THE FIRST WOMAN SENATOR THE appointment by Governor Hardwick, of Georgia, of Mrs. W. H. Felton to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson as United States Senator has been praised as a fine tribute to a woman of undoubtedly exceptional ability and character. It has also been praised as a recognition of the present and coming power of women in the Nati... continued
Group Politics in Ontario
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN ONTARIO The people of Ontario, one of the largest and most prosperous provinces of the Canadian Dominion, are confronted with a problem that vexes practically all democratic countries-whether public affairs shall be managed by legislators nominated and elected by organized parties or by groups representing agricultural, labo... continued
Mudania Peace Conference
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
THE ALLIES ACT TOGETHER ONE hopeful and satisfactory result of the conference of the Powers at Mudania is that the representatives of Great Britain and France agreed harmoniously upon the demands to be made from the Turkish Nationalist army as precedent to the proposed peace conference. If only France and Great Britain and Italy had come together... continued
Better Wages and Higher Prices
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A Living Wage In discussing the demand of organized labor for what is termed “a living wage,” a return to the workers of a share of their product sufficient to maintain themselves and families in moderate comfort and to accumulate modest savings for their old age, it is commonly taken for granted by the employing interests that any and ... continued
Wisdom in Life
January 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
YOU CAN MAKE LIFE SIMPLE ONE of the most constant illusions among all classes of men is that the so-called “deep” subjects are uninteresting and hard to understand. They have been made deadly dull by a whole succession of writers who, in order to make themselves important, have used a whole lot of big words to obscure their meaning. The... continued
Business of a Bank
January 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A bank’s success is due to the success of the community it serves. A bank’s willingness to help may be in its own interests primarily, but, whatever the motive, this help benefits the customer just the same. And the services a bank can render are manifold. First of all, a bank is the safest depository for money, for cash in the form of ... continued
Political Skirmishes of the Middle West
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
MISSOURI is politically still a raw State. Rural Missouri is honest and narrow, and I am told that Governor Hyde, who is a progressive Republican and ran on the Bull Moose ticket for Attorney-General in 1912, has had Satan’s own time with the farmers in seeking to provide even a reasonably adequate system of education for their own children. ... continued
Austria is Dying – Part 2
December 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Austria might last several months if the Government could pay its two hundred and sixty-odd thousand employees. It doesn’t seem able to print money fast enough to allow them to meet their living expenses. Cost of living has gone up so that a taxi ride costs 50,000, a dinner 75,000, a pair of shoes 300,000 crowns. The Government issues index n... continued
Choosing the Correct Job
December 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
IT would be well for all of us in general, and for the coming generation in particular, if Secretary of Labor Davis’s article in The Outlook for August 9 were taken seriously to heart both by parents and by educators. If our various educational systems have one thing in common, it is the serious lack of attention given to matters most intimat... continued
