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"PLANS AT MOUTRIES. Management-WILFRED COTTON. 539

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA.

ITS FOOD AND PRICES. -

Mr. Moraton Framên, în the course of an article in the Daily Telegraph, says: The two overlapping problems which to- day carry more of industrial unrest than all others are the problems of food and pricos. It is a mistake to suppose that the novel conditions attaching to these problems have resulted from the world

war.

The war, it is true, has greatly aggravated each of them, but each was emergent and was attracting the atten- tion of students of economic science for a full decade before 1914 The State," anid Seeley,resta ultimately on a way of thinking." Ultimately is perhaps an excessive word. But in England for thirty-five years before the war, when any politician was beckled or beckled himself, he just spun a little" cocoon around individualism," and when, further, be had filled his chest and shouted the magic words the law of demand and supply" the still, small voice of reason was still indeed During the same thirty-two years in Germany Bismarck, after a very trial, had just jackbooted individualism and had discovered on some musty shelf his liorary a work by Frederic List in which pivoted all economia well-being not on individualism but on asacciation. When bidding farewell for ever to "in- dividualism and the Manchester school, Bismarck in July, 1879, admitted that Germany had been the dupe of an honest conviction."

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In the succeeding thirty-five years the List economics had made Germany, a country of few natural resources and little raw material, immensely rich, her moral disintegration proceeding apparently in about inverse ratio to bor wealth. Is it not possible that List'a way of think ing, if applied to the vast area under REPULSE BAY HOTEL our fag, night avoid the sectionalism and gross materialism of modern Germany, and, given Hill's wholesome "uplift of our prairies, bring our whole citizenhood out upon a higher level of prosperity List said of his education:

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vours to attract manufacturers and artificers to his vicinity. Nowhere so well sa there can one learn the importance of means of transport and their effect on the mental and material life of the people

During the years that America be came under the influence of Alexander Hamilton, a greater mind than his own. In Lists

Maxims of State Folicy," the sixth deals with the economic importance of the ocean: To devote especial care to the coast navigation; to the trade between the Mother Country and the Colonies; to encourage the sea 5sherics by bounties." And then we have from List that wonderful adjuration:

The man who has no share in the sea is "thereby excluded from a share in the good things and honours of the world. ife is the step-child of our dear Lord God."

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**BACK AGAIN BRYAN." AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE

Mr. J. W. T. Mason, the Daily Kspress New York correspondent, writes:---

Americans have a saying, "They never come back" That is, once a man has missed his chance, or has fallen from public favour, he is for ever lost in oblivion. But Americans always quality this adage by remarking on its one exce: tion-William Jeanings Bryan. The sur prising ways in which Mr. Lloyd George has repeatedly turned the tables on thong predicting his headlong plunge from power find something of their counterpart in the political manners of Mr. Bryan.

Only Mr. Lloyd Georgs uses his abilities to keep himself in office. Mr. Bryan's abilities have never carried him into the highest offices in the State. But they have repeatedly brought him back after defeat as the hopeful leader of a new charge Mr. Bryan cannot against the enemy. help making his personality stand out wherever he may be, Nor can he be pre- vented from gathering together with politicians of his party, for politics to Most important of all, nothing can stop an important of all his life force. number of voters from clinging to Mr. Bryan's leadership, regardless of all other considerations.

SPURRED BY AMBITION.

FACT

FANTASY "AND" DUCTOR AND LAW OF SUB-CON-

SCIOUS BRAIN,' ·

Every Christian believes in a future state, in the immortality of the soul; but if you ask me to believe in a spirit con tinually at the back and call of table rappers and automatic writers, such a spiritualism, is wrong. The law of the' sub-conscious brain is suggestion.

This is the view of Mr. Sidney B. Wil son, the eminent Manchester doctor.

For a long time Dr. Wilson," who was formerly in the Physiological Department of the Manchester University, has devoted attention to this problem, and some of his conclusions were given in an address to the members of the Chorlton Literary Society

stressing the fact at the outset that it WBN necessary to approach the subject in a wholly impartial manner, he said the investigation of these phenomena had an- fortunately been confused by two human attributes emotion and prejudice.

The whole nervous system was composed of the interlinking of numerous nerva cells, or neurons.

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The laws controling these actions had beer, very fully worked out by Professor Sherrington, who showed that in the nervous system there was a common path which could only be occupied by one mes- equally applicable to the sub-conscious sage at a time. Sherrington's laws were brain.

A PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIOSITY. A medium-a “spiritualist medium was a physiological curiosity, whose sub conscious brain was bigger than the nor mally controlling super-granular layer. With the exception of this super-granular So it happens that Mr. Bryan is bobyer, or conscious brain, all the nerve

reflex action. bing up again. They used to say that cells acted according to automatic or nature abhors vacuum, Certainly American politicians abhor a leaderless party, The Democrats, sinco President Wilson's illness, have been in that help less plight. Nobody has been able to speak authoritatively about Democratio Party issues, and nobody has known the The sickroom at the President's mind. White House is not the place from which great political issues can be expected to be developed. Thus it has been as inevit, able as any maxim of practical politics that a prolongation of President Wilson's illness, especially in the year of a prest dential election, would mean the fore gathering of the old war horses of the party for serious discussion about what should be done. A political party cannot be beadless long without ambitious politi cilds reaching out for control. So at the assembly of war horses Mr. Bryan has charged to the front, seeking to recover his old position

If the controlling or argumentative layer of the train were sent to sleep, the sub-conscious brain would, with mathe matical accuracy, respond to suggestions, and all kinds of abnormal phenomena could be produced to order.

NOT LOGICAL.

The sub-conscious brain was not logical. Any massage put to it was taken as the truth even if it were a falsehood. It was. possible to inhibit the conscious brain and so leave open the common path of the sub- conscious brain. In this state any sugges tion made was accurately fulfilled, irres pective of conviction or argument.

It must be admitted that Americans

Dr. Wilson, by means of practical habitually speak alightingiv of Milastrations upon members of the audi Bryan's qualities of practical leadership.ence, showed how, when the conscious He has been said to be the leader of lost brain was stilled, the sub-conscious brain causes. But this is untrue. He seems reproduced all the different kinds of

phenomena to have the infallible instincts of a spiritualistic." pioneer. He may be before his time; bat, looking back over his record, as many people are doing these days, he seems to loom up as a prophet. For instance, be made his first presidential campaign on the issue of bimetallist,

REALISED FORECASTS.

He was laughed at as a madman. Yet,. to-day, financiers are everywhere seriously thinking of bimetallism as a possible way out of the world's depreciated gold standard. Mr. Bryan was one of the first advocates of prohibition, and has lived to see his demand become a part of the American Constitution. He was one of the national organisers of the woman suffrage movement, which is fast succeed

g He advocated government control of railways twelve years ago, and it is now a burning issue.

This man, therefore, if a doctrinaire, has the happy ability of living to see his

new doctrines become almost "commod

Table turning was a simple matter, and upon its being suggested to these sitting round the table that they could see the spirisan the lecturer rising out of the table they leaned back with every symptom of wonder and surprise on their faces as the

materialisation" took place, although there were nothing material there...

One of the subjects wrote a sentence, in Latin a language with which becious The sub-consciona totally unacquainted. brain of the other recalled an incident he had entirely forgotten, and transmitted it to paper.

The externalisation of sensibility was illustrated, the subject being impervious to the effect of a drawing-pin pushed into bis wrist

TWELVE HOURS A DAY. HOW HYGIENE WILL ENABLE MEN ..TO WORK.

places. So great attention is now being paid to his attitude toward the peace At a time when the world seeks for the treaty. His prophetic gifts may still be amulet that will ensure contentment and The harvest of the occan, whether Atlanin operation. He, himself a Democrat, place in the industrial sphere, and when tic or Pacific, is wonderfully rich. The says the Democrats should compromise the stock cries are higher wages and world has for many years ahead to draw with the Repablicans over the issue. He less labour, the new aspect of the prob- largely on the ocean for its meat supply says the Republicans have a majority in lan presented by Mr. Grant Ramsay, in We have been living for now many years the Senate, and in a democracy majorities lecture at the Institute of Hygieno re- not on the income, but the capital, of our | govern. The logical deduction is that fcently, was at least refreshing. Bocks and berds. Back to the diean Mr. Bryan believes America's foreign. must be cut world's new, slogan. How policies should be personal neither to an

Mr. Ramsay, who is Principal of the wonderfully this trend is showing itself individual nor to a party. They should Institute, speaking on Hygiene as a in the prices of hsh at Prince Rupert, belong to the nation at large. That is to Remedy for Social Unrest," put forward In 1915 I wrote you: There has already way, Mr. Bryan is getting round to several novel suggestions, which he pre- been opened in Prince Rupert a very viewpoint that will take America's inter-mised by the declaration that the world large cold storage market, where halibut national relations out of domestic politics had never been so insane as it was to-day. and salmon can now be sold across the So statesmanship is showing itself at last With regard to labour, there was good counter for twopence a pound." I return

in Washington

reason for shorter hours at the present after six years to find these prices no

time, und even six hours a day was too Jonger twopence, but 'about eightpence a

Tong for certain classes of work; but, with pound, and that twopence a pound more

better organisation, better feeding, better will deliver these fish in Liverpool. The go home to Seattle and take their season's housing, and change in work, there was revelation close at hand is in the trade in earnings with them to invest south of the no reason why any fit man should not do frozen fish; The era of the canneries is border an economic drain this which twelve bours a day. It was conceivable past.

