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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except S inday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama .St., Atlanta. Gt ftnieied eecond-clasa matter at poetoffii* at Atlar. a, under .» t us Marc . J. !$”• Subscription Price Delivered bj can er I<* ' r > h» iail. $5.00 a year Payable in advance Vice President’s Death and the Succession I The death of the vice president of tie I’nited States at I’ticji has evoked sincere < \|>r< ssiori< of ;i|q>ree. on and regret. The second oflic r n the fi< | uhlie is an e~.s<->it ial factor in the machinery of j>ov< ri>H. -nt. There ar : h<.u<in<l>. of people of this Rcjrublie who will recall tin stinn’ a,id -.'eiiial statesman with positive affect ion \i .! ■■ \ i.. •I i . .11 '• ’ ■ .•'l>■ i. d a L’elitl ihe s V ni pathy to tile lilth- ■non,. be -, ■•hen; a husband, a father and a friend other vie. , ■ G|. ni o 1 a .d: . ever died | ■ending an election or between (he election and the loiirth ol Mart'll. Horace Greelev died between the Nov . Ii i d: i! o| .nd the ’on -I h ol March, but as he had few ehcl.o'ial vol.---. i here v as no complication The death of Vice IToiil'iii So ■rmaii blings once more sharply to the front the interest in .< iiicslion oi ' pi -idential si.ccession. The o\etd will ma!-'. in > .'r. bo <• . i .;<■ in the '.allots or in the Toting. Tho'< i;iz n- "I > a < f> r I t mil Sherman will vole !• tri e■ lel ji I > f . pre edeni ll.'ll I|ot died li the popular b; ll' ’ ollld b 'he I. It electors, the electoral college wdi vm . i i it an ion h r the party Tale, f- n <| Io < i. <l.( National Republican < mill, ei . i v my.. , 1 i> iiji ■. . oi to the Colle" another name for 11,< vii >; ■ h ■y. G .-. moral obligation vests upon the elect mal <•</>ll »e to vote foe its I;;i I \ lloniOlos. I ' on oi - ot the tl i 1 i d . I .1 w should have a nmjorilv <>i votes in the electoral enlli • Ili.'i! w the amended collslit ill ioi the election of a p' i<. > ■ . I, the ho:,, of re rri entiiiiw- voting In - i< under ihe iinit ml. . > irh state haviin.* one \oti<. The house is e\iid d''ided Ip tali, between the R" publicans and Democrats and unless -oim of tin state del •g;:ti< us change their party votes, the house may ballot in a deadlock every day up to the fourth of March without an ejection. <>n the fourth day of March, before noon, the senate, und. i the constitutional amendment, must choose a pres.ding officer of the senate, who will be ex-oflii'io the vice president, and Slleeee I to the presidency. The senate s choici i liiiiited to the iv < can hiiat.-ffo ■ ilo vice presidency mJi<> receii.-d the highest numb-r o vet's in di" electoral college If Taft rims second ,o W ilson Hie \ ice presidetd iai nominee ’ voted or by the 'l'a 11 cle> tors w ill be jnic oi the| wo < liy I. sot 'he sena' ; vole for \i<-c president. This w ill i;c some new man nd uunameii. and the sviiaL . brine Republican, if it can unite th. Republican vote in the senate, might vole ‘.Mr ai. Id •• I o. This new man would then L< me vice president ami president 1 • n this ease i is possible that the next president of the I nited htn ■ .. t'ndcr 11 ■.■ -’ >1 uli< n. mip be a man chosen by tin Repiddi e. a i at .< Li al c mi u tt< e who,, mime was not presented to any con v uii' i and t .i w or tin I ’c,< )|’1,1. < t|- I IIE I N ITED > T.\TES DID N-ts < \ST A VOTE’ 'l'i ulv an io. er m. sii j i..m ' ihii \v ood row W i Ison s ove i w helming majority in the elect ora I college will cl ’ < ; ’.V; 1 h Ulis; of speculation. 11l ip the 'exceptional Child j So much has been written and spoken about the backward child. ■ " 1 li’ l ' nd the irisiit. 'hat it is a positive pleasure to see e iucaio. > iui iinig iheir . ? , to the exceptional child to see w hat can be done tor him While lln bar. ward child preseus serious problems, the best that can be ported is to bring it up to the average On the other hand, th x< piiona! ,-i il< th. pupil that is brighter than the average and whose school course docs nm g|\- ( his little mind full play, is a tar more important problem to the world. As matters now stand, tin exceptional child is held back by school routine and his developmen. retarded so as to bring him to a de\elopment above the ordinary , It is the exceptional child that should be most .arefullv culti vated. most ardently ■ ncoui; g< d ami given the greatest opportun ity. Special classes and courses for these little citizens of the world should be planiie.l and < . er\ aid given them for development. If there are special classes for the inefl'ective, how much more neces sary are special classes tor the exceptionally bright? The Man Who Won’t Smile Some