Bisbee Daily Review from Bisbee, Arizona • Page 4

FOUR THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1916. PsJ-IisLed Every Day' Except Monday by tl Stale Consolidated Publishing Company Business Office Phone No. 39. Branch Connecting all Departments. SUBSCRIPTION RATES COPIES.

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It Is now ten years since the Simplified Spelling Board, composed of a small group of American scholirs and business men, set about to reform English spelling. The 7 undertook a hard task. For In an age of dictionaries and snelline books nothlne is more difficult to uproot thaa established orthography. Their efforts at first wero greeted with unrestrained ridicule. There is still a Prof.

Willis Calls Attention to nroii.ilifo op-nlnet thorn a fooling flint Ihpir work Is either Proposed Measure which sacrilegious or farcial. And yet they have really madi considerable headway. Brander Matthews, the leader of the movement, point out with pardonable pride that the close of this decade there are nearly 200 newspapers and periodicals using the simpler spelling advocated by the board. Among them are journals as important as the Independent, the Literary Digest, the Educational Review and the Publishers' Weekly. The daily newspapers confessedly converted to the new spelling have a dally circulation ot more thaa More Important still, the general public is steadily becoming tolerant.

Opposition is mostly based on a lack of knowledge of how language developed. Language of course is an organic, thing that is constantly changing, and the real language consists of the spoken words, not the letters thnt represent them. The trouble arises from chiefly from the fact that the. spoken sounds keep changing, while the writ- Thus in time "SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW." -The satisfaction felt in every unprejudiced quarter tend to remain unaltered the State over the termination of the Clifton-Morenci spelling may develop peculiar forms having little obvious strike will doubtless have a tendency to make men indif-, relation to sounds. i ferent to the survival of an influence which is weakened.

A CALLER AT LAST And the English language Is the worst example of this tendency in the world. It Is remarkable, indeed, how slow the Anglo-Saxons have been to get rid of their awkward orthography. All other races have tried to reform their orthography and but by no means eliminated in Arizona with the resumption of work in the recently-afflicted district. "SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW" as Governor Hunt, won roomw'some of them have succeeded. In Spanish and Italian put it in Lis ill that in the absence of support extended by offeials now the book sign is almost unfailing index to the spelling.

exercising their trusteeship, the Western Federation of when the thIld learas the he ls about half M1. maintninH fnnthnM inn. i through. It is easy for him then to apply the letters to v- I they did In Arizona. The Federation was abte to inflict its iniquitious sway over the unfortunate miners and their suffering families solely as the result of the moral and material support supplied by these State official's.

the words he speaks and hears, because the values of the letters are, with rare exceptions. Invariable. With us learning the alphabet is but the first step of a task that requires years, and indeed is never finished. Who, even The Federation has been ousted. The offending officials amon teacher8 or authors or editor8 is always 6ure of remain.

Is it too much to hope that an outraged common-i b's BPcUinR wealth is silently but effectively working even now to I 18 absurd we rePresent ne voweI by many symbols. In Spanish the sound of is always the same. In English we represent it by In met, a An obvious course which the guilty ones are bound to man' sa's- al 8am el ueuer uuu eu Ba 1 3 1 1 1 C. 1L. -n-it remaining forces INeariJ BU our vowei suuuus uii me bu: fate.

Long is written in eighteen different ways. Here oust these guilty offeials and throttle the false doctrines for which they stand? follow is this: they will marshall their to the last mart -and, conduct raucuous demonstrations. They will acclaim their radical leaders, striving by the they are; in go, 00 in floor, oa in foam, oe In goes, os concentrated din of their acclaim to discredit the less in Grosvenor. oh in oh, ot in depot, ou In boulder, ough in spectacular denunciation felt rather than expressed by inking men and women of Ari- dough, of in flow, owe in owe, ao in Pharoah, au in mauve, i aut in hautboy, aux In faux pas, eau in beau, eo In yeo- And yet we criticis children for net the saber-minded, clean- zona. The intelligent element in the State will not be stampeded by the theatricals staged to appease embittered radicals and to deceive the unwary.

