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...mines are no less of a public utility than the railroads; some new plan of operation is necessary, albeit care should be taken in adopting one. Increased efficiency would make possible higher wages. Such measures would help to eliminate mining strikes and there by improve conditions in all the basic industries...
...Eddy completed his speech by telling how these grave crises can be cured. "The underlying cause of economic trouble in the world is the unequal distribution of wealth. In England, one-tenth of the population owns nine-tenths of the wealth. In this country, 103 families control the 14 basic industries. I found students of Europe thinking, and leading in reform. I wish I could say the same thing of American students...
...ruin, even as materialistic progress spelled ruin for the other great civilizations of history. This argument deserves weight, but clearly falls to envisage all the facts. The picture painted of a peaceful country sufficient unto itself falls to show in the background the squalor and poverty of the basic population, the bare existence in normal times and the plagues and famines of the years. China, it is true, has lived for centuries clearly independent of the outer world. But she has been unable to meet the demands of an intensive population, the check has had to come through disease. Whatever...
...practice and self expression. There has long been a lack of understanding and appreciation of the fundamental value and revolutionary character of the work he has been accomplishing, but it is coming to be more and more generally recognized now that the course is no fad, but has the basic idea of a new field to training and service such as can be found in very few places elsewhere. The 47 Workshop is the first course of practical dramatics which has been accorded regular academic credit on a common basis with other courses in the University, and great credit...
...abnormal increase in railroad fares, which makes the transportation of companies both difficult and expensive. The second reason may be found in the uniformly bad conditions in modern play-houses--meagre facilities for work, poor housing arrangements, and unhealthy atmosphere. The last, and, according to Mr. Eaton, the basic cause of the flagging interest in dramatics, both professional and amateur, lies in the present ascendency of the emotion picture as a national pastime...