of the foreign papers are discussing w ith aviditj the sol emn wager of Charles Meyer, of New York, who has made ;l | ie t that he can travel around the world without smiling. The papers are arguing that it can not lie done. The fact that he traveled from New York to London without cracking a’stnile is said to he due to chance. On the other hand, we can s. eno reason for a man to feel merry at leaving little old New York to go to 1 ondon. And as for Ingoing around the world without smiling or giving way to merriment tiny kind, that is comparatively l as.v There are many men who • go through their entire liv. s without ,i smile or a cheerful word It is merely a matter of habit And the smile habit is just as . ;ts> to get as the grouch habit. I The Atlanta Georgian You May Say What Yqu Like— ConyriKht. 1912. bv International New> Service •’b yBJ, xIIB ? xyxfl'j Ti-IE-Cr.ywcs PT Opt? MAY BE UHFoRTUD.ATF, MO9T OF Te’E. TIME,— VaW I’'' 1 ’''" 55 ' ,11/ &/i //s' fyLTryisi cortci_utac££ ) AifE xMF; DRipriHG? I /| PoiHT w Tt-n /Fd.Low CtTirtMs. 1 -.ul ~..g cohhoh kT—zy:'/ T;! Pe bo MY l P...-y y-v. /( w/ish To r'„ L'/'.rta -IRamvi-Yi A- {y •‘T AfD <' \ \ THAT UE'.RV d I < •.-'■tMGN. I FOR THE ,/ z <. iy : ■ u :• J/ NPEprLvrjr O'Az . $4 'commoh/ I'; uy/'yyyy'yyy>''sy ~e .. k' ' S’? i : y g.;' )4' " ? / S: W/ . 'nV //- T'W A ' .. A W ;'y k 'A; ' /TFSLYSW “ - ■' ■. / W As?" .'zy—y -■ - i ( e s sby, f£~5 Z sl AM W'W 'WS. BSr' nrr vttx /&-<. -C0ll»z S'*. iffl '■ *'• &UT Mt MAS toTY OF FRIENDb JUST EJErORF EUECTW. ' pilK n r > oi ch.i I iu a Western s'ntv had pain for his land and irid culti vated his i t cs until h<- found him self the owner of a p.iying busi ness. i’p to 11’• tint of the first income from fruit his plant had iOS-, him Ipptuxiimitely s;io.iiiin. Tin re was no way by which he could insure his trees ihtough an insurance company, so he began to insure them iiim-elf by setting aside a i . itain sum for evi r.v lios of fruit sold. His alm is to ae .mmlate abiiit 120.000. to invest it in safe bonds, and to hold it as a guarantee against accident '<’ ids tre -. H - expects to spend s' V. al years, pri marily. in gettih' '■!' total guaran tee fund together But when he has it. h will possess, as li ■ says, two o chards. one in. I • s and one in bonds. Also a Business Man. \ man working far day wages Is also a business man. He also should .ar y a guarantee fund He has two principal assets. (1) His skill. <2> his health. His skill is the knoyvledge by which he doe yvliat he is paid foi. Hi- health is that condition of mind ami body that permits him to 'eport on the job every day. This man is unwise if he fails to increase his -kill, for that means better pay som Hay He is also unwise if In falls to take the best of care of his health, for that means pay. i very working day . If. by . .refill v apportioning his money, this man can get a little fund togetht'i in the bank? he has a cash surplus that will protect him in illness should it come, that will i>e servh ealile In any emergency that may arts., or. should neither of tiles ■ -.hat will increase into a capita . making for the pro tection In v I need tat. r in life. Some nil n g. t w. a it tn life before tin. waki up to the fact. \ sim j is to ut an < >hlo 11 ve: ■ apiain th.it thus.rate- this. Ho .mi piloted his boa-..- f<u many ais Intweeil Cinelntlaii am MONDAY. NOVEMBER +. 1912 How to Build a Fortune //’e Guarantee Gund By THOMAS TAPDEIL New Ori< <me night he sat v down with - une friends for a i "quiet game” of cards. In the cap- j 1 tin's poi k-ts were one hundred silver dollars, all the money he had 1 for his years of work. As the hands were played the captain's fund di minished from a hundred to ninety, i eighty, seventy, and so on; then to tin. then to live. Finally, when his friends ivere done with him he had one s-in;:l< silver dollar '- ft. He Put the Dollar Away. He sat for a while thinking over I tile facts in the case. They were , these; 1. Nearly 50 years old. 2. Over 25 years of ha d work on the riwr. 3. Result. One Dollar. The captain picked up ids sily er I’.ollat. put on his hat and went out , When he came back an 'rmr lati r. he stooped to th his shoe, and a little book fell from his pocket. A friend picked it up. and as he did so, he saw written on the first page an entry of One la. la. in thi ioe.il savings bank. •’ The Desert Dancers By MINNA IRVING \T riIERE prows the cactus triply armed V V Willi dagger, sword and lance. All day beneath a burning sun The wild dust-devils dance. ( Like clouds of phantom dervishes. In cloaks and cowls of gray, I.