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MONDAY. APRIL I L IHI.l.
SEARCHING TRUTH THROUGH
THE EMOTIONS.
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The discussion of I he relation
of wages lo morality which lias
sprung from I lie invest igal ion
now going on in (illicagii may
have some good results. A cer
tain portion of employers may
have I heir hearts moved lo better
the wages and I he eondilions of
t he young women in I heir service.
Hut if the discussion proceeds
along its present lines, we fear
t.nat a deplorable balance of evil
will appear in the sum total. The
investigation has been most un
wisely guided, and il has been
permitted to drift into channels
which lead not toward the truth,
hot finite otherwise. Ileasonable
persons would admit that a loo
scanty wage, by making il more
ditficull to resist temptation,
would in many cases render eas
ier the lapse from virtue. Hut
when from the testimony given
the assumption is made that low
wages are a chief contributing
cause of immorality, and when in
particular testimony is given and
is gravely rommenled upon as if
i: were the statement of a social
fact, to tin' effect that reproach
.oust he withheld when the scan
tiness of file wage is given as the
reason for transgression, I lien it
becomes evident that the investi
gation and the discussion are pro
ductive of vastly more harm than
good.
If these crude and hasty as
sumptions were true, if 1his re
lation between wayos and virue is
accepted as established, if we
must believe llial I he bulwarks of
morality are lo lie souylil in eco
nomic comlil ions, then millions
upon millions id' sermons Hull
have been preached Ihrouyh the
lony cenliiries and are preached
today are shown lo be false and
futile, I lie theory of Ihe moral
smlimenls must be discarded,
and all our prevailiny standards
of riybl conduct will be over
thrown. The emotions are a
hiylily unsafe yuide in Iheseandi
for economic or social Irulli, and
the discussion of I lie evidence
yiven in tdiicayo has been in
yreal pari purelx emotional. The
liyllt of reason and of experience
seems lo have been exl inyuished
or obscured while these mailers
have been talked ahoul.
I n assume I lia I \ i i t lie amt |tu c
iI> are merely a question of Hie
difference between 8(1 amt 88 a
week is In leave quite mil of sight.
Ihe inlluenee nl home training
ami assneial inn. ami In deny all
saving influence In Ihe innate
moral sense. I'nder Ihe teachings
of such a doctrine human society
would undergo frightfrul depre
dation. II Is amazing that inin
jslers of Ihe gospel do mil see Ihe
tendency of Ihe line of thought
and discussion so lightly entered
upon.We should suppose that
they would thunder from the pul
pit Iheir deimneial ion of these
week-old theories Hull, if they
gained a general acceptance,,
would deprive I lie church of in
fluence ami ils moral leaehings of
all value.
Yet there will In* greater need
than ever of moral leaching if
fliis investigalion should spread
from Hhieago lo a dozen other
slates and if men and women
should coni inue lo extemporize
theories of social and ccumnnmic
conditions. Vice is a monster we
know, hui Iln> poeil has told us,
loo, wlial happens when we lie
come loo familiar with 1 lie inon
sler. The familiarity lias he
roine somewhat inliniale in I liese
days, amt il is uol a wholesome
intimacy, il is one. not for con
demnation bill for palliation ami
excuse. Moreover, there is a
frightful wrong in an inquiry that
must as one of ils effects direct
dishonoring suspicions against
immense numbers of young wo
men in I be employments under
scrutiny, young women whose
pure principles and .blameless
lives give the lie lo the shocking
preachments I hat have been bas
ed upon some of the evidence giv
en in Chicago.
The legislative' remedies pro
posed for (lie bettering of social
conditions are as unsound as the
I henries from which they proceed.
