous than Mexico. Tho latter Is' WQ merely an annoying external trouble. H It Is a problem that our peoplo can K and will solve In due tlmo. Tho K bloody hostility growing up between classes at homo signifies Internal disease. dis-ease. i Conflicts like thoso In Colorado and , "West Virginia nro often callod ln- dustrlal war. This seems rather un- ' fair to war, in which tho battle If conducted with regard t cevtaln i rules adopted by civilized states. . Noncombatnnts ore not to bo Intcr- s fercd with, and needless destruction V of property Is stopped. In theso la- f t, bor conflicts, tender women ami lit- 1 t $ . tlo children nro victims. i , It Is or Uttlo uso to discuss which i !" Bldo Is In tho wrong. Whoro thero Is I' V such wild passion, probably both y I sides nro In error. Shall not tho h, ' public, weary of tills frightful economic econ-omic waBto, domand some hotter ma-. ma-. f , . , chlncry for stopping theso class con- r '( j i '' fllcts, which Increase tho living costs f. " i , f 1 1 i to tho wholo'country? ft. " "i Is thero hot quite ns much reason h for Intervening' to stop this senictess fj , ' Iobs, as there Is In Intervening fl ' 'I to stop the folly, 'of tho Mexican con m j, . fllct? Aro'our Industrial forces ills- I r playing any moro common senso In ll ' their warfare, than aro tho Mexicans - whom we revllo as greasorsT No Industry can survive tho com- l petition of tho twentieth century un- ! less It lp organized on a basis of I , Industrial harmony. Tho country Is ) full ofjnflustrles jn wnict, employer ' and emnjocd. IJvo and le llvi. T.he K way to pcaco can bo found wherever ; f thero is some disposition to comprom- i ; i' lse, and to seo things from tho o'htn W ;i man's point of view. B ! ! ! W ABILITY IN THE if! ' ARMY H ! . Tho work dono by tho Unttud I j States army In Its occupation of Vorti M Cruz will throw some light on a fro iTl i ! (luently debated Question, as to what fl ! grado of ability tho United Stntot. M i Is getting to fill tho positions it ar 3 I my officers. kI , ' The -o Is a popular lmpros'on tlxt m j tho typlchl srmy olTlccr'ls a mnitlnnl . felt ; Ho Is supposed to spend his life In II Lj seeliiR that guard mount comes off M ,RJ precisely on tlmo, and In ironlni out i , ' tho wrinkles from tho rocklos. jiff, A superficial view of West I'olnt iBw ' and other military schools would 'By perhaps confirm this Impression, llio yt boys &ro subject to great rlsM'ts; of t dlsclpllno and study. Ono would tbtnl: , tl tho cold flxlty of dally routlno would t frcczo out tho warmer Impulses of , nmbUIon and orlglnhllty. It has sometimes been maintained UfK military schools nro not ftblo to provide Instructors capable of Riving such mental stimulus as Is found In thobofit colleges i(too often they aro young officers who must sit up nights fia 'Pi'ert1 of. tho boys iy Si&&&W. Nevcrtbess, graduate! of West Polfirabd like schools hivo always mttrAiahed that 'there 1 something tersaillltary life that lif ft fellow bjftryjiere, dll outne of cero-mony. cero-mony. The emphasis oni neatness, physical erectness and efficiency, the BslsVeneeVn truthjeUlngiVnd avoid-ance avoid-ance of bad habits, turns ijut a very "Sn cut Van. 1To'tn1s lstiddod the, lnsMrlng Influence of herolo tradition iat surrounds all military education. Routine as army llfo may seem, cf qtnphow the army men seem ablo to rlso to tho occasion when somo .probjem of human administration1 Is lUlbaed on them. Having learned to )obey thoy seem to know how to com-Yna'nd. com-Yna'nd. Whether In tho Philippines, Panama, or Mexico, they glvo an lm-pr!&lon lm-pr!&lon of mental alertness and grasp of practical situations. Already from Vera) Cruz como In tho reports tlifi oven tho Moxlcans llko army government, and will bo sorry when tliff'troops leave. I i 4 MEXICAN DIGNITY ( . Travellers say that an Impoverished Impoverish-ed descendant of a former wealthy Mexican family Is always glad to o&rnia meager pittance, as a clerk Id a 'dry goods store. Ills shabby frock coat and Bilk hat enablo him to kcopj uq an air of decedent grandeur, and hd noed not soil his cuffs. Ho can iStjlMnalntaln hn acquaintance with tho Benorltas of the upper class to wl oth ho sells sIlkB. Wsvcr could ho do anything so un-'conventional un-'conventional as to go out In the ro igtf clothes of the farmer, winning a :omfortable living from the rich soil.'" Dignity la tho keynote of upper class llfo. It has much to do with, tho break with our people. The 'ituli class Mexican is a modern Don QuU-oto. QuU-oto. Ho revels In high sounding phrases, nbstruBC, conversation, and grandiloquent figures of speech. Iluslness dealings aro carried on with many antecedent flqurlBhes and preliminary pre-liminary formalities. The sharp demand of the American admiral that tho United f.tutes flag bo saluted nt a certain day and hour shocked all this elaborate sliigo plav . Very llkoly they would have been willing wil-ling to glvo a salute, could they hae hud several months to lay out a scenario scen-ario of forms and ceremonies. To 'the Mexican, tho gringos, !in rough and' coarse boors from the. Northland. Tho proceedings at Tom-Plcp( Tom-Plcp( and Vera Cruz shatter all their fabric of conventionality. , Every olber well dressod, educated man you meet on a street In Mexico CJty la called Doctor pf icltwe. iM'-opop iM'-opop y'or letters. The alternate ones aro, argely generals. ,1 .(hie seems llko farco comedv tflvpoj business like, slmplo ma'iaer-ed,nrather ma'iaer-ed,nrather abrupt Amorlcan. He has llUja uso forflmorojtlmo Alllliigiruo-' tlona.-Ilo prefers action to ceremony. In lyutarcc'onstructlou otilio Men can llfohft tho United States n.iy at-tempt, at-tempt, It must deal tactfully with thesa.'nutlonal tendencies. They can adlcuted. .'. .j. .J. HIS REWARD No nitfler how his heart was wrung He kept a smile of cheer; Ho neer had a spiteful tonguo; Ills conscience, too, was clear. J Ho praised u helper pra'o was duo, His tones wero never sad. Ho braely tried, whero'or ho turned, To help men to bo glnd. Year In, )car out, ho did his best To lesson splto and hato. With quenchless courage In his breast Ho fought with stubborn Fato. ft -Ho labored to lucioaso delight, 'X hough sorely striken oft; MonVald ho lacked tlio'uervo to fight, And women called h',m soft. |
