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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday k By THE GEORGIAN COMPACT At SO East Alabama St.. Atlanta, Ga. Entered as second-class matter at postoffice at Atlanta, under act of March 3. IST*. Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mail. $5.00 a year. *’—o.b’o in advance. * . I _ X _ Martial Law in Georgia MEV It Is To Be Hoped That the Day Is Far Distant When It Will Be Necessary to Call Out State Troops Again. Citizens generally are disposed to think that the Georgia state troops have given a very good account of themselves of late, not only in the trial of certain criminals in Forsyth county, but in the more prolonged Augusta strike situation. Moreover, the governor’s attitude in both of these crises seems to have hern such as common sense and a due regard for his oath of office unposes upon him. Tt is to bo hoped, nevertheless, that the day is far distant, when it again will be deemed necessary TO CALL OCT THE STATE TROOPS OF GEORGIA FOR A HOSTILE PLRPOSE. Martial law is disagreeable, distasteful and irksome, even where it, does not actually work a hardship. The people of Georgia are a liberty loving people, and they do not relish unusual restraint, even when they admit its ne cessity. Tt should be borne in mind that the state’s military is held in reserve as A LAST RESORT for the maintenance of peace and good order inside the commonwealth. Tt is not to be called out before all civil efforts have been exhausted and civil authority plainly is about to be paralyzed. Martial law is the state’s ULTIMATE RIGHT OF SELF D’EFENSE, and the machinery- for putting it in operation in Ge»orgm when it is deemed necessary, is •righteously ample. But martial law should he invoked only in dire necessity. The people of each county and town should understand that the MAINTENANCE OF THE PEACE PRIMARILY IS THEIR DUTT. There should be no county in Georgia so lacking in pride and self-respect as to call for state troops before all civil au thority, including the right of the sheriffs to deputize, has been exhausted honestly and fairly. Troops have been called for in Georgia in neither of the two instances hereinbefore cited, however- when the call was puerile, AND PROf EEI )E D FRO M SHEER (() WA R DICE UPON THE PART OF COUNTY OFFICIALS. And it makes no dif ference that such cowardice sometimes may have been political the fear of the mob’s vote, rather than its physical ability to do harm—rather than personal. A county should he ASHAMED to see its sheriff call for troops before that sheriff had done his best, to preserve and uphold the law and the peace! The people of Georgia, in their greater majority, are LAW ABIDING AND LAW-RESPECTING. They will back a man who j does his duty fearlessly and honorably, without regard to political i factions or line-ups. The sheriff who calls the mob’s hand will find himself A MORE POPULAR SHERIFF THAN EVER HE WAS BEFORE, if he chooses to figure it from that .standpoint. Some sheriffs may doubt that, but. generally speaking, it is true. There is enough to entertain the most strenuous in the game of politics, without anybody departing from that splendid com munity of interest involved in the peaceful enforcement of the Jaw and the preservation of the rights of life and property to the people,. , The next county in Georgia that calls for state troops be fore its every effort has been exhausted and its authority par alyzed will be A DISGRACED COUNTY—a county that is lack ing in self-respect and a decent regard for the majesty and sanc tify of the law. Safety of Crews in Subma rines The credit of submarine torpedo boats as formidable fight ing engines—and therefore grim eompellers of peace—ought not to be damaged by such accidents as that which took place the other day in the English Channel. The accident in question was a surface collision of a kind that might have befallen a vessel of any pattern. The toll of martyrs to the new art of submarine navigation is short, in comparison with the list of those who have died in the cause of aviation—though the making of machines that swim like a fish ismeariy, if not quite, as difficult as the making of machines that fly like a bird. Admiral Dewey testified before a government commission, a while ago. that if the Spaniards at Manila had possessed a eon pie of submarine boats of the modern sort, he never could have held his place in front of that city, and that with two such ves sels at Galveston or ot.her American ports, hr could beat off the ‘‘navies of the world.” Submarines of the Holland type, in the fourteen years