Placed clearly before! of 8h in 8hip we rePresent 8 ln 6uear and a 8atIate mari and ew in Bew. spellinb correctly. Our use of consonants is almost as absurd. The sound the eyes of rational men and women are the facts which 1 convey their own unimpeachable testimony. These facts are, briefly, that after more than four months of affliction and ce in ocean and ci in social and xi in anxious.

One of the most obvious absurdities is the use of two different consonants for the same sound in the same work, as and and turmoil the employes of the Cliftori-Morenci District 111 cake' are out of pocket the tens of thousands in wages which The sPelUn board has not tried t0 remedy manjr ot nthoru-iao wniilri hnvo hoot, tholr Tha. omnWoro ueiecit, reauzmg Ulttl owccpius iciuiiu iu prived of co-operation, suffered the loss attending idle properties. Both bides have been heavily penalized for no many decades. It has contented itsel fwith many such simple matters as dropping the final ue in catalogue and other reason than that an outlaw organization, preying the final me in Programme, making the Greek diphthong alike upon labor and capital, was permitted to Intrude into Arizona. I It is not necessary to name the officials in this state who were most active in perpetrating the outrage.

Their public appearance in company of Moyer and his henchmen; their public endorsement of Mover and his destructive propaganda are too fresh in the public mind to re in cyclopa dia a simple English vowel, dropping the silent pain words like phonetic and turning zxed into fixt, etc. Even our present system, cumvereome as It is, is an im-'j provement over Shapespeare's spelling. But we haven't made enough progress in 400 years to do any brabging. The waste of effort involved in our present system is incalculable. And tuere are broader considerations than Says quire suggestion.

Moyer and his crew deserted then1 dupes in shameless manner. But is the treachery of meTel makin our ildr's education easier. Mnvor ot io Prof. Matthews In a recent article in the New York of the public leaders in Arizona who, by standing sponsor for Moyer, betrayed the miners of Clifton; The survival of justice and probity in the lately-stricken district is proof in itself that "trickery and deception" had no part in shaping the end of the strike. The "cher-acter assassins" so roundly denounced by Governor Hunt may well be silent, relying upon the open history of the strike to work its own undoing of those responsible for Times: "Our language is now the native tongue of twice as many men and women as are born into any other European language.

English is the speech of two mighty nations. It is steadily advancing to" the proud position of a world language that is to say, it bids fair soon to be the second tongue of every educated man and woman in the wide world over. It has only one defect, Its barbarous the and inKS KI.KttnoH tho mtnor orthography. With every simplification of spelling we make the language easier for our children, easier for the foreigners abroad, and easier for the foreigner who comes here to cast in his lot with ours. We make it easier for the nations to understand each other.

We make it easier for the beneficent ideals of the Anglo-Saxon race to spread themselves throughout the world." operators. Circumstances so shaped themselves that it may well be said, "SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW," tha: the entire commonwealth of Arizona is able to "penetrate with unerring vision into those recesses behind the scene of this insidious political stratagem." A strike conceived in political selfishness could' not hope to avail. A ttrike under the guidance of a repu- diated labor organization was bound to fail. A strike in SHELLS AND MILK, which the miners and their families bore all of the mis- "True, wc cannot forbet the awful past," writes an ery, none of" which could attach to Moyer personally or to American mother "Belgium and the sinking of the Lusl- puilty state officials personally, was rightly damned from Unla. But across the ocean comes the cry of a hungry little baby and it touches our hearts.