Lanada is greatly concerned to cad by that if the worker could see into the HARD WORK, HIGH PROFITS.“.

proper housing facilities. It is the same

B

hoalth.

I can recall the days when trolling for story to some degree with her wheatfields.future, he would strive now for lower salmon in salt water was a sport and a

The small capitalist farmer from Cali- wages, which would mean lower prices, pratime. We picked our weather, drifted. fornia goea north in spring, cultivates les proble, better supplies, quality, and about in a row-boat in. some pretty shelter. bis 500 acres with the help of any paid The country had got deeper into the ed harbour like Victoria, and returned labour available, sells his crop of (emire of immorality and materialism, after a few hours with a score or fifty 80,000 bushels for 38 & bushel (£5,000 while the Churches lagged behind the salmon. Those days are, I find, clean turns the key in his door, and transfers gone to-day the life of the fisherman, even

his bank balance from Saskatoon to Santa times, and he naked would it not bo pre- of the Pacific, is hard life, a life often

Barbara, Such a migration as this leaves terable to popularies them by introducing of privation and exposure, and of inevit

very much to be desired. It is bad for the the cinema to give the people teaching able dirt and discomfort. He goes long

farm and bad for the farmer and training more suited to their taste. Let me say, in conclusion, that the Hygiene, he proconded, was a very prac distances for his catch, and unless be economics of our Empire will turn very tical religion, and, as its principles re selects his companions carefully he may largely on our intelligent recognition of quired temperance in all things, it was find them very little to his liking. It the roughest of all the rough brother the comparative values of its peoples and ggested as a remedy for social unrest hoods. But, of course, with the modern of their wealth product. We in Great Foods and feeding were one of the chief high prices have come also a very high Britain have been left with a debt of means by which we could restore bodies rate of proat Captain Newell, of the 28,000,000,000 sterling. In India, at the and minds to normal condition. Dis

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boat A, in five July days, scale of prices which obtained there when sipation in drink was not so harmful as returns to Rupert with 3,2001b, of halibut; Lord Curzon delivered his third Budget dissipation in food, and he made that each of his four men's share is 8835, speech (March, 1001), the annual per statement on the highest medical autho nearly 240 per day. I take the log of the capita income of those 300,000,000 people rity, big steam trawler James Carruthers, inconceivable thought it appears to us --- working from the Port of Rupert, bc was only, so Lord Curzon declared, one tween March 2nd and August 7th last pound. How long would it require for year; her catch of "scrap" fish and bali- such a community operating such slender but for her twelve banda was near three resources to pay off £8,000,000,0001 But

A correspondent recently asked Mr. millions pounds, and each hand received, suppose that each of the 18,000,000 workers Henderson whether in future progressive besides free and abundant stores, 61,848. in the British Isles could earn at the rate Liberal workers are to regard the Liberal I was talking when at Rupert to the of the four fishermen of the Atli could and Labour causes as separate and dis manager of the Bank of Mouvre, and warm, that is, Peach day! At that rate incThe paint arose in sapnection with bright young fishing skipper

short, fortnight would amortise our the Mid-Herta by-election, in regard to had just

entire National Death which the correspondent pointed out to left him. This man, Mr. FB., had bor it will, in concluding draw attention Mr Henderson that speakers who till rowed on August 11th from the bank to commission a fishing boat for three men,

to the wealth product last year of the then had supported the Liberal cause wern 81,175. On August 28th be reduced the 1,500 hands employed in the Cobalt silver fighting on the Labour platform.441 mines. Their product for the year, has would point out that Mr. Asquith claima loan br 320 on September 8th by $420 been nearly 15,000,000oz, worth at present that the Liberal Party must remain an on October 1st by $240. These are, I think, about the normal rewarda prices about £5,000,000 sterling, or over independent organisation, which is, of The chief trouble is that for, the lack £3,000 per worker per year. How course, the attitude the Labour party of houses in Prince Rupert the fishermen splendid the task of the financier budget takes up with regard to itself In the at the close of their nine months season Cobalt and n with the £1 a year peoples mach

ting with the £3,000 your peoples of absence of humour and stable electoral

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