of their existence, have never lost a life or suffered a serious ac cident of any ki«id. Not Bryan, But Wilson Governor Wilson gms to the limit of political amenities yy hen he explains his remarkable ovation in Nebraska Ik the fact that Bryan was with Inin. governor is miurtakcn If was himself not Bryan his gifts, his graces and pu> cause that dreyy the crowd and evoked the enthusiasm, Nebraska ha- too often and ton recent 1y repudiated the Bfvm, leadership li sal down hard on the so-called Commoner in the presidenti.d pi inarn • Nor is 11 like I ly that Nebraska has so soon forgotten how m*-t|< utlv Brviui repudiated her instruction* at Baltimore and arrogated to linn self a wisdom and virtue superior to the slab Nebraska evi ileneeg to Governor Wilson loyally that she bears him no grttdjp tor Bryan's insolent treason but th governor must not c<»nfns< Nebraska s h*.trt ,>tid .»,.«! n i<ut< >, |< <., «t , I‘OpO The Atlanta Georgian V'"-' - ■ ~ we.- ~ - The Squirrel’s Leap: A Remarkable Photograph ! 7 ! aßjr v - ViCxwS. ; i \V 1- i ■ A Vv / ' IW ' I i W ■ Ml •/ \ ■ \2 i K' ! § * . jb- • d i ( ' '-w , xj ■ " ' . z J HR' dr tIlB? ■rZrEr i PIaMMMi Matagl ■ L- —> AN ANIMAL THAT BUILDS A NEST; A SQUIRREL In ITS NATIVE HAUNTS. Th. Mquirreh that may be seen hopping about in the parks arc very sophisticated, and no doubt they enjoy ? ; tlici semV-rura! urroundings. But what the squirrel really likes is a wood in the country, where he can climb ? > any number of trees to his heart’s content, and feast op nqta. bark, buds and seeds, also ar occasional egg or a ? / young bird, to his stumach’s content. The squirrel hibernates in winter, as a • ule, but if the weather is mild, oft. n £ > wakes up and cuts a dash. He provides for such occasions by laying by a store of provisions before he turns in for 5 < his winter sleep. Squirrels when mating build a nest, known as “drey.” The young ones usually appear in June. > IO Obey By Dorothy Dix » I'l’XX day- ago a man. on the • /-* .• ■ night before the wed "*■ X ding, broke ids engagement to marry a gil l because she refused to promise to obey him. lie said‘that bis Hr. t demand of his wife was that she should implicitly obey Ins every wish. And this happened in New York, not in Turkov with its harems, ‘ nor darkest Africa with it female slaves, but right In little old New York that we ate accustomed to think of is matching along toward the head of the Progress ProCes? sion. ’And it didn't take place in mediaeval times, hut in this year of grace, and of suffragettes, of 1912, Can you believe it? Can you realize that thou- Is such moss grown man still living, with such hoary, antiquated notion- as has this prospective brid*gro<9tn? To be sure, he is in old bachelor, but even old bachelors are seldom in the Kip Xan XX inine class nowa day s. Our hearth st congratulations to lhe y/ung lady who escaped getting this -ort of husband: Her guar dian angel -urcly wn« working overtime in In r behalf to snat< it her. even ai the eleventh hour, from a life of misery, and she should binning joss sticks to the great god I ,U< k lor hei esi ape. Mairiage. even with a liberal minded m in is not a perpetual pic nic. and what it would be with a grinding tyrant who would take the word "obey in (he marriage serv ile m a literal instead of i Pick wickian sop... ope tremblea to think Certainly the worm of the du t would ltnv< nothing on such .1 w If. h< ii it i ame to b< ing i ram bled upon Ought To Re Help.’’ X a p itiei of fail, lhe difficult' . bout lb< olh 9ng Im im - tn mat ■ i jimmy . ouhl in < r <>< <ut , foi then should l>< a revision of the ingiriagi ervin that would sub tit ilti li< Ip foi it i ertaltil 1 Hire i» po juktlhubl*’ K icm for making a woman p rjuie helm if al III* all a I by -wiallng Io obey lot I*i-*■ 't ■ - ■ it i | in,a . .* *. I'iii lhe si ght> st itn.nio.ii of doing 11, mrt << the < ver y body <|rr, I lit I MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1912. v Nor does the husband, if be is • tlw right sort of a man. desire his wife to obey him. He recognizes her lights as an individual; he re spects her personal liberty of thought and action. Moreover, lie hasn't picked out for a w ife a child who is to be dictated io at every turn, nor a fool who must have every act directed by h superior intelligence. The modem idea of marriage is equality of both parties, not the subservience of the woman to the man. XVe are dori<’*Mvith slavery, even of the domestic brand, and jnen don't wish their wives to kneel at their feet, hut to sit beside them. An Why Should She? It a woman should promise, when site takes the