No matter whose the outset. In the absence of his compassion for the sufferers; in the presence of his open support of Moyer, et al; in hir failure to volunteer guidance at a time when untutortx' minds were assailed by the false teachings of agitators oven though his political prestige may have waned temporarily George W. P. Hunt remains the most conspicuous figure in this sordid exploitation of workmen ana their families. "it's safe for Senator Slieppurd of Texas to propose the federal salaries be cut 12 por rent as an economy He probably knows that no li-gislative body ir Aiwrtta over consented to having its own salary re luc'l.

baby, we have milk and we want to feed it. "We are a neutral nation. If our ammunition can help the allies to win, why can't our milk be sent to help the German babies to live? Our babies are fat and rosy and our men safe at our sides. Surely we should have pity on the German mothers, many of whom have lost their husbands, and without our timely help may also lose their babies, their poor little human tokens qf love, and all tlmir consolation in these dark hours." And this human appeal is the last word about the matter. The German babies ought to have milk.

We are abundantly able to provide it, and we' ought to be able to Would Destroy Harmony That Now Exists. It is reported by Prof. Charles F. Willis, chairman of the Arizona Committee of the American Mining Congress on Federal Legislation, that two bills which greatly affect Arizona mining interests have recently been introduced into Congress, and at the present time look as if they were go-J ing the wrong way H. R.

153 provides for the creation of a Bureau of Labor Safety in the Department of Labor. While it is be- lieved that a bureau of labor safety is an extremely important thing, and should be passed, it should be so amended that it does not exclude the activities of the U. S. Burean of Mines. This bureau has done remarkably good work in the promotion of labor safety in mines and metallurgical plaats, and there has been perfect co-operation between the mine managers, the mine workers and the U.

Bureau of Mines. To disturb these relations of confidence could not possibly better the work and might easily destroy the relations. Should the bill pass in its present form it would mean a duplication of effort in mine safety work, which would not only be wasteful, but might lead to conflicts very harmful to work. Should legislation provide for the transfer of all mine safety work to the Department of Labor, it would mean the destruction of the U. S.

Bureau of. Mines machinery, and would probably lead to the destruction that sympathy for this work which has been manifest on the part of the mine operators. The LT. S. Bureau of Mines wa3 created with a view to increasing safety ln mining and metallurgical industries, and it is urged to amend the.

bill creating the Bureau of Labor1 Safety by the addition of the following: "Except that the Bureau of Mines, in connection with its investigations looking to the prevention of acclde its and the improvement of safety and health conditions ln the mining, metallurgical and ether mineral industries, as required by existing law, shall prepare for said Bureau of Labor Safety such reports on this subject as may be called for." Some opposition has beea brought against Senate Bill 52, which pro vides for a commission to codify and suggest amendments to the general mining laws." It has been argued that the congressional sub-committee would be able to prepare a suitable code of mining laws to be presented direct to Cofigress in the form of a bill, and thus do away with the necessary expense of the commission. If this bill does not pass, and a congressional sub-committee prepares a code of mining laws, it will undoubtedly mean a similarly loosely constructed set that we have at the present time, which only make business for the lawyers and court3, it would be better to retain the present laws which have at least been partially interpreted, than to have a new set which would take years of litigation and millions of dollars to get interpreted. Our source of opposition lead by Delegate Wickersham of Alaska ls that those asking for the revision of the mining laws are the big interest-; of the east, and assumed that th, present laws, as Interpreted by the courts, are sufficient to meet the present reuirements. This is not the cae-e. as no one desires more that the laws be changed than the small operator and the prospector, because of the fact that the loosely constructed present laws allow for litigation, which Is impossible for the smaller man.

The progress of the State of Arizona as well as others of the mining states, has been greatly retarded because of the inadequacy of our mining laws, and the revision of the code should not be to revise a portion of the laws, but make a complete new code. The present laws, framed in 1872, are 40 years behind the times. They have never conformed to the facts of geological structure and are not adapted to present methods of prospecting, developing and financing mining properties. The wide dissatisfaction of the mining public has long been expressed through every means at its command. Judges, engineers, lawyers, geologist, and mining men of every class have been pointing out the various faults of the present code.

