all?

At present private monopoly is putting upon individualism an
undeserved odium, and it behooves the individualist to
address himself energetically to this problem in order that
the advantages of competition may be restored to industry.
And the duty of immediate action is made more imperative by
the fact that the socialist is inclined to support the
monopoly, in the belief that it will be easier to induce the
government to take over an industry after it has passed into
the hands of a few men.

In the substance of his opinion Mr. Bryan's "individualism" does not seem
to be very far removed from Fabian socialism--or at least not from such
socialism as is expressed, say, by Robert Hunter, who said not long ago,
while speaking about the problems of poverty:

I have been asked if I think socialism is the cure for these
evils. As we do not know what state socialism would bring
about, we cannot say. But I am sure that certain socialistic
measures are necessary. We need municipal tenements, as they
have in Liverpool, Birmingham, and London, where the
children will have healthful surroundings, plenty of places
to play, and there are no landlords to exact profits.

Other places have nationalized the coal fields, and the poor
get coal at cost. At Rochester, in England, the death-rate
has been cut down one-half by the municipalization of the
milk-supply, and the children of the poor, instead of the
pale-blue poison they used to have, get a fine, healthful
food. These are socialistic measures, and every advance we
make is toward socialism.

FALSE SYMPATHY WITH CRIMINALS.

That Sham Humanitarianism Has Become
a Stench Is the Declaration
of a Leading Humanitarian.

Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell University, ex-ambassador to
Germany--scholar, publicist, humanitarian--said wholesome words to the
Cornell students a few weeks ago on the problem of "High Crime in the
United States." The basis of his address was the fact that more murders
are committed every year in the United States than in any other country.
His attitude in regard to lynch-law is rather startling:

The number of homicides that are punished by lynching
exceeds the number punished by due process of law. There is
nothing more nonsensical or ridiculous than the goody-goody
talk about lynching. Much may be said in favor of Goldwin