marriage vow, to help Iter husband, it would mean some thing. and she could take it in good faith, but to obey—huh—she would just like to see the man that she would go toddling to. asking his permission to go to a matinee, or join a club, or do anything else site wanted to do and that her own good sense and judgment told her it was proper for her to do. . And why should she obey, pray ? " by should some great big. strong, intelligent woman obey some little shrimp of a man. just because she happens to be his wifi '.' There arc plenty of women who are far bet ter educated than their husbands, better horn who have had g rater advantages. there ate plenty of women who are broader minded and saner, and who have belter judgment than their husbands; there are plenty of women w iio are better managers than their hus bands Will any body contend that th< sc women should obey their hu - bands, and do foolish and unwise things thing- that will perhaps wreck the family fortune because their husband- tell them to. and they muM mind? The very idea It Idlotiv Ai any rate, women don't obey, and the man who it looking for a perfectly obedient wife it about a hundred amt fifty year* too late to lino In i XX otn.-n have mmda of their own now, and lhev u»« them ami so Well reiogHlK><i is title among the fre. masont > of wives th,i» a hen om ladv asks another lady to do i» <-rialn thing «nd the I firtl 'J> atilt lliji e||< ip i do — | v it until she asks her husband's permission, the other lady smiles wisely, and knows that the party of the first part is simply using a polite substitute to get out of do ing something that she doesn't want to do. Why should a man want his wife to obey him? Is it his desire to hu miliate her'? Eor no matter how much affection you may have for a person there is a sting in obedi ence because it is the outward trib ute that we pay to our superiors. This is so well recognized that even employers put their commands in the form of requests. It may soothe a man's vanity to have his wife continually visualize her depend ence on him. and her humility be fore him. by asking his permission to do things, but he may be very sure that in her heart of hearts -lie hates him. and recognizes hint for thr petty household tyrant he is. There should be no obedience as between husbands and wives. If a woman hasn't enough gray matter in her head to decide things for herself, -he isn't fit to be a man's wife. And in matters affecting her self surely a grown, mature, sensi ble woman is more fitted to decide them than even the most inspired man could be. In household affairs and things pertaining to the up bringing of the children, the wom an's technical knowledge of thr nil nation, her daily experience, her devotion, and the mother love that even in a dull woman is almost the inspiration of genius, tit her to bo the one to sit In the Judg ment -cat, and give orders, if titer. arc to bo any order: in the fa miiy. Men Recognize This. To their credit tho great major ity of men recognize this and ate im apabb- of the meanness and smallness of desiring th. wives who are their companions and partners to obey them. It Is only the man w ith a soul tile size of a pin point that demands that his wife shall be an obedient slave to him There i all be no better test of whether a man will make a good husband than his | osition on Hu obedience question <ml every girl should put it up tn her •wretheari If he’s strong fot' vy if. .. oio .. . m she will do well to lei hint many some •.tint woman THE HOME PAPER Hearst Makes Reply to Taft; Suggests the True Policy For the Democratic Partv ' / Special Cable to Atlanta Georgian. •> PARIS, Oct. 14. —President Taft, after the accepted manner of po tentates, gave a third-person inter view to the press some ten days ago. If the interview had in reality been given by a third person it would probably have been contrived more cleverly for the president’s political advantage. He advanced the most convincing argument for the election of Mr. Wilson that has yet been contrib uted to the campaign. Mr. Taft declared first that the tariff is responsible for the high cost of living: second, that the tar iff ought to be reduced; third, that it ought to be reduced scientifically. If President Taft’s conclusions arc co re. I there is no alternative for a philanthropic and patriotic citizen but to vote for Mr. Wilson. Obviously, if the American pro tective tariff is responsible for the high cost, of living which at present prevails all over the world, then undoubtedly our voters owe to their own country and to other friendly rations the humanitarian duty of