\t every vagrant puff of wind They rise and whirl away. They are the ashes of the braves Who danced around the glow Os tires they kindled in the vast. Dry desert long ago. Reincarnated roin the sand. Behold! tlm.v can not rest. But haunt the trail the emigrants Once followed lo the West. !• l> is- said that tlie captain died r-c'i Let us hope he did. Os all | the hopeless ways to get rich quickly, card games are said to be i the worst. But it is a question if the expectations of getting one hundred per cent of your money in three months is not as bad or w orse. However, when the captain left the boat he was the possessor not only of a surplus fund of One Dol lar. but of an amount of wisdom that was sufficient to make that dollar grow into a fortune. As it grew it was always ready to help him. He had in his way increased his orchard: or, to say it another way, he had increased his w ilth and his fortune. What He Can Save. If i man earning Fifteen Dollars a we'k can save two, he will have On ■ tlundred and Four at the end of the year. This means that he has full protection for seven weeks. In four years ho can have more than six months’ protection. This is his guarantee fund. THE HOME PAPER Elbert Hubbard Writes on The Greatest ■Ht Tax The Task of Civilization Is to |J Eliminate the Social Parasite. Ey And the Recipe Is: Educate for Usefulness, Not for Honors. Y — By ELBERT HUBBARD Copyright. 1912, by International News Service rp»HE creates tax on humanity I is not tlie tariff, war, strong drink, t diaeco or organized I superstition. These things are al! | bad eiiougli. but there is a tax more II terrific titan any of these, and that >; i, the tax placed up n efficiency through inefficiency. If 90 per cent of our people are 'I 30 per cent inefficient, and 10 per ’ cent arc totally inefficient, as Har- ■ ", . * ington Emerson, Louis Brandeis ■; and Roger Babson say, figure out i. the increased burden that falls on i those v.ho arc able and willing to l work! Mental Indecision. The number of workers who go ■ ahead and do the thing when they are told once Is not large—most people have to be carefully super vised in order to get results. S Inefficiency comes from mental in decision. with physical weakness j and wrong education as a causa- ( five base. The success or failure of a, busi j ness institution turns on its or j ganization. Wise organization min- > imizes the cost of supervision. It ! makes it easy for all to do right ' and difficult to do wrong. ' According to Fourier, each em- > ployee pays for Ills own supervt i sion. This is true up to a certain > point and as a. theory. But actual- I ly the theory falls down in the case where the employee does not earn > enough to supervise himself; then II the tax falls on the concern. Just [I as in industrial schools, the scholar I i may earn something, but the deficit [j is made good by his parents, who t ■ pay his tuition ami board. In most prisons tbe prisoner | does a certain amount of useful ' 'I H Smoke Here and Elsewhere Editor The Georgian: in your issue of October 29 you give considerable space and promi - nence to an article by Inspector McMicheal on the loss sustained by tlie citizens of this city through dense smoke being allowed to es cape from the. chimneys in Atlanta. Mr. McMichael’s figures are probably correct, according to the tests and observations made in the cities to which he lias reference, but those cities are in the north ern part of tbe country, where the grate is not used so much in bouse heating There being seldom more than two, or. at the most, t-hree, grates in the large residences, and in the smaller houses of seven to ten rooms, in most cases, there are no grates at all. and if there are,they are put there for ornamental pur poses, with gas connections in case there should he any use for them in tlie early fall or late spring. All tlie houses are heated by stove or furnace, and in almost every house hard coal or coke is used for heat ing. Very little smoke or soot comes off either hard coal or coke, so that the average of soot from a residence In Illinois, Michigan or New York would be less than from a house of the same size in Georgia, provided the weather conditions were the same. However, even using less tons of coal per house in tlie winter season, there will be more smoke and soot In Atlanta due to ihe use of soft coal in grates. This part of tlie problem is hard to handle here, on account of your I” I milder climate. On what is consid ered a cold day in Atlanta a small amount of coal in the grate will warm a room. You do not get zero w eather 24 hours a day, for a week at a time, as they do in Detroit or > Chicago, and for which conditions G they must be prepared there. On the manufacturing end of Hie ? i smoke nuisance tlie problem has ie j | ceived so much attention that