Even mi amateur in social uplifl
miglil lo see lluil a general and
forced increase of wages would
certainly have lwo results—a very
greal increase in applications for
employment and a raising of
standards of elfieieney and inlcl
Iigenre. Perhaps some of Ihe
fhrnrisls ran loll how a girl now
gelling si; or sf a week would lie
safer if she was gelling miiliing
a week. Ycl Hull would lie Ihe
result of Hu’ minimum wage ven
ture. The least, capable would
inevitably lie unemployed, and the
submerged lentil that there used
to lie so much talk about would
lie deluded by a larger fraction.
T’h a I an inquiry of Ibis nature,
under wise direct inn, would re
sult in good will not lie disputed.
A disclosure of facts is a prop
er basis for devising remedies,
and there are social, community,
and national reasons for desir
ing that every worker shall have
a fair and living wage. Hut the
current discussion of wages and
conditions for women workers
has taken on an emotional east
that seriously threatens to de
stroy its remedial possiliilil ies.
SELF-CONTROL.
By Beorfie Mai I (lew Adams.
Solf-rontrol is simply \maniy
emirate fully til -ready to art
calmly in Kmerffency. Il’s llie
Mian al llie helm in rmnplele
Power. Also. Sel I'-conl ro| is llie
Man Self-happy heeaiise Sell
In issed. j
You can Be wlial you Will, if;
you Will to Be.
Bor llie inlriralc Forces of tlie |
Brain clusler ahoul each oilier
seeking a Leader in Flemenl.
And I he Man-power steps out and
lakes command. First of all, you
are what you are. Rude hands
never shaped you. Divinity form
ed you in the raw. Then Divinity
must shape you into the Strong.
Self-control is llie cornerstone of
Divinity. \
You can Be wlial you Will, if
you Will to Be.
Mule your own Instate airnl you
immediately lind yourself in l.lie
center of tilings, for you draw
others your way. Tile great Shop
with ils thousands of wheels,
hells, holts and screws, all work
ing in I lie smoothest unison,
grips the admiration as ils mar
velous Power Plant, human-like
in perfect Self-control, produc
es ils completed Machines. Mill
greater are you in your human
Shop, while under absolute Self
control. you turn out |)ecds
Worthy and un-ending.
You can Me what you Will, if!
you Will to Me.
Self-control must needs he
made up of Patience, the ability
to keep SI ill when yon feel like
Talking right out, and the iron
holding down of your own Self
for I he sake of Hie Bigger Hours.
No man ever won anything with
out lirsl winning Himself. You
are a strong Human bundle of
Passion,.lied Pepper—and Power.
Your Mastering and Mixing of
these things in wise ,propnrl ion
will mould you into a sure sue- j
cess. Try. for- -
You ran Be what you Will, if i
you Will to Be.
Discontent.
Tile man who's discoid etileil,
whose temper's always frayed,
who keeps his slianly scented
with words I lull are decayed,
would do as much complaining if
all the gods on high upon his
head were raining ambrosia, gold
and pie. The mail who busts his
gallus because his house is cheap,
would raid if in a palace he could
high wassail keep. The vexed and
vapid voice who throws a fre
quent tit because his neighbors
motor while he must 11i( Ihe grit,
would have as many worries, his
soul would wear its scare, if ho
had seven surreys and twenty mo
tor cars. The man who earns his
living by toiling in Ihe ditch,
whose heart is unforgiving to
ward Ihe idle rich, who hates his
lot so humble, his meal of bread
and cheese, would go ahead and
grumble on down beds of ease.
Montentment is a jewel that some
wear in Ihe breast, and life can
not be cruel so long as it's pus- j
■sessed. This gem makes all things j
proper, the owner smiles and,
sings; il may adorn a pauper, and,
ie denied to kings. i
WAl.T MASON. |
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NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n lh' United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of (he eslale of
,ouis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice.of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and W. II. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented lor
settlement I heir linal account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the
off ice of Thomas R-. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which lime and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
sr id final account and report.
Dated al Valdez, Alaska. Ibis
19|.Ji day of February, 19I3.
JAMES FISH.
W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Dale of last pub. April 21. 1913
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