relieving the oppressive burden of the high cost of living in America and elsewhere by promptly reduc ing ths American protective tariff. Obviously again, if it is tlte duty of our considerate and conscien tious citizens to reduce the tariff, it is their plain duty not to vote for Mr. Taft, who bad four years’ op portunity to reduce the tariff and did pot do it, nor to vote for Mr Roosevelt, who had seven years’ opportunity to reduce the tariff and did not do it. but to vote for Mr. Wilson, who wants to reduce the tariff and positively’ will reduce the tariff if given an opportunity to do it. Obviously, furthermore and final ly. a scientific reduction of the tar iff docs not consist in doing nothing at all to the tariff, as was done throughout Mr. Roosevelt’s two terms, nor yet in dishonestly in creasing the tariff in spite of party pledges, as was done with Mr. Taft’s eme-ent and approval during his teim. Scientific reduction of the tariff I consists rather in judiciously and J discriminatingly modifying the tar- J iff in away carefully calculated to ‘l benefit all the people of the United ’ States, be they employers or labor i! crs. producers or consumers. To secure and insure such scien i title modification of the American ! tariff T beg most respectfully to [ suggest to Governor Wilson the 1 following course: i First, the abandonment of all i old stock free-trade arguments , based upon fallacies and upon cx ! ploded theories and upon premises J which have been proven to be- false [ by the practical and unprofitable >. experiences of free trade nations like England. Second, the recognition of the principle of protection of Ameri can industries and the wise and just application of that principle to those industries which require and deserve protection. Third, the modification of the protective tariff on the one hand by reciprocity, which will open the markets of foreign nations to our products in return for the opening of our markets to their products, and on the other hand by’ prefer ential duties which will reduce the tariff on goods imported into the United States in American ships. All of these policies are Demo cratic and have the sanction of Democratic precedent: but. more essential than that, they are pa triotic. They are policies which will develop the manufactures of the nation and the trade of the nation and the merchant marine of the nation and the general pros perity of the nation. They are pol icies which, through increased pro duction and increased commerce and transportation and increased employment and payment, will ben efit every Individual in the nation. It is useless to talk of a pro tective tariff properly applied being mainly responsible for the in creased cost of living. It is worse than useless. It is senseless. The cost of living tn England, a free trade country, is quite as great as tiie cost of living in the United States, a protective coun try. indeed, to make an even more convincing comparison, the c ost of living in England, a fre" trade country, is notably gicatcr than the cost of living in Ger many. a protective country. If. therefore, free trade or radi cal tariff reduction can reduce the cost of living, v hy is not the cost, of lit ing in free trade England largely lower than tile cost of liv ing in protected United State s or at least as low us in protected Ger many ’.’ A< a matter of suet. even the most rndie.il tariff teduction docs not materially reduce the univer alh increasing cost of lining but ft clots materially' reduce the wherewithal to meet the increasing c c>-t of living Radical tariff roduc time docs sot-e manufacturer- out "f liusi nc r. and men out of employment, and by throwing a -uperaburidancc of labor upon the market does re duce the price of labor, which is w ages. In England the wage paid tn lil'c.-l line- of l.ibOl are so low as absolutely to shock the American ns, us tuatlce and of regard for tin general welfare In ey wry in du*try that I have- hud oeeuaion to Investigate I have found wage - hi t<> 50 pel cant lowe-i iii England ’ nan in A merit a \t th- time of tin ire chi ail. et i< sirlke in Hivhi Britain, I in v ligated the wiir- of the engi- • neers and trainmen. I found that the highest salaries paid any i a j|. way engineers in Great Britain were less than fifteen dollars a week, and that these so-called high wages were paid to only a dozen men who were the star engineers on fast trains meeting the Atlantic liners. The average engineer received less than nine dollars and a half a week, firemen averaged less than six dollars a week, and the average guard, who corresponds to out c on