it is ) I no longer a problem. We have always known that < I dense black smoke was unburned ; fuel, but most managers of facto < ries thought that it would cost S more to burn it than what the get -5 ting rid of it would' benefit them, J and as all factories are run for ! profit, most managers or owners j were content to let the black smoke < roll out. I In fact, it is only a few years ago that owners pointed with pride to the smoke from their factories. It was an indication to the town that their plant was running; that they . were providing work for the citi j zens; that times were good, and j showi»d that he was a successful > manager J 1 don’t know exactly where the 1 ifiei came from, probably from the •h work, but seldom does he in enough to pay his way. The tl | ance is made up by the state. In all insane asylums tile patients are supposed to work, and some do. But if a patient can do enough work to pay his way he is discharged as 1 cured. The only reason for s. nding a man to either the penitential y in i' insane asylum is that society flm - it cheaper and more expedient to k<ep him inside the walls than .o let him run at large. Every big store, simp, factory and railroad has a certain tiltin' ■ r of helpers, who not only do not earn what they are paid, hr: . m, form a tax on the cone, r; They may be high up or it, c.e rear ranks —no difference. If you get enough "workers” who do not work, your concern is headed for the rocks. It will not do to say that every employee pays for supervi sion. Home do. of course, but there are many who can’t. And the cost of the supervision of such is throw n on the institution and eventually is paid for by that übiquitous person, “the ultimate consumer” —that’s us! Real “Workers” Needed. All idlers, all professional re formers, all “educated fools” —all inefficient men and women are sup ported by society, in one form or another. The fact tiiat they have no visi ble means of support makes the man invisible who supports them, but we are all contributors to their board and keep. The task of civilization is to elim inate the social parasite. And the recipe is: Educate for usefulness, not for honors. •?* homes, whose furnishings had been paid ff>r by salaries earned in the factory with the smoky stack. May be the idea came from some one who did not know how or why smoke was made, but who wanlei to live in the city, and objected t<- smoke on general principles or jus. because he or she was just a plain I kicker. At any rate, the “City Beau tiful" movement was started -ome where, ami committees were ap pointed to look after various im provements. The idea grew until cities became interested and made it a part of the city government, along with the other departments for the order and health of the city, hence the smoke Inspector, whose value to th. public pocketbook and health is now getting the credit it dost rves. Dense black smoko show'.- yicom plete combustion. The amount o' carbon or soot it contains is of so little fuel value that it would ✓scarcely pay a firm, as a. mnnrtan consideration, to go to the expense of burning it. But. and this is of importance to the stockiiold. - managers, director- and evert one •in the plant, down to the coal passers and to the citizens in gen eral, where there is black smoke there is live, unburned gases. When the gases are burned the smoke is consumed. When all the g..- from a shovelful of coal is burned under a boiler or fit the film space all the heat it contains is used to make steam, if part of the ga- es capes it means that a certain per centage of the money paid for the coal is wasted and that the gas is free to destroy health, goods and vegetation, and disfigure the city. Al”. McMichael's figures of fifteen per c; nt possible saving are not a' all too high where proper installa tion and handling is given, of course, that should lie taken as an average. The Power Eftielenc.' Corporation, of Detroit. Mich., in connection with the department of mechanical engineering of the Vni-• - versity of Tennessee, and the Ohio State university, demonstrated, by evaporation tests, tiiat smoke could be burned, and fuel saved at the same time besides improving the steaming qualities of the boiler, by burning up the soot, which pre vents it from settling in the tubes. This should interest every man ufacturer in Atlanta, for he can re duce the smoke to :t minimum and add to the dividends, while helping to keep Atlanta in the lead for health and cleanliness among the cities of the South. It can be demonstrated to the manufacturers at a very small cost that smoke can bo burned at a profit. Mr. McMichael’s greatest problem i- with the householder. JOHN A MAt DONALD. Atlanta, Ga.