Mining law revision 13 necessary. n(l should be done carefully and completely. It is urged upon all those interested in mining to call the attention of the members of Congress to these facts, and show them wherein the opposition is mistaken. As chairman of the Arizona mittee on Federal Willis desires very I Interested will take, the time- to. ex- old doc tvV i yiimmA: PEACE DOVE it (feffe A BATCH OF SMILES In certain parts of the west, where i without irrigation the cultivators of the land would be in a bad way indeqd the light rains that during the growing season fall from time to time are ap-i predated to a degree that is unknown I in the east.

I Last summer a fruit grower who orn.i fifty acres of orchards was rejoic ing in one of these precipitations of moisture, when his hired man came into the house. "Why don't you stny in out of the ram?" asked tne fruit man. "I don't mind a little dew like this," said the man. "I can work along just the same." "Oh, I'm not talking about that," exclaimed the fruit man. "The next time it rains you come into the house.

I want that water on the land." 1 "I've just bought a setter," said Elitheri. I "That's some coincidence I've just' had one wished on me," said Slithers.1' "Mine's a Gordon." said Blithers. "Mine's a hired man," said Slithers, "Please, mamma, can I go over and play with Jimmie Brown?" "Why Wi'iie, of course you can't. You've got the mumps, and1 it's very catching." "I know It. That'3 why I want to go over.

Jimmie likes to stay home from school just as much as I do." I 'SI 1 Bsn't let ycr casli dwindle avay for luxuries net actually needed. If you do, some day you will regret it, or you can never recall wastedmoney. Now is just the time to start right by start ing an account with us. Four per cent interest Paid cn TDIE DEPOSITS 11a cn iUi 3SITS mf Mr. Flanagan attended a christening where the hospitality of the host knew no bounds.

In the midst cf the celebration Flanagan rose up and made the rounds of the company, bidding each a profound farewell. "But Pat, man," objected the host, "you're not goin' yet with the evenln' just started?" "No, begob," said Pat, "but I'm bid-din' ye good night while I know ye all." BECOME LARGE AS YOL'R BUSINESS 8ROWS So don't hesntate about getting your bank account started! This bank cordially invites it, large or sniall Speak with our Cashier today. made. Drafts. Travelers Checks and Money Orders Issued.

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W. Wolf, Assistant Cashier. "What do you think of his exclaimed the old man, who was notoriously tricky In business. "HeJ called me a bare-faced robber." "Oh, well," replied the man who knew him, "probably in his excitement he didn't notice your CONCILIATION PLANS TIip most rrutl thing about the proposed tax on aula inobSles is that it will make Henry Ford contribute t' te arniKiuent cress their views either dirert to persuade or compel the allies to let the milk go through members of Congress or through his their blockade. We don't want to be a party to the mur- joflice, and they will be forwarded tj the proper channels, immediate ac-I lion Is necessary to get what th" West desires, a complete revision 01 der of a nation's babies.

In the matter of casualties, the European war hasu't got pnytlilng on Americau grippe epidemic. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 25. The poli cy of no suspension of mining in any field arter the present agreements ex- pired so long as there was hope of ne-' if gotiating new contracts, was given strong support in the convention of Jr Un'ied Mine Workers.

Leading officials of the union favor-' ed the. non-suspension policy and pre-; dieted the convention wouia endorse mm. I when the final action conies tomorrow. Legislation, Prof, resident nite saia ne eouiu noi see much that those why the men could not work pending declaring there was am- 5 yle time to sirike when there was no of getting an agreement. 1 19 FOURTH RIOT VICTIM YOl'NGSTOWN, Jan.

25. Frank Ro-, sa, a laborer, who was shot through Advantages accrue to your financial interests by having good banking connections. Have you a checking account have you one here? We welcome new Checking Accounts small or large. Bank with us the mineral land laws and tlu pre-(the lungs during the not two weeks 14 servation of the U. S.

Bureau of' ago. died. It is the fourth death re-'K r.nm tlal Jiiues operation. viu vj.