ductor. received six dollars and thirty-six cents a week. There would be a revolution in America, and a justifiable one. if such wages as these were paid to our competent railway employee’ Yet with such wages working m, n in free trade England are cxpr-cted to meet a cost of living as high fl or higher than ours. No wonder there are industrial disturbances in England and strike, and riots and men shot down by the soldiery. No wonder there are po litical and economical discontent and an emigration so great that the steamship lines can not carry all of those who desire to leave England The false statement that, living in England is cheaper than in Ameri ca has been made so often that it is bdlievcd by those who have not taken the trouble to learn the fact Diving is not cheaper in England than in America. If anything, it is dearer. Food is much dearer in England than in America. Luxuries like fruit and many' vegetables are entirely beyond the reach of the av erage individual. Rent is cheaper in England than in many' places in America, but taxes are immeasurably greater, raising the actual cost of rents from 30 to 35 per cent. Custom-made clothing is cheai< in England than in America, but nowhere in the world is ready made clothing as remarkable in nit and quality and cheapness as in thr United States. Shoes are better and cheaper in the United States than in any other place in the world. Traveling and transportation in the United States are about half what they are in England. Meats, though high in the United States, are higher In England, and a good part of the beef in England is im ported fiom the United States and Australia. Newspaper, men whom I have sent to England as resident correspondents have often asked to be allowed to return to the United States on account of the higher cost of living in England. These are the facts, and facts should be the basis of every argu ment. Governor Wilson, like every othe 1 good American citizen, is trying t > benefit his country', but we can not benefit our country by misleading our countrymen. Let all of us Democrats abandon worn-out and worthless free tradu arguments and frankly admit that a certain amount of judicious protec tion is a beneficial thing for our country and our people. Then let tn seek to apply protection discrimi nately to develop and maintain val uable industries which require pro tection. and which through the just and proper conduct of their busi ness dealings with the public dr serve protection. Let us realize that the tariff (even as unfair tariff) is not the cause of special l privilege, but mere ly a symptom ot special privilege— a useful institution partly corrupt ed by special privilege. Special p’ ivilege has invaded our tariff system as it has invaded oic railway system and our public land system, our judicial system and our governmental system, but the rem edy lies not in abolishing govern ment or the proper functions of government, but in taking the gov ernment out of the hands of specia privilege and placing the gow n ment and all its proper functions more directly in the control of the whole people. There should, therefore, be no governmental encouragement •■• oppressive trusts, no governmental fostering of special privilege, cithc through undue and undeserved t ’ teetion or otherwise, but surely .< important and essential function “f an adequate and impartial govern ment in this business age i- t proper encouragement anil ri"' lion of all legitimate industry business activity. i.et us then modify the to and purify the tariff, togcthei all the acts and operations of -'o'' criimcnt, to meet the requiri ue of the times, hut let us modify tariff tn away which will bejicfi' our own nation at least as mii' lt fl it will benefit coni|>eting nation Let us adopt a general polio.' reciprocity which will compel t markets of other nations to i>' to out product- whenevet our • kets are open to their products 1 us repeat the <?l<i and accept l ' Democratic declaration in save” preferential duties which will pe] importations In be made American ship.-, v hi' It will ri to ■ the American timer to tin wht' h will revive the Atuc'.' l merchant marine to tlte in at' , prosperity of out people in time •- peace and the bette- proto, non our country in time of wa> These policies are both I ' and patriotic. They will enable t 11. mocratlc p.u t. not on > ' this elei tioit agaittsi a divided ’• publican party, but to win •• elections uxaliist a united lb ’ llcan party mid to remain I" 1,1 tu nll.v In power, bulw irk' " biitli'SHed by th< ai>pr"’*l gt iii ful .ii'pii' irttion of id 1 B ILLIAM RAND' 'LJ’H BEAK L i